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The Late Show aired its final episode on Thursday, bringing an end to Stephen Colbert’s decade-long run as host and the show’s 32-year run as CBS’s premier late-night talk show.

For the unpatriotic, those are: Paddington, Winnie the Pooh, Rupert and Sooty. WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

In the two-minute-long message to the audience, Colbert described his show as a “Joy Machine” as he thanked the audience both in the studio and those watching at home.

Police said that aside from the “misconduct in public office” probe into the former royal, they are also investigating a 2020 incident involving a woman being taken to a Windsor address “for sexual purposes.”

Yet there you are, outside.

First Brexit, then immigration and now this. What, if anything, does Andy Burnham actually disagree with Keir Starmer about?

Let those among us who have not accidentally followed a fascist leader on Facebook in full on fascist gear... who's like the most obvious fascist... doing really fascist stuff... cast the first stone. #Reform

Why the scare quotes? Huge numbers of people in this country are struggling with their mental health, esp since the pandemic. Most politicians diminish this harm and gaslight people suffering for somehow not being robust enough. I celebrate @carladenyer.bsky.social being brave and honest.

Nigel Farage took £50,000 from crypto firms then said he was "not aware" of the industry funding his party bylinetimes.com/2026/05/22/n...

A reminder that not everyone wants to have their own kids! Some of us are luring other people's offspring into confectionery-based cottages in woodland clearings to cook and eat them and that's just as valid

If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The Labour government has just further emboldened the worst people on the planet to intimidate, harass and threaten any woman they see in a toilet who doesn't meet their weird standards of femininity. The most transphobic government the UK has ever had.

Dad joke of the day already sorted…

Zohran Mamdani’s Challenge To FIFA Results In $50 World Cup Tickets

LAUGHABLE front page from The Express… A newspaper that backs Reform whose leader and MPs voted against laws on: Stalking Harassment Drink spiking Upskirting …and sharing intimate images without consent. A pathetic excuse of a newspaper.

I am a chef and I work in a restaurant and I have to create really fancy dishes for people. Everyone thinks that I must cook really fancy meals at home. I actually chuck fish fingers and oven chips in the air fryer and have them & beans. No way am I fannying about in my kitchen.

The Rejoin petition jumped from 70K to 75K yesterday. It needs to hit 100K by June 8th when the petition closes in order to get a debate in Parliament. The 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote is June 23rd.

Name a better engineer than a London beaver. We’ll wait. 🦫 These incredible creatures were reintroduced to the city and have already stepped up to stop flooding at a Tube station and restore local habitats. Nature is healing (and civil engineering).

🔥 Now over 75,000 signatures! So an increase of 5K in less than a day. Keep going folks. Share to friends.

Every interview with a tech CEO youtube.com/shorts/ZseOJ...

Just after the pandemic I was booked for a cabaret gig and the pianist refused to work with me because of my "extreme opinions". This is because the last time she'd played for me I said to the audience that Margaret Thatcher was burning in hell.

Out before 7 with the Prof and #sophiefromromania - as it’s such a lovely morning we’ve forgiven her for waking us in the middle of the night

"That's what happens when you elect Nigel Farage fans..." @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to two new Reform councillors admitting they don't know what they're doing.

The FACTS one trick pony Nigel Farage does not want you to know

Nigel Farage is nowhere to be found for six lovely days now. Did it happen?

Nigel Farage really is a one trick pony. His divisive and inflammatory comments about immigration is all he has. Is it any wonder he won’t want you to know that net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak under the conservatives. LETS MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THE REAL FACTS

RE: new #Bluey episodes, a reminder that the reason Bandit (the dad) is an archaeologist is because dogs love digging up bones! However, Bluey’s creator Joe Brumm is also brother of renowned Stone Age expert, Professor Adam Brumm, who specialises in the earliest known cave art found in Indonesia…

"Just because you’ve got a flag in your van and you scream at people in the street doesn’t make you a patriot." Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Channel 4 News' Economics Editor Helia Ebrahimi that being a patriot is about "loving this country and treating other people with respect"

Amazing to think I was once interested about what new phones and laptops were coming out. Now, every new development is an intrusive and unnecessary addition of AI, in a form that gets in my way rather than helps me, and which already looks horribly outdated.

I'm really into "fun with barcodes". Set the scale to Pick 'n' Mix (most expensive), print a label, and stick the barcode bit on the Daily Mail. Then, watch the rage when it scans at £28. Childish? Yes. Worth it? Also yes.

It was a lovely evening. #Taskmaster

Full disclosure, I have also been struggling recently. I'm doing all the right things that have helped in the past and feel closer to the exit than the entrance. NOT saying this to solicit sympathy or advice (that only makes me want to make you feel better) but just to say, it's not always obvious.

