Aid Thompsin & Other Disappointments

On this mid-week show, we wax lyrical about THAT Kirsty Alsopp tweet i put out. The infuriation of people who don't understand childcare and the pressures of parenthood. Suella Braverman's latest embarrassment. Donald Trump goes a bit more cuckoo, AGAIN. And the People's Prick Nigel Farage exorcises his shamelessness once more. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you wan...

It's a Friday night guest show & this time we have author and comment journo NARINDER KAUR on (Big Brother, Jeremy Vine, Good Morning Britain) . Tonight we discussed absolutely loads... from Joey Barton's legal trouble to Sydney Sweeney's jeans controversey - right over to Free Speech and a bit of "do we actually even really like Labour anymore!?". Here are some links i really hope y...

On tonight's mid-week show we look at the online and media reaction to the Epping protests which have definitely NOT been infiltrated or coordinated by the Far Right and are - as they go to great pains to point out - just local "legit-concerns" parents. ALSO: Is Sharia Law REALLY Coming To The UK? LMFAO Nope. AND: a Christian teacher convinced his congregation to invest in his own person...

It's a delayed friday night live show (so very much Saturday and pre-recorded), so tonight we're discussing why there was no friday night live show, kids, life, the stress of the summer holidays - before getting onto the predictable shitness of the Right-wing reactionaries and a bit of Russell Brand's latest embarrassment. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want epi...

It’s the mid-week show and tonight we’re taking a look at the latest developments in the Trump / Epstein saga. Ghislaine has been asked if she wants to talk (to the U.S. Govt). Meanwhile Ozzy Osbourne has died. ALSO: we look at the Maryland Fire Captain who took IT ALL OUT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earl...

It's another week of barrell scraping lows with the Stephen Colbert debacle at CBS, the Late Show getting cancelled, the "protests" outside "MiGrAnT hOtELs!" - and an Alabama State Auditor has fallen for a scam that his neighbouring Repb guy took donations from. Everything is awful. Drink with me. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes...

It's almost time for ye grand olde tradition of English Summer Riots. Why not enjoy the build up with support act, @aidThompsin, who will now riff, roast and ridicule the latest developments in the UK's god-awful news cycle. This time we're looking at the advent of AI New York Times articles, Matt Goodwin's potential possible ish kinda riot-incitement tweets, the UK Govt wrapping superinjunctions...

It's the Friday Night LIVE SHOW and this week we're talking mushroom pie deaths, the economy shrinking and of course... ballooning inequality and financial doom. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A Review <-- on Apple Podcasts, would be amaaaaa...

Nick Ferrari has started doing his usual “telegraph as a teleprompter” shtick this time re a debunked Times report on an exodus of the rich. Also: the upside of AI Avatars. AND: the latest in MAGA, Epstein, MTG etc Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write M...

It's the Friday Night LIVE SHOW and this week we're talking Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana's new political party, is it operational? Are they actually co-leading it? ALSO: Diddy looks set to get off on the most serious charges he was facing. And OVER TO MAGA: Where Trump's Big Beautiful Bill has just gotten signed off. ALSO THE TAP DANCING TOSSER AWARD. Here are some links i really hope you click:...

It's the Friday Night LIVE SHOW and this week we have a special guest: Supertanskiii. Took me 25 minutes to get the tech working so apols for the slightly lo-fi background, lack of editing etc. Tonight we covered Glastonbury, Graham Hughes, Technocracy and more. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetu...

On this week's mid-week show, we take a look at Donald Trump's F-Word rant in response to Israel paying no attention to the ceasefire he dreamt up in his declining brain. ALSO: I hold a Times journalist to account for retailing out another Henley & Partners report (that was trashed last time round by Byline Times). AND: New Zealand have gone for a rather offbeat way of bringing in the tourists...

Tonight we're looking at the much delayed, very over budget HS2 project which continues to creak on, albeit in a much different manner and form than we'd been promised. The graffiti EPIDEMIC on London's underground - AND the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups...

