Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished
FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s UK, critics fear, but masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts. Macron says French navy…
Bollocks while the world burns
A snapshot—or screen grab—of the times we live in from today’s Guardian. On the left, a report on extreme heat events and deaths around the world caused by climate change…
From Nanny State to Ninny State
Never mind the quality of the benevolent concern, just feel the width of the legislation! HMG is banning cigarettes for anyone born after 2008. Another stupid idea chugged out of…
Melania Trump in surprise cookie denial
Today at a surprise press conference, Melania Trump denied taking any cookies from the cookie jar. ‘I did not take any cookies from the cookie jar,’ she told assembled journalists.…
The long arm of the absurd law
Oops! I’ve been criminalised in the UK while living in Japan Hi, my name’s Chris, and I am criminal. I am a British national, I live in Japan yet I…
The naked war
I’m old enough to remember when we had reasons for wars. No, really, it used to be a thing: having reasons for wars. There was even a legal term for…
As Gorton-Denton goes green, so does Starmer
Keir Starmer is said to be incandescently green with fury today. He is also green with bile, and green with an overpowering nausea when he thinks about the future, the…
When ‘fascist’ stops being a joke and why the word matters again
In one episode of the 80s comedy The Young Ones, the four housemates discover oil in the basement of their London student house. This leads Mike and Vyvyan to mount…
The world in union sings praises to the ambitions of Donald Trump
“Usually they say, ‘he’s a horrible dictator-type person … I’m a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator!” — DonaldTrump, World Economic Forum, Davos, 21 January 2026 If Trump wants…
Keir Starmer — Identity Man (Sir)
It is an irony that the politician so keen on introducing digital identity cards has no identity of his own. It is this absence of identity that is impelling him…