I am not a ‘national security’ person. If I were, though, I’d note that those most insistent on ‘national security’ are those most unfailing in their betrayals of it.

Open access article by Diane Silverthorne on Anna Mahler. Part of an open access special issue of the journal on pioneering women sculptors. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/full/10....

Wes streeting admits what he is doing is "humilating and cruel". But only for trans men (that look and sound man enough). Perfectly happy to inflict cruelty and humiliation on trans women. Source. LBC

This is a really odd argument because I think at the heart of it, there is a deep misunderstanding about what writing is for. I write to communicate my thoughts and ideas, and to bring people along with me, which AI cannot do for me because it isn't me.

You gotta love how Diane Abbott is going scorched earth on Starmer every chance she gets. Get his ass Diane!

60 million visits to a "rape academy" website telling blokes how to be a bunch of pelicots & the British columnist class are clutching their pearls that Lily-Mae has pierced her nose, gone on an anti genocide demo with her mates and is voting green

"Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ he was not told Mandelson failed vetting." But did Starmer ask about vetting before he said Mandelson had passed vetting? The careful "I was not told" line seems to evade whether he actually asked.

A good question here! Let’s think back to “Partygate” because those awesome, hard-working scoops turned out to be just Dominic Cummings brooding on his resentment, then deciding to send some of the contents of his phone to the Mirror.

Just admit it! Stop dancing like children who need a wee-wee. Say: “Yes, we knew this stuff was going on; we very much approved of it, we repeated most of the worst material ourselves, we pretended we didn’t know what was going on”. You’ll feel better if you just… admit it, and move on.

I agree but *everyone* knew Peter was a corrupt, utterly self-absorbed lying weasel 20 years ago. So why were all the lads attending his mates’ secret briefings and publishing their shock revelations, why were they quoting him as a Labour Insider, interviewing him, having him on the radio as a guest

Reposting this for any bluskis in the Atlanta area – come see me this coming Saturday (18 April)! Details below!

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service

As with yesterday’s lurid BBC allegations about people falsely claiming to be gay, the problem isn’t whether possible fraud ought to be investigated but the complete paucity of evidence that this is a major issue, in comparison to the up-to-11 volume given to it by our national broadcaster 8/

Oh well.

Not again???!!!!

BBC News is going very hard on its investigation into advisers who help people ‘fake’ asylum claims, focusing especially on people who falsely claim to be gay. But it doesn’t say what percentage of claims are made on the basis of sexuality. As of 2023 — the last available figures — it was 3%.

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

Weltmacht Liebe: eine Reise durch die Jahrhunderte (Austrian National Library)

i've seen or heard of a few more than that, and a few of them carried the implication that they were the tip of a very, very large iceberg as I often say without success when this comes up, there is an INCREDIBLE story to be had for any journalist (for a non-UK publication ofc) who looks into Kamm

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Actual fake news at the BBC News website claiming Hamas has rejected Gaza’s ceasefire plan while it was actually Israel The article was fixed only after a huge backlash

iranian embassy social media continues with the bangers sound ON 🔊

As a fervent European federalist, but more to the point as a human being, I can say quite without reservation that, should the EU fail even to do this, it deserves to be consigned as swiftly as possible to the dustbin of history.

Have just registered for the annual conference of the @royalmusical.bsky.social French Music Study Group. Never having spoken at a conference in France before, am particularly looking forward to this opportunity.

Keir Starmer plans exciting re-launch after May Local Elections defeat. Glittering new initiatives will include not joining the single market and not nationalising water

... And formally release Catholics from any oaths of loyalty they have made to the current American regime.

Seems to me crystal clear by now that the Pope should excommunicate Jaydee Vance.

I hope those who voted for these ‘Labour’ MPs are happy with themselves. www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

Starmer’s ‘ally’

We are not far off the 'what Sir Keir can learn from Magyar' pieces.

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

Jaydee Vance: '[Trump] likes to mix it up on social media. One of the good things about this president is that he’s not filtered; he doesn’t send everything through a communications professional. He actually reaches out directly to the people.'

An international diamond dealer is running for Reform UK in Barnet "Inspired to enter public life after meeting Nigel Farage in Miami" Man of the people! Via WhoCanIVoteFor:

"You're sure", are you? On what basis are you "sure"?

The golden lettering. Does it get any tackier?

In case people are confused by Matt Goodwin's suggestion that all academics get masses of funding from dodgy organisations, let's be clear: the best most of us can do is a few small grants that cover expenses for the occasional train journey to London.

Russia deported 570 people from occupied Luhansk in 2025 for not taking a Russian passport Lists of next candidates exist in every "municipality." "Who exactly Russians will pick tomorrow — unknown," Luhansk ODA says. euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/14/r...

'National security' is a murderous scam. Not only does war expenditure rob health, social security, education, culture, overseas aid, all that matters of resources, and result in human slaughter, further war, and war expenditure. Nation states must themselves be eradicated to offer human security.

If you return unwanted Reform local election leaflets to their party headquarters using their free post address, then it will cost the party £2.50 per envelope. Please don’t share this information; it could cost Nigel Farage a fortune.

@boulezian.eurosky.social, should this be premium?

in 3 and a half years Scottish Labour have gone from "we support the expansion of trans rights" to "the day one priority of a Scottish Labour government would be to drastically increase the number of trans women getting raped in prison"

I think that as economists we should be a lot more concerned that everyone feels like they've got poorer when the data show they haven't. We certainly shouldn't just be assuming that the customers are wrong, rather than that we're no longer measuring things that are most relevant to wellbeing

This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist