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1935, Quai d’Auteuil by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) - Excavated Beaker pits in the snow by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (2026)

To the regulars in the Shoes, Dry January means we don't leave the pub if it's raining.

There should be an EU wide twitter ban

"The only flags Farage and Starmer have been waving this weekend are white." Written for the Metro 👇🏼 metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...

Has there ever been a more cowardly puppet of a British PM than Starmer?

Get in lads, we’re countering growing Chinese influence by repeatedly and virulently insulting the national pride and democratic beliefs of everyone living on two continents. This well thought out scheme, created by brilliant men of awesome ability and foresight, is certain to succeed.

BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to say whether the US's attack on Venezuela broke international law

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

This? Oh, just a Labour minister refusing to say if they'll condemn Trump if he invades Greenland and steals it.

I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.

Starmer has said that what has been allowed to happen at X is "outrageous" and that those responsible should face the "full force of the law," calling their tactics "pathetic" no wait sorry, I got confused, that was him describing Just Stop Oil protesters who put some cornflour on Stonehenge.

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy and our national security. He must be stopped at all costs. Both parties need to join forces and impeach indict and incarcerate this madman.

Hi @theguardian.com . There's some errors in one of your sub-headings. Have fixed them for you.

Trump told the oil companies about his illegal attack on Venezuela - most of them his major donors - but didn’t inform Congress.

...and now we go live to hear Starmer's statement about the American invasion, sorry, liberation of Venezuela

@graceliv.bsky.social : "The first thing to really make clear is this is a clear violation of intl law, the bombing of a sovereign country & effectively kidnapping its president.. the pretext is drug trafficking.. Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine, it doesn't produce Fentanyl..."

🇵🇸 On this day in 2009, during Israel’s assault on Gaza, the Al-Samouni family was targeted in one of the deadliest massacres of the war. 29 family members were killed. Children and wounded survivors were left among the dead for days before help arrived.

Israel is moving the so called 'yellow line', seizing more land in the Gaza strip and squeezing Palestinians into a smaller and smaller area. Hani Mahmood reporting.

You might expect these people - seeing that the Starmer project was just swine lying about their colleagues and comically abusing their party’s processes to bully, harass, cheat, insult and expel them - might have thought: this looks really bad and quite dishonest. They did not think that, at all.

Appeasing Trump seems unwise but I'm not an expert. Does anyone know whether history has anything to teach us?

Al Jazeera a few minutes ago: "Thousands of govt supporters turned out on Sunday in Venezuela" Although you wouldn't know this if you were watching #BBCBreakfast or Sky News or #GMB this morning.

Democrats spent more than a decade saying Trump is an evil fascist and then when he invades a sovereign country and abducts its leader all they've got to say is oh gosh I wish he'd been more polite about it, he shoulda asked Congress first. They're just Trump with a rainbow flag.

No pensé que los leopardos se comerían mi cara.

The Israeli military continues to demolish structures in northern Gaza while also blocking the entry of aid.

Just told Xi Xinping that I am ready and willing to step in as puppet leader and sell off the UK's resources to China at discount prices as long he kidnaps Keir Starmer and his wife. I understand this is how democracy works. It would be a liberation ❤️

Jan 3 was the deadline for Trump's DOJ to inform Congress why they had made redactions in the Epstein Files, including the names of all 10 co-conspirators. The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."

Fascinating watching people who celebrated the rise to power of an ex-human rights lawyer, as a sign that sensible, law-based politics had returned, now making excuses for their man’s refusal to uphold international law

I reckon old George knew a thing or two, he was only 50 years out - 2034 anyone?

If you can stomach saying “even though this action was illegal it’s still good for Venezuela that he’s gone” you should be able to say something similar about Charlie Kirk

Anyway, enjoy these government ministers being made to look like clueless prize wankers on TV today. It is the only form of justice and accountability this system ever permits, so you should make the most of them squirming and spluttering, like they’ve been caught with their fingers in the till.

Portrait of Sir Keir Starmer. 🇬🇧💪

UK Sensible Centrists in 2019: "It is the absolute duty of the Labour leader to condemn every single bad Facebook post." UK Sensible Centrists in 2026: "Not only is it very good the Labour leader isn't condemning flagrant breaches of international law it's also extremely smart."

First picture of the legal teams appointed for Maduro's upcoming "trial"

Jasmine El-Gamal states, quite correctly, that Maduro and his wife were abducted. The presenter queries that choice of words Gamal replies: "They went into their.. bedroom in the middle of the night & snatched them away. If that's not a kidnapping, I don't know what is"

What is the point of having an expert on international law as Prime Minister if he is also a craven coward who has only appeasement to offer when the President of the United States threatens Canada and Greenland and openly states he intends to run Venezuela? www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

#BBCBreakfast presenter: "There is some debate going on at the moment about whether it really is about drugs or whether it is in fact about oil" Who's debating? Trump has literally told us its about oil.

Darren Jones is asked if the US bombing Venezuela & abducting its leader was lawful Jones says he won't give a view on the action & he goes on to say its not up to politicians to make judgements on international law. Phillips points out thats exactly what they've done on Ukraine

Excellent

Gaza's economy has plummeted by 87 percent in two years, deepening poverty and leaving thousands without resources.

It's like America's become the drunken, racist and violent uncle at the wedding; everyone's embarrassed by him but nobody can stop him. He'll regret most of it when he sobers up, but none of the rest of us will believe his apologies, or ever trust him again.

Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country? There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.

Keir Starmer says the govt must be clear about what its achieved already. Sided with the profiteering energy & water companies ripping us off. Introduced a new wave of PFI to rip us off some more. More money on weapons while demonising the disabled. Supported & armed a genocide.