Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

Labour’s immigration plans tear up the promise made to 300,000 people recruited for a sector in crisis

For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.

brilliant -- Morning Joe put together clips of Pete Hegseth reciting a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction, along with the Samuel L. Jackson scene from the movie

#Rutte #NATO destruction of the organization he supposedly leads😢😢😢

The notion that China would be among the biggest losers of the Iran war is glaringly wrong. But that does not mean that its economy will be spared entirely

He purposely chose April Fool's Day to address the nation to provide plausible deniability for whatever nonsensical blather that comes out of his tiny lying mouth hole. #EmbarrassmentInChief

At a time when Farage and other far right politicians are losing ground because of their sympathy for #Trump this could be a turning point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Trump is openly threatening a war crime,” said Ken Roth, a former executive director of @hrw.org. “And people aren’t saying anything because they’re numb to it.” Story w/ @tmgneff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

"For the first time ever, Russian and America are working to subvert European democracy and to allow the Kremlin’s armies to seize territory and America’s corporations to seize market share." piece from me

Bravo. It also occurred to me that the bigoted idiot Nick Timothy is effectively calling for the prohibition of faith-based funerals. A thought prompted by a horrible story I will post as a reply to this one… www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...

Multiple sources reported earlier today that the U.S. specifically approved of this strike on Iran, which Trump is now trying to disavow.

Hopefully the #EU will see this as a good idea

"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour” Stella Creasy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reform is looking beatable – why Farage is underperforming given all the political gifts Labour has handed him. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow. How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?

Old news? Rather relevant today. Rejoining the #UK #Labour Government #Mandelson said he would be more careful. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files: President Joe Biden: 0 President Barack Obama: 0 MN Governor Tim Walz: 0 President Donald Trump: 4,500 Does any Republican not see the problem?

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

New in PN: Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA "RIP to the Heritage Foundation, which functionally died this week, as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit. The Suspect: Trump and his posse of online shitposters. The weapon: Antisemitism. The room: Phoenix Convention Center."

Looking Into 2026: The Year That Could Be www.socialeurope.eu/looking-into... #Europe #socialdemocracy

‘Every word is on tape’: Vanity Fair reporter says ‘everybody was on board’ for Wiles interviews www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQip...

Somebody needs to tell #UK #Keirstarmer

Postcard from Trumpland 🤡

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order.

"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

If you've not seen it, watch Riot Women on BBC iPlayer! Female empowerment at its finest. 🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Frn...

Radio Free Europe closes Hungarian service after five years following US funding cuts

The GOP Must Confront Its Rising Antisemitism www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Un software italiano è al centro di una vasta campagna di spionaggio in Russia https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2025/10/28/news/memento_labs_hacking_teams_zero_day_chrome_spyware_russia-424943396/?rss

« N’oubliez pas la Géorgie » : l’appel de Salomé Zourabichvili aux Européens

🔴‘Trump’s UK State Visit Highlights the Death of US Soft Power’ Trump is not just hostile to the concept of soft power, but actively working to dismantle the institutions which promote it, argues @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/09/17/d...

Trump or no Trump, Europe’s relationship with the US will never recover. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And there was me thinking Ambassadors represent their country NOT the unpopular leader of the country they are based in 😡😡😡://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/07/peter-mandelson-donald-trump-speech-us-uk-ai-technology-state-visit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Children fleeing conflict to be reunited with their parents should not be punished by being left in limbo - will be watching closely to ensure reform of family reunion rules doesn’t lead to kids of any nationality being put at risk.

Finally, someone said it: www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-p...

Britain is great at muddling through. But imagine if its leaders knew where they were heading | Timothy Garton Ash

FT reveals Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG and suggested the term. Now trying to frantically distance themselves ↘️ on.ft.com/4lJ8FnV

US health secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee

⚡️'Putin is a murderer' — Zelensky rejects Trump's claim that Russia, Ukraine are like 'kids'. President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s comparison of Russia’s war against Ukraine to “children fighting in a park." kyivindependent.com/zelensky-ref...

After the Brexit reset, how about a Brexit review? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The reset now needs to be delivered, including an SPS deal. Meanwhile, with the SDR we've had three defence reviews since Brexit, so why not a Brexit review? chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/afte...