​Thirty years ago, my best friend slipped into the river while we were scrambling rocks. To this day, she tells people how I jumped in to save her. But the truth is I laughed so hard when she fell I peed myself, and only jumped in to hide my pissy jeans.

We’re opening an EU-Mexico Summit of historic importance. There is so much Europe and Mexico can offer one another. But even more importantly, there is so much we can achieve together. A stronger partnership starts today. 🇪🇺🇲🇽

I find the level, speed, and depth of radicalisation frightening. This isn't about safety or fairness. Her core assertion is that someone else ticking a box somehow dilutes her womanhood. How is this different to what bigots were saying a few years ago on marriage to exclude people like her and me?

There's some welcome bits and pieces in that EHRC guidance, particularly on clubs and associations being able to remain trans-inclusive, but in general it's a mess. Imagine having to make a major financial decision on the basis of the endless, hyper-anxious impenetrable drivel in that document.

Further to the quoted... This is becoming a sort of national psychosis. I mean, look at defence. 😂

Laurence "the 6th most talented" Fox and teeny Tommy Robinson, have had their appearance at the Oxford Union cancelled. Enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend.

👀 Reform UK said Nigel Farage never received notification of the claim and had been unaware of the judgement. https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-nigel-farage-has-court-judgement-for-debt-of-almost-10k

How to build a good prime minister: We've fucked it up not once, not twice, but at least seven times in succession. Maybe let's do it differently this time iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

Very pleased to share with you the result of a recent commission I received from Good Housekeeping magazine to write an erotic poem for its readers.

Why immigration-obsessed media isn’t celebrating plummeting immigration figures but is lying about ‘brain drains’ & emigration. open.spotify.com/episode/05xH...

Series creator Eric Kripke, who has acknowledged his show is a right-wing critique, said he would “never get a better review ever."

If the right wing lobby were really offended about people playing 'the wrong races' they'd have been out on the streets protesting against Mickey Rooney's portrayal of Mr Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's since 1961. I have others.

This is the best petty grievance I've seen EVEN ON HERE for a while.

Unforgettable visit to the Museum of Anthropology. I had the privilege of meeting women from Mexico’s indigenous communities, who shared their ancestral knowledge, crafts and traditions with generosity and pride.

My greatest reward as a teacher is bumping into former students who have gone bald before me.

30% of Makerfield's working population are in trades/manufacturing or manual labour. 70% are in professional, managerial, admin or services jobs. 22% work from home.

Perhaps the Greens should just sit this one out.

London stands with Manchester today. We remember the 22 innocent people whose lives were taken in the Manchester Arena attack. Our thoughts remain with the families, survivors and all those whose lives were changed forever.

You literally identity as a flipping lion

Today we remember Fusilier Lee Rigby. His dedication to the armed services will never be forgotten. We hold his family and loved ones in our thoughts on this anniversary.

Goujons of Sole – fish fingers with a French accent – are #RecipeOfTheDay! The sole here is lemon sole, actually a kind of flounder, is delicate, soft and relatively inexpensive, but any tender flatfish would do. www.nigella.com/recipes/gouj...

While my husband was in the shower I left him a note "come to bed and close your eyes, you will het a nice surprise". Five minutes later he had history's most disappointing mouthful of pavlova, apparently.

I’d like to suggest this may be the best book on genetics and history you’ll ever read. Unless you’ve read it already. In which case, this is the new updated version and you need it.

In today’s Russian papers: “nuclear muscle-flexing,” carrots and cabbages, “two scenarios” for Russia’s future and what a Russian singer said after getting an award from Vladimir Putin. #ReadingRussia

really grateful to live in the same time period as garlic bread

The reason MAGA doesn't survive without Trump is coz MAGA is just whatever Trump says it is on any particular day. Once he snuffs it (COULD BE SOON!) they're just a lot of aimless people hunting for an ideology. It's also why the Democrats trying to pander to them is fucking crazy.

Utterly unacceptable https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/reform-uk-councillor-shares-racist-and-islamophobic-content-and-backs-tommy-robinson/

This makes it much less likely Reform win Greater Manchester if there's a vacancy.

"Reform UK says it has no plans to investigate its candidate for the Makerfield by-election." And why is that?🤔 https://www.itv.com/news/2026-05-22/reform-uk-backs-by-election-candidate-accused-of-posting-offensive-comments

The cable cars are working this year, and on saturday we went to the beach on one, and we saw a jelly fish. Susan is behaving herself quite well so far.

It took ten years for America to become a banana republic. Ten years. I predict that by the end of his term, that binbag full of yoghurt will be wearing military uniform.

