Lucy Abbotts
@lucyabbotts.bsky.social
Words and humour. Not medicine but a tonic at least.
It sounded almost spontaneous. The sinking feeling of ‘jeez why is this utter sadsack on here again’ rapidly replaced by cheering that he was finally getting the Batman treatment.
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It sounded almost spontaneous. The sinking feeling of ‘jeez why is this utter sadsack on here again’ rapidly replaced by cheering that he was finally getting the Batman treatment.
Hurrah! The A team has arrived.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hurrah! The A team has arrived.
What does she even mean?
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What does she even mean?
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
It was Mark Pritchard MP, who mused that he would possibly have the whip removed for his comment (he did not). Keir Starmer had been at the NATO summit the previous week.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It was Mark Pritchard MP, who mused that he would possibly have the whip removed for his comment (he did not). Keir Starmer had been at the NATO summit the previous week.
And yet… he is one of the few presenters to say *anything* in defence of the BBC, even though it is from the self-evident perspective that any media reliant on Boris Johnson’s perorations knows just what they are doing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And yet… he is one of the few presenters to say *anything* in defence of the BBC, even though it is from the self-evident perspective that any media reliant on Boris Johnson’s perorations knows just what they are doing.
Brains for Brexit
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Brains for Brexit
Come on St Blazey, vote her out at the next opportunity. Not fit to be a Conservative councillor should mean not fit to be a councillor. Although depressingly it seems like you don’t actually mind the cut of her jib that much…
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Come on St Blazey, vote her out at the next opportunity. Not fit to be a Conservative councillor should mean not fit to be a councillor. Although depressingly it seems like you don’t actually mind the cut of her jib that much…
‘Fool’ me once, shame on you. ‘Fool’ me twice… #DemocracyDiesInDaylight
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
‘Fool’ me once, shame on you. ‘Fool’ me twice… #DemocracyDiesInDaylight
or the nanu nanu call sign (if you’ve sufficiently imbibed)
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
or the nanu nanu call sign (if you’ve sufficiently imbibed)
The internet covering itself in glory.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The internet covering itself in glory.
The website is paying it reasonable homage.
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The website is paying it reasonable homage.
I sent my teenager the Guardian Pass Notes, same reaction
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I sent my teenager the Guardian Pass Notes, same reaction
That is some major side-eye.
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
That is some major side-eye.
I only have to type ‘Will Self’ into Google and my phone is all ‘here we are again’.
September 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I only have to type ‘Will Self’ into Google and my phone is all ‘here we are again’.
Laura Kuenssberg couldn’t get to her laptop in time to churn out more conference guff so HZ has kindly done it for her. #LabourConference
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Laura Kuenssberg couldn’t get to her laptop in time to churn out more conference guff so HZ has kindly done it for her. #LabourConference
Context is helpful. 14 long years cannot be reversed in 15 months.
September 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Context is helpful. 14 long years cannot be reversed in 15 months.
What’s with all the flags of St George at the ‘Unite The Kingdom’ rally? How hard of thinking are these people?
photo: The Guardian
photo: The Guardian
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What’s with all the flags of St George at the ‘Unite The Kingdom’ rally? How hard of thinking are these people?
photo: The Guardian
photo: The Guardian