Nevertheless, in keeping with the glee-club vibe implied by Barnett’s remorse at not broadcasting happier news after Clegg’s self-promotion piece and more boat hysteria. #r4today

Sounds like one of those ‘shithole countries’ I’ve heard about.

I’m coming across an increasing number of 20-year-olds muttering under their breath about 50+-year-old men.

That’s us fucked, then.

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Half a million quid a year to a moonlighting Alan Shearer for proclaiming everything as either ‘magnificent’ or ‘embarrassing.’

With a croaky-voiced person who is the latest to have expunged ‘are’ from her vocabulary. #r4today

‘Also… as well.’

Cf. the curse of ‘in terms of…’.