#peter mannion

[notcharliesblog]

[asexplainedbyttoi]

What a night!

Tories wiped out in Wales

Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his seat

Nigel Farage got a seat (and Donald Trump congratulated him on it as though he’d won the election)

Jeremy Corbyn kept his seat

Liz Truss lost her seat

13 ministers lost their seats

The Lib Dems got 71 seats

Sinn Fein got more seats than ever

And we have a new PM with, as of now, 412 seats in less votes than Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour got in 2019 (people just liked Boris, and now they really hate the Tories)

[gaylittlebillionaires]

seeing pictures of roger allam as hitler in albert sheer feels like something that peter mannion mp did when he was younger that got leaked which stewart pearson is presumably flailing about trying to clean up somewhere in the background

[muined]

The Thick of It: Babies. ('80s Malcolm obviously inspired by Capaldi in Lair of the White Worm, in which he, y'know, is styled the way Addison would be as Ollie...) (Also my only knowledge of education in the UK comes from The Young Ones)

[mywingsareonwheels]

Opinions of the Thursday family on other characters played by their actors:-

Win: she's incredibly chuffed that Caroline was in Coronation Street. The whole family sat and watched *The New Worst Witch* and Fred will never ever, ever admit to how flustered he was by the Miss Hardbroom costume.

Sam: would have much preferred Jack to have played Batman, but omfg young Alfred Pennyworth will do, that's phenomenal.

Joan: she and Sam watched s3 of Shetland and s2 of Guilt. Their parents are banned from seeing either. She is rather jealous of Sara's accent.

Fred: "Oh for goodness' sake, why couldn't Roger be playing a Labour minister instead?!" "To be fair, Dad, I can absolutely imagine you declaring that you're bored of this and are going for a Twix." "What has Morse been telling yoooou... HANG ON THAT LIBERAL MAN LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A MAN THAT TRIED TO KILL ME!" "WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU, FRED, AND WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!??!" Anyway, they all watched that Globe *Tempest* together, and Joan refrained heroically from making pointed comments about Prospero's behaviour with Miranda re Ferdinand (at least Roger's Prospero is a lot less... weird about his daughter than some). Win absolutely doesn't have a crush on both Douglas Richardson and Antoine Verlaque, shut up. Fred's been humming "Stars" from Les Mis under his breath at work and it's driving Morse absolutely mad.

[watchingroger]

Roger Allam on Times Radio talking about The Thick of It and Frank & Percy

When asked what it was like to kiss Ian McKellen Roger said that he hadn't before "except in greeting" And I mean... I know actors are affectionate and you're good pals but... gosh.

Also, this seems to be a bit of a larger interview... and it's pasted together in a slightly weird order. I can't explain that.

[notcharliesblog]

[asexplainedbyttoi]

It’s a good day in Canada today

[batboyblog]

House Election 2024

In the House Republican have a majority of just 4 seats, flip 4 seats and Democrats get a majority and can pass things like national abortion rights, voting rights, bills on student loan debt and medical debt and much more. So here's a list of the key races for control of the House, so look up your district and find a way to get involved.

