We have a plan to make the UK a world-leader in Cancer research and treatment. ⬇️

42-year-old Olivia Buckingham claims that she has never felt the need to self-regulate, although she reportedly acknowledges that 33 years is a really long time to have an achy jaw for.

It's fascism. But also we will win and we will rebuild better and stronger than before and I do not know if that is true but I know that if we do not believe it, then it certainly won't be.

"The British government has accepted an ambitious and necessary vision for British defense, promised to deliver it at what it called a 'wartime pace,' and then spent the better part of two years producing nothing of substance." Check out Emma Salisbury's piece on #BehindtheFront.

Great article by Ali Vaez. Gift link. In essence, Trump is now in the same position as Putin: able to cause massive damage, but unable to make the enemy give in. He will have to make a deal, and the bitter irony is that, for all his origin story, Trump is incapable of really making a deal.

"Hey guys, we're slipping in the polls. Quick! Make some absolute nonsense up to fool the plebs before the local elections!"

Miriam Cates is asking a good question “Unlike the main populist parties in France or Germany, Reform’s support is heavily skewed to older voters and comparatively marginal among the youngest sections of the electorate.” This is true, but why?" Big part of answer: UK is integration success story

Did you know... magnolia evolved on earth about 95 million years ago! Magnolia is so old in fact that it pre-dates the existence of bees and butterflies, meaning they relied on beetles to pollinate in their early days.

I hate to be that guy. But… If you have a driveway (65% of households do) it is significantly cheaper to drive an electric vehicle than a fossil fuel powered one. Plus, on a cheap, overnight tariff, like octopus intellect go, your whole house benefits from the same cheap rate.

I really do not at all see that this fuel duty cut would be any different to the 2022 one, or the freeze since 2011; what would make it any different? Besides, it's a pretty regressive tax cut, and I'd rather we targeted help more effectively than lavishing it on rich SUV drivers.

Instead of a fuel duty cut costing a few billions a year *that will become politically irreversible*, how about a scrapage scheme for older, more polluting cars, and low interest loans for EVs/charging points for low to middle income families?

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#RegiaMarina #NavalHistory

Basic income isn't a new idea. In 18th-century England, it emerged as a response to landowners seizing common fields. theconversation.com/basic-income...

Your fact of the evening is that "Tannoy" is a brand name. And I know you're probably imagining now that it was invented by some big US company. Nope. The tannoy public speaker system was invented by Guy Fountain, a Yorkshire-born engineer, operating out of a small factory in West Norwood.

Thanks to the i for picking up my interview with Reform’s housing spokesperson >> inews.co.uk/news/grenfel...

Well the banner is up. Nothing more nerve-wrecking than to send your manuscript to people you respect & wait for their opinion. V.grateful to @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @ciaranm.bsky.social @gavinesler.bsky.social and especially the generous @jameshawes.bsky.social for supporting my book.

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Honestly, the great crisis of our society is the unwillingness of institutions to inflict consequences. Impeach the president, fire the sex pests, expel cheating students, excommunicate an unrepentant heretic, prosecute the war criminals. Believe in your institution enough to enforce its rules.

⚔️New Codex Compliant!⚔️ Let's see a book designed to beat like 4 specific units your opponant might not even take. Today we're taking a look at Codex: Daemonhunters from 3rd edition! youtu.be/5vkmPKy3618

"Do you require backup?" Dredd: "No."

In a guest post for Liberal England, Anselm Anon and Wighard of Canterbury find that The Wicker Man is steeped in the debates of 1970s Liberalism.

Western civilization includes Just War Theory and the Laws of Armed Combat. Those aren't PC niceties, they're the legacy of centuries of philosophy, religion, tradition, and the accumulated lessons of bloody experience. Hegseth doesn't champion Western civilization, he rejects the civilized part.

The difference between hunter killer drones and what was planned with EFOG-M is basically just the powerplant of the missile (electric motor vs rocket motor), at this point.

So the credible route to control is cooperation. Seek to expand comprehensive cooperation deal - a controlled route to the UK at scale - returns deal for those who come outside of it - joint patrols of Channel - juxtaposed controls at Dover - join Eurodac database - keep ECHR to underpin this

More than a little scary this: big energy shock incoming, and even if the war stopped now, everything will take months to years to get back to normal.

Water companies are turning our rivers into open sewers, & the Government is letting it happen. We @libdems.org.uk are fighting to end this. It's time we force water companies to report the amount of sewage they dump & create a new ownership model where they're owned by their customers.

Some thoughts from me in here. BLUF: It probably can't. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Another cracking thread on the Hungarian election from @gabrielagreilinger.com, and my opinion remains entirely unaffected by the fact that she mentions an article of mine

Maybe see some of you all later today

There's having a brass neck and then there’s whatever this is from Boris Johnson

Ukraine and Qatar signed a long-term defense cooperation agreement for at least 10 years, