We sometimes suspect the Telegraph is running an extended programme of trolling, via the medium of increasingly bizarre column headings. Recent examples include – ‘Gen Z are an employer’s nightmare – my twenties put them to shame’ ‘I don’t need my sexuality affirmed at a railway station – I just want the trains to run on time’ ‘The NHS is killing us – it is an enemy of Britain’ In honour of St. George’s Day on Tuesday, former UKIP MEP Patrick O’Flynn had this public rant. There was a healthy amount of scepticism and scorn. 1. From Patrick O’Flynn’s prison diaries pic.twitter.com/z9Te4FNQcV ..read more

It’s not so long ago that St George’s Day used to pass without much comment, little more than a footnote on the page in your diary (which you don’t use anymore either). But now it’s become a rallying cry for proud Brits – from England, obviously – to take to the streets to celebrate their heritage and talk about how they’re no longer allowed to celebrate their heritage, that sort of thing. And these particular patriots were asked to explain by Times Radio exactly how their country had been taken away for them, and it’s hilarious and infuriating but most of all plain flabbergasting. “I’ve had ..read more

Campaign group Zero Hour is pushing to get support for the Climate and Nature Bill, which would see the creation of an Assembly to advise the Government on the best strategy to achieve crucial climate and nature targets. The Bill, sponsored by Labour’s Alex Sobel, is at the second reading stage in the Commons, with a long way to go. With the need for funding and public awareness in mind, Zero Hour has produced a very clever promo, with a nod to a very famous comedy clip. “What has nature ever done for us?” Apart from the air we breathe, the food we eat, making us healthier—what has #nature ev ..read more

Like several other transport companies across the world, Pittsburgh Regional Transit has a Pride-themed train, which was originally rolled out for LGBQT Pride Month. The Pride-liveried vehicle does exactly the same job as its plainer stable-mates, but as anyone could have predicted, some people aren’t happy about it, and that includes right-wing writer Josh Walkos, who aired his gripe on Twitter/X. CW. It contains offensive anti-LGBTQ language. A handful of people were also outraged by the rainbow. Most responses just utterly mocked his performative outrage. 1. “Sorry i’m late, Boss, i mi ..read more

When professor and author Lea Ypi gave a lecture at Cambridge University she presumably didn’t expect to end up being written about in the Spectator magazine, and certainly not like this, an absolute jaw-dropper of a column which, no matter how many times we read it, we still can’t quite believe it. It’s a piece in Andrew Neil’s right-wing magazine by Lloyd Evans headlined ‘My (surprisingly) decent proposal’ but ‘decent’ wasn’t the word springing to most people’s minds. Here’s how it begins. It was spotted by Lea Ypi – professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, who was ..read more

In the absence of cameras during proceedings, Donald Trump‘s fraud case in New York is being documented by courtroom artists – including Jane Rosenberg. Here’s her depiction of what witnesses believe to have been a sleeping Trump. Must’ve been sleeping a while. Courtroom sketch from Jane Rosenberg pic.twitter.com/VFIERlwZz9 — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 16, 2024 It wasn’t the only sketch by Ms. Rosenberg that caught the eye of Twitter/X. A casual moment from Day 1 of the trial has gone viral because of the expression on the face of the accused. This Trump sketch from today is ki ..read more

As you’ll probably know by now Liz Truss has been doing the media rounds this week in a bid to shift a few more copies of her book, How To Last Just 49 Days in Downing Street. And it’s fair to say it hasn’t always been going entirely well for her. Liz Truss unable to show her book right side up is a very Trussy thing to do. h/t @DeborahKegel https://t.co/OgXhT7MIKg pic.twitter.com/91iQlgp1UW — Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 16, 2024 And we mention it again because of this exchange with the BBC’s estimable Chris Mason in which the former PM was asked about those magnificent Daily Star front ..read more

Liz Truss was been back on the nation’s airwaves on Tuesday as she seeks to push sales of her new book, Ten Years To Save The West, rocketing into double figures. My book #TenYearstoSavetheWest is out TODAY. If we are to save the west, conservatives must be prepared to fight – and take on the leftist establishment. Order a copy in and at https://t.co/doArHXhOYI pic.twitter.com/bEydWNufIS — Liz Truss (@trussliz) April 16, 2024 Sensibly she appears to have avoided BBC local radio but the interviews she did give are unlikely to change your opinion about her (indeed they confirm everything you a ..read more

As no-one anywhere needs telling anymore, OJ Simpson has died aged 76. Apart from playing American football and being controversially acquitted of murder (later found liable in a civil suit) he was also an actor in films such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun, made by Jim Abraham and brothers David and Jerry Zucker. And his death sent this excerpt from their book about the making of Airplane!, Surely You Can’t Be Serious, and it as final words go it was very well played. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/CyDY0ngvyT — Daniel Fidler (@daniel_fidler) April 11, 2024 And here it is in full. David Zucker later ..read more

As if there weren’t enough going on in Westminster with the unfolding ramifications of the ‘honeytrap’, rumours of backbench plots against the PM, and the countdown to Liz Truss‘s book, the Times put out a tease on Twitter/X. Bombshell political story going live @thetimes at 7pm… — Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) April 10, 2024 In the short time before the big reveal, people had a guess at what the bombshell might be. Did Angela Rayner park on a double yellow https://t.co/Y9hyxehDq0 — Greg Ó Ceallaigh (@gregoceallaigh) April 10, 2024 The government has abolished time itself https://t.c ..read more