Given that the money raised from this is going to amount to loose change in the government accounts, the only reason it is being proposed is to satisfy the cruellest instincts of the worst voters and media outlets. Gutter politics

In a similar vein, Theresa May should have stuck to her social care policy. She'd already taken the hit for it, so she might as well have at least addressed one of the most intractable problems in British politics

We're seeing the extreme limits of "partisanship is a hell of a drug"

It used to be that undermining British institutions at the service of a foreign power was considered traitorous behaviour. Now, it's just a normal editorial choice for British media

A very good question. Why isn't anyone pulling on this thread?

This is state terror and it should be framed as such

Glasman is an idiot and it's shameful that we insist on hearing him out. Anyone that thinks heavy industry is the future has no business pontificating on the direction of the country or the Labour Party

Sometimes, a government has to lead public opinion. A Labour government should be able to make the case for tax rises that pay for public service and infrastructure investment. And what price the loss of public trust that will result from not being honest about the public finances?

I hate that this is going to be a bond market day. There's been way too many bond market days in politics these last few days. They're easily the most boring days with those crappy, poorly formatted charts everywhere

David Lynch

Weird way for Anthony Joshua to announce his retirement

It's high time that we stop hearing people out and, instead, normalise just calling them morons. There's no debating with a mind this simple

Greatest footballer that ever lived: "oh, I wouldn't want to drag you all down to my level"

HIGNFY pulling 5m viewers after all these years is incredible

The Royal Society...

Labour should start to govern like they're Tories and remove Gibb from the BBC board. He was appointed as a wrecker, he adds nothing to its governance. He is actively working to tear it apart www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

This year's Arsenal just dropped www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Thiaw really is exceptional. I forgot what it was like to have a CB that can run quite fast #nufc

It was just a few months ago that the UK arm of this company was on a PR push to convince everyone they're really just a regular business and we can trust them with our data. Now here's the CEO just going straight in with "yeah, we're the evil bastards! You want in?"

It's a huge concern for me that the crisis in mental health at universities is running headlong into the rush to adopt AI

This header went in. #nufc

I don't think I've seen a header bend in before

Lewis Hall showing us what we've been missing. Him being back is going to make a huge difference #nufc

Schrödinger's Mayor: simultaneously a threat to civilisation and yet entirely insignificant

If Sadiq Khan had any social media game, he'd be offering asylum in London to the million New Yorkers who said they'd leave if Mamdani won

Does the Guardian style guide have a an offbeat definition of "shock"?

Me, an expert political pundit: Yes, Mamdani won New York convincingly, but I think you'll find that most Americans don't want hopeful politics and popular policies that help working people, presented by a charismatic individual

Absolute joke to not have Beatrice Chebet up for this award. She won two gold medals compared to the one each for the two nominated athletes. And she broke the 5000m world record, the first woman ever under 14 minutes. This is just World Athletics rewarding star power over achievements

This can't be right. I have it on good authority from the British police that catching burglars is impossible

Take a look at Poland and Slovakia!

Children should be able to restrict what content their parents see on YouTube

Think they must have hooked his brain a couple of times when they were giving him his fourth and fifth facelift

Never mind the windows, I can't take my eyes off the garage that accounts for three quarters of the front of the house

Drove to T in the Park. Car got covered in dust over the weekend. Decided to write "Monkey on Tour" in massive letters in the dust on the bonnet before driving 500 miles home in 25+ degrees sun. Which permanently seared "Monkey on Tour" into the paint work

American optimism. In Britain, you can be earning £90k and still sincerely believe that you're around the middle of the income distribution

I'd be more persuaded by this if the examples highlighted weren't people who trade almost exclusively in cruel humour

The Times doing a journalism

The Foundation is probably the best sci-fi adaptation ever. And it's stuck on Apple TV so it sinks with barely a trace. A real shame

I miss the days when wingers were allowed to just be skillful dribblers who only scored 5 goals a season, but all absolute bangers

Danny Kruger has a PhD in history from Oxford and this is the depth of his analysis

Really amazes me how horny the American media are for Trump to just bulldoze the constitution. That none of them are thinking maybe the political pendulum could swing and then, oh shit, what does that mean for us if we've spent 4 years trying to enable the rise of an autocracy?

At no point on this list do you see "$200 worth of Robux", which is what 10 year-olds actually want

The BBC is going to entirely alienate its core audience while chasing after Reform voters like some horny skunk. Doesn't bode well for maintaining the legitimacy of the licence fee

What's worse than a cesspool?

Easier to just give up, innit? After all, we can't be left behind in the race to adopt AI. We don't know what we're racing towards or for, but we know for sure that it's necessary to be in the race. Kind of like the stampeding hordes you used to see for Black Friday sales

Why are Restore Trust so insistent on politicising a Sunday walk and a slice of cake? Weirdos