On tonight's mid-week show, we look at Douglas Carswell's journey in being frogboiled. Is Farage about to run to the defence of the Metropolitan Elite Software World? We look at the report that MOST Americans now get their news from the internet. AND: the startup company where the bosses tell you to f*ck each other. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2...

Israel's gone mad(der), Trump has gone mad(der still). Ballymena's gone bally mental. And Darren Grimes is trying to persuade everyone he's getting suspended for not attending non-existent HR training modules. ALSO: beatboxing nuns obviously. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show cred...

HOORAY! The latest Right Wing conspiracy theory has just dropped, guys. And on this episode we follow it from Andrew Bridgen of "the vaccines don't work!" fame direct to Dan Wootton and out into the YouTube, Tiktok and Twitter-spheres. ALSO: Trump's Tourism Timebomb: would you honestly visit America now? AND: In a tumultuous world where Israel, Russia, probably China and America are just...

Musk and Trump have fallen out. Some guy in Florida had the run of his life. And death. Laurence Fox is back in the news - AND: JP Morgan appear to be on a campaign to disrespect their staff as much as possible. Just another weird week in the run-up to the apocalypse. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London...

A slightly briefer mid-week show this week as i gear up for SXSW festival tonight, the live show on Friday AND the Patreon meetup on Saturday (7/6/25) on East London. On tonight's show though: is the reason the world is getting crazier, that we are getting crazier - is that we're all becoming our very own entitled, amped up celebrities? ALSO: Fan-Favourite LEE ANDERSON makes a comeback to the show...

Musk has left the White House. Marjorie Taylor Greene is getting into arguments with bots. We ask the question: at what point do we stop trying to debate people who obv live in a conspiracy-theory, fantasy unreality? AND: the world's worst Nationalist Rock Song erupts onto Instagram. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Disc...

Putin has "gone crazy!", while Joe Rogan has gone Christian. Farage and Tice have reverted to advertising taxcuts they'd never be able to deliver. And what is the most ridiculous idea for an art exhibit you can think of? DOUBLE IT and feed it steroids. I've got something absolutely MORONIC and it'll make you want to blow your brains out I promise you. Here are some links i really hope yo...

It's Friday night, it's half-past seven which means it's time for a friday night show. Tonight we're taking a look back at the polls since Starmer went all ENOCH. Was the prediction right? ALSO: Trump and South Africa WTF. And why is Nethanayahu blaming Starmer for his own ridiculousness? And has The Onion's satire simply become the real world? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon...

Monorail’s Richard Tice set the internet ablaze by demanding we do not lose our Brexit Benefits in the new EU/UK trade “reset”. Billionaire David Geffen has SHOCKINGLY not found love in all the wrong places again. And friend of the show LIZ TRUSS BREAKS SILENCE on Minibudget (again) to declare it was all the fault of the evil Bank of England for doing their bloody WOKE MATHS BLACK MAGIC ON HER. Th...

Keir Starmer has gone all right-wing with his Albania deals and GB News euro-tour cohorts. Diddy is on trial, joining Chris Brown, Gerard Depardeiu and others in becoming men who FALL FROM GRACE, their CAREERS ARE IN TATTERS. Also: we play a new game tonight to highlight the depressing rightward shift of the fabled OVERTON WINDOW. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you...

Keir Starmer's speech has gone down a STORM! If you were looking for a hurricane of disapproval from his own voters and a shrug of indifference from the ones he was hoping to attract. Meanwhile States-side, Trump's overt corruption and ridiculous Trade Deal posturing cannot be matched. Unless Fox News are in the conversation. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want...

Trade Deals and Trump be DAMNED, tonight we're looking at some OTHER nonsense. It's David Beckham's 50th Birthday and there appears to be some beef between his sons. Apparently that's worthy of a front page or five. Meanwhile the CIA, FBI and NCA would like access to your private, personal messages because WHAT IF A CHILD BOTHERS TO GO ON FACEBOOK THESE DAYS. The Morons who cut down the Sycamore T...