www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “What kind of so-called British patriot jets to Moscow to rub shoulders with Putin’s cronies, bankrolled by a US trillionaire?”

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j... But Amol Rajan is a wonderful interviewer- engaging, interested, productive - perhaps less advice needed from the old goats?

“And there is that endless joke: there is one absurd, parody, completely inappropriate candidate – and he is standing against Count Binface. That one is kind of funny.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I wonder if this is what most people really want?

Trying to think of the last time I went to London and didn’t get my watch and jewellery stolen #Farage

If you are going to move the Lords north why not do it properly - somewhere north of Shetland perhaps? app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74018/...

And you thought the internet was a problem www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The three leaders currently causing the most harm in the world (Trump, Putin & Netanyahu) share a predilection for violence, a chilling lack of compassion, and extraordinary self-regard mixed with paranoia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Getting our prioritie right. “cost of converting the Qatari 747 .. $1bn, and it is designed to serve as a “bridge” aircraft until two long-delayed presidential Boeings are delivered. The cost of the two purpose-built aircraft have ballooned from $3.7bn to $5bn” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Note to our weaselly representatives - sometimes plain speaking is required, as shown in this Italian masterclass www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“Rarely has a decade’s celebration been so muted. On 23rd June 2026 we mark 10 years since that most epochal moment in recent British political history” app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73743/...

A spectrum of delusion?

I expect quite a lot of us can think iof some more things he could do to alleviate “worldwide depression” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“On Tuesday, Israeli drone attacks killed at least four people in Lebanon, including a “double-tap” strike in which a drone targeted a car in the village of Mayfadoun and then launched a second strike after ⁠people gathered at the scene” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“the judge presiding over the case ruled that there was a terrorism connection to their offences, despite having withheld this information from the jurors” www.opendemocracy.net/inside-the-p...

The antics of #StephenYaxley-Lennon open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

“The murder of Henry Nowak is a wake-up call. Actual evidence, or surrendering while populists flood our own zone with shit? Truth or post-truth? We have a choice.” app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73749/...

Really @theguardian.com ? I would have thought best known for being a great newscaster. “Snow, 78, was the face of Channel 4 News for 32 years and was best known for his colourful ties and socks on air” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Once again - the wondrous “special relationship” at work www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“When it comes to tackling cancer or other diseases which threaten life we, by and large, leave scientists to get on with the job—But some journalists are much less willing to give climate change scientists the benefit of the doubt. “ app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73684/...

“the Prince of Darkness promises: “You won’t regret appointing me.” “ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The only certainty with Peter is that everyone comes to regret giving him anything. Usually sooner than later” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The hills also respond to my emotions—they speak to me in my dark and morose moods, holding me in an open palm that closes in to protect me.”

One of the nice people #Blair thinks we should get closer to www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

“The Tony Blair Institute, took $130m between 2021 and 2023, with pledges of a further $218m to follow, from Larry Ellison, whose Oracle company is hugely invested in AI infrastructure”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From 11 weeks ago - lest we forget #Blair www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Does anyone still listen to this fool? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Government must reconsider its long-term relationship with Palantir in all areas of the public sector and be prepared to trigger break clauses in their contracts. Read my thoughts here: stroudtimes.com/dr-simon-oph...

Never let it be said I don't do as I am politely asked to do.

What possesses clinicians to do things like this - quite apart from anything else it is utterly stupid www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform’s candidate for the Makerfield by-election bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

More evidence of the “special relationship” at work www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“11 US datacentres built to serve Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft and xAI reportedly will emit more carbon than the country of Morocco” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It is now, apparently, a reward for Brexit #delusion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

More commentary raising serious issues from Private Eye this week #LucyLetby #Thirlwall www.reddit.com/r/LucyLetbyT...

It has been a ridiculous concept. "Academy trusts come and go. They merge, rebrand, restructure and change over time. Marling School will almost certainly outlast the current academy structure,…. If the trust changes again in future, does the school name change again too?"

Latest corporate nonsense - another example of an academy trust taking no notice at all of local feelings #Stroud #Marling (1) c.org/8tyWpxDGJ4

“ a speech that at the time felt like bold truth-telling, but as we all now know was little more than naive theatre while the whole world teetered on the precipice” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“very young people who did not recognise the footage as being from Bloody Sunday” Or perhaps people working in an environment where nobody bothers to think? #Badenoch www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The world may seem more than a bit out of sorts at the moment but at least the #Swifts have returned #Stroud albeit a little early. #Reassurance

“what if she has made the classic newbie mistake of antagonising colleagues before she’s even got to know them, when she could have been building an alliance for change?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“As a nation, as a culture, we have become so overwhelmed by the sheer number and the rapid succession of brutal and unnecessary deaths that we simply can’t process the horror and the grief. We have no idea whom we can believe and what we should sensibly doubt” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“A war this hard to discern, even when it’s supposedly upon you, may not feel yet like much of a threat. But lives may in future depend on seeing clearly into the shadows” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...