Trump suggests throwing Spain out of NATO www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

The home of serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie who literally ran of space to secrete the corpses: also, tragically for them, briefly the home of Timothy Evans, his wife and baby daughter.

Tell me you don't have a clue about economic growth without... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I find it strangely comforting that the Tories are still turning out young fogeys.

Whoa Bill Bailey won a Nobel prize.

My column on supply shocks, now with the chart that the FT inadvertently omitted: www.ft.com/content/c774...

Wild, The sky is the new limit for what could be achieved if just enough pressure is put on Putin.

Death rates in England & Wales were at record lows this summer, despite heatwaves. Mortality in 2025 is at or near record lows, except for males age 45-64, who are still experiencing death rates higher than any year from 2011 - 2019. From CMI Mortality Monitor: www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-de...

Trump’s tariffs won’t deliver many jobs—The tragedy is that populists offer no solutions. They merely exploit the anger and frustration of the declining working classes for their own benefit and that of selfish plutocrats… www.ft.com/content/a742... Martin Wolf @financialtimes.com

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal—The move is part of a wider bid by Washington to push countries, financial institutions and businesses to roll back their climate change policies… www.ft.com/content/678f... @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

If this isn’t evidence of an AI bubble I don’t know what is 🫧

Bank of England Andrew Bailey also warns about the the possibility of a 'sudden correction' in global markets ie a crash because AI tech firms are soaring ahead and the dollar may weaken further bit.ly/46M7KhV

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months. "Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026." Via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... 🔌💡

90026 leads into Crewe with the LSL Chairman's Train on 1Z89 London Euston to Blackburn where the 90 was removed and replaced with BR Class 8 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' hauling the train forward.

#OTD in 1918, Bohain, France. Soldier from 4 Royal Leicestershire with children wearing German Pickelhauben. #WW1 #HISTORY

Walking into the weekend... Black Rocks & Crich Stand, #Derbyshire #FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

The Lee Miller show at Tate Britain is a must see exhibition. Beautifully curated and a fascinating account of her life and her photography. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/lee-miller

She asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. Most of the problems with Britain today can be traced back to her disastrous social and economic experiment.

Been thinking about my old club #SWFC a lot lately. The fans deserve better, and watching its demise makes me glad my old dad isn’t around to witness it

"Hochbunker" which is an old Nazi WW2, bunker has been revived as a modern hotel r/brutalism

Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. This is INSANE

The brilliant thing about this is they cannot outlaw anthropomorphic frogs without losing their precious Pepe demographic

NEW: “The Justice Department seemed poised to pursue an indictment against Letitia James on pathetically weak charges. Yet the charges that actually ended up in the indictment a jury returned on Thursday may somehow be even weaker.” By @mollyroberts.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Just a reminder that the Constitution gives Congress the power to set tariffs. It could end this madness any day they chose to discover their power.

The fact that they are still doing the "Soros-paid protestors" bit is just an incredible testimony to the durability of certain tropes to negate the popular will, regardless of the lack of evidence.

8/Like clockwork…Trump injects massive retaliation threat into US/China rare earth debate. Very little evidence that this has been wargamed/clear US strategy. Instead, world economy faces the latest in unprecedented uncertainty. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...

U.S. stocks are tumbling to fresh lows of the day after Trump warned on Truth Social that he is considering "massive" new tariffs on China after the world's second-largest economic power restricted exports of rare earths. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’ “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump is threatening to raise more tariffs on China. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...

I’m sure Russ Vought’s latest mass firings of federal workers will help Republican Winsome Earl-Sears in her race for VA governor in a few weeks.

War Secretary declares war on Norway after Peace Prize goes to Brown Woman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I was born towards the end of the fifties. We had a working gas lamp outside the house that made a popping noise all night.

Department of Fail? Three quarters of Americans say they will keep calling the Pentagon the Department of Defense

Keir Starmer’s security adviser ‘too close to China’, ministers warn

ANALYSIS | Mike Johnson is getting squeezed on all sides amid the government shutdown

This is a lie. This "compact" punishes the criticism of conservative ideas and imposes ideological tests on faculty and students. If you can't defend your proposals on an honest basis, then your proposals are bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Here's Jennifer Schulze with a reality-based view of Chicago.

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise & resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk & remind us freedom must never be taken for granted.” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

MIT's response to the Trump extortion scheme is here. It merits being read closely. Other universities should follow. "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

The Russian intelligence services have considerably refined the use of Deepfake software in their influence operations, as we see here in materials they have produced to attack Armenia. bsky.app/profile/elio...

America First means having a Qatari military facility in Idaho, apparently. In case you missed it, America is now for sale. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Nearly 5 million Americans participated in the June 14 No Kings protest, a student shows. Now Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to suppress turnout at the protest set for Oct 18 by saying that the administration will use the military to suppress it. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

Melania gives a sudden statement about Ukrainian children. Listen and tell me whether you can understand what this is all about. I can't. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Strong competition today between Newsmax and Fox over who can do the best imitation of North Korean state television.

Trump just threw the potential for an escalated trade war with China on top of these headlines.

Today, Johnson and Marshall are warning Americans not to go to the No Kings rallies because Trump might use the military to break them up. Pritzker is asking all Americans to attend to show their support for the Constitution and democracy and to oppose authoritarian rule by military intimidation.

I’ll be out waving a sign with friends at #NoKings on October 18. We love America and no sane person would ever confuse us with supporters of Hamas or Antifa. Come join us and speak out to help preserve our constitutional republic.

The chair of the Nobel Committee addressed Trump‘s desperate attempts to get the Peace Prize after awarding the honor to a democracy activist. Jørgen Watne Frydnes defended the committee’s choice to give the 2025 prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.