Talking of Thatcher, Labour government has announced reforms to the Right to Buy scheme today. People will have to live in their new council homes for at least 10 years before they can buy. This prevents quick turnaround sales to greedy landlords. Will make it worth building new council homes again.

hasn't he done this like 15 times already?

King Charles praises multi-faith, multi-culturalism, "It is why I believe with all my heart that the essence of our two nations is a generosity of spirit and a duty to foster compassion, to promote peace, to deepen mutual understanding, and to value all people of all faiths and of none"

King Charles on how NATO stood with the US after 9/11, and how democracies must stand with Ukraine against Russia, "Mr. Speaker, that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defence of Ukraine and, um, her most courageous people. It is needed in order to secure a truly just and lasting peace"

Reform UK’s leader in Wales is attacking the grassroots sports clubs that hold our communities together. Their plans would cause 42,000 job losses. Plaid Cymru backs grassroots sport - and will invest more in culture and sport.

British MP who went to Oxford herself spending several posts explaining to Bluesky users that she does not wish to defend higher education in the UK, because 4 in 5 in her constituency don’t go to university, is the perfect embodiment of a particular kind of British class bullshit too

He hates comedy because it speaks truth to power & a malignant narcissist can't handle that. Period. End of story. With many thanks to: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

Conservatives want to police how we talk about Donald Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else, Jonathan Chait argues:

I'm pretty certain there was quite a lot of Welsh/Celtic blood in the veins of the 'founding fathers', if we want to use that language

the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS

Head of Russia's Central bank Nabiullina openly admits that there is a great shortage of labor in Russia: "we have never seen anything like this before, and it's affecting the entire economic situation."

Outstanding article detailing how Eric is following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps in the family grift machine using the same tactics. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Trump team tries to parlay the Saturday incident at White House correspondents dinner to make a push for taxpayer-funded regal ballroom Just filed ===> youtu.be/3UhChYWr7v4?...

ABC forcing Americans to watch Jimmy Kimmel, apparently

the hands of both King Charles and Trump are in pretty bad shape today (Mandel Ngan and Jim Watson/AFP via Getty)

"adrist"

Charles looking pretty bemused www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...

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McSweeney's testimony shone a pitiless spotlight on a shallow and hapless Downing Street operation inews.co.uk/opinion/star...

🔴 Robert Jenrick’s Alleged £40k Donor Pled Guilty to Wire Fraud in California Ponzi Scheme Police are examining allegations that the Reform UK MP’s Conservative leadership campaign was unlawfully funded by a US-based investor who pled guilty to fraud. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/28/r...

Barton says that security vetting usually takes place BEFORE an appointment is announced: "The normal order is vetting then announcement." Asked why it happened the other way around in Mandelson's case, he said: "The timing of the announcement was driven and decided by No 10."

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the US did not follow the usual process, a former top official has confirmed Foreign Office chief Philip Barton said that 'the normal order is vetting and then announcement'

Russian propagandists are no longer happy with the war. Russian propagandist Solovyev draws parallels with Napoleon who exhausted his resources and lost. Prolonged war is bad for the country, these two propagandists tell their audience.

Former Reform UK candidate and businessman Arron Banks has been accused of committing a hate crime after questioning whether a young black community organiser in Cardiff could be Welsh

RefUK insist they aren’t racist and aren’t part of a wider far right movement. Yet here we are. Here is an England 2025 mayoral RefUK candidate.

Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe

Polls indicate that Plaid Cymru have a credible shot at forming a government for the first time.

Here are 3 ways the current system screws Wales. If politicians are not talking about these issues, they are not serious about fixing Wales' problems. The challenges Wales faces are not because of immigrants, they are because the system of funding we have is set up so that we can’t fail to fail.

Acclaimed Welsh actor, Mark Lewis Jones has lent his support to a stirring campaign video for Plaid Cymru, calling for the Welsh electorate to "step forward and show the world what Wales is and what we can do"

I don't know whether it was staged or not. I DO know he & his regime are a disgrace to this country & will live in infamy long after they all face charges, are convicted & imprisoned. History is written by dispassionate scholars baed on facts, not MAGA cult-members completely divorced from reality.

Reading Debbie Cameron's last book. Her death last year was so sad. She had a gift for communicating sociolinguistic ideas & research clearly & accessibly. This is an excellent analysis of the increasing tendency to police speech

"One of the points of the US press coverage I find a bit grating is this stuff saying 'this is not who we are. This is not who America is'," says Emily Maitlis. "I don't know how to tell you this America – this is exactly who Brits think you are" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...

The aftermath of Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians: 14 people injured in Odesa, two of them kids. In Dnipro, 31 people injured by the Russian attack on Saturday remain in hospitals, including three children. This horrible toll grows daily. 📹: Suspilne

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The financial crisis facing Higher Education in Wales has struck another blow, with the University of Wales Trinity St David launching a voluntary severance scheme ✍️Martin Shipton

the back of Trump's right hand is swollen and discolored as he poses for pictures with King Charles

Britain becoming ‘soft target’ for Russian propaganda, says security expert

“I’m glad he’s dead,” Donald Trump on the passing of Robert Mueller, who received a Purple Heart & a Bronze Star for heroism in the service of his country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Der Völkermord an den Armeniern gehört in den Geschichtsunterricht. Und er sollte auch Thema im Deutschunterricht sein. Gute Literatur wäre vorhanden.

German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. There is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the Iran war: "The Americans clearly have no strategy... This whole affair is ill-considered, to say the least. At the moment, I cannot see what strategic exit the Americans are now opting for... An entire nation is being humiliated."

A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.