For Beckham is an honourable man? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anderson C.B.E. R.A. R.E., Stanley (1884 - 1966) 'The Goose Fair, Albi'. Drypoint. 1927. Signed. Edition of 75. 9x13.25 inches.

Vance once again showed the amateur hour performance of the Trump admin when he caused an international incident just by turning up. He laid a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Memorial and posted about it, thus massively pissing off the Turks. Then he deleted the post and pissed off the Armenians.

Progressive Dem Wins New Jersey Primary Despite Flood of AIPAC Money Analilia Mejia, backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has won a New Jersey special primary. ...

Definitely deserved recognition. In the week after the one which appears to to have sealed the fate of Liverpool Street Station. As far as historic buildings are concerned, money means no objection. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Might suit Mandy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Congressman wants to round up and deport people who liked Bad Bunny’s show. This is the Republican Party.

Asked about the latest stand-off with Washington over Greenland, at the end of which US President Donald Trump appeared to back down from threats to annex the Danish territory, Macron said the Europeans should not be fooled. "At the end of a crisis, there is a cowardly tendency to sit back and

Happy Days: open.substack.com/pub/gilesmac...

Holbein also had an impressive character. A congenial man who liked to drink, he took part — perhaps when drunk — in several street brawls. He’d been keeper of the drinking rooms of his guild in Basel.

What's sweet about Puerto Rico? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Tabs win tabs: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#TrumpyPumpy throws toys out of pram: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brigadier Lammy Dozo arrives at Downing Street:

The Narva Test: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I bought this flask in Rajasthan for 50 rupees. It is made from 100% cow dung. Now that's green (or brown). I love it for all that.

He would have understood what it was like being stuck in St Helena: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Brother can you spare a dime?'

Adolph von Menzel: open.substack.com/pub/kreuzber...

Gigot d’agneau aux citrons confits, pommes de terre, lit d’oignons émincés et sauge, ail frais en chemise,laurier, prosecco, poivre de Kampot et de Timut , en cuisson lente en cocotte , au four, à120 degrés pdt 5h30. C’est divin! #Àtaaaaaaaable #atable #FoodPorn #FoodSky #FoodFeed

Elle présente pas mal ma lasagne aux restes faite hier ! #Atable

ICYMI - Dems flipped a seat in Tarrant County and Republicans called an emergency meeting. Trump carried the district by 17 points in 2024, so if Texas Republicans are in panic mode there, the entire state is in play.

The one that is stupid at the top, doesn’t realize that Puerto Ricans are American citizens Puerto Ricans have been American citizen since 1917 . But what do you want for stupid people on the right? They sure do not know their history.

Lavrov has accused the US of failing to respect the Anchorage Accords which ceded the Donbass to them without a fight. The US has also pursued a policy of economic domination (Le Monde): « On nous dit qu’il faut résoudre la question ukrainienne. A Anchorage, nous avons accepté la proposition

MPs are about to debate Russian interference in Britain’s democracy. We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵

"Keir, it's a bit late to come asking me for advice on stable government."

The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said

Angela Rayner says PM has her 'full support' published at 15:45 15:45 Breaking Pon my soul!

Southern Arizona is out there! Tucson had a huge crowd downtown yesterday. Today in Green Valley guessing about 800 plus but I didn't get very good pictures.

'Brother can you spare a dime?'

'Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Tim Allan quitting Downing Street is "yet another sign that things are falling apart"'. Mind you, there are plenty of Con men and women bolting from her ranks to join the faragistes.

In September, Trump told European nations at the United Nations General Assembly that “the unmitigated immigration disaster” is “destroying your heritage.” “If you don’t stop people that you’ve never seen before, that you have nothing in common with, your country is

#TrumpyPumpy's eminence grise: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's that crunchy time again: breakfast? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

youtu.be/fSdKwuSTQ4A I was in Sydney at the time,and received a few postcards from old boys. "Was this you? Fitzgerald !"

Gordian knot? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Place Colignon, Schaerbeek. Incomers acquiring plots here were forced to choose a façade for their new home from among the prize-winning entries in an 1896 public competition. These had to reflect the values of art "that the Renaissance spread among the civilized nations."

“JD, don’t forget to grab a few Olympic gold medals for me while you’re there. They’ll go nicely with my Pulitzer Prize.” — Senile Satan

NEW: An email has just gone round No 10 staff confirming that the PM has asked Jill Cuthbertson and Vidhya Alakeson to be acting chiefs of staff, with immediate effect.

Houses for white-collar employees of the Pelletier paper company in Schaerbeek. Their back gardens communicated directly with the factory just in shot on the left.

Had a recollection that there was a cracking paragraph on Mandelson in Andrew Rawnsley's Servants of the People (published over a quarter of a century ago). It is as good as I remember, especially the Murdoch line about him being "easy... because he was a star-fucker"

So, has the staffer who posted that racist meme been fired, or is he still the President of the United States?

29 days until Northwest Georgia chooses new leadership! The seat once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene is up for grabs, and every single day matters. Get involved — volunteer, donate, or sign up today → shawnforgeorgia.com

Haggis McSween has finally gone. I never understood what he was doing there in the first place.

it’s giving Dominic Cummings vibes

They haven't taken away #TrumpyPumpy's telephone and locked him his his room, have they? He's been unusually quiet?

Happy Days: open.substack.com/pub/gilesmac...

“It could take years to restore Brexit losses” Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens. Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot. www.theguardian.com/environment/...