Pro-Europe Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared victory in the election. That’s a defeat for Putin.

The irony about the Faragian-Fannywobble below? EDI* done well includes young white men from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds - almost as though Farage doesn’t fully understand what EDI is about, isn’t it? *not DEI, that’s an Americanisation which I get very annoyed by.

All this uWu smol bean crap irritates me greatly: you're selling food for the public to eat, someone should be checking that it's safe and sanitary.

My desk chair has had it so looking online for possible replacements... Why are none but umber expensive ones designed for tall people, are we just supposed to be uncomfortable and have even worse backs... Ffs.

Just wanted to add that Israel has been dumping white phosphorus on my country for literally decades

Seen a post from some idiot going around, not sharing it as bloody stupid but just have to say tankies are just as bad as fascists. Any regime that causes the deaths of tens of millions is not to be excused/sanewashed/preferred (bloody mental).

It's pretty gracious of him to show up at all, given that his side lost.

Hegseth, Farage and all the others of their ilk would be imprisoned as facist collaborator 5th columnists if they were around during the war. They should be treated the same now, the people they work for may of changed but the principle and sacrifices to stop their kind of filth haven't.

LEBANON. “Jesus told us to forgive our killers, but this is too much” Heartbreaking moments from funeral of Theodosia Karam, her brother Tony and their father James in Qlayaa, Lebanon. James was driving his children home from their exams when an Israeli drone targeted them. -Hadi Nasrallah on X.

The atrocities continue.

Immigration & asylum is down: so why is the rage still rising? Because it’s no longer about immigration it’s white nationalism & we must all call it out As Churchill said of appeasers “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.” @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

If a government had worries that AI would lead to mass unemployment, surely it would - •Not push AI quite so hard •Not give AI companies all those tax breaks •Not allow other major employers; Universities, the Steel Industry etc, to falter •Have a plan

Reform also want to repeal the handgun ban, raising the distinction possibility that they think the best way to eat a steak is to shoot it.

"I'm a brutal serial killer who has brought joy to countless sick children with my Pogo the Clown character, and—if I can toot my own horn here—not too shabby a painter. Does my 'lived experience' not count?"

Andy Burnham says he "can't judge" if the Israeli military's crimes in Gaza are a genocide. The experts already have. A UN commission, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and leading human rights organisations all agree: it's genocide. Andy, why won't you call it what it is?

One day, everyone will have always been against this. More actual evidence of the depravity of this Labour Government, how they conduct themselves and the rot that runs throughout the entire party.

This really is a no-brainer. Airports have vast acreages of dead space, necessary to provide the space between runways and terminal buildings, plus all that car parking which could be PV-roofed over. You're looking at hundreds of hectares.

This week Andy Burnham asked the private water company United Utilities to cancel its upcoming dividend to shareholders This is why we need public ownership - profits automatically reinvested, no need to ask nicely

Rightly angry piece from @iandunt.bsky.social about the Populist Right BS that followed the awful Henry Nowak murder case and how the media/national conversation has been drawn into it. iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

THEY ARE BASTARDS

Goodwin's ethnonationalism is a niche view even for Reform voters! This is not a contentious debate.

I'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at for conflating rent+utilities and buying a coffee. I refuse to participate in that kind of perversion

Terrible way for the ISS to end it's historic life if it does come to an evacuation, but crew always must come first.

This is something the Victorians understood: that democracy is dangerously vulnerable to plutocracy, and that it needs to build defences against that. Our defences are in tatters. Rebuilding them is one of the most urgent tasks facing our politics.

Labour defending Twitter is a good example of why they are so ineffective in government: utterly unwilling to take decisions which have any controversy attached.

Honesty, transparency, integrity and accountability. Nope, none of that here stop asking.

Been a grim, grim fucking week man iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

This lass came out of nowhere, extremely talented and powerful voice. Not so keen on harsh vocals myself (respect of the technique though) so great to hear her do something without them. Just covers so far, would love to hear an original at some point! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGSx...

Such as the information about what many women and children look like (nearly) nude? Or the (false) information about police officers present when Nowak died? Or the information about the owner's incitement to violence in the UK? Come off it.

Robert Kenyon (Reforms candidate in Makerfield) is asked about comments he's made about women. Sarah Wakefield (the Greens candidate) then asks him if he'll apologise. He doesn't Sarah goes on to point out Reforms policies on women (e.g. scrapping the equality act) are shocking

Audience member to Reforms candidate: "How are we to trust that you & your party wouldn't sell this off to the highest bidder when you have got a leader.. who will say 'up the IRA' for £80" Bruce: "I have to say I have no idea if he said up the IRA for £80.... apparently he did"

In one sense I guess it’s a real vote of self-confidence in your product to feel able to dismiss an entire generation of potential readers as naive and/or stupid.

Get fucked Tice. And that's with all the lobbying against and media bullshittery. Imagine if we actually got behind it properly.

This is so utterly shit. Poor woman. Even if she was there this behaviour is despicable. The govt must do something abt X and Grok's misinformation.

And each time he targets police to wrongfoot them before the riots. 2024: "just asking questions" abt police hiding Southport truth. 2025: lied abt police bussing counterprotesters to Epping. 2026: police is "anti-white". It's plain as day. Using terror for political ends. There's a name for that!

Widow of gambling addict takes Betfair to court in possible landmark UK case. Company encouraged addiction, sent free bets, running to £18000 debt. Companies focused on profit, don't owe a duty of care to customers showing signs of problem gambling. Don't bear social cost of their practices.

In a detail which will surprise no one, the first of the "patriots" to plead guilty to offences connected to the rioting in Southampton on Tuesday night has a criminal record as long as your arm, including.... possessing a knife.

"Mencap, Mind and the National Autistic Society warn could lead to “the biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation”." This is all deeply worrying especially in context of so much care now provided by private for profit companies rather than safe, appropriate and compassion driven care.

This is exactly what we have been warning about. But oh no, anyone who objects to the changes is a selfish, privileged nimby, a zealot, a blocker, an elitist. Let's trash the lives of England's poorest communities, and smear anyone who complains. Thanks Keir. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As I said: This constitutional anachronism is one element of financial sector's excessive political influence, so evident in policies of successive governments, which cannot be allowed to continue. Too much finance in our economy is a major threat to our security www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

How the fuck is this not incitement! Arrest the prick already, being an MP doesn't make you immune from the law ffs.

Agree honesty is the only real approach, something every party from Res to LD/Lab have an allergy to, certainly on this topic (some individuals in LD/Lab have been good). Afaik Greens have been the only party saying that we need people and it's a good thing for the economy and enriches culture.

So Gov are going to get off Twitter and get Ofcom to fine it into the ground or ban it then yeah? No? Cowards.

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

these people are uh. british. yes. living in the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. their points of reference appear to be: american corporate initiatives, an american reverend and civil rights leader, and an american man whose death sparked a wave of protests starting in america.

You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.

Southport murders. Farage ignores victims' parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Henry Nowak murder. Farage ignores victim's parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Murders by white people. Silence. If that's not a pattern of racially motivated incitement to riot, I don't know what is.

Just as with Putin and RT, Twitter is Musk's propaganda arm, both are equally determined to undermine our society and way of life here and in the rest of Europe. RT was shut down and dealt with, time for Twitter to have the same treatment.