There is a difference that strikes me. With Blair and the middle East, it's always Blair (and Bush) that get the criticism, not Prescott or Cook. With tuition fees, Cameron managed to get his policy through but with his deputy remembered forever as the architect.

Mr Farage does, I think, want to return to such times.

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Where I live hash cakes are hash brownies, not hash browns. You don't see hash cakes on restaurant menus.

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I actually like the idea of involving local governments. Obviously rivers and reservoirs aren't the same shape as political boundaries, but local control and funding worked for the UK under Queen Victoria.

The Prime Minister must come to Parliament, set out the legal case for letting the US use UK bases for strikes on Iran and give MPs a vote. He must not let Trump drag Britain into another prolonged war in the Middle East.

Actually a misprint; the correct title is "Problems Of The Careless" and is about risks from bad driving.

A basic requirement for a police service is that each year they should aim to arrest more criminals than they hire.

Saw a sight last night I hadn't considered I might ever see: the sound engineer crowd surfing, from stage front centre back to the mixing position at front of house.

Nature loss could cost twice as much as the financial crash, leaked report reveals www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

456th day of protest in Georgia.

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I think this picture captures the zeitgeist of Labour's current electoral desperation.

There were two different PIN systems installed at my school to get into classrooms etc. The technology building used one that was especially vulnerable to a de Bruijn attack, which was handy because it was installed at the same time the class was learning the maths of cyclic sequences.

Day 450 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia.

Very well put together. Three short sentences where the middle one is "Protect the NHS"? In the UK this structure will have more public recognition than any call-and-response from an organised religion. Nice that the first one is implicitly rejecting the OG imperative to Stay Home, too.

Protesters say the plan would force ISU to shut down up to 95–98% of its programs, effectively dismantling the country’s leading public university, which Georgian Dream does not control. Video via Droa

I can see no way this can disrupt the current government of China, especially if they make sure to crack down on young people having fun.

"ჯოჯოხეთი →"

You know what, calling it the "Future Homes Standard" makes it very obvious it's a political football. Otherwise, it would just be called an Approved Document, which sounds dull as anything but means it is actually a standard people have to meet.

Pentominoes sped up and simplified.

It is not new, but it is still worth headlines.

Absolutely my favourite cover of a Steps song 😉

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If you want peace, you can study his distance learning. upeace.org/admission-fo...

Friendly February - Day 4: Invite a friend over for a ‘tea break’ (in person or virtual) actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary

As Peter Tosh never said: "don't just legalise it, standardise it".

As protesters are jailed for peacefully standing on sidewalks, Georgians continue to protest every single day in 8 cities. This is the weekly march in Tbilisi, dedicated to defending the independence of the education system. Day 430.

If you ask Morgan McSweeney, the strategy looks closer to "The only way of keeping Reform UK out is by copying their policies, so we can stay focused on raising the standard of living for political strategists." No?

Happier January - Day 26: Choose one of your strengths and find a way to use it today actionforhappiness.org/happier-janu... #HappierJanuary

I'm gonna try some rebrand ideation. To avoid confusion with a weather condition, the US immigration and customs enforcement could rename to Vindictive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (VICE).

More people than usual today in front of Parliament, even though five protesters were just sentenced to administrative detention for standing exactly here. Day 422 of the #GeorgiaProtests.

Belgium and Switzerland have been doing it right for years. On the other hand, the UK had EU-compatible ID cards that were so popular that the UK not only scrapped the cards, it also managed to leave the EU. Calling it an "entitlement card" in early drafts didn't help.

Who is this about? I can narrow it to just 4 people, but then it's hard to say.

Non-stop protests in Georgia #Day416 Giving up is not in our DNA! ✊🏻 #GeorgiaProtests გამარჯვებამდე! 🇬🇪 • Tata Chemia @tatach.bsky.social • Fight Until Victory 🤍♥️🤍 #GeorgiaIsEurope #UkraineIsEurope #WeAreEurope🇪🇺 Thread 1/3🧵 Freedom is the power to say no! 🇬🇪🇬🇱🇩🇰🇺🇸

If Russia returns to something approximating democracy, it may be so keen to rid itself of international pariah status that it asks the UN to investigate the USA for the crime of aggression. The geopolitics don't seem likely but it is in Russia's interests to do this and trigger UN Resolution 377.

I think someone should tell Mr Zelenskyy. He has read every word of the national anthem of Ukraine, and seems to treat them as a mission statement. It's both a tough choice and an easy one. Ukraine knows what Russian occupation is like and doesn't fancy another go. Surrendering wouldn't help.

The BBC used to make things that you could buy in a disc and people didn't really complain. But if you can stream it somehow this is treachery.

Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are all older than the life expectancy for men in their occupation. So you might get your wish.

Wetherspoons rail sounds ideal— • an app you can actually understand • keenly priced draught beer • spacious toilets • all day breakfasts Genuinely I would sooner have this than HS2 as originally promised. Seems about as likely too.

Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg is so much better without Laura Kuenssberg! #BBCLauraK

Who thinks Nigel Farage & Lee Anderson should wear patches like a racing driver when doing MP duties?

The Curitiba-style solution: set the tax rate based on the distance between where you live, and the nearest farm that's not yours.

The UK's first municipal free public library was in Manchester. Starting in 2010 it disposed of ≈250000 books, in what sounds like an arbitrary and badly managed process. The reason isn't clear but the most plausible explanation seems to be that someone made a mistake and couldn't bear to say so.

მისმინე, ვიცი, რომ ამას თითქმის არავინ წაიკითხავს. მაგრამ საქართველოში მომიტინგეებს ჩემი მხარდაჭერა აქვთ.

The January 3, 2026 military operation against Venezuela represents an escalation of these unauthorized hostilities, not a separate conflict that would trigger a new 60-90 day period.

I presume the question was "can you summarise the president of the USA in a gesture?"

Apple, Inc. (Jobs, not Wozniak)