Disingenuous statements from Wes Streeting that he will introduce a wealth tax when all he means is slightly upping capital gains which is a tax on the growth of wealth not wealth itself. Only a real wealth tax that steadily erodes wealth would reduce inequality.

And this is why the @greenparty.org.uk are correct not to stand aside for Burnham (who BTW is married to an immigrant)

Cardiff Uni taking another step in the wrong direction here. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

OPD Group are a private healthcare company, in case you were wondering. I'm sure that they don't want anything in return for the huge wodges of cash they've been throwing at the bloke who is effectively in charge of the NHS. Why would they?

Xi not bothering with translator buff.ly/2wVUV9z

Star Trek: The Original Series 🙃

A very merry fuck Orbán into oblivion to all those who celebrate. #Hungary

Only a real stable genius would blockade a blockade /s I thought he was an idiot before. This only tells me his stupidity is beyond comprehension

Today at Dam Square in Amsterdam, thousands of children’s shoes were placed in front of the Royal Palace to honour the ~20,000 children killed in Gaza. Each name was read aloud, remembering every young life lost. Picture: @kadirvanlohuizen.bsky.social / Noor images

Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

The folks who use kids as target practice have something to say about those classic evil guys: The Green Party

they are not in it.

Agree that this is troubling. So what is to be done about this accelerating loss of our shared heritage? The clue may be in this chap's name.

Things a Labour government is willing to bail out - Banks. Things a Labour government is not willing to bail our - Universities. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

• Your friendly reminder that Lord Mandelson is still a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and retains the Labour Whip. • Worth reflecting on all the MPs who lost the Labour Whip are were suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party for voting against the 2 Child Cap.

"Our study revealing university degrees are a net drain on the rest of society turns out to contain an error. PPEs from Oxford are an outlier and should not have been included."

Trump's mind works like this: In Wales, they speak Welsh. In Belgium, they speak Belch.

A joke for the history buffs.

Nothing demonstrates the amount of time to train astronauts than the fact that NASA's next crew to be launched into space includes a black guy, a woman, and a Canadian. It is an echo of a previous USA and a reminder of what has been lost.

"this is what we could have won"

So it turns out that the US seizure of an tanker off the coast of Scotland used RAF Mildenhall in #England and #Wick airport (owned by the #Scottish Government). Is it too much to hope that those assets would not be available for an attack on #Greenland? Starmer and Swinney must make that clear.

With this regime anything is possible…

Arrived at Bristol Airport yesterday after a fantastic few days in the Highlands. Taxi driver: "where have you flown from?" Me: "Inverness" Him: "is that in Spain?"

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

After last year's weeks of closures due to flooding at Chipping Sodbury, @gwr.com have done even better this year and reduced their service today "in anticipation of flooding". As far as I can tell the line is still above water but the mere idea of flooding has cancelled dozens of trains. FFS!

Learnt today, that the first patent I drafted unsupervised as a newly-qualified attorney in 2006 is being litigated in Texas! Feeling a mixture of pride (they must have thought it was strong enough to sue under) and shit-scared-ness (what if its isn't).

Camp? Us eider drakes? How very dare you!

Remember, if you vote Labour rather than Green, you'll let Reform in 😁

Spoiler alert: Mone to get away with it buff.ly/9X2A3KZ

Any time people start talking about weakening protections for certain groups I am always reminded of this quote.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Let's all pretend that this wasn't the plan of these evil people all along...

A lovely review article (and my first dissertation citation🍾) on Scottish archaeological mollusc exploitation from @jenniferbones.bsky.social & @mlaw.bsky.social. Makes the point that culture ("taste" if you like) may be just as important as economic considerations www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/8/...

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

From the MetroWest website. I can spot an obvious barrier to accessibility at Lawrence Hill station if this photo is anything to go by.

Forensic Architecture unpacks the architecture of Israel’s genocidal starvation of Gaza.

A brilliant article. Clear and legally correct. People need to calm TF down about people using toilets as toilets and not fall for the artificial panic whipped up by the right.

And remember kids we have to pretend like this wasn't the plan all along....

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

Massive support for Miriam Margolyes as pro-Israel lobby tries to cancel her As the Zionist lobby comes for Miriam Margolyes, it exposes itself as the cynical, colonialist operation it really is. Disgraceful. www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Koch's Postulate > that Cock's Postulate.

British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... really small children with massive injuries.. bits of their bodies blown off... every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"

Nick Clegg has a bloody cheek piping up at all. It was the austerity he enabled that is most responsible for Brexit & the continued unravelling of our social fabric. Then he swanned off to piss around at meta. Twat.

After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.