William French
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I think Jeremy Paxman's "did you threaten to overrule him?" interview with Michael Howard has a lot to answer for, even if I enjoyed it at the time.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think Jeremy Paxman's "did you threaten to overrule him?" interview with Michael Howard has a lot to answer for, even if I enjoyed it at the time.
"King Herod had the right approach to the two-child benefit cap."
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"King Herod had the right approach to the two-child benefit cap."
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 1922 Committee.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 1922 Committee.
Sitting Up Straight is a banger, fair enough, but MSR veered too much into Knees Up Mother Brown territory for my liking. Basically I'm still jealous that they found lasting global success while I was still hoping that reading the NME in the Common Room would make me look cool. (Reader, it didn't.)
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Sitting Up Straight is a banger, fair enough, but MSR veered too much into Knees Up Mother Brown territory for my liking. Basically I'm still jealous that they found lasting global success while I was still hoping that reading the NME in the Common Room would make me look cool. (Reader, it didn't.)
I remember listening to Tim Wheeler talking about his A Level results on Radio 1 the same morning I went to get mine...
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I remember listening to Tim Wheeler talking about his A Level results on Radio 1 the same morning I went to get mine...
Ha! Fair enough, though give me Ash any day.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ha! Fair enough, though give me Ash any day.
The more I think about it, I'm minded to say Supergrass and Caught By The Fuzz (which I still have somewhere on a Fierce Panda vinyl EP!)
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The more I think about it, I'm minded to say Supergrass and Caught By The Fuzz (which I still have somewhere on a Fierce Panda vinyl EP!)
Viel Glück für die Zukunft, und ich freue mich schon auf dem neuen Buch!
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Viel Glück für die Zukunft, und ich freue mich schon auf dem neuen Buch!
As in, a few sandwiches short of a?
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
As in, a few sandwiches short of a?
So that's who Mike Skinner was on about.
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
So that's who Mike Skinner was on about.
Both played by Anna Maxwell-Martin. Sounds great!
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Both played by Anna Maxwell-Martin. Sounds great!
Ah merde, glad that had passed me by - sounds like a Michel Houellebecq novel. Whenever I think British politics is irredeemably toxic, I take a look over the Channel and shudder.
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ah merde, glad that had passed me by - sounds like a Michel Houellebecq novel. Whenever I think British politics is irredeemably toxic, I take a look over the Channel and shudder.
I assumed it was a Tricolore reference? "Nick, 30 ans, aime bien la vie à La Rochelle mais pas les impôts."
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I assumed it was a Tricolore reference? "Nick, 30 ans, aime bien la vie à La Rochelle mais pas les impôts."
Well quite. Fancy applying to be the next DG of the BBC?
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Well quite. Fancy applying to be the next DG of the BBC?
Is "the G word" Gordon?
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is "the G word" Gordon?
As someone who cut his reporter's teeth on the fallout of the Nazi gold saga, not to mention FIFA's never-ending shenanigans, Swiss sensitivity about corruption allegations never fails to raise a smile.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
As someone who cut his reporter's teeth on the fallout of the Nazi gold saga, not to mention FIFA's never-ending shenanigans, Swiss sensitivity about corruption allegations never fails to raise a smile.
This is an exquisite quote. Heaven forfend! "There is a sense from some in Switzerland that this was very close to corruption."
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is an exquisite quote. Heaven forfend! "There is a sense from some in Switzerland that this was very close to corruption."
I have no idea what it means (I'm older than you, don't worry) but is it supposed to rhyme with my absolute favourite slang, King Farouks? (Roddy Doyle's first publisher.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I have no idea what it means (I'm older than you, don't worry) but is it supposed to rhyme with my absolute favourite slang, King Farouks? (Roddy Doyle's first publisher.)
Pure and simple, eh readers?
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Pure and simple, eh readers?
And that's before we get to the Deirdre's Photo Casebook photo.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And that's before we get to the Deirdre's Photo Casebook photo.
I honestly thought it was a naff Daily Mash/Byline-style spoof of the "look how the right-wing BBC covers the Budget LOLZ" variety.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I honestly thought it was a naff Daily Mash/Byline-style spoof of the "look how the right-wing BBC covers the Budget LOLZ" variety.