Trump on the Epstein files and survivors seeking justice: “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else." [Via CNN]

Stock resigned. So what is the point of this fine and whose interests does it serve? Certainly not those of the students and staff at University of Sussex. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is not far off the images and language which we have seen from ICE in US. It's directly aimed at using people's suffering to dehumanise them. The imagery is tested, and shown, to portray those seeking asylum as "criminals", rather than needing safety. This is how Trump works, how ICE works.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that Iran and the U.S. will hold nuclear talks in Oman's capital of Muscat on Friday.

Watching the usual political circus unfold. Mandelson is now playing the usual lightning-rod role for an outraged political establishment. Little to no acknowledgement he’s the tip of an iceberg. This is part of a political culture that’s pushing our democracy towards corporate oligarchy.

Under my leadership of the Labour Party, Peter Mandelson had no role, no influence and no part to play, because I do not trust the man and I do not believe the man.

Who do you ask for advice from on the obvious need to sack your senior adviser?

Protest works, which is why politicians aided by legal and police want it banned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Brave Minnesota residents show how it's done - 700 federal border agents are being 'immediately withdrawn' from the state.

Not much use to anyone in London. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/f...

I am horrified on behalf of my friends and colleagues who were affected. I am horrified as well by the implications for a country that is already awash in bullshit and badly in need of access to real reporting.

Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.

Good initiative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Appointing Peter Mandelson as the ambassador to the US against explicit security vetting advice is the resigning issue that the press spent an absurd amount of time trying to convince us that "he had a beer and a curry" was.

Genuine Labour supporters and politicians should be angry.

Overlooking Whitby harbour, 1974, photo by Ian Berry.

BREAKING: Keir Starmer says government will not disclose Mandelson documents relating to national security or international relations

If we're going to win this by election, we need all hands on deck. If you're able to, please sign up to one or preferably more of the action days below: greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

Story of courage. Lovely photo too.

Hurrah.

Tried to listen to R4 Today earlier. Wes Streeting ranted talked over Justin Webb contradicted himself and I switched off as presumably many others did. Get some harder hitting presenters.

#OtD 3 Feb 1956, 250 workers in New York City Bagel Bakers Local 338 agreed to call off a strike when they were given pay increases of 4-9%, as well as an additional 11th day paid holiday and bigger employer pension contributions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1017...

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated. www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...

Labour Party is a disgrace to all of us who tried hard to support it, who campaigned, who were brought up to believe in it's cause, who wanted it to be vehicle for real change. All could see Mandelson wasn't a comrade.

Keir Starmer 2024 "I want the highest quality candidates... I make no apologies for that. I want the best possible candidates for the Labour Party in what I hope will be a future Labour government" #MandelsonEpstein #EpsteinFiles

#BlackHistoryMonth 3/28 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒎 (1924-2005) became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district for 7 terms. She helped to create the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism

The only people who think this is 'virtually impossible' are the ones whose job it is to believe that.

We are now facing the largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States over a quarter-century ago. The science is clear: vaccines are the best way to protect against measles. The NIH Director admits it. Why won’t RFK, Jr.?

The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into Lord Mandelson following claims he passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein Chris Mason says he understands Mandelson maintains he hasn’t acted criminally or for personal gain

When we talk about authoritarianism, it’s not just Donald Trump. Musk owns X Bezos owns Twitch Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook Larry Ellison controls TikTok Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.

We just don't think they should be paid properly

I don't know about you but I cannot express to you how massively it fucks me off when a song thrush turns up in my living room out of nowhere, with all its bluster and assumptions, then tries to claim a piece of abstract art as its own.

Breaking: The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics. Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.

The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, a Quaker founded research institute, is the expert group on UK poverty. Here is their report. A living wage or welfare for every citizen is needed & wasteful expenditure on new nuke power stations etc ended. The latter will cost a min of £80 billion!

“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”

The climate crisis is here. Right now.

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Leavitt: "The president believes in the United States Constitution, however ... "

Mmm…

"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."

Usual old rubbish: people won’t work unless the only alternative is starvation. Disproven daily by millions of retired people volunteering…

Well said. Zack is right to talk about the hypocrisy of powerful men in Westminster who’ve done drugs themselves, & who know, but don’t care, that their drugs policy is anti-evidence & is being weaponised against whole communities. Are any Labour MPs brave enough to come out & back this debate?

My statement on the Gorton & Denton by-election:

A second senior Iranian diplomat has defected, according to Iran International. This time it’s Gholam-Reza Derikvand from Iran’s embassy in Austria who is seeking political asylum in Switzerland. The last one was Ali-Reza Hokmabad of Iran’s mission to the UN in Geneva.

Investigation into social media platform looks at complicity in crimes including Holocaust denial and child pornography.

Australian boy, 13, swims four hours to save family swept out to sea

Music and dancing signify defiance at celebratory funerals of Iran’s protesters

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