"Asked if people could be deported even if they had a UK national spouse or children, a [Tory spox] said: 'Let me come back to you on that.' The Conservative party was contacted for further comment."

Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane. Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners! + social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids! They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.

I am a dialysis patient at a fairly large unit. This would get rid of all but ONE of my highly trained and highly skilled nurses. Renal training for nurses takes time as it is a specialist skill not taught to nurses as part of normal training. I suspect other specialist units would the same problem

Absolutely 100% agree with this. Racism thrives because racists interpret the silence of others as tacit agreement. No child is born a racist; they learn it from hearing it unchallenged.

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Cant even have men Archbishops any more Because of Woking

On our first full day in Namibia this lovely chap popped up, checked us out and promptly had a nap.

A sentence that really builds momentum.

But thank god Robert Jenrick wasn't carrying a Palestine Action poster Otherwise he would be siding with proscribed terrorists!

Is Kemi Badenoch going to expel Robert Jenrick from the Conservative party?

SeaPAP

Hello, I'm an anaesthetist/intensivist in a film. I am only ever seen taking orders from a surgeon, have no speaking part, and am cast in order for someone to get an Equity card.

Catastrophising leaves a lot of room for fascism to arrive.

What an appalling waste, all preventable. Until recently forgoing vaccination has been largely without consequence as most people do the right thing. Now we have a critical mass of unvaccinated people and these infections are a real threat again maybe people will start to reconsider.

Never feud with an Italian rapper; they’re all very eager to make a diss album

Three senior leaders at Countess of Chester Hospital have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter prompted by the murder convictions of Lucy Letby, Cheshire Police has announced.

Also there was a short “residents these days” bit in his talk which made me roll my eyes bsky.app/profile/paul...

"1. For god's sake invest in a pension, I'm begging you."

As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...

Theseus' Paradox is all well and good but you missed an opportunity for a Fools and Horses Reference. (it's a great editorial)

Truths: 1. Any ship can be a minesweeper once. 2. Any machine can be a smoke machine if operated badly enough. and, thanks to Middlesbrough council's lack of sweeping of cycle lanes: 3. Any bike is a gravel bike, provided you don't mind washing out the front, then the back. The Fear. I felt it.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Choose Bikes.

Obviously about half of politicians have included photos of themselves alongside their tributes but the intrinsic – necessary? – narcissism of elected politics is hardly a new theme.

Masks work. Lockdowns work. Vaccines work. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses. Pass it on.

Could everyone watch #LastofUs season 2 and like, let me know if there's anything like Episode 3 of the first series so I can have the necessary support in place *before* I watch it this time? Thanks in advance.

Great commentary @doctorhutch.bsky.social but I’d prefer more constitutional law metaphors eg laissez-faire precedents in the peloton vs the agreed terms of a breakaway containing a race leader and a wannabe stage winner.

I predict another victory for the lettuce.

Evening in North Yorkshire. Got to take the camera every time I leave the house.

The great climbdown continues.

Wondering if a wet Paris-Roubaix is actually safer than dry dust, as the crashes happen at a much slower speed. #paris-roubaix

The death of neoliberalism is painful, but we might end up better for it.

Extremely difficult day, coming back to spring is so much easier.

Seriously. It’s right there in the same folder.

Britain's wrongest man rides again.

"What do you mean they accidentally just recognised Taiwanese sovereignty?"

The penguins have been price dumping on chocolate biscuits. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Who knew that these bunch combined stupidty with such laziness.

WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

Let it begin.

Finding this one quite peaceful to look at - Redpoll Finches having their little committee meeting.

Impact of nurse shortages on patients – experts discuss www.channel4.com/news/impact-...

There’s little on soc media that makes red mist start pouring out of my ears faster than the “you shouldn’t have any control over the fruits of your own labour” anti-copyright people. If you’re one of them, don’t talk to me. I will block your artist-destroying, billionaire-thief-enabling ass so fast

Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wong answers only.

A good deal of work in this one, reducing some Fresnel artefacts and balancing a dynamic range - golden eagle in Finland, near Oulu

Of the five boys arrested for murder following my dad’s death, one was from what the police considered a “good” family. While researching my book I spoke to his solicitor and he said he wasn’t “the usual sort he was called to represent”. What does that say about society’s attitude to “bad” boys.

Rude not to post this beautiful Arctic Jay from our recent visit to Finland. #birds #birdphotography @dienekes.bsky.social @cheapoflurane.bsky.social