Find your House District

Alabama

Shomari Figures (AL-02) Flip

Alaska

Mary Peltola (AK-AL) Hold

Arizona

Amish Shah (AZ-01) Flip

Kirsten Engel (AZ-06) Flip

California

Jessica Morse (CA-03) Flip

Josh Harder (CA-09) Hold

Adam Gray (CA-13) Flip

Rudy Salas (CA-22) Flip

George Whitesides (CA-27) Flip

Joe Kerr (CA-40) Flip

Will Rollins (CA-41) Flip

Derek Tran (CA-45) Flip

Dave Min (CA-47) Hold

Mike Levin (CA-49) Hold

Colorado

Adam Frisch (CO-03) Flip

Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) Hold

Connecticut

Jahana Hayes (CT-05) Hold

Florida

Darren Soto (FL-09) Hold

Whitney Fox (FL-13) Flip

Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) Hold

Illinois

Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) Hold

Eric Sorensen (IL-17) Hold

Indiana

Frank Mrvan (IN-01) Hold

Iowa

Christina Bohannan (IA-01) Flip

Lanon Baccam (IA-03) Flip

Kansas

Sharice Davids (KS-03) Hold

Maine

Jared Golden (ME-02) Hold

Maryland

April McClain-Delaney (MD-06) Hold

Michigan

Hillary Scholten (MI-03) Hold

Curtis Hertel (MI-07) Hold

Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) Hold

Carl Marlinga (MI-10) Flip

Minnesota

Angie Craig (MN-02) Hold

Montana

Monica Tranel (MT-01) Flip

Nebraska

Tony Vargas (NE-02) Flip

Nevada

Dina Titus (NV-01) Hold

Susie Lee (NV-03) Hold

Steven Horsford (NV-04) Hold

New Hampshire

Chris Pappas (NH-01) Hold

New Jersey

Sue Altman (NJ-07) Flip

New Mexico

Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) Hold

New York

John Avlon (NY-01) Flip

Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Hold

Laura Gillen (NY-04) Flip

Mondaire Jones (NY-17) Flip

Pat Ryan (NY-18) Hold

Josh Riley (NY-19) Flip

John Mannion (NY-22) Flip

North Carolina

Don Davis (NC-01) Hold

Ohio

Greg Landsman (OH-01) Hold

Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Hold

Emilia Sykes (OH-13) Hold

Oregon

Val Hoyle (OR-04) Hold

Janelle Bynum (OR-05) Flip

Andrea Salinas (OR-06) Hold

Pennsylvania

Ashley Ehasz (PA-01) Flip

Susan Wild (PA-07) Hold

Matt Cartwright (PA-08) Hold

Janelle Stelson (PA-10) Flip

Chris Deluzio (PA-17) Hold

Texas

Michelle Vallejo (TX-15) Flip

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Hold

Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Hold

Virginia

Missy Cotter Smasal (VA-02) Flip

Eugene Vindman (VA-07) Hold

Washington

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) Hold

Kim Schrier (WA-08) Hold

Wisconsin

Peter Barca (WI-01) Flip

Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) Flip

If you live in any of these congressional districts (or close to them) you absolutely must sign up to volunteer and help! you! yes you! get to decide what America looks like in 2025, is it gonna be Project 2025 and Trump? or Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and the Democrats protecting your right to control your own body, taking action on the climate and making life more affordable? its up to each of us to do all we can to get to the country we want.

[micahdotgov]

i've decided i'm just going to make one post about my findings from the ttoi scripts, so here it is. i should probably have expected that due to the way that ttoi is made (script, improv, new script with the improv added) there wouldn't actually be that many differences between the official script and what happened in the show, and that there was also very little stage directions which does make sense since the writers wanted the actors to react as naturally as possible. so aside from the emails there very unfortunately isn't actually that much to report, other than:

in the infamous "you'd be sweet to me, son" peter capaldi ad-libbed the "son"

the original sweary woman of whitehall email was "for christ's sake, who is this cunt?"

it was improv from paul higgins when jamie mimed a blowjob with his pen behind julius

chris addison ad-libbed whatever that was that ollie did after he said "he looks like what happens when you punch a cow"

when mannion said "i can't program the video" and phil said "you've still got a video?" that was improv by will smith

the line "relax, [jamie] has never hit anyone" was originally "blow that, [jamie] has never hit anyone"

as i said there weren't many stage directions, but in the book launch scene in rise of the nutters i liked that it said "malcolm sees ollie and grabs him" and "malcolm starts manhandling ben"

[keytaryourheart]

what the fuck is (homophobic) this reply from steve baker

[mywingsareonwheels]

One for my fellow Roger Allam fans <3

NB: I have quite deliberately excluded Peter Mannion among others, because I just do not see that going well. ;-) I've also excluded Shakespearean characters on principle, but also because oh good grief, can you even imagine. ;-) Prospero *maybe* on the protective-father stakes but even Fred at his worst isn't like *that*... ;-)

[weshallc]

Bern's Night (part of the Crown Jewels series, Call the Midwife AU)

(Previously published on A03 and FF.net nothing new, sorry.)

Chapter One: Fair Fa' Your Honest, Sonsie Face

“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the pudding-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm : Weel are ye wordy o'a grace As lang’s my arm.” Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns 1786.

"Will You Recognize Me? Call My Name Or Walk On By." Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds 1985

Monday 25th January 2016

“His knife see rustic Labour dight, An’ cut you up wi’ ready sleight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright, Like ony ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin’, rich!”

The room was swept in darkness apart from the light of the wolf moon and the North Star penetrating the cold window panes. All eyes were facing towards a wooden table and the elderly man stood behind it. He was in his late 60s and wiry, small for a man, but with a silver mess of what once must have been a bonnie head of fire red hair. The body may have looked weak, but the intensity in his bright blue eyes cut through the dimly lit surroundings.

As he spoke again, his voice filled the room, cutting through the anticipating silence. It was a voice that could take a knife and slice right through a soul. The knife in his hand in turn sliced through the offering in front of its high priest. Years of performing the same action with such a passion resulted in precision. The faithful entranced by the spectacle all gasped as one, as the incision was violently made. No one dared to speak. Suddenly the trance was lost as artificial light rudely brought everyone back to the present with a blast of the pipes.

