William Simpson

"Fierce debate has broken out" = the same NIMBYs who've been trying to delay this project with dodgy research and spurious claims for the past five years bring out their latest bout of dodgy research and spurious claims.

It's the real pension age in this country. The age when you become the war generation. Looking forward to turning 70 and regaling the youngsters about my bravery at Dunkirk.

Drury *this* close to saluting their courage, strength, and indefatigability.

As disappointed as I am, this is probably the perfect result to sum up the sorry state of the Premier League as it stands. We’re watching a sham. The cheats still prosper.

These guys don't know a thing about Athens either. Sure, it was a democracy but it was also a rapacious imperial power that exploited its allies and used its military might to impose its will on others, and oh I get why they like it now.

RIP Jeffrey Archer, not a day goes by when I don't think about the judge in his 1987 libel case (which Archer "won" by doing a bunch of perjury) summing up for the jury by going "would a guilty man have such a hot wife". one of the most insane legal moments of all time

Probably the best thing about Strictly is back! "He dances with the urgency of the dribbling tap in a Nando’s toilet" Just perfect.

If you almost kill a toddler, you shouldn't be back behind the wheel before that kid starts school.

Martin, an Orc: Well boys, looks like meat's back on the menu Niles, an Elf: Ooh, has the Altura resumed their delightful venison carpaccio? Frasier, also an Elf: He's talking about eating Hobbits, Niles N: Hobbits? Oh dad, you know they play merry hell with your digestion

Can't believe after a decade of Tory Brexit nonsense, it's a Labour government that has got me so frustrated I'm writing emails to my MP. First time it was Starmer's vile immigration speech. Now it's me asking them to consider maybe doing something - anything - about the fascist mobs on the streets.

One of Magdalen's most legendary figures, Martin Routh was born #OnThisDay in 1755. He served as our President for 63 years, between 1791–1854. This daguerreotype of Routh was taken on his 99th birthday on 18 September 1854, making him one of the earliest born people to be photographed.

Who the hell is giving their kids a fiver?! Mine get a pound and usually forget about it so quickly, they don't notice it's the same coin that's given to them the next time...

This is a truly remarkable development: A carbonized scroll, sealed since the eruption of #Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and successfully deciphered in its entirety. What informations will the other carbonized scrolls reveal? What an exciting project! scrollprize.org/firstscroll

Spent far too long looking at the woman on the left, trying to work out what her odd and horrifying face mask was about. Just her hair isn't it.

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

Great Half-Time analysis, there.

Leaving aside the weirdly selective history, it's a bit weird to boast about serving a tradition...how about serving, I don't know, people?

Look, if the government is going to try to do something impossible for kids and parents, how about fixing the weather so it doesn't always rain at pick up and drop off time?

What a ridiculous waste of money this would be.

DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn."

There are similar ones with Martin Lewis confronting Bailey instead, accompanied by a fake BBC news page. My parents were almost taken in by it.

This reminds me of a local company called "Bedford Batteries" whose tagline is "Not just batteries!"

This is pretty scandalous I think. The local mayor ran an overtly anti-EWR campaign, got elected by a few hundred votes, then spent thousands of pounds on spurious studies challenging the railway, and has now admitted he has a financial interest because the chosen route cuts across his family land.

One of the infuriating things about this government is they seem to view the political landscape like the weather, rather than something they can influence and reshape with the vast powers at their disposal.

Looking at my neighbours with their windows all wide open and wondering what exactly they're hoping to achieve. It's 34 degrees out there, my friends. It's not going to make your house any cooler.

Given the constraints Sam identifies, as well as Burnham's background, I wonder if something dramatic on electoral reform and devolution will be top of the agenda. Low cost and quick implementation compared to many reforms, and it'd appeal to disgruntled left wing voters and wonkish centrists alike.

Fuel duty moves, Russian sanction tweaking and talk of voluntary supermarket price caps are just a total mess of a response to an energy price surge.

Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy

My David Attenborough story is that I nearly became the most hated man in Britain when I found myself walking behind him in central London, and he stopped so suddenly I nearly went into the back of him.

"You ugly, hate-filled man." "Hey, hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I, um... What was the third thing you said?"

Putin’s aims for Ukraine are textbook genocidal. He says Ukraine doesn’t get to exist, that Ukrainian language & culture doesn’t exist. His actions - civilian massacres, occupation, executing people who have Ukrainian symbols, the child abductions - all genocidal

There is a very good, straightforward explanation of why we can't just put solar panels on roofs if we're taking decarbonisation seriously here.

The shoes of a toddler, one of the almost 1500 people who drowned on this date in 1912 when the Titanic sank. A small thread for a little kid. 🧵

Treacle comes from an ancient Greek word for wild animal. Which then became a word for poisonous animals. Which then became a word for the antidote. Which then became a word for medicines more generally - which were often gooey syrups, so the word then became...

Love reading reviews like this, thinking I'll maybe check it out, then getting to the end and discovering it's on another streaming service I've never even heard of.

Thankfully I graduated in 2006, so naturally I took the opportunity to kickstart my career while the going was good, and didn't at all fanny around for two years, then decide to do a masters degree, ensuring I emerged, finally ready to work in the go-go summer of 2009.

Nick Clegg unveiled a portrait of himself at the National Liberal Club yesterday and it's hard to tell which one looks less like Nick Clegg, the portrait of Nick Clegg or the actual Nick Clegg

I hate that this new coastal path of course has to be named after the king. Can't we have anything in this country that is for all of us, not implicitly, deferentially, cringingly some gift of the monarch?

Must...resist... nostalgia for the obviously better times which happened to coincide with my childhood

Frimpong at the end of that Ekitike run