He's a journalist like I'm a part-time lettuce farmer from Utrecht called Volslagen Onzin

UK recognises Palestine as an independent state

The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Poland says Russian drones shot down in first engagement since Ukraine war began - follow live

On the same day in the Telegraph:

One of Ukraine’s most strategically important weapons makers – the company behind the “Flamingo” missiles and long-range drones striking deep inside Russia – is setting up production in Denmark. The factory will be located right next to an air force F-35 fighter-base. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Someone needs to stage an intervention at the right wing rags … they’re really not well

This is HUGE basic income news if Thailand actually does implement a Negative Income Tax in 2027. They could be the first country with a NIT. I don't see any details yet in terms of amount and phaseout rate but if they set the threshold at 60k baht and set 50% rate, poverty could drop by up to 90%.

Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade days after Trump said he wanted to meet him

This piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social sums up superbly what many people who either aren't 'White British' (or because of their skin tone don't pass as such) are feeling right now. It's a deeply uncomfortable read, but then it's a deeply uncomfortable feeling for them. Do read if you get a mo.

Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."

World No. 10 Tommy Fleetwood won the Tour Championship to capture his maiden PGA Tour victory at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. https://cnn.it/3JwHGxS

TOMMY FLEETWOOD WINS HIS FIRST PGA TOUR TITLE‼️ He wins the TOUR Championship to earn his first PGA TOUR title and is taking home $10 million for winning the FedExCup 🏆

Lee Twanley, convicted people smuggler, leads anti-migrant hotel protest…

Funnily enough I don't remember reading similar front pages when Jeremy Hunt bought *seven* luxury seaside apartments from a Conservative donor, in breach of his government's own money laundering rules

full time Manchester City 0-2 Tottenham

“While we understand the clear potential for offence... this language was in line with audience expectations for this channel.” So, make your channel a sewer and you're free to pump out shite? Ludicrous by @ofcom.bsky.social. The clue is in the word "STANDARDS". bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Suggested we should reform inheritance tax. And here we are. Not that the online right are snowflakes, or anything.

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Actor Terence Stamp, star of 1960s cinema and Superman films, dies aged 87

This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi. He's LITERALLY an economic migrant. Does he have ZERO self-awareness? Does he just think nobody will notice? Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?

Say ‘wattage’ one more time.

Japan and US issue tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia - follow live

Judging from today's Russian papers it doesn’t sound like Donald Trump’s reduced deadline will persuade Moscow to end the war in Ukraine: “The ultimatum was not taken seriously. Not 50 days, not 10-12 days.” “Moscow has no intention of caving to pressure.” #ReadingRussia

England win Euro 2025 on penalties, making history by defending title in dramatic victory over Spain

Lionesses ✅ 💪 #Euro2025 #Lionesses #ENGSPA

Reading about the new trade deal with India & reflecting on the fact that, almost a decade after the referendum, the realities of international trade are reported with a tiny fraction of the excitement & attention dedicated to the nonsense Brexiters spouted on the subject.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.

Why does this gecko drop its own tail to survive? 🦎 Meet Knox, a leopard gecko with one of nature’s strangest defense moves. When danger strikes, he sheds his tail. But it doesn’t just fall off, it keeps wiggling for up to 30 minutes to confuse predators. 🧪

Musk’s flirty, new chatbot, Ani, has a smooth voice, big eyes and very few guardrails. What could possibly go wrong? @parmy.bsky.social explains 🎥

The British Open being held in Northern Ireland would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. It is normal now. A reminder of the towering political achievement of the Good Friday Agreement.

Bernard Jenkin, "Achieving net zero will add 21% of GDP as a cost" Ed Milliband, "The bit in the report you didn't mention, is if we end up in 3 degree world, we add 56% of GDP.. That is the cost of inaction"

You mean the 'European-style "supplementary vote"' that was used for mayoral elections before the Conservatives changed it to FPTP in the (as it turned out, forlorn) hope that it might help them win lots more contests? That 'European style "supplementary vote"'?

Goal: Crush Fed independence Need a policy tool: Can replace Fed chair only if the chair is malfeasant, criminal, or derelict in duties. Need a violation to allege: Manufacture false concern about construction project management. It's pretextual and dangerous. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

This is my new favourite video... 😊 #bluesky

Donald Trump says European Union and Mexico face 30% tariff on goods from 1 August

Office plans amended after Roman basilica found. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk announces the arrival of the new "America Party" after his split with Trump.

Two big things are happening with US computer imports 1) Total collapse of imports from China (mostly laptops) as tariffs bite 2) Massive increase in imports from Taiwan (mostly data center computers) as companies rush to get ahead of upcoming tariffs on all chips/computers

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness… This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector.

Budapest Pride expected to be a rallying cry against Orbán’s rollback of rights

Scratching my head at the CEA estimate that their economic plan will lower debt/GDP by at least 3pp in FY 2025. There are only 3 months left in FY 2025. And tariff revenue < 0.5% of GDP. So would need about 12% annualized GDP growth in Q3 to hit this target.

The first rule is to forget your past life: Ukrainian marine tells of his three years of torment in Russian captivity

Feudalism “The Crown Estate has a strong self-interest in offshore wind power. The body owns the seabed surrounding the UK & charges renewable energy firms money to develop projects…The leases for wind farms were a key reason the Crown Estate’s profits doubled for the 2023-24 financial year”

Former Conservative and UKIP MP and Boris Johnson government appointee here calling for the mass deportation of British Pakistanis Islamophobia is absolutely rampant in conservative politics now and almost nobody even acknowledges it

There were 20 recommendations in the final Jay report of her 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). The Tory government had the task of delivering them. *ALL remained outstanding when Sunak & Badenoch left office 21m later* Labour says it is "working at pace" to deliver them.

So Trump now calls for the evacuation of Tehran.

no… no, they can’t possibly be… oh my god, they wouldn’t… they can’t be… YES, THEY ARE PLAYING FORTUNATE SON

How Badenoch’s particular form of ‘right wing unpopulism’ somehow manages to combine the least popular parts of Farage’s offer, with the most unsympathetic parts of US Republicanism, in order to present something that appeals to almost nobody in the UK.