All together now! Awwwww! What a shame! (heavy sarcasm!!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I suspect there is little synergy between independent male Muslim MPs elected in protest at Israel's brutal revenge for Oct 7th inflicted in Gaza, and UK socialists with their liberal social values www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#slavaUkraini united24media.com/latest-news/...

The headline unsurprising (if depressing) - this is "Women twice as likely to experience the behaviours as men, survey said" Suggesting 1 in 3 male soldiers experience sexual harassment - really? Or is it that twice as many women do? If so report is badly written www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Both goals by #arsenal stars... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The word "small" here is somewhat misleading It is not planned to go live for 10 years (& we know that will slip) And will cost multiples of the current £2.5bn estimate A bit like "a small atomic bomb" - the word is not really applicable www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Agreed - but I understood partly why is not to share intelligence with the yanks is so they don't blow fishing boats out of Caribbean based on that intelligence Even if victims ARE drug smugglers, summary "justice" is murder Were it not for yank demand, there'd not be industrial-scale drug crime

Quite why the taxman gives a break for the purchase of multi-thousand pound bikes - and why those with the income to afford them might think this is their birth-right - is beyond me.... www.ft.com/content/e41e...

Interesting definition of a successful "peace"... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A democracy can be identified as such by how many close to the seat of power are indicted for corruption If the answer is "zero" - it is an autocracy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is how Populist leaders once in power ensure they keep it Since 2016 231 journalists have also been incarcerated in Turkey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Apparently, Snapchat did not have age verification It may not be watertight, but the recently introduced UK regulations will make it more difficult for such monsters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In case anyone remains who mistakes this state for civilised....the brutality is underlined www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Normal service resumed as court confirms UK govt cannot be over-ruled by a local council seeking to please NIMBYs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is looking like we are in an era of competing egos rather than political philosophies.... Zack vs Nigel Appropriate for an era where celebrity trumps reason or merit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Of course Trump does - most of us assumed he had already done so www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#liverpool having a 'mare..... #arsenal better stay sharp or #manchesterCity will take the lead... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The irony level here is high - it is unlikely a Labour Govt will appoint anyone as right-wing as Tim Davie to replace him www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Someone yet to come across the term "hubris" He will, sometime www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Donald Trump's miracle economy.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is this REALLY what BBC editors regard as the front page headline? "UK to announce asylum system shake-up as it considers Denmark model" A future possible decision based on a current "consideration"?? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I really hope Wales has the sense not to find out the hard way on our behalf next May.....! Please VOTE in the Senedd elections, Wales - I do not care who you vote for so long as Reform are not in govt.....

Which bit of white supremacist does not apply to the Don? The "white" bit - he is definitely an orange racist c*nt It is an opportunity for the G7 to decide something he might block...... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I believe this post was a sincere naivety.....

Red Tories, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every time there is a racists' demo, they reveal their small numbers Unless little Tommy arranges it in London and gets Elon to promote it

Looking at how a social democrat govt in Scandinavia (Denmark) is dealing with current era's unprecedented (in recent decades) pressures on migration makes sense - but it is discombobulating the UK Left. UK is not Denmark & some of their practices maybe not good here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

[And in other news Denise Coates, head of Bet365, "earned" £221 million in 2023 ] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Quelle surprise! The Trump regime are shutting down flights 122 years after the Wright brothers made the first powered flights..... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

oh dear! It seems it is not just the Right who can be corrupted by money.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

To simplify - China is rapidly overhauling the USA as pre-eminent among nations and there is nowt the Yanks can do about it

More cash for an economic migrant to complete the corruption & poisoning of US politics? Enough to further poison ours in the UK? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The best team in the UK has acquired new political support... #arsenal www.standard.co.uk/news/us-poli...

It's something - and more than the Tories would do But the UK needs to stop using hotels to house migrants pending asylum decision www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This and other forms the UK black market takes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

About half of Scotland's land is owned by just 420 people Well done Holyrood for starting to do something about that www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This post will not make me popular... one might call wearing a poppy having put a quid in a tin "virtue-signalling" Meaningless, now almost all the WW2 vets & 100% of WW1 vets (where the poppy originated) are long gone. Beyond time to drop this How long did Brits mark the defeat of Napoleon?

More depressing evidence that big money is winning out over the little guy Unless we elect governments that explicitly protect us (and that may already be too late) we will all be owned by corporations

A warning for the Right Populists - it don't last & the BS sticks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

I trust that retribution for the exploiters will follow, and not just deportation for the mugs... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

8 Matches with not a single opposition goal! #arsenal www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Anyone else getting Theresa May vibes from that lectern? It is not a great omen! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Now - I wonder if those who jumped to mistaken assumptions about the nature of this train stabbing will be so quick to investigate the cultural background of the train hero? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I actually find dismissal of this case reassuring - just because this poisonous snake is a nasty piece of work does not mean he should be locked up on what appears to be a trumped up charge He is now 42 - soon too old to pass as a football thug & his appeal will fade www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What jumps out here - " Labour's Denis Healey was the last chancellor to put up the basic rate of income tax in 1975" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Pensioners" - the term covers most of those with the highest nett assets and many on the highest incomes.... We need those with the ability to pay taking the burden regardless of age

If a conflict is fuelled by race-hate, this is a result. Until Israelis drop their very long-held view of Palestinians as sub-human, they'll continue to inflict terrible abuse on them Israel is a dead place. Have nothing at all to do with it or those who tolerate it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They never are, Nigel...... life for a govt is way more complex, more constrained by reality than your populist instincts will ever allow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

sounds familiar.... was there not a similar inexplicable set of events recently in London relating to property & cars linked in the past to the UK PM where the perpetrators had links to Moscow?

This is what he needs to make it perfect..... which oligarch with income streams from the US state will pay for it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...