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💥 79,000💥 now! Well that IS fast progress. Let’s get it to 80,000 tonight people. Sign and share - you know the drill.

As a child, I thought that "stoked" meant that someone had just come back from Stoke-on-Trent. People who said they were stoked always looked really happy and I always wanted to get the bus into Stoke. Never been.

I sat next to the wife of the president of the University of Swansea.

The chair of US Commission of Fine Arts, in approving the proposed triumphal arch in DC, claimed that opposition to it was "due to a lack of understand<ing> about the history of such triumphal arches" Bit of an insult to those of us who really do know about triumphal arches!

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FESSHOLE LIVE TICKETS: 18 Jun 2026 - New Adelphi Club, Hull; 20 Jun 2026 - Cambridge Junction https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

🔥 VERY important that this hits target. The rally happens just 3 days before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote -- so the visuals from it will be used across media. Link —> www.gofundme.com/f/national-r...?

I am sorry about the pencil but we are not allowed to bring ink into the camp.

wow he sounds like he's either lying or a right stupid cunt.

sea frets in south Devon

Congratulations, dear Janez Janša, on your election as Prime Minister of Slovenia. Looking forward to our cooperation to tackle our common challenges: Strengthening our security, economic resilience and competitiveness on the global stage. For Slovenia and for Europe.

🧵 The Rainbow Project notes that trans people in Northern Ireland remain protected under Article 2 of the Windsor Framework, which commits the UK Govt to ensuring there is “no diminution of rights” following Brexit. Any breach of the Windsor Framework would impact Britain’s treaties with the EU [1]

I bought myself a pair of slippers.

President Donald Trump suggested Thursday he may intervene in Cuba, saying he “would be happy to do it.”

Well this doesn’t happen every day. I’m a guest presenter at the #ARIAS2026 and I just met a Master. A Popmaster. The mighty Ken Bruce. @RealKenBruce

the police force covering the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has said it has “engaged with” lawyers for a woman claiming to have been trafficked for sex with the former prince, while also still pursuing an investigation for misconduct in public office www.ft.com/content/46a1...

Wes Streeting seeing his 4% polling.

Sure, you saw the march... But did your coverage come with a Blind Date segment with Cilla introducing some of those incredibly eligible specimens from the day? Thought not Go on and give our news and politics podcast (with a difference!) a whirl… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

So proud of what we do - giving space for this kind of discussion without pretending we have all the answers. Just people having a real conversation. It shouldn't be so rare. If you dislike the state of our media, why not vote with your fingers and give this a listen? Reward what you want more of.

A British Olympian equestrian from my childhood who is retiring and is selling her competition lorry. It sleeps six people (and five horses!), it has a shower, a toilet that FLUSHES (imagine!), full electricity, FUCKING WIFI and it's £135k. What I'm saying is...I might live in an Olympian's lorry.

In the lengthy interview, Biden talks about a host of issues, including his personal scandals, while attacking the Trump administration and accusing it of corruption.

That England squad screams "grinding out results in the group stage only to get knocked out by the first decent team they play".

God, Race Across The World is magnificent. Huge, huge props to the incredible story producers on that show. They must have a mountain of material to fashion into that fabulous programme. A milliner’s worth of chapeaus to them. Makes me cry every time.

I don't care if Pearl and Dean had nothing to do with the movie I want to hear the music before movies again.

I don't think I have sent you this postcard.

If I have a troublesome poo, I give it an edgy thriller novel name. Favourite so far is The Balti Consequence.

My flat has a large window that birds keep flying into. Tried everything to try and get them to stop - reflective film, dots, different blinds - still keeps happening. I've now stuck a target on it and place bets on where they'll hit

Indeed, we had a splendidly good time. Plenty more where that came from. #Taskmaster

I simply don't know what to do with how great the new Arab Strap single is. If it was a person, I'd want to stand near it and occasionally rest my head on its shoulder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VeB...

Throw it into a volcano immediately.

Once submitted a sick request to work because I needed to take my dog to the vets since he had an erection that wouldn't go down. Thought it was easier to just say I was sick than explain that I needed time off to work out how to fix my dogs permanent hard on

Just found myself idly wondering whether chickens can swim, and the answer from the internet is that they can, yes, for short periods of time, but they tire quickly, so that’s yet another thing I have in common with chickens

If you watch Nationwide on Monday p.m., the children are directly behind Judith Chalmers at the little chef.

UC Berkeley Law School Adopts New, Strict Ban On AI Use By Students

When my daughter annoys me, I make her sandwich with a slice of bread from each end of the loaf, so the slices don't match up properly.

This cartoon is good, but it's a little hard to take from The Guardian which has - and continues to, esp via regular columnists - push for this exact thing