Bishop of Lincoln arrested on suspicion of sexual assault Church suspends Stephen Conway as police investigate claim man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025

The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: serving private interests more than public good Editorial As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanship

Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women? Alexandra Topping Critics link Farage’s ‘Trump-lite’ condescension to female journalists to Reform’s moves against women’s rights

Europe is paying much more in helping Ukraine, has been for a while now but Trump still won’t allow Europe a say on behalf of Ukraine at the negotiating table? Putin and Trump and Epstein. Follow the money.

There’s much to be said about Antonia Romeo, some good, some bad. Setting aside whether the bad is disqualifying, it’s striking that she says: “[The civil service] should be known for delivery, efficiency & innovation”. That’s back to front. A very short 🧵/1. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

They are: (1) Integrity. Without it, all else is irrelevant. (2) Decency. Respect for others, guided by clear understanding of right and wrong, is essential. (3) Effectiveness. Expertise and excellence - in subject matter, operations - are fundamental to achieving outcomes the country needs . /4.

we are going to win

And yes, that was allowed under freedoms of expression. As was accepted by the group of “radical”, “extremist” Muslims in the short clip. They all dispersed peacefully after the police left. There was no trouble. As there had been none in the preceding days. 11/

And that’s the clip that’s been circulating. A calm, rational exchange in the face of a group of Americans declaring over a loud speaker that all Muslims are sinful, criminals full of anger and hatred as families (some with children) walked home from prayers 10/

These were just some of the things they were saying through their loudspeaker outside a Mosque: I’ve never met a Muslim who is free from sin I’ve never met a Muslim who is free from anger I’ve never met a Muslim who is free from crime I’ve never met a Muslim who is free from hatred 8/

At the end of the video they say to some PCSOs: “Oh has Friday prayers finished now? Ok, we’ll move down the road and target the market next” The police ask if they could move somewhere else and they say: “Don’t worry, we’ll have y’all to stand guard. Just don’t let them stab us ha ha! ” 6/

It turns out it wasn’t one preacher. It was a group of 5 white AMERICAN Christians (and 2 small children who looked incredibly uncomfortable) who set themselves up on a corner near a mosque with a loudspeaker The police confirmed they had been there every day for several days 5/

🔎 From the archive: Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station — by Turlough Conway 🔁 Relevant again: As Prince Andrew's money man is back in the news, a reminder of the article Firtash tried to sue us over six years ago, but failed

Don't forget get Kristi Noem's multi-million $$ jets, her orders for bespoke (custom-made) suits for the Secret Service, and Kash Patel's fleet of BMW SUVs. Plus the cost all their & Trump's recreational and non-essential travel.

$170 billion for ICE & privatived concentration camps $100 billion to invade & occupy Venezuela $20 billion to prop up Argentina $10 billion for his so called "Board of Peace" Billions for a ballroom, the Kennedy Center remodel, his triumphal Trump arch, renaming navy ships & military bases

Full story by In The Money columnist ‘Gold Digger’ in the latest issue. You can contact Gold Digger with financial stories at: [email protected]

Closer examination of the Epstein files provokes fresh questions about Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy and his brother Christian’s development of the One Hyde Park super-prime apartment block: messages within the latest release appear to contradict their tax-avoiding account of the project.

5 bodies of migrants washed ashore in east of Libya's capital Tripoli, police officer says reut.rs/4tJT0cN

Think this might be more controversial than the night when a verr drunk Guy Burgess went back to his office at the BBC, found he didn't have his key, couldn't get the duty guard to open the door and so tried to break it down with a fire extinguisher.

Yellow Letters wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival dominated by Gaza row Wim Wenders says German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set warning against creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’

The EU is starting its own process to replace Mastercard and Visa – with the costs and risks shared among EU members plus a couple from the European Economic Area. Surely it would make sense to try and join that system. But instead, it looks like Brexit Britain is going it alone. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

As many of you know I'm a big supporter of this Government and the PM but the immigration policy has always troubled me. I've emailed the PM today about the proposals to extend the time required to claim IRL and the chatter around claiming benefits. We're better than this, we're better than Farage.

A chilling read even if you’re not a Star Wars fan. Andor is chillingly premeniscent.

Time to back Ukraine & “Take the fight to Putin” “Deploy troops from a European “coalition of the willing” to secure and defend Kyiv and other unoccupied cities. Enforce a no-fly exclusion zone. Surge defensive missiles and drones. Beach Russia’s shadow fleet….” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK migrant families face giving up vital in-work benefits to avoid being ‘punished’ Under Shabana Mahmood’s proposals, wait for settled status would double to 20 years if public funds used while in work

Gotta call out the author too. The plagiarism falls on her shoulders and she needs to accept she violated the code. We teach our students how anathema plagiarism is. How it will adversely affect their lives if they're caught. It should be no different here.

This is an interesting story @nytimes.com It was even more interesting when I broke it a week and a day ago in The Intercept which you did not cite or mention.

Popped through my door this morning. Thank you @bylinetimes.bsky.social for investigating and reporting on what matters in our corrupt world 👏

The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose Aisha Down Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it

The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose Aisha Down Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it

Washington Republicans spent years lecturing America about the national debt. Now Trump’s policies are blowing a hole in the budget and putting us on track for $64 TRILLION in debt within a decade. Not because we had to, but because he chose to.

Again, are we done with the myth that Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility?

“There is going to be hell to pay. I ruined their trip and I am dramatic when that fat fuck bit me! He threw me on the floor and blood all over Jeffrey’s carpet and I am the issue? Who the fuck bites someone?” griobhtha1.substack.com/p/leon-black...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. She says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

Maybe Gorsuch could have thought about that before casting his vote for presidential immunity.

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Hell yes Pritzker Every Governor let's go

this is appalling. 15 years in prison for mobile phone theft ....or stealing a flower pot!

"Why would the president pursue military action against the country without nuclear weapons instead of the one with nuclear weapons" is a question that answers itself when stated plainly, and also explains why any regime wary of foreign intervention would rationally pursue a nuclear arsenal.

Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...

In remarkable 9-page order, Judge Provinzino lifts civil contempt order on AUSA in MN after govt finally complies with her order, but says fact that AUSAs lack "basic resources" & "training" can no longer excuse wrongs to detainees. ... /1 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husband

Not until 0:16 does he realize the question was serious. The purposes of the tariffs was never really clear. Were they to balance trade? to raise revenue? to foster US manufacturing? to punish other nations for petty greivances? They utterly failed at all of those goals. And they were illegal.

Q: When you look at today's [US balance of trade] numbers, what do they tell us about the effectiveness of Donald Trump's tariffs? Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*

With Donald Trump's U-turn on the Chagos Islands deal reportedly because Keir Starmer refused the US permission to launch Iran strikes from RAF airbases in the UK, today's YouGov poll finds 58% of Britons back the PM's call yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

“Farage…decided the complaint was not serious enough to warrant a rethink about Goodwin’s selection… [He]characterised the complaint as “just Matt being Matt” Hmm. Not sure a pair of misogynists are the best people to judge what’s “serious enough”. Let’s ask her. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Russians apparently don't mind what's exploding around them as long as the vodka is flowing.