John Cotter

@drjohncotter.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in Law at Keele University, England. Research in EU constitutional law, especially defence of democracy, and impeachment. Irishman living in Cheshire. Views are my own.

John Simpson tweet: “Argentina v England is important way beyond football. If Argentina wins tomorrow night, it’ll put real fire behind the demand for the Falklands. If England wins, that should put the lid on it — for now.”
Patsy Parisi in the Sopranos trying to set up a protection racket at a Starbucks outlet.
David Brent: “That’s the real quiz.”
Walter in the Big Lebowski: “You have no frame of reference here, Donny. You’re like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie…”
McBain from the Simpsons flying a plane and saying “McBain to base. Under attack by Commie Nazis.”
The Mind Enterprises DJ guys.
Bobby Ewing in the shower, still alive, like nothing had happened.
Ross Castle, Killarney
Plaque: “Here lived from 1781-1782 John Adams…”
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Cartman having a tea party with his stuffed animals.
Michael Moorer v George Foreman
Sign saying “car parking at owner’s risk.”
Marge Simpson: “Can’t I just bet that all the Glasgow Clubs will have a good time.”
Homer Simpson smoking a cigar and saying, “this year I invested in pumpkins”, but with pumpkins changed to shares in AO and Currys.
Map and list of townlands of Anglesborough
Moe tossing Barney out of the tavern meme with Barney representing hereditary peers and latterly reappointed life peers.
McBain in the Simpsons saying, “McBain to base. Under attack by Commie Nazis” but changed to “Thiel to base. Under attach by Marxist Caesar-Papists.”
Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie
The sore loser guy from Come Dine With Me.
Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s compilation album ‘The Pious Bird of Good Omen’ featuring a woman dressed like a nun carrying an albatross
Homer Simpson saying, “nobody ruins my vacation but me and maybe the boy”, but changed to “nobody threatens the Papal States except us and maybe the French.”
Deborah Meaden from Dragon’s Den saying, “I’m out”.
Homer Simpson: “Even as we speak, Ayatollah Razmada and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power.”
ChatGPT prompt to write a Matt Goodwin biopic with a twist ending in which he turns out to have been an AI hallucination all along.
Boris Johnson holding up a Tim Tam
David St Hubbins from Spinal Tap saying “we shan’t work together again.”
Henry VIII and Thomas More in a Man for all Seasons
Homer Simpson showering with woodland creatures and saying: “guys, please, could you give me five minutes.”
Lionel Hutz: “I … uh-oh. We’ve drawn the Court of Justice.”
Poster for Usyk v Verhoeven, portraying both as Pharohs and advertising their upcoming boxing match at the Pyramids of Giza
You cannot speak three minutes without violating the rules of grammar, and all your writings are at war with the cannons of criticism. Your literary acquisitions are so few that you can hardly be said to be in a pupillary state. You are ignorant of the first elements of any science. Your range of reading is confined to your law library. You are master of no language—not even the English; and there is nothing creative in your genius—fertile in your invention—profound in your researches sublime in your eloquence—or conclusive in your logic. You can never be a truly wise or great man, until your faculties undergo a decomposition, and your moral sensibilities are remoulded.
I hope you enjoy your win, Jane meme from Come Dine with me
Lyle Lanley from the monorail episode of The Simpsons responding to Barney’s question, “what about us brain-dead slobs?” with “you’ll be given Kushner jobs.”
Homer Simpson meme “this year, I invested in pumpkins” but with pumpkins replaced by lettuces.
“I told him we’ve already got one” meme.
French castle scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. King Arthur and his knights looking up at the castle.
Klaus Kinski in the final scene of Herzog’s film, Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Joey from friends looking sad while All by Myself plays
David Brent from the Office quoting Chris Finch responding to an accusation of misogyny by saying, “how can I hate women? My mum’s one.”
Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch saying “do it”.
Skull of Thomas Aquinas being transported.