Congratulations to Katie Phang on winning the preliminary injunction motion to further the release of the Epstein files. Love her!

What a laugh! Chris Mason a reporter who has done his best to bring about Starmers downfall now telling us that all he’s done is ‘report’ what he’s been told! How about going after Farage in the same way Mason! Chris Mason: The anatomy of the prime minister's downfall www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

0610. 24C outside, 27C indoors. No wonder nobody in this house had much sleep last night.

“Britain must rejoin the EU single market in five years, Sir John Major says in withering criticism of Brexit…the former PM warned that the UK is losing £100bn a year in trade and £40bn in tax receipts because of Brexit” #JoinEU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The multimillionaire Nigel Farage rails against climate action, while gliding from one air-conditioned building to another. He knows that he and his ilk will suffer least. But he is prepared to sacrifice everyone else to the demands of his fossil-fuelled funders. So much for "the man of the people".

PRIORITIES. 🙄

Robert Jenrick going full Nazi.

40°C temperatures are forecast to hit typically colder EU countries in the coming days, as experts warn hospitals and schools could be put under strain. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Au5Z

“Large scale emergencies require the state to behave, quite simply, like a socialist one. They demand a muscular, paternalistic response, international regulation, and spending tax revenue on the strict basis of need. So, every ideological fibre in a neoliberal soul rebels against it.“

Out for the dog walk this morning - had to watch where my feet were treading , as the annual frog migration from the reservoir, to the undergrowth has begun !! Tiny little frogs , like those turtles on the beaches .. #nature #frogs #dogs

Some right-wing politicians describe their beloved leader ... via Not the GB News!

Richard Burgon is bringing a motion to Parliament, banning all MPs' second jobs: Farage has pocketed over £1 MILLION from outside "work" since the General Election Being an MP is a full-time job. No MP should be out chasing lucrative second jobs. Let's end this racket!

Galloway lives in Russia and has done since last year. Feel this has rather gone under the radar.

King Charles says he paid £12.9m in tax last year, putting him in the top 100 of UK taxpayers

Nigel Farage's tip for Brits stuck in post-Brexit airport queues? 'Just go by dinghy, it's much easier!' So here’s a reminder of how his Brexit led to the small boats crisis. If UK news shows won’t call his bull**** out let’s do it ourselves youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...

A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here: joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...

"The World Cup is proof that, if it weren't for our leaders, the vast majority of people around the world would get along just fine." (amouthful_of_cherries/IG) After watching Brazilians show up in kilts, fans celebrating others singing their anthems, & parties, not progroms, I'm inclined to agree.

What breaks my mind about this is that there was precisely zero public glamour to reform indefinite leave to remain, outside of a highly online right fringe. The public debate is about small boats, not whatever the hell this is.

There is a growing series of informed comments saying that Palantir is 1. very sinister (obvs) but also 2. absolutely rubbish at delivering what they promise. And surely by now any government thinking of hiring them would understand at least 2 even if they don’t quite feel ready to acknowledge 1.

I have a dream where we choose the heads of our regulators, such as Ofcom, using some TV reality format. Rather like Bake-off, but where they have to really convince us they want the job and are going to do it in the interests of the public. Working title suggestions welcome.

There’s one way we can make BlueSky better than Twitter. On Twitter we used to be reluctant to block when we received time wasting or aggressive posts. But on this site I think we need to engage in much more robust hygiene. Flag them to each other, one warning, then mass block.

Spain, Italy, Czechia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal are sending search and rescue teams to Venezuela, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Mexico is sending health workers. The Pope has forwarded an initial €100,000 emergency donation.

Israeli Minister of Energy Eli Cohen: “The issue of withdrawing from the security zone in Lebanon is not on the agenda. “Even if Trump asks us to withdraw, we'll tell him, "No."”

Everything makes sense. Vance on Richard Nixon: “Young Senator. Vice President. Writes some bestselling books. Is hated by the media. It kind of sounds like JD Vance. “So I've always liked Richard Nixon.”

Members of Congress have discussed issuing subpoenas to get info on the NDAs between Epstein’s friends and his accusers. Some of his accusers have signed confidential prelitigation settlements with Epstein’s friends whom they’ve also accused of misconduct.

