And he's supposed to be good at that stuff...

Make a stupid comment, get a couple of smart answers.

Sorry to Old Man Yell at Cloud but I despise it when automated phone trees tell you "most issues can be resolved on our app/website." I'm only ever calling as a last resort‼️

when broadcasters repeat Mandelson claim he was “not motivated by financial gain” please also report the $75,000 of financial gain Mandelson received from Epstein in 2004 and 2004 and the £10s of thousands Mandelson’s husband received from Epstein in 2009/10 plus free flights & mansion stays

BREAKING Charles Kushner, the US Ambassador to France, has been banned from meeting with members of the French government after he failed to show up to a diplomatic summons with the French Foreign Minister.

A significant number of Americans think that being racist should be free speech but calling someone racist should not be.

Recent AI company executives' predictions that didn't come true (courtesy of Pascal's Substack): p4sc4l.substack.com/p/geminis-an...

Unions enforce your employment rights. Unions can help if you’re discriminated against or mistreated by your employer. Reform doesn’t want you to have that help. They don’t care how badly you’re treated at work. They’re taking the piss out of you. You should mind. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I’m worried about this now. I believe that Bridget P has her heart in the right place, but if you don’t have a child with sp needs or you don’t teach that demographic, you’d have no idea. The terror (yes, terror) of feeling that you have no voice - is terrifying

Pleased to see FullFact confirming what I said in my film is correct. As for Reform leader Nigel Farage - he is of course speaking boll****. Perhaps UK news shows could now start calling him out on this. fullfact.org/immigration/...

An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public. It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests. What else is the regime hiding from us?

First Andy now Mandy, I'mm not sure about this, I think it sets a dangerous presedence investigating what secret activities people in power get up to that they shouldn't, I mean where will it end?

"John Prescott would be loving this"

a year is a long time in politics

Getting tired of the narrative that the former Prince Andrew scandal is somehow new and surprising. We know about him and Epstein, and his overall crookedness, almost 15 years ago www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/...

Now that’s what I call a reset. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

5/ Until Starlink was shut down, the Russians used it to transmit drone videos to commanders for review. This is no longer possible and the only alternatives, the Gazprom Yamal satellite system and Wi-Fi bridges, are slow, bulky, expensive, unreliable, and in short supply.

4/ Generals draw maps showing the front line kilometres ahead of where it actually is, leading to bad tactical and strategic decisions. Meanwhile, the commander who ordered the settlement 'taken on credit' is rewarded with cash bonuses, medals, and promotions.

3/ This often turns out badly for everyone except the commander. The soldiers are often killed shortly afterwards, having exposed themselves to Ukrainian drones, and many Russian soldiers die when they enter a settlement that is supposedly now Russian-held.

2/ 'Flag-sticking' is the practice of sending a small group of soldiers to carry a Russian flag to a Ukrainian-held settlement and unfurl it prominently, to be videoed by a Russian drone for a commander's video report to his superiors, so that he can falsely claim a capture.

1/ The Starlink shutdown has reportedly made 'flag-sticking' – one of the most suicidally dangerous and militarily useless Russian combat missions – even more lethal. Deprived of high-speed Internet, Russian soldiers now have to courier drone videos on USB sticks. ⬇️

🇮🇸 Could Iceland become the EU's 28th member? A referendum on membership could take place as early as August. 🇲🇪 Earlier this year, Montenegro took a step closer to membership by closing another negotiating chapter. 🗺️ Increasingly Brexit is leaving the UK more isolated on the world stage.

Repeating trump’s lies has been legacy media’s go-to. Time to flip the script. www.thefarce.org/trump-doesnt... @thefarce.org

Morning Bluesky.

So then... here's some good news!

There's a weird thing in UK politics. Labour treats Reform as largely correct on the merits but bad at implementation. It treats the Greens as wrong on the merits and so good at implementation they will destroy the country. But that's... the opposite of how their actual likely voters feel?

"David Davis has called on the home secretary to urgently introduce a grace period to allow hundreds of Britons to continue to travel on their 2nd passport while their British passport is processed." That's David Davis core Brexiter. Who caused this catastrophe www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Remember how I said that the problem is not Yer Da on Facebook: the problem is elite radicalisation, the political and media class driving themselves and each other insane? Reform is talking here about mass deportation.

This is utter BS. Implying it was sovereign countries' fault for wanting to join a protective umbrella is utter rubbish. It's purely about pootin wanting to re-establish the old USSR and Ukraine was easiest to 'pick off' (as it is not in NATO)

The President of the United States called into a cable news show under a fake name to complain about how “unfair” everyone is to him. You cannot make this shit up. He is unwell.

❌No, the NHS did not get £350 million extra a week. 📉 Yes, the economy has suffered - even more than economists feared... https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/brexit-campaign-ten-years-on-10-promises/

Zia Yusuf used the tragic death of Amy Houston in his speech today. Her dad explicitly asked politicians not to do this in 2013. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The people who shout the loudest about Englishness are the ones who have no understanding of “57 varieties”. And the beauty of it.

This was just posted by @sundersays.bsky.social in another context, but.. my goodness. It just took 5/6 years from here to ‘Earned Settlement’ from Labour, which will put care workers and some NHS staff on a 15 years path to settlement. And note the word ‘contribution’

"The report, reviewed by the FT, decided against using Palantir technology for Swiss military data since there was a risk that US authorities could gain access to the sensitive files." Yet here Labour continues to shove public money down its throat.

eternally true, sadly for my profession

A member of the human race, the only race.

I felt it was my patriotic and humanitarian duty to visit the Chagos Islands, even though I knew in advance that it wasn't possible. In unrelated news, The Maldives is lovely at this time of year.

Who knows? When someone jumps off the deep end into ethno-nationalism, it never makes any sense. Best not ask, it's inevitably a wall of crazy, complete with photos connected with bits of string.

I’m confused too about this so-called Englishness. Would Saxon roots qualify? Norman? Viking? What is the cut-off date for Englishness? I have Saxon ancestors but I’m not English, what does that make me?

Farage, 2024: 'Do I really want to spend every Friday for the next 5 years in Clacton?' Why no, no he doesn't...

So, basically, Farage went on holiday to the Maldives

Sequoia National Park in California 😍

Yeah. Because the dentist was the REAL victim in the senseless murder of Cecil the Lion.

The Tories have pledged to scrap the "unfair" additional interest on Plan 2 student loans It’s absolutely the right thing to do. The Labour government needs to do it. But let’s not forget who introduced it in the first place www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

Are memories that short? Boris Johnson: - Brexit - Attempted suspension of Parliament - Partygate - PPE scandal Why would anyone care what he thinks and why is Kuenssberg giving him airtime? #bbclaurak

🇬🇧🇺🇦 Boris Johnson called for sending Western troops to Ukraine now He said that London and allies should consider immediately deploying troops to Ukraine, rather than waiting for a possible ceasefire.

Woken up to lots of unhappy messages about us keeping on this story Sorry but if a political org - run by a now Minister - hires private intel to smear journalists then takes these baseless smears to security services, I will investigate it. And keep investigating until accountability happens

The man is a living example that stuffing food into people for 20 years doesn't necessarily make them smart