The news is officially out - taking Can't Wait To Leave on tour from August! This show means so much to so many people & I could not be happier that we're not done with it yet🎉🟦🟪 Go get your tickets via https://t.co/lRKzVvzT8u (& go follow @1912Productions while you're at it)

He really is an incredibly stupid man. These people can't even argue for what they want to happen when given every opportunity in the world.

"ok Keir, right wingers think you're a New World Order elite plant who wants to bring in global 5G brain hacking, and left wingers think you're an authoritarian stooge with nothing to offer but a tired Blairite tribute act. What's the plan?" 'Hear me out... ID Cards!'

Not one political party had compulsory digital ID in its manifesto at last year's general election. Not one person voted for it.

The digital ID cards contract will go to Palantir, won’t it? An authoritarian policy dressed up in anti-migrant rhetoric, funnelling public money to a shady American tech firm. You couldn’t invent a more Starmerite scheme.

Britain is the first Deëmerging Economy in the world. A clever investment bank macro analyst like Jim O'Neill should lean into this. Counties like India and Vietnam and China are rapidly emerging, Britain is demerging: becoming a low trust, low wage, low productivity, low tech

They could, instead, pass a single policy that makes peoples’ lives better

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties @lovelockprods @JenaFriedman @rialinacom 49. And my final show of the Fringe is AWKWARD PRODS GET MARRIED (@AwkwardProds). As silly+delightful an event as I expected. Full of giggles, guest appearances, & a magical musical number from the divine @SoozUK. My god, aren't they such a gorgeous pair. Mazel tov, lovelies 💖

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties @lovelockprods @JenaFriedman @rialinacom 48. WD40 (Mark Thomas). Tickets to see his shows are like gold dust & it's not hard to see why. He's inimitable (as more energy in his little finger than most do in their whole bodies)& delightfully savage about a whole range of topics. Would pay through the nose for more of this

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties @lovelockprods @JenaFriedman @rialinacom 47. ONE NIGHT STAND BABY (Thor Stenhaug). Exactly what it says on the tin - tales from the peculiar life of the child of two strangers who once hooked up. Thor's charm is instantly infectious - he was incredibly fun to watch & had the room in stitches. Great stuff.

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties @lovelockprods @JenaFriedman 44. RIABELLION @rialinacom. Another great hour of comedy about motherhood, race, sex, hormones, and politics, with an energetic and raunchy performance. Saw RL years ago and said "I should go and see her again!" Takes me ~5 years sometimes but I always follow through...

You can do a masters and abuse substances at the same time. Ask me how I know

This is why UK productivity is so low. Absolutely pathetic outcome.

The bad news: we’ve shuttered the history, literature, music, and philosophy departments. The good news: we now have extra budget for our AI Prompts degree

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties @lovelockprods 43. MOTHERF*CKER @jenafriedman. Grief, childbirth, and the decline of American democracy (the three genders). A very fun hour making light of some very un-fun topics but the way the audience howled with laughter shows that dark comedy still v much has its place

The police are asking local Cotswolds residents for their social media handles to be passed onto to JD Vance's security detail. Glad to hear some people refused. Honestly the nerve of it, especially for the man who criticised Europe for censorship https://t.co/8wen7p89Lq

There’s a new Mortal Engines novel coming next year: Bridge of Storms: https://t.co/8qKhCoc9oU #BridgeOfStorms @scholasticuk

just one more lurch to the right bro, just one more lurch will fix it

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @SoozUK @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties 40. BLANDY @lovelockprods. Sharp and hilarious comedy about the story behind a famous historical murder I'd probably never heard of. Dazzingly well-written - it's full of twists and turns and enacted with aplomb by two multifaceted performers

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @SoozUK @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios @theshowshanties 39. MHAIRI BLACK WIP. The former MP turned comedian puts her oratory skills and infamous wit to logical good use. Cracking good hour in which she shares anecdotes both from her politics days & since escaping the HoC. She's a natural and I hope this proves a fruitful path for her.

@theoliviamcleod @jamesbarrcomedy @xhloeandnatasha @SoozUK @ShappiKhorsandi @jasminesthien @PopplewellLulu @ThanyiaMoore @bumflareplay @JAZalice @idlehivestudios 37. SHANTIFY @theshowshanties. Six leading men turn pop songs into sea shanties... why, it's like this show was made exactly for me. Gloriously good fun and without question a future West End hit