“All done then Reverend Mannion? Can I serve the Haggis now? Don’t want it getting cold now do we, not at £15 a head.”

“Aye, Violet the ceremony is over, it’s time for eating and drinking something the bard would have approved of, rightly so.”

The kilted clergyman winked at an auburn haired girl in the crowd and tipped his whisky tumbler toward her. She raised her own glass and winked back. Her companion at her table was much taller with dark hair styled in a tidy no-nonsense bob.

The tall one leaned toward the small one and asked, “If it’s already dead, why does he have to kill it?”

“What?”

“The Haggis if it’s already dead why does he have to kill it?”

Her friend opened her mouth to speak, but she saw a tender hand take hold of Chummy’s arm and explain it was all just ceremony, it was tradition.

“Like all that malarkey at our passing out parade, the day we got our badge. That wasn’t about police work, was it? It’s just tradition. It’s what the English do well.”

He had been doing really well up until then, but a golden raised eyebrow made him alter his stance. “It is what us Brits do best.”

The raised eyebrow whispered to the police constable. "Peter, Chummy really doesn’t think a haggis is a real animal, does she?”

He was not the kind of man that would turn heads, but he had a kindness in his eyes and an openness in his face that she thought some would see as attractive. If only Camilla wasn’t his superior and they didn’t work such long hours together, what might have been?

She knew her friend well and sensed more queries would follow. Not sure as a Scot brought up on Tweavenside and now living in London, she could provide satisfying answers. Picking up their empty glasses and heading to the bar was a strange sort of refuge for a vicar’s daughter and inner-city missionary.

There was a queue, well, sort of a queue. In London, a queue was made up of people standing in an orderly line and the person who had been stood the longest getting served first. In Poplar-on-Tweaven it resembled more of a rugby scrum and the person who shouted the loudest being ignored and anyone who called the barmaid by name being bunked up the order. She wasn’t familiar with busy bars, but she was bright enough to work out the system.

“Val, when yer ready, hen.” The request came from someone not sure that was their own voice they had just heard yelling those exact words.

All her life, she had been immersed in the wonders of the Bible and was still amazed at how so many miracles had been performed. She had heard all the CPR arguments regarding resurrections and all that, and was still not convinced. But she now knew how Moses had parted the Red Sea. He had known the barmaid’s name was Valerie.

“What can I get you, chick?”

“Here! I was first.” A grumpy voice struck up.

“Oh Al, you are always first. Let me serve this lass and then I will sort you out.”

“Promises, promises.”

“Yeah, in your dreams, pal.”

She was starting to feel uncomfortable. She hadn’t meant to jump the queue. Maybe she should go back to the table and let Peter get the drinks. A man’s voice interrupted her thoughts. It was quieter than Al’s but held an authority. It wasn’t a Tweavenside accent, but it had a northern softness.

“You serve our impatient friend, Valerie. I will see to this young lady.” Then turning to his new customer, “What can I get you, pet”

“Erm, a whisky and lemonade and erm a pint, please.”

“Which whisky and a pint of..?”

She wasn’t sure; she nudged her bottom onto a vacant stool for security.

“Are you with the law?” The tall bartender nodded towards Chummy and Peter.

“Yes, yes, I am.”

“OK, so that’s a Famous Grouse and diet lemonade, just a dash. And a pint of Buckles Best. And for you?”

He stepped back a minute. “Your Reverend Wilf’s daughter?”

"Yes, I am.” Bernie suddenly felt more sure of herself. She was never completely certain of who she was when back in Poplar.

“Bernadette?” The stranger was grinning now, his brown eyes glinting under the harsh bar spotlights. Or were they green?

“Well, that’s my Sunday name. Most people call me Bernie, even Dad.”

“Well, since I’ve never seen you in here on a Sunday or any other day. I will call you Bernie. I am Patrick Turner. Most people call me Paddy, a few Doc.”

“Oh no, you won’t have seen me here on a Sunday or any other day. I live in London now and before that, well, I am not a big drinker.”

“What can I get you then?” asked Paddy loitering near the coke and lemonade pumps.

“A gin and tonic please, better make it a double. It’s quite busy, save me coming back.”

Paddy smiled. “Premium gin?”

“Yes.”

While the optic was emptying into the glass, he asked, “You must have known this old place when Evie ran it?”

“Yes, I know Evie and J..Jenny”

“Oh yes. Jen was here when me and the wife took over. She was a great help. We get a text every now and again, doing well for herself now all loved up.” He winked at her as he ended the sentence, causing her to panic slightly.

