People/politicians in England/Westminster blithely ignore the existence of Ireland. And keep on pressing all sorts of buttons they don't even know exist. Basically, none of this stuff works unless the Irish govt introduces a compatible id card system. bsky.app/profile/ianf...

There is huge market share for the Lib Dem’s to run with the motto of “enough of this American nonsense let’s be sensible British people Again” and not sure anyone’s weird arguments that specific voters should be chased is needed at all.

Fuck sake. I'm literally just writing a Word document and saving it to my hard drive. STOP ASKING ME TO USE YOUR SHITTY AI AND YOUR SHITTY CLOUD SERVICE. Why is this decades old basic task such a fucking chore now? It's broiling my shit.

*Ghostbusters theme* If there's some Reform in your neighbourhood Who you gonna call? (Ed Davey!) If there's Tory wards, and they don't look good Who you gonna call? (Ed Davey!)

This has got to be a world speed record for Labour stealing our good ideas

Sounds sensible

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

TikTok will be co-owned by China and Trump allies, Paramount was sold to a pro-Trump billionaire who's also set to buy Warner Bros, X is owned by an apartheid-bred fascist, WaPo and Meta are owned by Trump-cowering billionaires, and Murdoch owns the Fox empire. Here's why media has a liberal bias.

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I was unaware of this.

Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Lincolnshire, DOGE warrior... A story in three parts....

The arrest of four people after this incident is an outrageous affront to the freedom of expression enjoyed by UK citizens. It is a human right we all enjoy and is protected in law. 1/2

Sigh.

Nice fellow, Kruger. Possibly a touch naive, but nice. thecritic.co.uk/divo...

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Have any Labour ministers or MPs spoken out about Musk inciting insurrection in the UK today?

Removing racist displays in one city = the cost of 12,000 hours of social care.

NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS. thecritic.co.uk/oh-mandy/

The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference

I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

"Curiously, Elon Musk’s X, which thrives on conspiracy theories, did not have any Epstein mention in its “Trending Topics” page this morning and early afternoon."

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

Some lovely brutalist prints, I had a couple of Birmingham central library notebooks

I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going. Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk Thank you.

Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.

At this rate, he won't have to tow the boats back. He can row them back.

Reeves’s £50bn problem solved: stop giving it away in pension tax relief | Phillip Inman

Trump and co ban ‘dangerous’ books. 2500 so far the year. Amsterdam main library puts them out for all to read. Excellent initiative.

I want to see this. Loved John Candy youtu.be/hatkPBCcYUI?...

A lot of us who grew up outside the US looked at it with a sense of awe & glamour growing up (mostly through films). Now, you see this & just think everything that made it feel special is so diminished. Cheap, nihilistic & has no sense of culture being worth anything. The Crypto Era I guess.

Just wait until the BBC, Sky, Mail, Telegraph, Express, Sun, and GBeebies get hold of this story of obvious and deliberate tax avoidance! JUST WAIT! <waits> <waits some more> <does today's sudoku> www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Honking endorsement for Farage, Johnson et la, without a moment’s reflection that 10 years of UKIPified Tory govt created the mess they’re railing about — booming benefits bills, bond market routs, immigration surges, trade slump and investment slumps. Bring back Boris and Nadine! That’ll fix it. 🙈

Yes, but he’s Nigel. If he were Angela, he’d be toast. As he’s Nigel, he’s toasted.

That’s a powerful speech.

The collapse of the long-term private rented sector into short-term holiday lets has resulted in many people not being able to afford to live and work in the Lakes. Local planning authorities must be given the powers to limit the number of short-term lets in their communities.

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will tomorrow table a motion in Parliament in an attempt to force the Government to publish legal advice it has received on potential breaches of international law in the Israel-Gaza conflict

Speaking of 🤢 #Farage… bsky.app/profile/libd...

Tomorrow I will be a tabling a motion to force the government to release the legal advice it has received on Israel's military action in Gaza and breaches of international law. Ministers cannot turn a blind eye to this humanitarian catastrophe any longer.

This is very Jay from The Inbetweeners 'I had trials at West Ham' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang. manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

I can

UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss. It also pays interest on banks' central reserves. Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable. Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn. Tax the banks.

Given the United States' long and hostile attitude to their neighbour, it's a fairly bold move for MAGA to plagiarise the Cuban regime.

Unfortunately, those who need to read this are doubling down on their moronic behaviour over on Facebook. They're easily identifiable by their horrific grasp of English and explicit racism.

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature