It was only a matter of time. The new Online Safety Act has blocked some humorous Labour content…
Co-conspirators can scroll down a few Guido stories and see a fetching image of Keir Starmer’s face on a baby with the strapline: “KEIR SUFFERS EXTINCTION EVENT.” A simple enough play on there being no new babies called Keir last year…
Unfortunately the post has been twice hidden from X with the now-dreaded message:
This is known as ‘overcompliance’ with onerous legislation. Guido recommends everyone in the UK downloads a VPN…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”
