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A man unduly devoted to IT, Gambling, and fashion in booze and recklessness.

[Robin Stephens @RobinAStephens]

Amazing a sitting Conservative councillor has sent this to residents in Elmbridge.

[Adam Kay @amateuradam]

This is Going to Kill 170,000 People

[Nish Kumar @MrNishKumar]

Government announces plan to break up the Church of England to make it "more competitive with these new funky religions like Yoga or the Tom Cruise one"

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Every day that Boris Johnson remains tarnishes his party and the office of the Prime-Minister.
Removing him is not only the ethical thing for Conservative MPs to do.
It is also profoundly in their long-term interest.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Word of the Day: ATTACHMEANT (neologism) — the file you forgot to attach to an email.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

According to one interpretation, the line ‘That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet’ from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ might have been a joke about a competitor of Shakespeare’s Globe called the Rose Theatre that was notorious for its clogged sewage system.

[Duncan Simpson 🇪🇺 @WHeathRobinson]

@fatpete_86 Smack the Pony

[Pete Redfern @mr_pete_redfern]

Comedy fans, what do you consider to be the best shows to have come out of Channel 4 that some people might not have heard of?

I’ll kick off - Green Wing.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Widespread shock as government with track record of ignoring public mood and advice of industry experts ignores public mood and advice of industry experts to sell off Channel 4.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

I sometimes forget why I thought it so important to keep calling out the lies & absurdities of Brexit instead of 'getting over it'. It would have made *my* life much easier. But the fear of what the liars, unchecked, would go on to corrupt next was considerable.
And here we are.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In 1989, the Australian Labor Party insisted they weren’t bribing voters with a pre-election barbecue and denied “being involved in the dissemination of sausages”.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

As aching body, feeling tired and having a headache are added to list of Covid symptoms, all people over 35 immediately book a PCR test.

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

BREAKING: If you are upset with your national insurance going up, you will be relieved that Chancellor Rishi Sunak's billionaire wife has avoided paying tax through her non-dom status. Isn't it lovely how rich people have a get out clause and you don't? x

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In the 1930s only 10% of engagement rings had a diamond in, but by the end of the century 80% did.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is 'snollygoster' (19th century): an unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

From Brexit to Channel 4, all they can do is break things & sell the temporary unhappiness & anger of people who care about & understand their importance to their permanently miserable & furious base.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In the UK, leaky pipes waste about three billion litres of water a day.

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

BREAKING: The people who hate cancel culture are cancelling Channel 4 because they don't like its freedom of speech. These people have the self-awareness of a washed up jellyfish x

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Amazing anyone at all buys Russia’s line that the Bucha killings were faked by Ukraine. I’ve seen various massacres — in the Rhodesian war, at Sabra & Chatila, Halabjeh, Tiananmen Sq, Sarajevo, in Iraq etc — & believe me you can’t fake the after-effects that kind of thing.