Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

the only seats that labour had any meaningful chance of winning are ones that went to the SNP.

some of the *check wikipedia tab* 41/59 seats that went to Labour in 2010, Jim?

All I am saying is that Scotland can shape the direction of the UK government.

Gotta hear both sides:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/yes-irish-pro-abortion-side-politial-class-media-illiberal-view

fucking hell

i guess the grauniad is jealous of all the hate-clicks the new york times' rightwing shithead commentators have been generating recently

celestial brain what if hate is the real love what if bad was good what then, sjws?

good work Melanie McDonagh i totally hope god doesn't kill you

the john grace article about his heroin addiction was bloody good earlier this week.

Link or you made it up

for every 1 item of "high-quality journalism" in the Graun they seem to need to plumb the same depths as The Times over + over again, arseholes.

Crace, not Grace.

Hilarious piece:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/23/venezuela-dictator-democracy-nicolas-maduro-venezuelans

john crace vs heroin :

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/patrick-melrose-captures-heroin-addiction-perfectly-it-brought-my-memories-flooding-back

Wow, never would have guessed. But then, how could I?

Aye same here, it's at least 6 weeks since I tooted some brown :p Nah but seriously, I've known a few people over who you'd never guess used to have a raging smack habit by their demeanour and appearance etc, and others where you'd suspect they are still bang at it!

-over the years-

Yes, liked the Crace piece a lot. And the photo of him skating.

https://imgur.com/a/EJcnf37

oh shit folks:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/29/online-forums-musical-culture-messageboards-social-media-music-essay

Haven’t had a chance to read that properly yet, but there’s a nice symmetry to the fact that the starter of this very thread gets a namecheck

Turrican's name in lights at long last.

Also LOLz @ Is the Guardian worse than it used to be? thread being possibly the oldest thread on ILX in permanent use.

He wasn't a troll he was a werewolf >:(

screenshotted!!

yawn at the fucking beatles being the top thread

I think the article really needs some Alizée gifs for illustrative purposes.

nice to see good ol’ barbelith namechecked there, that site used to be v important to me

I had a soft spot for it too.

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Tom clearly never truly crossed over to ILE, as he would've mentioned groovypanda.gif instead

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jiggly panda that is

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/01/brexit-shrek-messy-complicated-bad-tempered

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Brexit is like Shrek: shit

hnnnnnnnnnggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Shrek, a cartoon character known for his complexity

brb gonna claw every inch of my own flesh from my bones

If you're trying not to look like an out-of-touch elitist it's probably best not to reveal that you've clearly only seen one film in the last 15 years.

shit that looks like a Resistancehole article but isn't

Denim, "Best Song in the World"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8sl5slQLE

Oops wrong thread!

i absolutely loathe grace dent. didn't she used to be okay when she wrote that soap column? now she's all gloating about mulberry handbags and how expensive the trinkets are at persham nurseries in order to make it known that she goes there in the first place while superficially making out that she disapproves of people who shop there. she makes me sick.

She’s been a lamer ever since she took money for writing a YA book called Diary of a Chav.

where's the gloating article?

The restaurant column on Saturdays (I'm guessing)

Friday (today). I can't find the one where she was going on about her £800 handbag. Today, conversely, it's frowned upon to spend £800 on a garden feature but only so readers know that you've been there many times because you like *that* kind of life.

xp I'm assuming it's the one mentioned upthread where she mentions the name of her handbag in that brand-referencing style she does.
I'm no Grace stan, and 'Diary of a Chav' sounds horrendous, plus I have no idea what a Persham nursery is, but women are constantly policed re spending money on things viewed as frivolous by serious males.
I'd never even contemplate spending £900 or whatever it is on a handbag but ffs no-one pulls up blokes for mentioning (gloating about) their Arsenal season ticket or ridiculous Audi or limited edition trainers or whatever else they enjoy and can afford. Of course it's obscene and won't somebody think of Darfur but it's nearly always one-sided.

hang on, she went to this place for her job?

It’s Petersham Nurseries , the posh one’s just outside Richmond and is very bunting/shabby chic-oriented; the review was of the ‘branch’ of the restaurant in Covent Garden (no gardeny shite there).

Banging on about the cost of a handbag is very non-U (Petersham Nurseries people have wellies and Daunt Books holdalls FFS) but what do you expect from somebody who badly channels Elsie Tanner as part of her (cough) personal brand?

'We like a party!' – why is Scottish pop so potent?

It all started 60 years ago with the line: ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose!’ But is the eccentric spirit that unites Biffy Clyro, Orange Juice and Ivor Cutler dying out in the age of Calvin Harris?

Biffy Clyro eccentric? What the actual fuck?

you would have to be fairly eccentric to enjoy their work

well, i've never heard them but i agree.

i wouldn't've done if they hadn't turned up to spoil the Big Weekend last year