Creativity should be encouraged in British schools, not overlain with Govian snobbery and countless Assessment Tests.

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

It’s worth buying this fortnight’s Private Eye for a devastating analysis of Teesworks, the failed levelling up Freeport. Something which the #NAO has been told to avoid.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Where are Trading Standards when you want them? ‘350g peppers’ from Sainsbury’s today weighed 181g

HMP Dartmoor is likely to be closed for several years to solve a radon gas problem. It’s empty. The 650 to 700 inmates are elsewhere Guess what? Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall is insisting on charging the Home Office with full rent and other costs Outrageous

UK, esp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, is in a mess. Rather than trying to copy Reform it’s not too late for Starmer to start projects for big (long term) change: Restructure local government Local taxes Devolved powers Full revision of central taxes Abolish National Insurance etc Vision please, Labour!

Labour must push Digital ID Cards. Reform are against them but the fuss about Small Boats will continue to dominate the media (😡) Win Win

‘Here’s what I think’

What can we do about smart phones? ⚠️Short messages ⚠️Social media mischief weaponise the bewilderment of uneducated, ignorant or anxious people Bewilderment is the foundation of fascism. The racist politician, the useless journalist and the media owner like bewilderment School curriculum change?

This is serious. Must be understood by everyone with an interest in the future of life in Britain.

Art by Alireza Karim Imoghadam (he’s on Instagram) almost always about Van Gogh in today’s world.

"When a democratically elected government systematically refuses to provide basic information about policies affecting millions of people and billions of pounds of public money, democracy itself is under threat." It's time to sign the petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

It’s time everyone adopted this attitude. Also for Sudan, Mali, Congo vs Rwanda, China vs Uyghurs, and for Iranians, Russians, and anybody under dictatorships - e.g. El Salvador, Guatemala, and … the United States of America.

A bit of common sense, which Rachel Reeves seems incapable of achieving. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Get into this 40 minute interview. It shows Stewart Lee is even more perceptive than we thought. youtu.be/ceKAdQFrd5E?...

Billionaires and short term Private Equity businesses etc., are held in high regard. They shouldn’t be:- 1. They don’t pay a fair amount of tax. Because- 2. They don’t believe in the State. Therefore- 3. They fund rw think-tanks which propound misinformation, no matter who owns the media.

I once had great hopes for Rachel Reeves. Then she forgot all about Fuel Duty being frozen for over a decade by the previous shitty govt. Now she’s messing up the tax returns of every household which contains someone receiving a state pension.

This is a worthwhile ten minute read 😍

I just met, by accident, an Afghan chap age about 30. He came over on a small boat earlier this year. He explained in broken English why he left the country of his birth: Taliban dictatorship. I said he’s welcome and wished him success. On X there’d be halfwits writing about ‘fighting age’.

It will be interesting if this photo is broadcast on any of the main news channels tonight. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social

The disappearing MP for Clacton. This is where he is. Farage, a rubbish bin in a children’s soft-play room in south London.

Starmer’s respect for Reform policies is a strategic disaster for Labour. Is this what Morgan McSweeney wants?

Just remember: Starmer could have used his speech on immigration to explain to people how Brexit has made immigration explode, and that that's why we need to rejoin the Single Market with Freedom of Movement. But he chose instead to follow Farage down his xenophobic rabbit hole. #NotStrangers

This is not a conspiracy theory. It’s been blindingly obvious for nearly a decade 😡

It’s time for the UK Govt, elected to be more helpful than the Tories, to wake up.

Libertarians and (mostly American) vested interests yet again prefer their personal wealth rather than the world’s human health. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So many parallels occur these days.

A small petition which should be a big petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

Opening lyrics of Banquet - Joni Mitchell Come to the dinner gong The table is laden high Fat bellies and hungry little ones Tuck your napkins in and take your share Some get the gravy and Some get the gristle Some get the marrow bone Some get nothing, though there's plenty to spare (Truer now?)

Turner was 21 when he painted Fishermen at Sea from a sketch he made at the Isle of Wight. The real thing looks like the real thing, in 3D.

I’m comfortable that 1. England’s noisier right wing politicians are stuck in a cul de sac of their own making 2. Scotland and Wales don’t produce such noise.

Prem is almost always right

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

This was The Economist magazine eight years ago. Truer now, isn’t it?

Interesting that UK’s over-publicised fan of Putin AND Trump, Little Nigel Façade, has avoided any comment for nine days now. That’s not his style. Is there something he knows? Is he in touch with the Tates?

Something useful for Ms Disappointing Reeves to deal with before she’s removed from office.

Just a reminder of a fundamental truth

Brexit and maga: Same kleptocrats. Same tax avoiders/ evaders Same liars.

So true. Particularly in USA and UK.

European Parliament member 👇🏽

It’s time to say it. Yes, Europe has its internal divergences but it is united around honesty and openness. The USA is becoming a pariah state. Dishonest and without the principle of open discussion.

The USA has become a pariah state, the enemy of Europe as well as the rest of the Americas. The USA will fall.

It’s time to recognise our friends. And our new enemy. With which we have no Special Relationship.

It’s becoming urgent to repair the damage so Britain can, in Europe, have the strength to stand up to the authoritarian regimes which are destined to dominate the world.

Another example of the rapid adoption of Nazi tactics. Thanks to technology, these moves affect not just one damaged country in central Europe, but absolutely everyone. The ketamine addict should be in a special institution.

426ppm of CO2 yesterday. Yet the richest world leaders don’t care www.co2.earth/daily-co2#:~....

This is from a centre-right Australian politician, sadly accurate.

A question about another ignored thing: How much electricity is being used for data centres these days? New mega power plants for AI data centres in America will be fuelled by natural gas, and will aim to deliver countless gigawatts of energy by 2027.