Genuinely amazing and mad the US has kicked this off for, seemingly, no real reason or theory of victory. Just for the hell of it.
God, sometimes I feel very sorry for Rachel Reeves
I'm starting to get a sense this part of the equation wasn't planned out or workshopped in advance. "under every rock" lol.
Donald Trump right now (they're talking about College football, btw):
"The Supreme Court ought to be ashamed of itself!" -- Trump is now working himself up into a frothing rage
DOOCY: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans--
TRUMP: That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here. What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else.
what's happening in the middle east is so dreadful. So hard every day to wrap your head around the dynamics and the consequences for the world... wait is this a great time to buy an apartment in Dubai????
Kamala Harris dropped an "unburdened by what has been" at Jesse Jackson's eulogy
Or, the rest of the world?
Something very funny about Trump shattering American power by running out of weapons losing an unpopular war he started for no reason. Like, we all knew this was the final season for the Pax Americana, but that’s a heck of a swerve. Hats off to the writers’ room.
I've been surprised and quite heartened tbh to see the number of journalists who've written or done TV hits saying something along the lines of 'there is something wrong here, all of these people have cheerled for Brexit/Johnson/Truss and against Iraq, but now they want war in Iran?'
[Fires up my Quill]: 'how very dare you!'
To my surprise, the campaign also offered lessons in love. I gave a quote to a newspaper about my blossoming relationship with Eilidh Hargreaves, features director at Tatler, and how (unfortunately for her) we spent our first Valentine’s Day canvassing. The quote led to us trending on X thanks to some incel lefties who run an account called ‘Reform UK Exposed’. ‘The “Family, Community, Country” campaigner divorced only last month,’ it raged. Really? Eilidh and I met more than three years after my separation – at The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards no less. In any case, the attempted hit-job backfired as politicians and journalists rushed to our defence. ‘Ha ha!’ remarked one shrewd commentator. ‘Having an attractive and successful girlfriend will increase Goodwin’s popularity, you complete spanners.’ Indeed. I’ve tried and failed to forget another comment: ‘Goodwin is clearly punching
After reading Matt Goodwin’s diary in The Spectator, I am more convinced than ever that he has a humiliation fetish.
Or, X?
I love /s/ and now use it widely!
I’m pretty astonished Badenoch and Farage both decided to get lockstep behind Trump as he walks off a cliff.
Roger Rabbit's nemesis is also in attendance
"thank you Reek"
The Secretary of State's popped in because there's not much going on in his department
For some reason Condoleezza Rice is in Trump's "Saving College Sports" roundtable and she looks delighted about it
So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region.
A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.
Kennedy: "I was stunned when Noem answered categorically that the president approved every single bit of it. Later that day, I got a call from President Trump. He was mad as a mamma wasp ... she was dead as fried chicken."
Comedian Josh Widdicombe has revealed how one of the most memorable moments of his latest tour came courtesy of a furious fan in Swindon who stormed out demanding "more jokes". Speaking in a clip shared to his Instagram, Widdicombe recalls being mid-gig at the Swindon Wyvern Theatre when a man suddenly got up and walked out, loudly berating him on the way. The disgruntled audience member complained that the comic was spending too much time chatting to the crowd and not enough time delivering punchlines, reportedly shouting: "You're not doing any jokes – you're just talking to the audience. Do some jokes like Jimmy Carr."
Like Jimmy Carr. 😄
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Except Russia, who are laughing all the way to the bank and can suddenly afford their war again
Very hard to have a take on this any more nuanced than "we are so fucked"
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This is main Penk
Zak
Is pissed off
With Acrobat
Trump thinks his little roundtable today is going to come up with a "salary cap" system that will go into effect for the upcoming college football season
I'm mean, they're so shameless I'm surprised they haven't adopted it!
