Being anti-Netanyahu is not anti-Semitic. It’s anti-corruption, anti-genocide. It’s pro-peace.

No evidence he lied. Robbins conceded he made the decision to override the UKVS advice & he wasn’t obligated to inform the PM or anyone else of the findings. PM has now changed how the process is conducted.

Our UK Labour Government is fixing the energy market to deliver lower bills and long-term security for families across #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Today, we are breaking the link between gas and electricity prices, ensuring global gas spikes will no longer dictate the bills you pay.

RUSSIA FORCED INTO OIL PRODUCTION CUTS According to Reuters Russian oil output has had to be cut by 300-400,000 barrels per day as it no longer has the pumping and refinery capacity to cope, nor the export capacity to sell it abroad. All of course, a result of Ukraine’s drone attacks!

From the #EdMiliband speech today www.gov.uk/government/s...

Victims and witnesses often don’t come forward because they lack protection and actual support. As proven by many people on BlueSky who use any opportunity to attack women for their accents, perceived wealth, or for not speaking out at the “right time.”

The little folder of car papers has been found! My Nordace rucksac has numerous zip up slot-like sections which fit a laptop or sketch pad, maps etc..and yes, I didn't look carefully enough a couple of mths ago, and there it was. Finally warmed up a bit but an early night's in order. Wind's howling.

The truth is more important than the fear of being rude.

Well thank goodness my re-pack put 2 jumpers, 2 fleeces, a thick cardi, 2 vests and 2 long-sleeved t-shirts, as well as a large cashmere/wool scarf/shawl in the suitcase, and took out short-sleeved tops and shorts. Can't believe how cold it is.

Remember that Pippa Crerar is married to the deputy director of comms at the FCDO. This may explain the "exclusive". Funny timing, that.

A #painting from southwest Ireland. "Glenbrook 1" came out of a time I cycled from Cobh, where I had been painting en plein air, back to where I could get the ferry across Cork harbour while enjoying views like these, and then I cycled on to friends beyond. #art #SpeirGhorm #BlueSkyMonday #ArtYear

Wonder if BBC will report this? Chris Mason or Nick Robinson maybe?

Not only is her recovery complete. Soon Sienna will be heading off to her very own family. After years on the streets and endless puppies taken from her she will get the life she always deserved!

Make sure you read this prior to today's 1pm ET press conference! open.substack.com/pub/totalhyp...

Today I’m remembering the exact same campaign the media ran against Gordon Brown to unseat him, an intelligent and compassionate leader.

"This is an important thing to think about."

Train 1 was really cold, lots of nice snacks and drinks for free (not alcoholl), packed and quite noisy. Hard seats. Train 2 from Plymouth was smooth, quiet, quality, but no snacks nor drinks though a guard did give me some free water. Fumbled trying to video the fab Permian red desert sandstones,

The Iranian government’s depiction of LEGO Kash Patel is lit.

"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere." tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89

In the light of recent comments by Ms Campbell this seems relevant

This is a good read by @samalvis.bsky.social, and this is basically what I think on the whole “decoupling gas and electricity prices” thing. The first best answer is “build more renewables and flex”, and we’re making a lot of progress on that

Got questions about volunteering with us? Come and chat today at the Lichfield Volunteer Fair! 📍 Lichfield Cathedral 🕑 2–4pm Can’t make it? 👉 lhcrt.org.uk/volunteering... #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire

The energy transition is often told as a story of new entrants displacing incumbents. But it also depends on incumbents making the shift themselves. Visited the @vaillantuk.bsky.social factory in Belper today — founded 1874, now making heat pumps. 150 years of heritage, transforming from within.

We found Bridget just before Christmas. Her eyesight had gone and she fell of a bridge. She was alone. She could not be an happier with us now! Safe and loved

Jesus H Christ.... could Pippa Crerar fall any lower...stop now, please. There is a war in Ukriane, a war in the Gulf, an economic meltdown brought on by an orange man-child...and what do we get a media firing on all cylinders chasing a nothing burger for clicks and chaos.

