The guitar lessons joke is great. It was great when Ricky Gervais wrote it & it’s still great now…

NEW: Chief Whip Simon Hart suspends the Whip from Matt Hancock.

“Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”

I wonder now if part of me knew there was more likelihood of a U.K. Health & Social Care Secretary eating kangaroo testicles, before meaningfully improving life for institutionalised learning disabled adults in the U.K….. They’re in ATUs, get them out of there

Matt Hancock AND Chris Moyles…

So often people who think like this assume they'd have made some heroic stand against Hitler on behalf of the persecuted, and that this imaginary 'British' moral superiority means they can't be wrong about how they treat others now. It's utterly grotesque.

The fact that Matt Hancock appearing in the jungle in I'm A Celeb isn't even close to being the weirdest political story of the year says much about 2022.

.Huw Parkinson reimagines the procession of U.K. prime ministers in the world of SUCCESSION.

This will be controversial inside the Commons and out. The House is in recess for some of the I’m a Celebrity fortnight but not all. During that time Mr Hancock’s constituents will not have representation in Parliament, instead he’ll be in Australia. thesun.co.uk/tv/20284864/ma…

Wonderful listening to Jan Etherington on BBC Woman's Hour talking about the very few positive older women characters on TV & radio (still too few) & how that motivated her to write her own. #ActingYourAgeCampaign #DontCastHerOut

I still can’t believe the havoc that Truss wreaked in a month (and who aided and abetted her?) and the fact that there will be zero accountability.

'Refugee charities said the embattled home secretary’s remarks were “heinous” and “dehumanising” for refugees and migrants, adding that she also put Home Office staff and volunteers at risk.'

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A listener to BBC Woman's Hour is explaining that “trussonomics” wiped £20,000 from her already meagre pension and that she feels understandably furious that Truss can look forward to her own PM payout for life.

We just survived a 5 yr olds birthday party .. now give me GIN.

I wish the government wasn’t being referred to as a “new” government.
It’s the same government just one that’s been playing musical chairs ….

Very interesting, Patricia Nicol . I feel BBC Sounds overpromotes youth-focused content, whilst seriously good documentary stuff is pushed to one side.

Just saw a woman make a stranger take out her AirPods on the bus to enthusiastically show her… a YouTube video on how to get rid of her terrible acne