I understand why the BBC has used the word “suspicions”, but that is the wrong choice of word for an activity that is so blatant. These people don’t care.

this story is reminding me of one of Catholicism's best quotes "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist" as.ft.com/r/3e3af84e-c...

If this image isn’t blasphemous, I don’t know what is. Yet, the religious nutcases in the US still treat this man as their guru and leader. Amazing.

Siri, show me a halfwit without telling me what you’re up to.

The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

Here’s a thought for the next US administration if/when Democrat led: use competition law. Break up the media trusts — tax Ellison, Zuck, Musk all you want (if you can) — but break up their monopolies. You’ll do us all a favour, at home and abroad.

Shouldn’t that be BECAUSE of Starmer’s threat? And I doubt Russia has enough warships to escort all the shadow tankers that transit the Channel.

Along with all his other triumphs, Trump looks to be saving the Iranian regime from the populace. Champ.

Talk about the blind leading the blind! This is the bonkers leading the demented. Help!

Costly wine. Clearly a signal of belonging to the metropolitan, cosmopolitan elite. Mussels are delicious, though. Long live the metropolitan etc.

I was told Iran no longer has air defenses.

I like stop-start. How much of a grievance-nursing snowflake do you have to be to bother complaining about it? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Trump strolls off, leaves it to everyone else to get things back to the way they were before his stupid, illegal and ill-conceived war started. Truly, any trust in the US to do the right thing at some point must have evaporated. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

"The UK spent 75 years building something genuinely worth having: a track record of successful integration. And now a Labour government plans to blow it all up." @colinyeo.bsky.social on the permanent damage of the "earned settlement" proposals wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/earned-set...

Clever markurban.substack.com/p/wars-of-ch...

Just finished watching the Peaky Blinders film. Knocked out by the final song, the Hunting of the Wren by Lankum. That’s fear and horror in a jar. Amazing.

Proper journalism, this.

Also - I really don’t think we should carry on paying Truss her PM legacy pension benefit thingermie if she’s gonna travel around slagging us off.

“That famous ideological warrior, once again, deciding she doesn’t want to talk to anyone who disagrees with her”. Liz Truss refuses to speak to Lewis Goodall at MAGA conference, despite taking to the stage to warn America about the rise of islamism - and Sharia Law - in the UK

Bloody hell

Too cool. UK Labour, are you looking and learning? Silly question.

Is it happening again?

Someone compared the approach KB recommends to a junkie tackling a dope shortage by planting poppies.

“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems” V much summing up his approach to power. Grifting and gobshiting - yes please. Hard work and responsibility - god no. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Am I missing something or isn’t the current Iran war about the best ever argument for net zero? Surely this is a stick to beat Reform with? After all, their policies seek to make us even more dependent on fossil fuels. Am I getting something wrong?

Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could “bomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.

Where are ofcom and the culture secretary in all this?

I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down. Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book. (And would much appreciate a RT please)

Zelenskyy is soooo good at politics. In the middle of a major war he gets that helping an ally is about as useful as blasting a foe. Clever, long term thinking.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... This is so correct about the “special relationship” and who screwed it up. It’s not there, it’s a dead parrot etc. so screw you, right wing media.

Get real comer!!!

Ridiculous aren’t they 🙄

I frigging hope bloody Farage travels to Europe on a British passport. Twat. 😡

Oh America, America, how far you have fallen.

Ebook currently 99p. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Labour are so set on doing the stupid thing they will ignore this and watch as US billionaires throw $millions at their opponents, some of the worst people on the planet.

Another own goal by Labour. Why do they do these stupid things? British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

So let’s hope Labour strategists are having a quiet word with Martin Lewis and coming up with a plan that will actually help middle income graduates struggling with student loan repayments. I have my doubts, sadly. thecritic.co.uk/inner-and-ou...

Hahahaha haha 😛

The Man Who Is Wrong About Everything is allowed out to be rude about Kier Starmer and Labour.

Just going to leave this here

So 1.5% and 8.4% of foreign-born people in the UK. What share of Brits in non-Anglophone countries speak the host country language fluently?

Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A fine piece that should be required reading in Europe’s chancelleries. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.

We’ve all done it.