Not sure we can compete with Martin Belam's dog on the Guardian one, but we're liveblogging the 68th and possibly final Eurovision if you fancy it xrrf.blogspot.com/2024/05/livebl…
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No, I don’t command attention; and I don't have sophistication, or the right connections
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Hello. I'm not around here very often anymore - it's nicer over on Bluesky (same name there).
I also don't blog very often, but... I'm going to put on a tin hat and have a go at liveblogging Eurovision v Too Much Reality this evening xrrf.blogspot.com/2024/05/livebl…
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Rooting for our pal, Graeme Thomson, running the #LondonMarathon2024 in support of a dear man, John Brandham, who was a road crew member for @suedeHQ & @ThePretendersHQ b4 suffering a debilitating stroke a few years ago. Help him hit his goal! #bbcmarathon justgiving.com/crowdfunding/g…
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Someone sent me a cold email proposing a novel project. Then I noticed it used the word "delve."
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This is true; this side of the Atlantic we cannot believe that there are takeaways in America where they have managed to deep-fry disappointment.
Cox@Saucy_Jenkins
The European mind cannot comprehend this
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@niccruzpatane @Tesla @wholemars @tesla_na When you say "you can hardly tell", do they usually drive around on the back of low loaders, then?
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Cybertruck got T-boned by a Nissan Sentra, but you can hardly tell.
It’s a tank. Not even the glass shattered
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@sophiamcoutts @Telegraph I know this is dull, but: Wren stopped using the dancing couple ads a month or two back, and the dancing car ad is a person who has sold their car, not bought one. It suggests that Keith isn't really paying attention to the ads anyway, which makes his ire even odder.
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The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒
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There was something very odd in the PM’s speech last night - something which infuses RE in the primary school curriculum too: the idea that everyone in this country is religious in one way or another, when we know from polls that over half the population is not religious. 1/7
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one thing this thread doesn't mention which seems relevant is that Badenoch is Gove's protégé and has Murdoch's blessing.
Alex Wickham@alexwickham
NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read *No10 increasingly concerned by Kemi Badenoch leadership posturing *Kemi seen as ‘the new Suella’ *lack of discipline sees early election talk return *Cabinet mood: ‘this govt is finished, it’s all about leadership now’ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Dear @O2 as this is the only way you seem to engage with me: You have still not reimbursed the £300 owed to my mother as she was scammed whilst in hospital for stomach surgery due to bowel cancer. 1/
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@AndrewSparrow small but significant typo on your 4pm entry changes the meaning: "SNP says Hoyle has 'broken his word' by now allowing emergency debate on Gaza" (should be NOT allowing?)
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Hey @RicHolden I'm a people. And I've just heard you on Times Radio - unedited, and unclipped - and your refusal to engage with the misrepresentation clip on your Twitter feed is disgraceful, and damaging. To your party, and to the nation.
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You know it’s all over when you walk into the foyer of the Live Aid musical and are edged out the way by a photographer trying to take a shot of Arlene Phillips. Oh the irony 🤦♂️
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"Speaking from a literal jacuzzi of cash, the CEO of British Gas said 'it's not us, it's that nasty Mr Putin's fault'"
Guardian news@guardiannews
British Gas profits leap from £72m to £751m in a year dlvr.it/T2n2Q0
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@Conservatives One day, you're saying "politicians are facing threats and we should all be more careful in how we behave", then the next you pull shit like this. You know the truth of this, and that you haven't deleted is rancid. #block-65ce05e38f08de9c33d12f2a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/politics/live/…
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When you say “my parents worked hard to give me a good education” you’re saying two things.
• State education, which I am in charge of, is bad and should be avoided at all costs.
• If you’re a parent who can’t afford to do that, you aren’t working hard enough for your kids.
Conservatives@Conservatives
🚨@RishiSunak: Keir Starmer attacks me because of where I went to school. I don’t think that’s very British.
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