David Reynolds
@direynolds
Aging leftie, amateur jazz pianist, Spurs fan, pro-Europe. Never vote Tory. Or Reform, obviously.
Spence must have been in the running for LB. Having three of last season’s relegation-adjacent Tottenham back four in the team of the tournament would have been something.
I used to live in Havering. How can the borough that once boasted Jeffrey Archer as a councillor have sunk so low?
A headline that says as much about Britain as it does about David Attenborough.
Can’t help feeling there’s some kind of metaphor to be had here. Of course, you can’t take it too far — this Trump was generous in defeat, acknowledging that he’d been outplayed.
Is there anywhere in the UK where (a) a lot of people normally vote LibDem, (b) May’s election will nevertheless be between the Tories and Reform, and (c), given the similarity of their platforms, anyone who wants to keep Reform out at all costs would vote tactically for the Tories?
“My family’s from Manchester, you know.” “Your family’s from Manchester, but you're not.” “Oh, good lord, no.”
Why does the BBC not sue Trump's press secretary for describing it as “100% fake news” and a broadcaster of “blatant propaganda"?
Also, I know you don’t own it anymore, but given the advances of the past 50 years since this kind of thing was common, the result of a match that ended before 10pm on Saturday being shown in yesterday’s Observer as ‘Late’ was flabbergasting.
Hey @theguardian.com. Any reason why today’s digital edition contains a number of pages from the 15 August edition, meaning for example that the subject of this double page feature abruptly changes half way through?
“You missed the dignified time to sack him. That was before you said you had full confidence in him at PMQs. Or preferably before you even appointed him.”
“Ministers couldn’t have been more successful at raising [Palestine Action’s] profile if they’d issued personal endorsements.”
Memo to @theguardian.com and all other news outlets: not every story has to be framed by reference to Reform UK. Thank you.
“Frodo, in his thirties, still young for a hobbit.” www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
Unless he was using the word in its ironic meaning of arrant or worthless.
Does anyone recognise the man in this picture? Looks familiar, but can’t place him.
The reference to “knighthoods” suggests that Shapps may have been given more than one, perhaps one for each of his multiple identities.
Well, it’s been over a week and I still haven’t seen any evidence of the outrage that the press and Tory MPs must be feeling over another prominent BBC presenter publicly criticising the government. How can I have missed it?