Matt Godwin is a failure who needs to leave my city the fuck alone. Failed candidate. Failed academic. Failed commentator. Failed intellectual. A massive ego wrapped around a shrivelled and scared intellect, poisoned by bile and subconcious awareness of his own inadequacy.

Someone has to say it. The amount of racism directed at World Cup players - including in the England squad - online is out of control.

This is the tweet I read that just sounds authentic to me.

Afroman: “I was gonna pay child support” until marijuana ingestion

‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Orkney #Prehistory

Amazing ancient Lurs from Bronze Age Denmark. Thirty-nine of these bronze horns have been found in Danish peat bogs, likely deposited as ritual offerings some 3,000 years ago! Fun fact: Lurs are the inspiration behind the name and logo of Denmark’s Lurpak® butter! 🧈 🎺 🇩🇰 #FindsFriday #Archaeology

No impeachment...full removal of him and his entire administration including JD Vance.

Tibetan activist dies after setting himself on fire outside the #UN headquarters in protest against #China’s occupation over #Tibet. #ChinaAggression #ChinaCrimes #FreeTibet #Tibet #Censorship #TibetIndependence #BoycottChinaproducts timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/tib...

Brexit has denied UK law enforcement agencies the ability to access European crime data.

Good people are so tired of traitors masquerading as patriots, of the treasonous continually waving the flag, of hateful people peddling a God of love...

1) Leo's actions about the SSPX are to be interpreted also as a fight against sectarianism and its dangers (also abuse) not just as a doctrinal problem or a lack of obedience 2) in order to avoid the impression that there are soft schisms, Leo is making clear that this with the SSPX is a hard schism

ma certamente www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/u...

The Israeli Govt never ceases to find new depravities. youtube.com/post/UgkxBGr...

​Trump and Farage aren't leading revolutions; they're running highly sophisticated commercial grifts. Turning democratic politics into a literal cash cow for personal enrichment doesn't just exploit their supporters—it cheapens our entire political system and kills public trust. 🛑👇

Following in the footsteps of France and Switzerland's Government who banned Palantir from Government contracts, Spain has now banned Palantir from signing ANY contracts in Spain. Lets get Palantir OUT.

Poster from the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social about the disastrous cuts planned for fundamental physics research in the UK. Write to your MP about this!

Exactly this. As for his £5mill “gift from his crypto mate, Farage would have to “work” (said wryly given his singular absence from HofC and his constituency) as an MP for nearly 55 years - long past the time he could reasonably be expected to live. So who REALLY is his master?

A love letter to England from Sir Ian McKellan We know who we are. And rural America can get stuffed. uk.news.yahoo.com/sir-ian-mcke...

It is now almost 100% of the time that when I do vox pops in rural America I get asked about Britain supposedly being taken over by Muslims and crushed under the boot of Sharia law. I was just asked suspiciously if I am a Muslim myself when I pushed back

Followed by SpaceX buys NASA.

Albania, citizens are gathering outside Police Station No. 1 in Tirana, demanding the release of 6 protesters detained during demonstrations outside Parliament. As the "Flamingo Revolution" rolls into its fourth week, each arrest only seems to be drawing more people into the streets, not fewer.

Judicial activism is sometimes discussed as if it is only left wing/liberal, but this is obviously *conservative* judicial activism - making up words that plainly do not exist in the 14th amendment.

There will never be a leader of the Labour Party who can institute socialist policies until the Tory media can be stopped by law from lying on matters of facts/evidence. Labour, you are eternally f***ed unless you do this one thing.

“Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right?” My latest for the Guardian on how the richest man in the world is in love with ‘Citizen Vigilante,’ which promotes the murder not just of migrant criminals but their families too.

It's way down near the bottom compared with Europe.

And weirdly not-unrelated, also this: bsky.app/profile/adam...

Still, for me, swifts and swallows are the most beautiful birds in action. This has been a good summer for them.

Once again, for all the warm words coming out of Manchester today, a key indicator of whether he really wants to change the way this country is run is going to be whether he sacks Mahmood

It’s purely performative viciousness.

If Burnham has an original thought in his head, I've not heard it yet.

With heat waves shattering temperature records across the globe, leading to needless deaths, let me just say that history will not look fondly on those who put fossil fuel profits above saving the planet.

This is a Refugee Tax. It was originally proposed by the Tories, and the only reason asylum seekers could be claimed to 'owe' any money is because they are banned from working. Another cruel Labour policy - that must be reversed on day one by Andy Burnham. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The deep anthropology of Starmer slaughter and the shallow psychology of Burnham worship open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

Recommendation 4 is worth a look.

A quick note on this paragraph of Andy Burnham’s speech yesterday. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

The BBC is reporting that Burnham plans to divide his time between London and Manchester. I’m a supporter of the party that has consistently supported greater regionalism for decades, but this is just silly. Having a PM work from a provincial city is the opposite of devolution.

'The River Thames from Wandsworth Bridge' by Charles Ernest Butler (1864–1933) (Government Art Collection)

One thing about Burnham’s devolution strategy: you absolutely, 100% do not want to be living anywhere where Reform is in charge. Everywhere else will do just fine.

We have no idea of the ferocity and indifference of Earth's systems when pushed out of the relatively stable conditions in which our species was permitted to evolve. No idea at all.

You come to realise no field is truly empty. Pylons march its edge, the ghost soil cracks and sighs stories. We think too much of fields as tamed spaces. The truth is they are crowded by spirits, full of feral whispers. – #DAKilroy

I think that it is worth to at least consider the argument below. I fully see why an over-centralized state can cause problems, but devolution is also far from free of them.

When you're tangled up with Labour Friends of Israel, it's not easy to talk about Israeli genocide. www.middleeasteye.net/news/andy-bu...

This is why we need to keep building pressure from below. Via @turnleftmedia.co.uk

If so much government business is going to flow between London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds doesn't it make sense to complete HS2 along the original plans?

Interesting to see how this is achieved outside the single market. Let’s make rejoining the EU happen!

Andy Burnham says he will deliver "good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart" "Let's make it happen" he says

You can see why Cleverly might decide the smart career move is to step away from Westminster and build a powerbase in London. If becoming a big player in devolved nation or English regional politics becomes a new pathway into 10 Downing Street we are witnessing a wider restructuring of UK politics

🚨🚨Breaking: The #US ambassador in #Brussels had Belgian police stop reporting by @eurcorrespond.bsky.social on the Freedom 250” celebration – paid by private companies, organised by the three US embassies in Brussels, marking the 250th anniversary of the US. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...