Mischief

Ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

[Mischief @mischiefx]

RSPCA #bangoutoforder campaign: - "We want to see fireworks regulations changed to protect our pets, wildlife and farm animals". https://t.co/PlQP44e1OP Please share your #fireworks story here https://t.co/o75hPVIijY

[Ballon d'Or @ballondor]

HARRY KANE IS THE NEW BALLON D'OR!

#ballondor

[Mischief @mischiefx]

@AlexKTalks You might want to take that “new” footage down then

[Harvey Proctor @KHarveyProctor]

Last night I had the privilege of raising a glass to Stephen Wright as he retired after an extraordinary 33 years at the @DailyMail.

Many will rightly pay tribute to Stephen’s remarkable career, his scoops, his persistence and his determination to uncover stories that others might prefer remained buried.

For me, however, Stephen and his remarkable career means something much more personal.

I first met Stephen in 2015, during one of the darkest periods of my life.

Operation Midland was at its height. The Metropolitan Police had declared Carl Beech’s false allegations “credible and true”. My home had been raided, my reputation had been shredded and allegations of the most appalling kind had been broadcast around the world.

I had received multiple credible death threats and had been forced to leave the country.

It was in Gibraltar, in those extraordinary circumstances, that I met Stephen.

And it was Stephen who began to restore my faith in journalism.

He did something seemingly very simple. He asked: “Is this actually true?”

And then he kept asking.

He listened, questioned, checked the facts and challenged the prevailing narrative and followed the evidence wherever it led.

Most importantly, he treated me with professionalism, honesty and humanity at a time when all three were desperately needed.

Stephen pursued the truth about Carl Beech and the Metropolitan Police with extraordinary determination. Without Stephen and the Daily Mail’s relentless investigation of Operation Midland, I genuinely do not know where I would be today.

Nor will I forget the support of Paul Dacre. Investigative journalists need editors prepared to back them when the questions become difficult and the consequences uncomfortable. I remain enormously grateful to Paul and the Daily Mail for giving Stephen and his colleagues that backing.

Recent events have reminded us why journalism of Stephen’s kind remains so important. Freedom of the press is sacrosanct.

If his career demonstrates anything, it is that nobody – however powerful, celebrated or apparently beyond question – should be immune from proper scrutiny.

That principle mattered enormously to me in 2015, and it matters just as much today.

Stephen and I met because of circumstances neither of us could possibly have anticipated. Yet from the darkest period of my life came something I value enormously: a friendship.

Stephen, I owe you a debt I can never adequately repay.

Thank you for your professionalism, honesty and for standing by the truth during some of my darkest days.

And thank you for demonstrating that determined, fearless journalism really can make an extraordinary difference to an individual life.

Enjoy retirement – although knowing Stephen, I suspect somebody, somewhere, is already doing something that requires investigating.

To Stephen Wright – and to the very best of journalism.

[Shrodingers Borderline Normal @JeremyCordite]

@FUDdaily Burnham's also claiming the old age pension will rise by £2,000 a year. I'm guessing this is the biggest maths mistake since Diane Abbott tried counting her fingers.

[Queen Esther @XOQueenEsther]

So let me get this straight.

Harry and Meghan are already calling this an “extraordinarily reckless” intrusion when the police haven’t even finished investigating what actually happened.

But Harry can turn up at another school with cameras all over the place, one student complaining about “six cameras in my face” and another telling him to “fuck off.”

Apparently cameras around their own children are an unacceptable intrusion, but cameras around everyone else’s children are just fine?

And now this whole thing is being pushed through the media at exactly the same time RAVEC is reviewing their publicly funded security.

I’m sorry, but can we at least wait for the police to establish what actually happened before turning this into another security campaign?

Because right now it looks like they’re milking an incident that hasn’t even been fully investigated yet to make the case for taxpayer-funded protection.

How dumb do they think people are?

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[Sir Conor Burns @ConorBurnsUK]

This kid speaks for so many! A deserving case for an OBE!

[Mischief @mischiefx]

Please support this GoFundMe by donating or sharing – every bit of help makes a difference. https://t.co/rWLBYgz29L

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

“Squirrel? F@*k them”

Ozzy Man reviews are always entertaining but this one is right on the money

[Baz @bazza080808]

I’m dying 🤣🤣

[Old Gassy @OldGassy1984]

Nicola Sturgeon finds herself struggling to log in to a website...

[Owners Group @ownersgroupuk]

Maximilian has been declared in the Scottish Grand National, the 3.35 at Ayr this afternoon, with William Maggs taking the ride. Trainer Donald McCain says that Maximilian is fit and well at home and we hope for a good run. Good luck to all of Maximilian's owners.

[Freed Ninja @freezymfe]

@NASAEarth The first ever photo of the backside of the moon 🙌🏻

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

Most people visit the Louvre for its art—few realize it was once a fortress.
Hidden beneath today’s museum are the surviving walls of a massive medieval castle built in the late 1100s by King Philip II to defend Paris. Long before the Louvre became a royal palace—and centuries before it became a museum—soldiers walked these very corridors, guarding the city behind thick stone walls, deep moats, and an enormous circular keep.

As Paris expanded and the threat of invasion faded, the fortress was gradually transformed into a Renaissance palace. By the 1500s, the great tower was demolished, the moats filled, and the old military structure disappeared from sight. For generations, people believed the original Louvre was lost forever.

Then, during 1980s renovations, archaeologists uncovered the buried foundations of the medieval keep—perfectly preserved under the courtyard. Today, visitors can walk along these stones and see where the Louvre truly began:
not as a museum, but as a fortress built to protect a medieval city.

[Harvey Proctor @KHarveyProctor]

I, & the Bramall family, Lady Brittan, the Sir Edward Heath Charity Foundation have written to @DavidLammy calling for a review of victim status so those targeted by perversions of justice are finally recognised in law.

Thank you @evansma at @Telegraph

https://t.co/gwxXYI1e3A

[AmericanPapaBear™ @AmericaPapaBear]

This is why the internet was made.

[Mischief @mischiefx]

‘Alleged Fantasist' Esther Baker in court charged with perverting the course of justice https://t.co/PDYeHTXtps via @DailyMail

[Mischief @mischiefx]

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[Darren Laverty @LavertyMk2]

Woman charged with perverting the course of justice over false claims of sexual abuse | The Crown Prosecution Service https://t.co/BINVFSN3wl

[Mischief @mischiefx]

Esther Baker charged with perverting the course of justice https://t.co/AksmdSQNV3

[Redwings @RedwingsHS]

With lots of fireworks displays planned across the UK this weekend we are asking people to #KeepHorsesInMind this Bonfire Night. 🙏

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