“I was sorry to hear about your loss.” She wished she hadn’t said it.

Val had seemed to deal with ten customers to Paddy’s one and now there were just the two of them alone at the bar. He looked at her in a sort of a non-direct, sort of direct way, under that infuriating fringe she wanted to reach out and push back.

“Loss is as much a part of love as is healing,” he replied with a hint of melancholy, but without irony.

She was stunned and tried to find a corresponding Bible verse, but she drew a blank.

She focused on what was real and what was present. Her dad had taught her to do that. What was in front of her at this precise moment was a glass of gin and ice and a twist of lime. He was now unscrewing a bottle of Mediterranean slimline tonic.

She yelped, “No!” as he lay the bottle alongside the glass.

“Sorry, most people add the tonic to the gin and I cannae bear it drowned.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it. Surely that would be very presumptuous of me.”

“Aye well, most people I’ve met are very presumptuous.”

“Maybe you have spent too much time in London. if you don’t mind me saying, Bernie.”

“Well, to be fair, we don’t spend a lot of time sitting on stools and propping up bars in my part of London.”

“More’s the pity.”

“Can I bother you for a…”

Paddy popped a black straw into her tumbler.

“I will make sure when you come home next time, none of my staff will be presumptuous.”

“Oh, I doubt you will remember me, Paddy. I only come up to see my Da. I can’t imagine you will be seeing much of me in the future, hardly likely that I would ever be considered a regular.”

“Now, who is being presumptuous?”

Bernie went to put the straw between her lips but paused, realising the stranger was still watching her, she suddenly felt uncomfortable. As heat rose in her cheeks and she suddenly felt awkward on the stool, squirming to find some sort of comfortable position. The stranger smiled in a way she could not understand; it wasn’t smug or suggestive, but as if there were sharing a joke, but she wasn’t sure what the joke was.

She hopped off her seat, for a brief moment realising her arse was in the air, and prayed he had altered his gaze. Focusing anywhere but behind the bar, she grabbed her glass and bottle in one hand, put the whisky against her elbow and waist, the pint in her other hand, turned and swiftly moved toward her thirsty friends.

Shelagh Bernadette Mannion, don't you dare look back and see if he is watching you he is recently widowed with a son, Da said. He is, what do they call them now, a bloomer or something like that? God has shown you his path for you and it certainly does not include the Crown Inn, Poplar-on-Tweaven.

He is still watching me. I can feel it.

[essexmermaid]

I never tire of Roger Allam shouting “The dirty dog!”

Learn the Alphabet with Roger Allam

[aroanthy]

akio 'private car rides with his students' ohtori

im so mad rn bc this one is probaby most faithful to the original peter 'two holidays' mannion sentiment. im going to take this as an excuse to explain the joke and context behind it bc im autistic and this is MY sideblog.

[video description: a clip from sereies 3, episode 3 of 'the thick of it'. nicola murray, olly reeder, and glenn cullen all sit exasperatedly around a beige hotel room. malcolm tucker paces around them.

nicola: right, all we've got is mannion's second holiday, we need to take the piss out of that.

olly: okay, how about, uh, 'he's called peter two-holidays mannion'?

malcolm: glenn?

glenn: um, he's, um, works really hard (.) at... planning his holidays.

end description.]

so the guy they're talking about here is a massive wanker there are a million ways to dunk on him but im just absolutely obsessed with these characters' inability to come up with Any jokes at his expense. he's called peter two-holidays mannion. i talk about akio in this exact cadence all the fucking time i find it hysterical. like just saying whats on the tin. he's called akio private car rides with his students ohtori. on the floor in hysterics rn

anyway sorry for exposing people to ttoi, and dont mind iplayer's egriously inaccurate subtitles (they dont even spell the characters' names right </3), if i had more time i'd probably email them and volunteer to fix them all. peter two-holidays mannion. godbless.

[juanabaloo]

The Laken Riley Law erodes the rights of undocumented immigrants. Mandatory detention for an accusation of a crime (not a conviction, just suspicion counts) is an erosion of rights.

And we have now seen the same erosion of rights extended to non citizens with documents and even US citizens. While this extension is illegal, let's remember that it started with a lot of politicians supporting the erosion of rights for undocumented immigrants. AND let's remember that a bunch of Dems voted for the Laken Riley Act, names and details are below.

in case you haven't heard of it, the Laken Riley Law is anti-immigrant and makes everybody less safe. it deprives people of basic rights. The Laken Riley Act was signed by Trump on January 29 2025, as his first piece of legislation. So it is now a Law.