Quite. Fuel costs increasing, concern there could be shortages, food inflation all resultant from Trump’s ludicrous attack on Iran. Challenges for the next generation getting decent jobs & housing. What is our media full of? Whether Starmer was informed someone was flagged during their DV process. 🙄

I love to watch the little wheels on my old electric meter run backwards as it's automatically sent back to the grid at proper cost price per unit.

British mythology looks after our native bluebells Trampling or picking them will result in a fairy putting a spell on you, resulting in you wandering around the woodland in a trance forever. And if you hear a bluebell ring, the same fairies will ensure you don’t last the day

The Onion has reached a deal to acquire Infowars • It will be turned into a parody site of itself • Has the support of the Sandy Hook families “A lot of people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats & bullshit, we persevered" (via Variety)

There was a fire last night at Pegwell Bay NNR. 💔 It tore through the reedbeds quickly & in the aftermath this morning, it's clear the impacts are pretty devastating - around 300m of scorched earth. The fire, believed to have been started deliberately, occurred during breeding bird season...

What happened when 90% of life on Earth was wiped out. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cwy3l...

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" In use for centuries, still valid, still needs to be asked, still a problem, still not being done, still not easy to do. Who will investigate the investigators? Not a direct exact translation which talks of 'who will watch the watchmen'.

For those like me who can’t do with her whiny voice, here's a slightly cut down version of Zara Sultana being kicked out and suspended from the House of Commons. This performative nonsense gets on my wick. She’s no better than Lee Anderson, Labour was right to get rid of both of them.

There have been 7 aftershocks ranging from 4 to 5+ at the site of the earthquake off-shore from the east coast of Japan. See USGS Earthquake page for detailed info.

I've been surprised and delighted by the enormous amount of interest shown in my post about the yellow cherry tomato harvest of a few yrs ago, with photo. Most unexpected, but I guess in a time of firehoses of filth from Trump/Netanyahu et al, and a rancid UK press/media, perhaps this was a relief?

Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affiars Select Committee, has also used her time for a question to reiterate that her committee did ask the questions to officials that should have lead to this being made known sooner and they were not given the truth either, and it's all public record.

BBC sycophants waxing lyrical about DV. None of them know what it is or what it entails. No one learns why people fail. No one. It’s confidential. Only the applicant knows why. Being curious is not an avenue for action. UKSV will disclose nothing, even to the PM. If someone passes DV, they pass.

Tomorrow Parliament votes on Gambling Impact Assessments, a big step towards giving councils more say over betting shops in their area. This is progress. We now must push to end Aim to Permit and giving communities the power to protect their high streets from gambling harms.

The FCDO has some explaining to do

The process was watered down into its existing format *deliberately* by Boris Johnson to ensure he couldn't ever be held responsible for anything. This flawed process was literally designed to be this way! And now Starmer has returned it to the proper way it should always have been.

And to anyone who want's to suggest that any of this is not the truth - you must have evidence to suggest otherwise. Because nearly all of what the PM says in on the public record with information to back it up now published.

Labour MPs need to realise this isn’t about getting rid of Starmer it’s about destabilising the Labour govt and getting rid of all of you .. for Nigel and his mates ! The media have been on overdrive on this since July 24 .. it’s the latest attempt but not the last !

Worth reading @samalvis.bsky.social, who's been advocating this very move bsky.app/profile/sama...

#PPOD: This view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa was captured by JunoCam, the public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, during the mission's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. Citizen scientist Björn Jónsson processed the view to create this image. 🧪 🔭

Did Liz Truss have a mental health assessment before becoming Prime Minister? If not why not?

Anyone spotted (particularly media luvvies) that the process followed with the Mandelson appointment is the process which was in place throughout the Tory years. Starmer's first experience with this flawed process and he's changed it so it cannot happen again, remind us again, what's the story.

🧪 After 14 years in a research lab, today I hung up my lab coat for the final time 🥼. I started as a freelance science communicator 10 months ago, and will now be working exclusively towards this goal. I'll need your support more than ever to make this a viable career 🙏!!! linktr.ee/mol_bio

Questions I have now: 1) who in the FCDO knew & withheld the information from the Government & Parliament that Mandelson had failed vetting? 2) how did this information suddenly get leaked to the Guardian less than 48 hours after the PM found out and was still seeking the truth - who as involved?