Seems the Labour Party has no place for people like me any more.

It's certainly a bold approach to take to one of your party's core voting groups two weeks before elections.

Released 47 years ago today Jimmy Jimmy, the third single by the Northern Irish band The Undertones Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones (Old Grey Whistle Test 1979) #punk #punks #punkrock #theundertones #jimmyjimmy #history #punkrockhistory #otd

In short Rayner had to resign due to concerted media & political pressure over a single stamp duty mistake. Millionaire Tice bankrolled his party through deliberate, dodgy, tax-avoiding corporate tricks and yet the media pressure is limited to a few outlets. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Amazing achievement by my local club, Bromley, gaining promotion in only the second season in the football league and on the smallest budget in the division.

Braverman - twice Conservative Home Secretary - in a period that saw record migration figures. They really do think people are dumb.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALISTS ✨

Lebanon humanitarian disaster 'beyond comprehension', says UNHCR chief

Immigration enriches our society and benefits our economy. Changing settlement rules will have financial consequences for us all - this video explains why and how. If truth matters to you when it comes to immigration pass it on. All data quoted in this video from Migration Advisory Committee.

@realfollowers.bsky.social how many real followers do I have

It never fails to shock me, the way 'pro-life' seems so rarely to involve the life of the woman carrying the baby, Nor the wellbeing of that baby after delivery.

Presumably that great Catholic JD Vance will defend the Pope against this ridiculous attack by Trump

If I've understood the Hungarian election then the hopes of the liberal/progressive world are currently pinned to a guy who is basically David Cameron without the gay rights, but is, importantly, not a fascist mafia boss who is basically NATO's mole to Russia

Wonderful from Stephen Lillie...

So the Tories would rather buy weapons than relieve child poverty. That shows exactly what kind of nasty party they are. Tories would reinstate two-child benefit cap to fund defence, says Badenoch. But Labour cutting aid to pay for defence is just as bad! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

You don't take these risks unless you are desperate.

Alas

In January, the Under Secretary of War summoned Pope Leo XIV’s then-cardinal ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture. America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.

A reminder that this is the same "unhinged" war and President the Daily Mail has spent weeks berating Keir Starmer for not joining and following

Pope Leo: “This is un acceptable. There are certainly questions of international law but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people. Attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also a sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

I do not believe it is possible to support the actions of Donald J. Trump while claiming allegiance to Jesus Christ. The two are incompatible.

Today is a landmark moment: the two-child limit has been scrapped! 450,000 children will be lifted out of poverty. This is a vital step toward building a healthier future for the next generation.

Threatening war crimes and mocking Islam isn't a sign of strength, it's a sign of weakness. The PM should rule out UK forces and airfields being used for any attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure. What more will it take for Starmer to call off the Royal Visit Trump craves?

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

Casement's exposure of human rights abuses like the brutality of the Belgian Congo is so often forgotten. Brave and radical at his time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Openly calling for war crimes.. "Under international humanitarian law, bridges, power plants, and other infrastructure are war crimes targets only if they are civilian objects or if an attack is unlawful because it is disproportionate, indiscriminate, or fails to take required precautions."

There can be no doubt that Mother Clanger's reappearance is linked to mankind returning to the moon after a little over 50 years. BBC News - Stolen Clanger puppet returned after 50-year mystery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Generalizing a group of people in this way is also known as abject racism.

View from Artemis II today. Crescent Earth. A view humans haven't captured since 1972.

following international law for refugees is a fairytale apparently

A man who stood up for what he believed in, at great personal cost.

I fully agree with Emily Thornberry.

Israel has pushed ground forces into multiple areas of southern Lebanon They've displaced huge numbers of civilians... Yet it barely registers. Russia did the same in Ukraine and the world responded with sanctions, outrage and coordinated pressure The double standards are UNFORGIVABLE.

Two more United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in southern Lebanon, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said, in the latest deadly incident involving UN forces since Israel expanded its ground invasion of the country. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Spot on.

A Trump tweet for everything.😏 #Epstein

Latest cruelty from Trump's US - considering withholding lifesaving HIV, TB, & malaria aid from Zambia from May '26 unless Zambian govt grants US companies preferential access to the country's copper, cobalt, and lithium deposits. See www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h... & healthgap.org/zambias-draf...

Released on this day in 1980: My Perfect Cousin #TheUndertones youtu.be/Pgqa3cVOxUc?...

Afghan women have now been banned from applying to study in British universities by the Labour government www.gov.uk/government/s...

Australians now have better mobility into the EU than Brits “Under the new scheme, Australians can live and work in Europe for up to four years without needing a job offer before arrival.” Second class citizens in our own continent www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/tr...

This is an important move to protect democracy and tackle corruption. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This would be a war crime. Obviously. Collective punishment.

@tomrobinson.com Tom Robinson awarded a Blue Plaque by a Reform UK Council. BBC News - Late comic Stanley Unwin among eight honoured with blue plaque - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a counterproductive and idiotic move by Labour. It plays straight into hands of the likes of Reform who criticise foreign aid, while ignoring that it saves, and brings in, far more than it costs via increased stability, reduced poverty, better trade etc. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Not said here, but there's a direct link between the failure of the UK, EU and others to challenge the Israeli government's slaughter in Gaza and it's confidence to attack Iran. BBC News - How the Iran war has left Europe facing yet another energy crisis - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadiq Khan urges Labour to campaign on rejoining EU at next election