“If I am ever asked... to produce my ID card as evidence that I am who I say I am… then I will take that card out of my wallet and physically eat it in the presence of whatever emanation of the state has demanded that I produce it” - Boris Johnson in 2004
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Former prime minister Gordon Brown has written to the Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley calling for a second criminal phone-hacking investigation into News Group Newspapers, namely into the alleged “destruction of evidence by the organisation and the cover up that followed” (see…

Deed-DONE. That book was well overdue

Eleven tweets to say what Steve said in one. The preening trivia of some of our political classes is quite priceless.

I refer you to page 7 of the latest issue of Private Eye.

I’m delighted to announce the new home in the schedule for The LBC Consumer Hour is Sundays at 9pm.

For all my regular Friday night listeners I do hope you will join me on Sundays and I also look forward to reaching and helping new listeners who couldn’t tune in on Friday…

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Matt Berry was born. Berry's first TV gig came in 1999 on Game Over, a gaming show for awkwardly named Sky channel .tv. This was before he'd really found his voice.

I’ve voted. Where I am, it was only for a Police Commissioner, but that’s still a big deal since I live in Gotham City.

That Mos Eisley cantina scene could have been *so* different.

Today, in addition to my own, I’ll have two proxy votes. I’m essentially Grant Shapps.

Kids should be taught that gay relationships aren't normal and that the norm is a mother, a father and a family, says George Galloway of 4 different wives and 6 kids by 3 different women. Gotcha.

Exemplary green credentials. No unnecessary waste.

POV: You’re about to get £1.80 in CEX.

Ever wondered what's inside a dalek?

Our latest attempt to find regional functional differences among the language areas: all areas are sensitive to word meanings and syntactic structure, and all but one (the posterior temporal area) are also sensitive to semantic composition.Congrats, Cory Shain ([email protected]) Hope Kean and team!

7 out of 8 'authors' of a garbage paper from a papermill (including the corresponding author) would like us to know that they never had anything to do with it and never saw it before in their lives.
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Nature is amazing!...until it bites your arm off and uses your intestines for a smoothie.