Fiona Bruce talking nonsense yet once more.

Zack Polanski, "I think this migration deal is incredibly worrying" "It's another step where the government don't seem to be actually moving towards a fair and safe system of migration"

Screw That Data Center,And Others. Shorter Showers, All While Much Of The Country Is In A Very Bad Drought, Stupid Waste Of Resources, FOR RICH INVESTORS........

We already had Iran without a nuclear weapon, so this isn't much of a bargain.

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Asleep at the wheel.

Trump threats against Iran are a boon for prediction markets, including some backed by his son apnews.com/article/pred...

I refrain from further comment.

“Rycroft said it was “not hard to see” why the public was “falling out of love with Brexit”, arguing that none of the “heady promises” of the Leave campaigns had not materialised. “Most economic analysis suggests that we have taken a significant hit to GDP as a result of leaving the single market,”

The Times, "Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department" "None of Leave's 'heady promises' had materialised"

Labour should be better than this. ~ Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cuts ~ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/foreign-office-unit-israel-potential-breaches-international-law-closed

2024: Keir Starmer, "I will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism" 2026: Victoria Derbyshire asks Labour's Anti Corruption Tsar Margaret Hodge if finding a job in the diplomatic service for someone with no experience in it, is cronyism

Bollocks. You can't "repair relations" with a malignant narcissist. ~ Trump tells BBC that King's visit could 'absolutely' repair relations with UK - BBC News ~ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2wdegnzzjo

Again. This isn't a series of coincidences.

And another outing, from both Oakeshott and the interviewer, for the ridiculous 'our trade deficit gives us leverage' argument (the explicit invocation of Brexit and connection to a now post-Brexit issue - 'the boats' - is an ilustration of why I think 'Brexitism' is a useful term).

For most of my lifetime, the "point of view she brings to the table" WAS delegitimised, and rightly so. Serious politicians on all sides used to distance themselves immediately from anyone who played the race card. No-one outside of NI would touch Enoch Powell with a barge pole after he did it.

👀👀 ~ Cat Little’s evidence to MPs is destined for civil service textbooks | John Crace | The Guardian ~ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/cat-little-evidence-mps-civil-service-peter-mandelson-olly-robbins

Well now we know why the top Navy brass was fired. He refused to give these illegal orders & commit war crimes. #DutyToDisobey #WarCrimes #OperationEpicFailure

Money. Greed. Grift. Corruption.

We seem to be at the point where we look to far-right Meloni, rather that the President of the US, for truth to be spoken.

Checked my diary and GPS, just to ensure it is in fact 2026 and I am located on the Iberian Peninsula. ~ No1 Models signs three-year deal to organise Miss Gibraltar Pageant ~ https://www.chronicle.gi/no1-models-signs-three-year-deal-to-organise-miss-gibraltar-pageant/

Reform UK just can't seem to get their vetting right. Today, we've rounded up the worst of their Blackburn candidates. One said Oswald Mosley “was right”, another called Enoch Powell “prophetic”, and said Blackburn is “the biggest shithole in the UK”. t.co/TnszybceCo

HAHAHA! That response killed me. And it's so damn true.

Cynical victim-playing. Get shot of her as HS. @darrenpjones.bsky.social @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social ~ Shabana Mahmood’s expletive was shocking. But not for the reason you think ~ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/shabana-mahmood-expletive-shocking-home-secretary-liberals

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.

🔎 The #Mandelson scandal must be a turning point for standards in public life. Our new blog sets out 3 priorities for lasting change: accountability, lobbying reform, and Lords reform. Read more: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/blog/peter-m... #UKPolitics #Transparency

Polanski seems to me pretty similar to Badenoch, in that his worldview largely consists of a set of social media talking points that he wields with self-congratulatory certainty and sees anyone who disagrees as morally deficient

Dear USA, Please get rid of this dangerous demented fkr, by democratic means of course, before it is too late." Yours, The Rest of the World

~ We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online | Proton ~ https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

~ Spain’s New Electricity Tax Reductions in 2026 - Energy Nordic ~ https://energynordic.com/pricing/spains-new-electricity-tax-reductions-2026/

I suspect this EES stuff will only strengthen in tourists' mind the notion that the UK needs to get its Freedom of Movement back asap. That may be for touristy convenience — but it may affect public opinion all the same. Presumably Spain also wants ease of transit here. https://s.42l.fr/8gC9a3Bf

~ Catalan language skills 'essential' for Barcelona residency permit ~ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/23/catalan-language-skills-essential-for-barcelona-residency-permit/

⚠️Sir John Curtice says Labour and the Conservatives can no longer rely on First Past the Post Asked by @danbloom1.bsky.social of @politico.com if Westminster's electoral system was tenable, Britain's leading polling expert said “Those who live by the sword can die by the sword” #ElectoralReform

Half a million Britons’ medical data stolen and offered for sale on Alibaba in UK Biobank hack

Politicians just seem to have given up trying to explain the world as it is to people. It's a huge problem.

Face to Face With a Humpback #Whale - Underwater #photography Rachel Moore. #HumpbackWhale #SweetGirl Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/face-to-face...

The concept of “my body my choice” is such a foreign concept to these guys until it comes to vaccines.

With the local elections looming, and it looking like there will still be people casting their vote for Nigel and Co, I thought it a good opportunity to remind everyone: Reform UK is an overtly racist party, and no amount of "vetting issues" can excuse the behaviour of their candidates and MPs.

Sharing because I want the Greens to do well - and part of that requires constructive criticism and holding to high standards. Greens/Polanski need to get much better on international affairs.

So many "Maga American" protestants he means. The rest of the world thinks the Pope is doing just fine

This is an incredible tweet.

The deliberate alienation of their own supporter base leaves them almost entirely friendless, a proper chickens / roosting situation, and really, if one thinks about it, an easily extrapolated consequence of the world’s worst political strategy.

It is striking how few allies and acolytes Starmer has. Even Truss had them! economist.com/britain/2026...

Ed Miliband has been the stand-out operator of this Government, to me, both managerial and politically. I have COMPLETELY changed my opinion of him as a result.

It’s the 2037th Thursday since Türkiye applied to join the EU. #day14254 #perşembe 🇹🇷🇪🇺

Then they need to be more assertive and less compliant. More like Spain's government, for example.

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for mCOMBRIAX® (mRNA-1083), the Moderna mRNA combination vaccine for immunisation for the prevention of Flu/COVID-19 caused by influenza/SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 50 years of age and older.

This president’s voters chose him to protect and dignify women’s sports They never minded his record of locker room talk Here is how he chooses to congratulate a women’s sports team To be this misogynistic, you really have to try To be this incompetent, you really have to be misogynistic

Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.