Not just the Tory party where there is a political fight in progress www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I suspect that raises the overall IQ in the shadow cabinet But not their appeal to any outside the firm Right

Wow - really? BAU politics as the Tory party rats flee into Nigel's bosom ever more frequently? Compared to what happened with the Tories post 1997 under Hague, the Badenoch show is a disaster - potentially existential You'd not guess that from Mr Brand's report

This deployment, that includes personnel from Germany, Sweden, Norway & the UK, sends "a strong political signal" I suspect Europe can maintain a very small number of personnel in Greenland indefinitely, and make preparations on location for a larger rapid deployment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rat rats on rat party, thrown out by the chief rat is joining rat party full of former rat members now infesting another rat party despite that party's chief rat claiming in the past the Rat was not a real rat www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Dirty old man.... eurweb.com/trump-body-o...

#arsenal 3 - 2 chelsea B. White (7') V. Gyökeres (49') Martín Zubimendi (71') "Advantage Arsenal but Chelsea are still very much in this semi-final" ... half-right www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Progress on the zero carbon agenda in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK govt drops plan to make digital ID compulsory to prove right to work Digital checks on right to work will be mandatory but workers won't have to offer digital ID - can use other documents such as passport Sensible move - dunno why it wasnt like that from the start www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rearrange this to form a well-worn phrase BARGE-POLE FUCKING A WITH THIS TOUCH NOT DO www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just what the Labour mayors in the region demanded Now - show the Tories how to build a railway! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadly, events in Iran are going the way many expected - more & more blood Always the end point for oppressive religion based rule (other forms of oppression are available) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

Boy do some people have terrible judgement! WTF were the organisers thinking to do this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Immigration raids on businesses increased 77% since Labour came to power, an 83% rise in arrests Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp: "illegal working is booming because Labour turned Britain into a soft touch" I think that was your party, mate www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ooooooh! Scary Trump!!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grok deepfakes force UK govt to act www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump too self-regarding to accept the truth - most of that Venezuelan oil must stay in the ground www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our voluble BlueSky contributor @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com in the Guardian doing her bit today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK acting to help defend Europe from the threat from the East in the absence of the Americans.... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Political corruption in the heart of the EU Something tells me Orban will not go quietly and his friend to the east will launch a massive propaganda effort to help save him www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looks like Trump is succeeding in drowning out all reference to the Epstein files.... His involvement in killing of Renee Nicole Good is vicarious, direct involvement in the cover-up too predictable to hurt - whilst attempting to suborn the central bank too technical www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not sure this guy gets it - Trump does NOT want "troublemakers" released in Venezuela - he only wants the idea of them being released to cover his (delusional) desire for oil riches www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Trump regime take another step on the road to autocratic rule in the USA In what sense does yankland remain a rules-based democracy and not a one man fiefdom? Putin must be proud of his disciple www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to know that Mr Epstein was so aware of gay rights he held entirely separate social events for his homosexual men-friends That is entirely consistent with his respect for women's rights..... [alternatively 3 time sacked Mandy-Pandy is a lying bag of shit] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An illustration of how much trust the EU puts in perfidious Albion - and some EU fans in the UK wonder why we are unable to simply stroll back in? However desirable a result might be, simply wishing it won't make it so www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Martinelli gets a hat-trick as #arsenal thrash Portsmouth in the FA Cup 4th round www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Why not? After all Chelsea* share their victory in the so-named FIFA Club World Cup 25 with the Orange Ego.... [*not that Chelsea is remotely the "best" Club even in England - or their home city] www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Is the Orange Ego wanting to reclaim Cuba for the mafia now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I do not know why he shot her in the head I do know why Trump & his cult pre-empted an enquiry - and blocked locals from taking part in it We are watching an historic destruction of US democracy in plain sight - where the fuck are you "liberal America"?

The "great deal-maker" performs as usual... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Child porn enabler loses the room www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Orange Ego-baby is demanding a new toy - and he will thcweam and thcweam until he gets it WTF must the Chinese think about this idiot? And those who service his "needs"? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another Reform bigot - sadly his remarks will increase support www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I trust GROK was used to generate this image - and that it is posted there?

Shock! UK govt statement of intent can move social media site to behave! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This might be more important than any other current news story - you'd not guess it from the coverage In Iran since 28th Dec at least 34 protesters & 4 security personnel have been killed during unrest, 2,200 protesters arrested. The internet has been closed down www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

one of Trump's 8 "Noble" (sic) peace deals proceeding as expected.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Will be interesting to see what happens in California - where there are 199 billionaires compared to 156 in the UK www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Under existing agreements with Denmark, the US has the power to bring as many troops as it wants to Greenland. US already has 100 military stationed at its Pituffik base in NW Greenland - at a US facility operational since WW2 "I wanna!" in search of a justification www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is this a sign Labour are moving on this? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Russia regime demonstrating their determination to own all of Ukraine is undimmed by experience, at the same time Trump threatens us from the West Europe will have to rediscover a sense of itself if it is not to disappear under US & Russian dominance www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

... then-prince may have inadvertently benefited from the proceeds of crime the then-prince may have inadvertently benefited from the proceeds of crime... I question "inadvertently" ...there seems resistance to the notion a member of the Windsor clan can be a wrong-un www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Does anyone think talking down the global city you seek to lead is an electorally successful tactic? I don't.... Londoners are not as a whole down on their own city Still - likely will get more votes than the Tory candidate www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

More destruction from the Orange Ego.... Someone has suggested his haste to pull the pillars down and destroy the temple are a sign he knows his end is near..... I wish I was that optimistic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pretty clear to me the hysteria over UK involvement in a US operation to police sanctions is over-egged Whatever people think of the Orange Idiot www.gov.uk/government/s...

The successful part of North London are all Brighton fans tonight... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Nige calculated total denial is more effective electorally than fessing up he really was a Nazi fan in his teens.... Given he is a wily political operator, I actually find that reassuring! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the US tried to engage with Maduro diplomatically, but he was an "illegitimate dictator" As distinct from the Orange Ego then, who is (at least in her eyes) "legitimate"... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...