unusued account by Jamie Laird

After 18 years on here, I'm flying off to jamborini.bsky.social

@jameshamilton Brilliant!

Every so often i log on here and immediately regret it. Such a destructive, hate-filled cesspit. Logging off again.

The extreme Right are very loud rather than very popular. But as long as the media mistake loudness for popularity, the extreme Right will keep getting more airtime than their rivals. That’s not to underestimate the very real frustrations with politics that many of their supporters feel, but it does give us the first very real sign that the march of the Far Right is not as relentless and unstoppable as they would browbeat us into believing. It’ll be hard work and demand full attention, but they CAN be stopped. And that gives me hope.

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

A sad loss for the @theweereview - but massive congratulations to all that you've achieved with it, Rob!

Please, please vote everyone. A non-vote is a vote for the Tories. Tories always Vote.

Saw Kwasi "mini budget" Kwarteng on my commute today. I recognised his voice instantly from @RestIsPolitics Leading. Not content with smugly trashing the economy, he's now got his feet on the seats of a @Se_Railway train.

Comedian Jon Richardson aping Margot Robbie in a bath, explaining Rishi Sunak’s career as hedgie, Big Short-style, is a thing of genius.

2nd this - they were absolutely fabulous. Madcap brilliance.

Nye @NationalTheatre is an essential piece of theatre. Michael Sheen is brilliant. Our #NHS even more so.

Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer. She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.

Aaw, what a nice review. Thanks @BrightonSource brightonsource.co.uk/reviews/lucys-…

In Brighton this weekend? Come see me in this great new play by @JoSuthers: #LucysPharmakon outsavvy.com/event/17879/lu…

Please support @FluteTheatre's amazing work with autistic individuals. The BigGive campaign will double any donations made in the next 5 days... Even a small amount counts -

@TheHopeTheatre So very sad to read this.

Our Spring 2024 season will sadly be the final season of The Hope Theatre in its current incarnation. For more information, see the Board of Trustees' statement: bit.ly/4c1cpNB

Word of the Day (because it’s about time) is ‘respair’, from the 16th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. One of too many lost positives we could do with bringing back. Wishing everyone a gruntled, gormful, ruthful and feckful New Year, full of respair.

@aftersunmovie is such a beautiful, heartbreaking movie (on @mubi for another few days)

"i think it's nice that we share the same sky-" aftersun, charlotte wells