James Goss

silhouette of a cat on a roof

Street Cat hunting on the mosque roof

Occasionally the internet radio is insane here

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

she's innocent! it's the cat with half a nose who now lives on the terrace

why did my brain do that? "this bag was dry yesterday today it is wet i must restore order and now i smell like a box hedge"

tidying the store room. found a plastic bag. picked it up. realised it was wet. instinctively shook it.
covered myself in cat pee.

wow 🤗

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

*they

98 per cent of Private Eye is great but

two cartoons,one showing a critic of Russian murdered in a newsroom. the other showing a critic of reform beaten up in a newsroom.

Not saying the Culture Bores cartoonist only has one joke, but.... here's issue 1666 and 1667 of Private Eye.

Last time she did this i was all braced with cardboard box and blankets and she just scuttled off to a cave.
Hoping the same this time cos oh god

The lengths @bigfinish.bsky.social are going to to publicise the final Torchwood release are insane

a cat who is 90 per cent belly

looking at the size of her, sudden fear i know why Street Cat's mum has suddenly become all docile and indoorsy.

An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Garda who lent bike to man to receive over €250k damages A garda detective who was suspended for more than three years for giving a man a loan of a bicycle during the Covid-19 pandemic is to receive over €250,000 in damages.

www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

A truly bonkers story of begrudgery

why is my life basically one long cursed risk assessment?

two guys one jackhammer

Builders have arrived to try and fix the leak from hotel next door and it started well, then we all went oh and now they're digging up the marble floor of a hotel room.

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Modella Capital, the British private equity firm who bought high street arm of WHSmith just last June, is reported to be planning to close "scores" of shops.

https://downthetubes.net/tg-jones-stores-closures-ahead/

Between Brewdog, Labour and Dubai eating it, a very specific type of guy is having the worst time and they absolutely deserve it.

I'm very much enjoying that Holborn & St Pancras always field excellent Green Party candidates and us voters will get the chance to do something hilarious in 2028.

This is what intrigued me. The opening chapters were so vague about the setting i wondered if we were abroad, but by the time we reach the hat shops we can only be in one place

ooh

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Davros

"Hiiii, I'm the Great Healer, CEO of Tranquil Repose and I'm so pleased to be testing The Big Arch, our new human product, for my lunch today. Oh, that is a lot of product. İ don't know how to hold it.... *nibbles*"

The Widow Of Bath by Margot Bennett. A smuggling gang, a war-criminal barman, a mysterious judge. Sort of Graham Greene and PG Wodehouse doing a postwar seaside spy thriller.
#britishlibrarycrimeclassics

Me: "she's your mother"

Street Cat: "you let her in"

While it's been cold, mother of Street Cat has also come in at night, sleeping in a tiny "don't mind me, dear" dot on the sofa.

Last two nights she's moved to sleep on the bed. Again, a "don't mind me, dear" dot at the bottom of the bed.

Street Cat is quietly seething.

i know, i know, i know. i keep running up and down them.

snowy valley lit up gently

i do not hate my view at night