The hill I will die on is that Sweep is one of the all-time great British comedy characters. He should be spoken about in the same breath as Hancock, Captain Mainwaring, Blackadder, Fleabag...
I love voting at our local polling station - but I’m always slightly disappointed we don’t pop our ballot papers into Pingu’s beak.
#ElectionDay
#penguinsatpollingstations
Every once in a while there’s an actor whose comedic talent is so singular that they seem to create a particular style of delivery, a certain physicality, a whole comedy type - that’s then imitated but never bettered. RIP Matthew Perry. You were wonderful, and we adored you ❤️💔
RECORD BREAKING:
#BlackPanther
exceeds expectations, does $192 million at the box office for the highest February opening and the fifth biggest of all time
- Exit poll shows 68% voted to
#Repealthe8th
- Harvey Weinstein is charged with rape & sexual abuse
- Tommy Robinson is jailed
In the words of MLK: The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
Literally THE SAME DAY he did this, Matt Hancock told the rest of us: "You can meet 1 other person from outside your household in an outdoor, public place. But please keep 2 metres apart... Stick with the rules, keep an eye on your family and don’t take risks."
TBH if more 'Britishness' means more shows that reflect modern Britain like We Are Ladyparts, I May Destroy You, Dreaming Whilst Black, Starstruck and This Country do, then I'm all for it. Those *are* the kind of shows John Wittingdale means, right..?
On the BBC, Will and Nancy dedicate their
#Strictly
dance to everyone who lost a loved one in the pandemic and didn't get a chance to say goodbye to them... while over on ITV, they rehabilitate Matt Hancock.
Thank you
@bbcstrictly
🙏
Very excited to announce that I've just had my first feature film script optioned. I realise all kinds of things could happen now... But for now, to have got to this point, feels great.
“If that means living life as a trans person, if that’s what makes sense to them, it doesn’t matter if that doesn’t make sense to you. It makes sense to them and it’s their right to live that out.”
It shouldn’t be refreshing to hear this view, but blimey, it is. 👏
"LGBT has got a T in there for a reason - trans people started our movement"
Writer Armistead Maupin talks to
@krishgm
about transphobia in the UK and US, and why he's using his voice to stand up for trans rights.
Watch him on Ways to Change the World:
My robot vacuum is nowhere to be found. He's been missing for two days. My house isn't that big, I've genuinely looked everywhere. I don't think I've ever been this confused.
Hopefully the last time I'll have to wear one of these in a while. I'm off the metaphorical rollercoaster, and my legs are metaphorically wobbling, but my thumb's aloft. Because I'm out the other side of breast cancer treatment 🙌🥳
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
"People of all backgrounds are sophisticated, are interesting, are equally prone to tragedy and joy... So I think it’s wrong to allow one strata of society to have the most access."
A million times this.
David J Bradley but marked with a Recusant's Sigil
Most bizarre moment of the Westminster Council Elections (so far!) happened before the hustings yesterday. I said hello and held out my hand to the Conservative councillor/fellow candidate - and he refused to shake it, saying "I don't shake hands with communists." Eh?!
Mueller filed an indictment just as the President left for July he indicted the Russians who will never come here just before he left for Helsinki.Either could have been done earlier or later. Out of control!Supervision please?
🧵In the words of John Lennon in his song Beautiful Boy: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. In the words of the doctor sitting opposite me in hospital: “So we have your results. I’m afraid it’s not going to be the news you were hoping for…” 1/
@ShippersUnbound
But they won’t be “disconnected from people” if they see more of their families, neighbours, local shopkeepers and others in their community, right?
So, so happy to hear that a family in my ward, who have been living in a frankly uninhabitable property and who I doggedly pushed to have moved, have today picked up their keys to their new home. *This* is why I wanted to be a Councillor.
Just a reminder that The Guardian US staff were so horrified by The Guardian UK’s transphobia that they wrote a piece *in The Guardian* condemning it 👉
The Standards Committee's report on Chris Pincher describes his groping as "sexual misconduct" and "very inappropriate sexual contact". Just so we're clear: it's sexual assault.
Hi
@twocitiesnickie
, Please can you reassure us that you will be holding No. 10 to account over their Christmas Party? Not least because it took place in your constituency? I'm sure you agree it's disgraceful that they were partying while your constituents were following the law?
“In my obit it will say that I wrote Good Will Hunting. People don’t want to think that those two cute guys wrote it.” RIP the brilliant William Goldman.
@speakoutsister
I think a lot of people also miss that drag is an act of resistance (as well as expression, and celebration). eg this piece talks about its history and "the pervasive danger of living authentically"
Delighted & honoured to have been elected to represent the residents of Churchill Ward along with
@ShTalukder
. Absolutely gutted that the hardworking, caring & brilliant
@JasonPimlico
wasn’t elected alongside us.
“For the first time in modern history, both the Prime Minister and his MPs are wilfully obstructing the national interest in order to save their careers.”
A brilliant, damning piece by
@jonlis1
.
I once watched a colleague (who had just returned to work after maternity leave) highlight every email in her inbox and press delete. When she saw the look on my face, she shrugged and said, "If they really need to talk to me, they'll find me." I think of her nearly every day.
Happy Birthday
#RikMayall
, you ruddy legend ❤️
Rik was a childhood - and adulthood - hero of mine. I wrote to him when I was 12. And I met him when I was 20.
People say you should never meet your heroes. Those people never met Rik Mayall.
Most bizarre moment of the Westminster Council Elections (so far!) happened before the hustings yesterday. I said hello and held out my hand to the Conservative councillor/fellow candidate - and he refused to shake it, saying "I don't shake hands with communists." Eh?!
And I’ll end this with the wise words of Chumbawamba, as spotted in Leeds city centre on our way back from hospital. Stay well, Twitter. And look after your boobs, and your loved ones’ boobs! xx 10/10
My liege and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is,
Why day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief: