Sam Ess

Didn’t know the Green Party had any MPs in the North East…

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I broke a bed late at night once (no sniggering - I just sat down heavily on the edge). Not having enough books at that time I got the jack from the car and jacked it up solid overnight and then the building maintenance fixed it the next day

Wonder if Liz Truss is considering becoming a republican again...?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social A man and his son are in a car accident. Unfortunately, the father dies at the scene, but the son survives and is taken to A&E.
The surgeon looks at the patient on the table and says, “I can’t operate on him; that’s my son.”
How is this possible?

Is that not an episode of Blackadder the Third? ;)

Growing up about as far as it’s possible to be from the sea in Britain, some of my earliest memories are from the seaside (well, Weston-super-Mare, which has sea for about 4 hours a day)

It’ll be Rob Brydon rather than Rob Beckett, but yes, I’m afraid you’ll still have been shafted Mark

Who's writing this nonsense; there is no way that Trump managed to use "chagrin" correctly.

25 years? Way to make me feel old Andrew! (But I enjoyed the episode).
I also remember watching the associated film in a mall in a Warsaw suburb on a Tuesday afternoon in 2006.
Being the only person in a movie theatre auditorium is a very unnerving experience…

Just remember: it’s never too late to make a good decision

"Oh, Mandy. Well, you came. And you gave without taking." Pretty sure Mandelson does it the other way round

I don’t know if you know, @mrjamesob.bsky.social, but while we were laughing and Braverman and Jenrick for getting locked in the wrong lobby, you said Anderson deserved to hold on to his title of “most useless MP.” Wait until you hear who the Reform Chief Whip is…

I understand “Many Happy Returns!” are in order @sturdyalex.bsky.social

Thanks for reading them so I don’t have to!

this, this and thrice this. Fascists, Populists, Frog-eyed loons, wannabe-dictators (call them what you will) hate the arts because empathy.

Only 24hours late, @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Does Farridge actually want to win an election?

Just got round to Thursday’s Mystery Hour with @mrjamesob.bsky.social . Had only this week been wondering what had become of Professor Hal; delighted to hear he seems to be doing well!

Did they suck in air over their teeth and ask, "which cowboy did this for you?"

Which is why losing Raynor was such a blow.

I feel I should spend some time researching other MPs and their potential constituency anagrams, but life really is too short…

RE: "Gullis". "key" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting there.

the correct use of a comma after the full stop (period) following the E (for Executive) tells me 100% that this was not written by the Mango Mussolini

I could certainly envisage voting for such a party with Gaulke, Grieve, Soubry, Stewart (and/or their successors)

A photograph Robert Jenrick being painted over by Mickey Mouse

“It’s never too late to make a good decision.”

I think a lot of people, myself included, should think about this statement more

"adjective. difficult/impossible to believe; extraordinary." I find it *very* easy to believe

@mrjamesob.bsky.social just re-listened to your full disclosure with Dawn French… has your publisher even met either of you? You can talk, but l feel Dawn could be going even now. An absolute delight

Merry New Year David!

Gearing up for the execution before we’ve even celebrated the birth…