**NEWS** My book is out now! Available via @penswordbooks at the link below (20% off!). It is an honest dive into the entire lifespan of @remhq, focusing as much as possible on what made them the most unlikely megastars in music history. Spread the word! https://t.co/kPzUZ8PFM6

Starmer is likely to be a frustrating prime minister, but I refuse to feel anything other than boundless, vindictive joy at what happens tomorrow. "That fluttering you hear is the sound of chickens coming home to roost." https://t.co/6oIAm88D13

John Oliver, "The Conservatives have had 5 different prime ministers over the past 14 years.. It's worth briefly revisiting all of them" 1⃣"David Cameron.. Austerity.. Brexit" 2⃣"Theresa May.. More austerity, two child cap" 3⃣"Boris Johnson.. His time in office was a

Another gob-smacking moment. Who knew they had a director of campaigning?

Times read: ‘Dire’ atmosphere in CCHQ as Tories hit ‘break glass moment’ with warnings of Labour ‘supermajority’ * Fears Tory voters who have gone to Reform aren’t coming back. * ‘It is depressing. It’s not going well at all and people just sound beaten. The strategy had been

'It's as if the wheels are turning but the cogs aren't biting.' 'Rishi Sunak makes David Cameron look like Pudsey, the Children in Need bear', says ＠mrjamesob in reaction to a video of the PM's visit to a homeless shelter.

For example, I never spent four billion pounds on unusable PPE.

Here's a slightly longer version of the Holden interview and it's even worse!!! It seems we are living in an alternate reality where a question about his selection is actually about Emily Thornberry and Labour's education policy (?!?!). Car crash interview.

. @WeLoveGreen review: Paris' big summer kicks off with hometown heroes Justice, @Imperatrice__ and more As the city prepares to host the Summer Olympic games, the French festival hosts an array of medal-winning performances from faces old and new

On the way home from a heady weekend in Paris reviewing @WeLoveGreen for @NME. Review here!

Thom telling people to Shut the fuck up in Birmingham

This with The @MaryWallopers for @NME is one of the most colourful interviews I've ever done. Nobody is safe from these guys.

Any political cartoonist that isn’t currently working on Lee Anderson singing I’m Just Ken isn’t doing their job

This is going on again, so please don't respond to anyone pretending to be me on Instagram, and definitely think twice before sending journalists money for coverage

I also wrote this profile of @serpentwithfeet over at @diymagazine, about finding emotional richness in relative simplicity and the - gulp - advantages of the social media age https://t.co/sLm3ell4A0

I've been doing some of that writing about music again. Like this @Bandcamp feature on @amazonesafrique, whose disruptive, cross-generational new album 'Musow Danse' is essential listening https://t.co/W8kLsguStc

In a very strong start to 2024, this is my favourite record of the year so far. My review for @NME here.

Very proud to share my #NMETheCover piece with the unholy @lipcritic here. They will batter your eardrums and you will like it.

The smiling glimmer of wisdom at the end of "something's lost but something's gained in living every day". Singing a song she wrote 60 years ago. It's all too much. #JoniMitchell #GRAMMYs