My son has been sent home from nursery twice today. The first time as the nap room was too hot to be safe, the second as the whole nursery is closing early due to extreme heat. It blows my mind that some people deny the reality we're seeing before our eyes.

As I was editing this video myself tonight, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. To see him in his new home like that at the end is just a thing of sheer beauty. Nobody deserves it more than the big, soft, gentle giant that is Maximus.

This is Vinnie. He just got a new splish splash pad and literally can't contain his excitement. Thinks this is going to be the best summer ever. 13/10 (FB: Claudia Carr)

I stand by my record – including putting us on course for a record reduction in child poverty – and if the Tories think that makes me a 'spiteful class warrior', it tells you everything you need to know about them.

A wet winter, one of the wettest on record and we’re having hosepipe bans in June? The sooner these bastards lose their dividends and water companies are re-nationalised, the better.

We all have a moral responsibility to make damn sure this racist horrorshow never gets a whiff of power and that we boot Farage and all his dullwitted Reform brownshirts out of public life for good. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I don’t understand how Farage can think “everyone cares” about EU bureacrats (he made a mint of that), and “everyone cares” about migrants earning a meagre living to survive, and yet “no one cares” about a £5m bung and £1m a year from GBNews to him. Does he think we’re that stupid?

All it takes for Reform to fail is the shadow tanker fleet of the BBC, right wing press, and nervous media oligarchs, to turn away from their current course, and actually report some rather inconvenient truths about political corruption around crypto and money laundering

Constitutionally illiterate both in the briefing and the reporting. Only the PM (effectively exercising the royal prerogative) can sack (or appoint) a minister.

Britain's biggest trade union endorses Ed Miliband for chancellor www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage has been referred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over claims his cryptocurrency advocacy has benefited his billionaire backer, Christopher Harbone. Who would have guessed www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Netanyahu: “We live in a turbulent, stormy, barbaric Middle East.” *furrows brow*

New Survation poll: Rejoin: 63% Stay Out: 37%

The FIFA president has confirmed that the pathetic orange felon will present the trophy to the winners of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. I have never supported a team more: GO IRAN!

Morning butterflies, it's scorchyballs out there already ☀️🥵🌡️ Stay hydrated, put water out for the wildlife if you can and check on your neighbours, especially if they are elderly or vulnerable

The story of social media’s problem with news, in two posts (these are from X)

The 16th June marked 10 years since the murder of Jo Cox by a white supremacist terrorist whose twisted mind saw her as a traitor. On Wednesday, a little over a week later, Badenoch called Labour MPs traitors in the HoC. This rhetoric has to stop. It's irresponsible and downright dangerous

Private equity controls UK dentistry. Initial consultation fee up by 23%, tooth extraction up by 32%. Gross profit at private equity controlled companies rose by 20% year-on-year. Profit margins of 20%-30%. Govts handed dentistry to finance industry. Too many can't afford dental care.

"NHS England has also... admitted that an assertion that only its staff had access to directly identifiable patient data was 'an error' and apologising for the confusion. "The admission... follows reports... that some Palantir staff had 'unlimited access' to identifiable patient information."

As Europe is being hit by an enormous heatwave, made much likelier by the fact we keep on burning huge quantities of oil and gas and coal every year, we can reveal some of the likely results… Anyway, on other pages… From the new Private Eye, out now.

Every creature leaves a mark on the Earth. And humans? We leave behind plastic bottles, packaging, containers, and trash. The saddest part is that we are the only species that understands the damage—yet we keep doing it. Our footprint should be one of responsibility, not pollution.

The courage of Ukraine's armed forces has shifted the momentum on the battlefield. The tide is turning. And the resolve of the Ukrainian people has shown to the world that their European choice cannot be broken. Ukraine will prevail, grow, prosper ↓ link.europa.eu/tdFJd3

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

You notice that the criminal-in-charge who sues everyone for everything is drop dead quiet about this. Says a lot.

When I first spotted this butterfly a couple of hours ago, the first thing I had to do was stop my hands shaking. It's one of the rarest butterflies in France, a vanishing species in much of Europe. It's the mountain Apollo (Parnassius Apollo). Just in time for #InsectThursday #lepidoptera