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I generally consider schadenfreude to be a grubby emotion that I try to temper in myself as much as I can, but, honestly, the thought of abusive, arrogant, loud-mouthed, ‘get in the hole’-shouting, polo-and-chinos-wearing, Trumpist golf fans being all sad gives me a renewed zest for life.

Congressman wants Gavin Newsom arrested for terrorism because he called Stephen Miller a fascist. The hundreds of times Miller called Democrats fascist apparently doesn’t count for anything.

This Sunday’s post is rambly (you’ve been warned). A little autumn reflection, a little NHS frustration, a little politics, and a fair chunk about why paying for other people’s children is the least selfish thing any of us can do. Have a lovely Sunday, 🐻

Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Reform UK's Andrea Jenkyns suggests that President Trump's criticism of paracetamol might be true saying "We haven't looked at the evidence, we don't know what Trump has seen" And then attacks big pharma as well

Productive meeting today with UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on strengthening our partnership to tackle climate change and drive California and the UK toward net-zero emissions. Looking forward to building on this work in the years ahead.

Well, well, well

I'm really frustrated it's necessary to say this, but it's essential people hear it! "Taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe." "There is no evidence taking it during pregnancy causes autism in children." "Paracetamol remains the recommended pain relief option for pregnant women." 1/2

Can’t wait for this to go down once all the migrants are gone…

Today Reform UK widened their scapegoating - moving from illegal migrants to people with Indefinite Leave to Remain. I must ask: how long before the shift goes from Trans people to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community? I suspect not very long.

"St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will close its labor and delivery unit next month... "The closure is one of Georgia's first casualties of the GOP budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the 'big beautiful bill'... www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura...

Fresh off of threatening war with Venezuela, Trump threatens war against Afghanistan.

WOW!!!!

Hey @garethinlewes.bsky.social check this... get Nicky Rob on the case....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-jLNep5kQ8 Hits the spot for me....

Also this one which was her favourite

@garethinlewes.bsky.social See if you can get Nicky Robb to play this.... Think, Beth Gibbon + Massive Attack in Grunge mode..... mossmusicuk.bandcamp.com/track/true

See the reply from Douglas Bader’s (WW2 hero) relatives Superb!

Nigel Farage: "Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve." Farage has two ex-wives.

Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.

Shihab's Sunday Sermon x #SocialistSunday

Genuinely astonished some of the MAGA twats haven’t turned themselves inside-out with these mental gymnastics.

They're installing security glass in the suite where Trump is likely to sit for Yankees game. It's almost as if they know that guns are the probIem.

“The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week” - WAIT FOR IT! - “this autumn.” Filed eleven days into autumn. I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?

Meanwhile…South Wales giving it Flags! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 @euflagmafia.bsky.social

If league tables are so effective, please can we have them to show the best and worst performing MPs ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK Councillors Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments

Happy Birthday Melanie. 🎂

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

Conservative and progressive media in South Korea have united in outrage at the ICE raid on the Hyundai factory in Georgia where 300 South Koreans were detained in chains and cable-ties. KED said “this incident is a significant blow to the ROK-US economic alliance.” There will be fallout.

National trust members it’s time to vote again and keep the restore trust folks out.

The top story today from @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social @direthoughts.com and @pippacrerar.bsky.social How the former prime minister has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

meanwhile, in Nuneaton

Police cover up a Banksy image of judge beating a protester faster than you can say "one of the many Boris Johnson Downing Street parties during covid restrictions which the Met police ignored"

“If a man has a little fight with the wife they say this was a crime” Trump downplays domestic violence to imply it’s only being counted as a crime in D.C. to hurt him 🤔 There is no bottom

Now this is a tax return that I would be very, very keen on seeing. Do feel free to give it a share. www.change.org/p/urge-nigel...

JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients. Her patients suffered and she got high. As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients. Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

He seeks to rule by decree because he cannot govern within the law.

No shit sherlock!

What utter dickheads we are… Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal Farage and his MPs voted it down Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on The mega wealthy win again.

This is very funny..... get it read!

Max Windsor-Peplow is Richard Tice's Office Manager. He's paid under a Parliamentary budget for what should be Westminster office work. However he's being 'loaned out' as a Reform UK field-based Campaign Manager.

“Farage has given two contradictory versions – one that he bought it and the other that his girlfriend owns it. If the second one is correct then he has ­engineered a massive saving on stamp duty, larger than the one that forced Angela Rayner to resign.” – @goodlawproject.org https://bit.ly/4m81Zzt

“🎶We’re only making tax avoidance plans, for Nige!🎶”

Second Weak Jobs Report Undercuts Trump’s Claims of a Booming Economy After a bad employment report in August, Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers. This month’s data was just as disappointing.