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Alistair Caird

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"No frills, handy for the hills, that's the way you spell New Mills"

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To be fair to Hegseth, he probably only said this because he was drunk

13.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From press release … to scrap metal site: the Essex β€˜supercomputer’ that’s still a scaffolding yard Nscale’s AI project still in use as depot ahead of pledged completion date – with planning permission filed after Guardian’s inquiries

What? This Nscale?

Source: The Guardian share.google/VR3dzZwjxhK2...

10.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Poor ex-IEA Annabel, there's been so much actual informed debate on tonight's #bbcqt she's hardly had time to push the fossil fuel lobby interests.

05.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A negative haze hanging over the PM eh Evan. Perhaps your colleague Chris Mason would have a view on why that might be #bbcpm

05.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a difficult moral question.

Yes

01.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The truly terrible human beings who have, at times, led our country in the last 10 years notwithstanding. For this single, catastrophic, cynical, witless decision Cameron remains the worst UK Prime Minister of our lifetimes.

22.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*fewer*

20.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

always atmospheric there

20.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Indirectly involved’ #r4today

17.02.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He was so close to grasping something there. A missed opportunity

14.02.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Santa Prassede is an absolute joy, probably my favourite church in Rome

13.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Blimey, I was agreeing with Syed for about 25 seconds on #newsnight just now.

Status quo ante swiftly regained

11.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

who could blame her if she did

09.02.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Daily Telegraph's Deputy Comment Editor, who seems to be something of a fixture on the #newsnight sofa these days, describes many Republicans language and attitudes as 'outlandish' when 'racist' might have been a more straightforward description

06.02.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrifying to think that the Reform UK people put up for programmes like #bbcaq are presumably some of the ones the party hierarchy thinks are smart. What would the second and third tier down sound like?

06.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'Together in Electric Dreams' - Human League

06.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You could usefully start with every Johnson enoblement

02.02.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'musical experts'

02.02.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So Mandelson's resigned from the Labour Party - fine. He can't, however, resign his peerage, it needs to be taken from him and it should be. Immediately.

02.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

not enough

02.02.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's a genius

31.01.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is it that from Thought for the Day, through Question Time, Any Questions and #Newsnight the BBC offers us so many opportunities to benefit from Tim Stanley's tedious world view.

He's an historian apparently - couldn't he spend a little more time on that?

30.01.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More chance of Farage visiting Clacton

30.01.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey #bbcqt - your producers have mis-spelt 'White Supremacist'

29.01.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mason’s fawning analysis of anything Reform UK eclipses even the partiality oh his predecessor #WATO

26.01.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So proud of their country that they have to wear masks

24.01.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

McSweeney is a genius

24.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

am prepared to believe this

23.01.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's exaggerating unfortunately. It's in Esh Winning

23.01.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0