(The Republicans didn't need the Dem votes to pass it, so the Dems who voted for this really wanted to. It's not like they bargained and got something for their vote.)

I couldn't find a list that included both the Dem Senators (12) and the Dem House (46) reps, so I wrote it out below. Senators rep the whole state and each House member reps a Congressional District (CD).

Again, this list is only the Dems because that is who I think might have some sliver of guilt about what is going on right now. And might be persuaded to do better. As opposed to the Republicans who are happy about the destruction of our country.

(look up your CD / House member here with your zipcode)

LIST OF 58 DEMOCRATIC LAKEN RILEY ACT SUPPORTERS (ordered by state):

--- ALABAMA ---

Shomari Figures - House - CD 2 - AL

Terri Sewell - House - CD 7 - AL

--- ARIZONA ----

Mark Kelly - Senate - AZ

Ruben Gallego (co sponsor) - Senate - AZ

Greg Stanton - House - CD 4 - AZ

--- CALIFORNIA ---

Josh Harder - House - CD 9 - CA

Adam Gray - House - CD 13 - CA

Jim Costa - House - CD 21 - CA

Derek Tran - House - CD 45 - CA

Dave Min - House - CD 47 - CA

Mike Levin - House - CD 49 - CA

--- CONNECTICUT ---

Joe Courtney - House - CD 2 - CT

Jahana Hayes - House - CD 5 - CT

--- FLORIDA ---

Jared Moskowitz - House - CD 23 - FL

--- GEORGIA ---

Jon Ossoff - Senate - GA

Raphael Warnock - Senate - GA

Sanford Bishop Jr. - House - CD 2 - GA

Lucy McBath - House - CD 6 - GA

--- ILLINOIS ---

Nikki Budzinski - House - CD 13 - IL

Eric Sorensen - House - CD 17 - IL

--- KANSAS ---

Sharice Davids - House - CD 3 - KS

--- MASSACHUSETTS ---

Stephen Lynch - House - CD 8 - MA

--- MAINE ---

Jared Golden - House - CD 2 - ME

--- MARYLAND ---

April McClain Delaney - House - CD 6 - MD

--- MICHIGAN ---

Gary Peters - Senate - MI

Elissa Slotkin - Senate - MI

Hillary Scholten - House - CD 3 - MI

Kristen McDonald Rivet - House - CD 8 - MI

--- MINNESOTA ---

Angie Craig - House - CD 2 - MN

--- NORTH CAROLINA ---

Don Davis - House - CD 1 - NC

--- NEW HAMPSHIRE ---

Maggie Hassan - Senate - NH

Jeanne Shaheen - Senate - NH

Chris Pappas - House - CD 1 - NH

Maggie Goodlander - House - CD 2 - NH

--- NEW JERSEY ---

Josh Gottheimer - House - CD 5 - NJ

--- NEW YORK ---

Thomas Suozzi - House - CD 3 - NY

Laura Gillen - House - CD 4 - NY

Ritchie Torres - House - CD 15 - NY

John Mannion - House - CD 22 - NY

Joseph Morelle - House - CD 25 - NY

--- NEVADA ---

Catherine Cortez Masto - Senate - NV

Jacky Rosen - Senate - NV

Dina Titus - House - CD 1 - NV

Susie Lee - House - CD 3 - NV

Steven Horsford - House - CD 4 - NV

--- OHIO ---

Greg Landsman - House - CD 1 - OH

Marcy Kaptur - House - CD 9 - OH

Emilia Strong Sykes - House - CD 13 - OH

--- OREGON ---

Janelle Bynum - House - CD 5 - OR

--- PENNSYLVANIA ---

John Fetterman (co sponsor) - Senate - PA

Brendan Boyle - House - CD 2 - PA

--- TEXAS ---

Henry Cuellar - House - CD 28 - TX

Vicente Gonzalez - House - CD 34 - TX

--- VIRGINIA ---

Mark Warner - Senate - VA

Eugene Vindman - House - CD 7 - VA

Suhas Subramanyam - House - CD 10 - VA

--- WASHINGTON ---

Marie Gluensenkamp Perez - House - CD 3 - WA

Kim Schrier - House - CD 8 - WA

A few highlights of the issues with the Laken Riley Law: "[it] require the mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants who have been charged with theft in the United States - even without a conviction." (x) It also has impacts on legal immigration, meaning some "with a valid visa could be removed without a chance to defend themselves." (x)

It was opposed by many groups, including the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

A better Democratic party would have immediately stripped the above Dems of funding and power, and basically kicked them out of the party. This should have been a hard line that no Dem crossed.

sources for votes: Senate and House