The famous guitar riff for Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" originated from a "circus melody" warm-up played by guitarist Slash during a 1986 jam session. While Slash played the riff in a joking manner, bandmate Izzy Stradlin recognized its potential, and the band built the song around it.

467 citizens from 46 countries, including UK,can be illegally taken into custody from international waters and bbc news online says nothing. Censorship by ommission. #bbcbias #censorship

"The truth is simple: Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality. Because of an economy that allows billionaires to hoard wealth while millions struggle to get by. Because of a political class that has lost its nerve and forgotten its purpose." He's not wrong

Israeli pirates have just kidnapped Irish, Spanish, British, American, Turkish, and Dutch citizens, among others, sailing peacefully in international waters where the state of Israel has absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever. Demand a response from your politicians and governments to this outrage.

Highly unlikely that Government will succeed in recovering any of the PPE Medpro money. The legal threshold for recovering sums an insolvent company has already paid out is high. This is yet another reason why it was appalling that Gove et al chose to deal with tiny box-fresh VIP lane suppliers.

💰 PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE ⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences? https://goodlaw.social/f2e9

I stand with @DeclassifiedUK.org - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press. secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...

I’m joining Hugh Grant & @hackedoff.bsky.social in calling for fair, independent regulation to protect ordinary people from abuse and restore trust in the press. It's time to finally hold them to account. Please join us signing the petition to change the law🙏 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Blair suggests ID cards to make it easier to walk dog, shop at Tesco, detect Iraqi WMDs"

I see no good from this, only scary possibilities. Resist. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Why is this not front page news?!

Here’s how the chancellor can turn things around Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces mounting pressure – but bold fiscal reforms could rescue her government and revive Labour’s fortunes By Alex Mair @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Comparing two cases, one in N. Ireland one in England. A UVF (proscribed terror group in NI) gun runner caught with pistols, magazines & 200+ rounds of ammunition in 2022. He wasn't charged under terror offences and was given half the minumum sentence of 5 years for the guns charges. [1/n]

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.

It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.

The daily outrages naturally occupy our attention, but keep in mind that the overall objective of the Trumpists and their allies elsewhere in the world is to erase every Enlightenment principle and ideal, and every bit of social and political progress based on them in the last few hundred years.

A welcome - and long overdue - step. But while it’s necessary, it’s deeply insufficient - and must be accompanied by urgent action to help bring an end to the genocide in Gaza, including boycotts, sanctions and an end to all arms sales to Israel.

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

The #latelateshows Patrick Kielty 🇮🇪 recorded a special message of support for fellow chat show host Jimmy kimmel ☘️

Jaysus lads...wtaf?

1/ Palantir signs deal with UK government & will "invest £1.5bn" in UK defence sector. This on the same day that @amnesty.org calls on all states to cut ties with #Palantir in view of its close links to Israel's genocidal war machine. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-firm...

It’s just sick. I am beyond upset that our government allows this to continue without opposition. The situation in Gaza City is "nothing short of cataclysmic", a UN official has told the BBC, as Israeli tanks and troops continue to advance on the third day of a ground offensive.

Some highlights from the anti-Trump demo

NEW: As Trump heads for a state dinner in Windsor Castle, the anti-Trump protest on the streets of London is growing. (🎥 Alex Seale)

Every new seal pup born this year at Seal Sands is now dead; Scientists cite mouth rot disease. Local people are rightly concerned it may link to the ecological impacts of dredging up decades of industrial pollution as part of the Tees Freeport vanity project. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

American popular culture is utterly dominated by movies, at a level not seen in any other country. They replace history & mythology for many. So Redford is now playing the role of his life/death by reducing the focus on a Neo-Nazi. What a pro! Ar dheis Dé!

Me, shouting “Yes, there bloody is a magic money tree!” We need to reeducate people on how taxation is not the source of the money: the state ultimately is. Everything else is a lever or tiller. And it’s not a bloody household. We need to bury that stupidity with Thatcher.

this story contains no plot holes whatsoever www.normalisland.co.uk/p/here-is-ex...

First Past the Post doesn't punish extreme parties, it could give them a hand up to power. Only proportional representation would ensure that no party gets an unfair advantage.

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Pritzker's response is correct and it should be the rule, not the exception. The Dems' general condemnations of violence cede the field to Trump/Musk/GOP, who falsely blame the left for all/most political violence. (Even when a pro-Trump shooter murders elected Dems.)

Cross party support for tightening up of rules around coverage to ensure ALL our parties receive fair coverage in a multiparty system is vital. LibDems have expressed their support, now will the @greenparty.org.uk @snp.org @plaidcymru.bsky.social do the same? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Utterly horrific and dehumanising. Yet completely believable. The cruelty is the point. Bastards.

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No... surely not?! Forsooth I am shook.

for them as has need

Beautiful evening for a zip down the east coast mainline

Government are proposing a ban on sales of energy drinks to kids. We applaud this. Ministers say they want to shift the focus from treatment to prevention. Sign here and tell them to go further and faster on reining in #BigFood. 👇 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

Well. @davidallengreen.bsky.social

Where did all the British hops go? on.ft.com/3V9S94N | opinion

Very cool discovery!

Keep going, right to the end.

The fees at the public school attended by Jeremy Clarkson are over £40,000 a year. Every time he tells us how well he's done despite his poor A-levels, he's just confirming what we already know about the class system.

In other words, 2.7 million people are having their wages subsidised by the state, just to live. Or, 100s of 1000s of companies are having their WAGE BILL subsidised by the state, just to increase profits.

It is only sentimental American exceptionalism that makes what Trump is doing any different from "increasingly dictatorial president uses military to assert power in capital city".