Good piece on how the shingles vaccine slows aging and cuts dementia risk.

This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can stop Reform. My letter to Green Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social 👇🏻

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton. The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.

I’d like to see a poll that chooses between: It was stupid to appoint Mandelson but I’m so sick of this country imploding and changing PMs I’d rather stability. VS We should go through months of choosing a new leader. Most people are sick of leadership contests. Just run the country!

I've only just seen this report, 'Starmer must go, to rebuild confidence in the Labour party' - actually, Starmer is the only MP/PM I've trusted for many years! And Neil Double-Barrel wouldn't be the MP of Poole, without Starmer! Damned bloody nerve of the man!

My plan today is to like and repost every positive post made by Labour MP's.

What's this? I haven't watched the TV for a good few years now, and never claimed No Licence Needed because - WHY!!! I think I'll wait for the TV licence hunters to catch me watching the TV - that I STILL don't use! Idiots. And no, I won't change my mind

Here is former Tory James Evans (who has just joined Reform) saying he would never join Reform...

Isabel Oakshop: “Yesterday there was such a febrile atmosphere in the House of Commons, obviously I wasn’t there…” NO BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO LIVE IN DUBAI! “Obviously I wasn’t there but I’m quite close connected to people who were.” IN OTHER WORDS YOU WERE WATCHING IT ON TV! 🤔😤

Most of the people reposting this, want Nigel Farage or Kemi Badenoch to lead the country. Some want Polanski, Corbyn or Burnham. The biggest arseholes want Rupert Lowe. These are their prerogatives. No-one ever mentions the victims. It’s all me, me, me, me, me…

Unusual for the BBC to take such care with their language - allegedly

The Peter Mandelson case shows the House of Lords needs an independent disciplinary system It is past time the House of Lords removes its own right to sit in judgment on peers who break its code of conduct, says @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pete...

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

“Imagine if we had to follow the law”

A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday. #Photography

Hilarious if it wasn’t so true. If, the electorate, egged on by the right leaning media, allow these charlatans to take charge, because we’re fed up with the two main parties, it will be the biggest act of self harm since #Brexit! Wake up people! #ReformUK #UKIP #Tory2

Who in their right mind would look at political donations to Farage/Reform UK Ltd and think: 'Yep, old Nige is really looking out for all of us in Clacton, Lincs or E.ast Yorks'? Furthermore, who'd look more closely at those data and think: Bimey, that Chris Harborne (over in Thailand) must be…1/2

Thank the Big Beautiful Bill. New federal work requirements for SNAP begin this week, stripping long-standing exemptions for veterans, foster youth, and some parents. An even greater hunger crisis looms.

The judge wrote of ICE actions: “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”

Today's protest by the Palestine Coaliton march in London vastly outnumbered a counter-protest by Stop the Hate and an unrelated march by Ukip, whose leader advertised it in a video wearing a...black shirt Photos posted on X by the Met Police - 1. Palestine Coalition, 2. Stop the Hate, 3. Ukip

‘Is Rishi Sunak English?’: a boring, trite debate that just sets weird ethno-nationalists against everyone else. ‘Is Rishi Sunak a Yorkshireman?’: the longest, bloodiest, most engrossing debate in forum history, shut down by the mods after 1,627 pages.

He really is just straight-up the biggest piece of shit alive

The government has published its long-awaited police reform white paper. @cassiarowland.bsky.social says there is much to welcome in the paper, but it risks making police prioritisation and accountability too removed from local areas www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/poli...

There is no "self" in self-driving cars.

Oh dear. The N.F Brigade have thrown their toys out of the pram, over hurty tweets from Labour. They’ve stropped off to The Fuzz with a complaint & everything! Sensitive little souls. I believe the term is … snowflakes! #TheyDon’tLikeItUpEm www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

This. I'm not a BBC-basher but IMO Mason is a poor political journalist. It's not that he's 'biased' per se, it's that he reports politics as a kind of giggly spectator sport and as such is preoccupied with spectacle, talking up 'exciting' events rather than analysing them. 1/2

So is the Green party going to apologise, or will they continue to lie to the electorate?

NEW | Why does the UK struggle with growth? Our latest report from @gilesyb.bsky.social explores how the centre of government can design better growth policy www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Good news.

Here's a bit of historical context for the area he's standing in. Back in 1962 Oswald Mosley decided to visit Gorton. The locals weren't that happy about a far right agitator in their area.

UK politics would be immeasurably improved if journalists refuse to use gossip without the gossiper being named and on the record.

You think the Greens are a credible alternative? Deeply conservative NIMBYs happy to work with Reform and/or the Tories to block new homes and renewable energy development

ICE & U.S. Customs & Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual & violent criminal histories in recent years. At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years. This article includes names of the agents.

This is what any adequate unbiased journalist should be exposing.

This is his family’s statement. We need to bare witness and share widely. 66% of shooting murders in Minneapolis now performed by ICE. Your money.

The nurses are pissed

Shouldn't the headline be Murdered by ICE www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

Board of Peace - Season 1

The Standards Commissioner has found Farage failed to declare £380,000 in outside interests within the required 28 days, including GB News work and promoting gold. He blamed administrative errors by his team.

INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X) globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=adfdf9

Flicked thru the BBC homepage to check we're not at war - yet, and found an odd selection of news stories. Mainly 'Trump is far more powerful than any other leader - ever!' with images to highlight that point. Just me?

Every time I see some BS about "paid protesters" in Minnesota (or any other ICE-occupied cities), I think of this quote: "One man fighting for his home is worth 1000 fighting for pay." These protesters are fighting for their communities. They're not going to give up. Fuck ICE & fuck tyranny.

You have to love the Danes.

Argument Monty Python youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?...