Richard Bartholomew

The difference between a journalist and a grifter is that a journalist might look at this poster and decide to investigate why someone made it, whereas a grifter is just looking to dispense a pre-packaged talking point. Which best describes GB News anchor Alex Armstrong?

RIP Patrick Stewart

Dave Atherton follows up his complaint that he was ejected from court for not being a proper journalist by expressing the opinion that "the jury looked suspect".

"Happy to be interviewed by one of Nigel Farage's dinner guests"

He spent a lot of his time as an MP churning out rent-a-quotes for the media thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

If you are public figure directing a political movement while on the run from an arrest warrant after skipping court (not to mention staying in a luxury resort in Cyprus two years after declaring bankruptcy), then you do not really have a reasonable expectation of privacy

And look who came in Robinson's wake

The only person who called Dougie Smith "Dr No" is Nadine Dorries, as a device to avoid possible libel difficulties. I suspect she didn't use the more obvious "Blofeld" because it would have been tactless given that her literary agent is Piers Blofeld.

The trigger for the MAGA interest appears to have been a short video in which the right-wing activist Thomas Moffitt (Young Bob) was shown being arrested, reportedly for insisting that the slur is just an abbreviation during a public debate (looks like at Speakers' Corner).