Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers. It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes. Numerous criminal convictions, licence not revoked. But bosses rewarded .. for what? Govt/Ofwat do nothing.

There’s a lot in this look at Dacre’s legacy though tbh the line that struck me was a throwaway at the end, asserting: “About 40% of the Telegraph’s disproportionately male, affluent and elderly readers now live abroad.”

American news summed up in 1 word

OK.

This is a very scary future.

It's a black brown and white answer

America is a mad place

Lyse Doucet on bbc news says of Trump's war in Iran, with a wry smile; What we don't know is who has got the his ear... Excellent journalism, says it all without saying it out loud.

Kane is a liability. Has been for the last 25 minutes

True today also

What do we think went on in the French camp then? My guess is a rift over disputed shareholdings in a crypto-backed pornography venture.

He refused an offer of a bodyguard, car and trained driver. Hard to keep grifting and criming with the police around. "Reform UK leader was offered the package, which was on the same level as high-profile Cabinet ministers and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, following police advice"

When extreme heat means shut schools, dying plants and restless nights, Brits know climate change is to blame. So why is it that three quarters of media coverage of the June heatwave did not mention climate change?

1 in 6 people in the UK were born abroad. Yet we almost never feature in discussions about immigration; rather, a significant part of the media and politicians spend each day debating ever more extreme ways to make our life difficult or how to kick us out of the country. It's not a good feeling.

On 'Mehdi Unfiltered,' @rokhanna.bsky.social hits back against critics who say he wasn't actually detained by Israeli settlers & could have simply turned around and driven away, & who say he didn't let the US embassy know he was going. "Factually false," he says.

Imagine if we thought about stopping burning fossil fuels and investing in renewable energy instead? Imagine if we invested in tackling the climate crisis, better cyber security and better resilience towards future pandemics. We can do all of these things - we just need the right people in charge.

BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll just received Trump's $5 million — plus interest. Despite Trump's repeated attempts to block Carroll from receiving the money, $5,625,005.48 was disbursed to Carroll's legal team this week. www.ms.now/news/e-jean-...

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

What on Earth?! This video is from Greenpeace. 💔

Rep. Madeleine Dean: "What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove that. There's a lot in here. It's all covered up."

Fascinating the extent to which people responsible for billions of pounds base their views on nothing but vibes.

Jeremy Corbyn's full interview with Katie Halper Jeremy Corbyn responds to Keir Starmer's claim "I inherited a morally bankrupt party" from Corbyn: "Please, let’s not have any lectures about moral bankruptcy from someone whose government facilitated genocide." youtu.be/yJdTxHtccW4?...

Johnson flew to Poland en route to meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv. And Harborne didn’t just supply the jet. The leaked schedule notes he went too. And he had his own interest in Ukraine. He was & still is the largest individual shareholder in UK defence company, QinetiQ 5/

This is Keir Starmer's legacy.

During a photo session with a young fan, Egyptian staff are assaulted by cops in Dallas. Egypt is Australia's opponent tomorrow morning. Aus squad include six players of African heritage plus another from Sri Lanka. This could easily have been us ... #Profiling #WorldCup #AustraliaEgypt #Socceroos

FBI agents were spotted at Lindsey Graham's home the day after his death.

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Watching #newsnight and remembering that time Farage threatened to pick up a rifle to use it for his political aims www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

#Newsnight I'm sure immigration lawyers who have been attacked by prominent members of Reform UK Ltd, will find this security debate quite interesting. www.ein.org.uk/news/legal-b...

I believe that of Johnson and can confirm I've seen Ken Livingstone on the tube before, not even with a scarf around his face, just going about his business. Yet Johnson and Fartage claim to be men of the people, and some people actually believe them.

The climate & nature crisis is happening right now. This week, the Church of England can restore nature across 30% of the land it owns by 2030. If we're serious about being good ancestors, every major landowner has to play their part. The church must vote for nature. 🌿 #30x30

Taking back control of our borders part 2,648 UK citizens arriving in Gibraltar will have to show passports to Spanish border officials... ...Spaniards to have freedom of movement to Gibraltar #SunnyUplands #Brexit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik

Heatwave 3day peak killed estimated 440 people a day in England & Wales Compares to 35/day from alcohol & drugs & 4/day killed on by motorists In the interest of balance there will be a climate denier along shortly #R4Today

"This was an on-site execution of a civilian driver who complied with all instructions" www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-07...

What happens in the tapestry: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gotta Like That Mamdani Dude.....

She really let's her mask slip. Excellent overview

The Binface interview in full (part 2).

The Binface interview in full (part 1).

Now seems to be a good time to remind Farage I’m still up for debating him. Anytime.

So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker.

After 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule, Hungary's state television has suspended its news broadcasts for restructuring. The main state TV channel, M1, displayed a black screen with the following message: "Public media must not lie. We apologize for doing so for many years."

If only he had decent media advisors

I was honoured to be asked to give the keynote speech at the Unlock Net Zero Awards a couple of weeks ago in Manchester, at the Inside Housing (@insidehousing.bsky.social) conference. So good to celebrate the people working towards a brighter future.

It's disgraceful that Coutts didn't want to be associated with someone who received mysterious £5 million deposits and was bankrolled by a convicted money launderer.

5 million doesn't go as far as it used to