Badenoch's attempts to rewrite her own biography to paint herself as something she's patiently not, ie some working class waif child of dirt poor immigrants who scrabbled hard against the odds in McDonalds to make a "middle class" success of herself is just embarrassing.

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Well, it's nice to see the Tory conference has quickly become the bin fire we were all expecting... 😄 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch maintains she became working class when she moved to UK from Nigeria – UK politics live

Conservative leadership contenders are taking part in question and answer sessions at party conference in Birmingham

UberTERF, and highly reactionary in other ways. Quite clear from any recent interviews with him.

Nothing says “I have never held a senior job in a modern workplace”, like believing HR is a tool of leftwing wokery.

The UK government is planning a vape tax, which will add around 60% to the cost of liquid. Bastards. Do you still get Skoal Bandits?

I really used to enjoy his books, but looking at the person he's become recently I ended up putting them all in the local book crossing. Same reason as I got rid of all my Father Ted episodes on the hard drive.

Robert Jenrick is currently saying “I can’t discuss the details of special forces operations” on Radio 4. He was the minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government. I wasn’t aware that the SAS reported to the Communities department but I guess you learn something every day.

Whilst it isn't the primary motivation (that would be staying in power) Bibi's war in Lebanon is great news for populists everywhere: chaos in chaotic places, refugees, terrorism, militarism. All feeds the fears that get these people elected.

Today Jimmy Carter is officially too old to play with Lego

This is bit grim. Fine for a head of state's health info to be public, but it's not for boosting book sales www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/u...

Boris Johnson claims in memoir Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer | CNN

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has controversially broken royal protocol and claimed in his upcoming memoir that Queen Elizabeth II was suffering from bone cancer before her death.

My nominees? A CGI Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker; Mullard would have been very well qualified to play the Duke of York.