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Trump’s DOJ is reportedly investigating Carroll for potential perjury, the latest in a string of investigations aimed at the president’s enemies.

Britain's Yeltsin problem: Why the gravest threat to the Union isn't the SNP or Sinn Féin, but the awakening of English nationalism.

Norwegian PM Støre: "France is now opening up a dialogue with its close allies on how its nuclear weapons can contribute to European security and provide a deterrent against military threats. We will hold further talks with France on how the nuclear initiative can help to achieve this."

The barriers to a bespoke economic deal with the EU in 2026 stand just as they were in 2016. One EU view widely shared: “the UK still wants to have the cake and eat it.” With @lisaocarroll.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Trump administration restricts leading US scientists’ involvement in global Ebola response – report New restrictions prevent US health experts from contributing during conference calls with the WHO and limit those only listening to “small groups” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Just ordinary, decent folk ... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I am sure that all those who claim they aren't racist or anti-immigration they just want to "protect women and girls" will be all over this any second now. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I wrote this more than 7 years ago. "Nobody is listening" - SMEs on having to leave country to continue doing business with the EU. Anyone you know who left the country like this SME? please pass on if you know of anyone My email: [email protected] www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

I remember when a British PM was quite open about what membership of the European Community meant.

Go back and watch the original 'Civilisation' (with Kenneth Clark). That was made with the idea of demonstrating the 'European identity' of the UK.

I've signed the petition. But I want the UK 'national conversation' to be more than just about growth, or the Single Market, Customs Union, etc. It's not *just* about economics. It has to be about identity. 'Europeaness' (for want of a better term). Everything else will flow from that.

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"Trump himself is now negotiating an agreement that looks...worse than the one Obama negotiated — partly because of the lurking knowledge that Iran can still close the Strait of Hormuz, any time it wants. That is some achievement from the master of the art of the deal" www.ft.com/content/24cd...

Farage has now named the “counter-espionage experts” who examined his phone.

Priceless take on Nigal Farage, and Reform UK. This guy provides an awesome assessment Tongue in cheek, but all true.

Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u... Does anyone else think our leader is the dumbest asshat ever created? 😩

Judge throws out Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s criminal case over ‘vindictive’ prosecution from Trump’s DOJ

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says the conflict with Iran 'will be over soon', adding Tehran will 'never' obtain a nuclear weapon at a rally in Suffern, New York. 🔴 More on aljazeera.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016... “Royal decree ordered Friedrich Trump to leave Bavaria and never come back after he failed to do military service.”

General UK mood report 😔

Prison to Pardons to Payouts: Jan. 6 Rioters Are Elated at Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black... "... the Trump administration, ... has described the island’s government as corrupt and incompetent as it pushes for change." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Former Cuban president Raúl Castro indicted in US over 1996 fatal downing of two planes. BBC. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...

Department of Just ICE is this anything

The Green/ progressive argument for wanting Burnham elected (such as it is) is that he alone has the ability to reach out to voters on the left so as to increase the chances of some sort of anti-Reform front, and Burnham is assiduously dynamiting this idea

Next week: “I’m going to pay Palantir and privatise the NHS and lower water standards etc”

Boo. Hiss. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Functionally indistinguishable from the way Putin talks about Ukraine & Xi talks about Taiwan.

Meanwhile it reinforces Reform's narrative, which enables them to strengthen their base, made up predominantly of former Tories and ex "don't knows". Labour needs a new leader and a new direction if it is to stand a chance.

Things like removing human rights from people seeking asylum, backing claims that trans individuals never had rights, undermining rights for disabled individuals etc etc just doesn't play well with the very people Labour needs supporting them to beat Reform...

Not a fan of Burnham anyway, but seriously, what is the point of changing leader if they are going to keep the same inhumane and hostile policies Starmer supports which have pushed so many voters away from Labour. Whoever takes over needs to u-turn on them, fast. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

To those saying "it just means brotherly love", of course it can. But the original city was called Fayum Philadelphia, founded by by Ptolemy Philadelphus, so-called because he married his sister.

So, if he's going to stick with a hardline and frankly cruel immigration policy and thinks we should stay out of the EU and wants to reform the election system but only after the next election, what, I ask, is the actual fucking point of it all?

exactly, what's his pitch - "I'm a younger, shorter, scouser Starmer"?

Burnham will be subject to the same pressures as Starmer, part III (migration):

A good reminder that anyone following Keir Starmer as British Prime Minister will be subject to the same political (and economic pressures). Here Burnham, who is now running in a leave-voting constituency, is using practically the same language on the EU/Brexit than Starmer:

Zelenskyy: “If, in the coming weeks, we manage to return to meaningful trilateral communication and involve the Europeans, this would be the right outcome. For our part, we are ready for such steps. I count on our partners to be ready as well – and that the Russians will not hide.”

SHABANA MAHMOOD’S SHAMEFUL IMMIGRATION PLAN WILL KEEP PEOPLE WORKING IN KEY INDUSTRIES LIKE CARE IN TEMPORARY STATUS FOR A DECADE OR MORE. It will keep people in insecure work, make them more easily exploitable, poorer and marginalised - WHEN DID THAT BECOME THE POLICY OF A LABOUR GOVERNMENT?

The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30 million every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran. www.jezebel.com/trumps-oil-i...

The case is the latest example of how Trump has taken over the justice department – which typically operates at arm’s length from the White House – and deployed it for his own ends. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Scandalous doesn’t begin to cover this. It’s just theft from American taxpayers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The damage means that even if the strait were to open tomorrow, it would take years to return to prewar output. QatarEnergy lost billions of dollars since the war started, & every day that the strait remains closed, the country bleeds hundreds of millions more in lost sales & shipping charter fees.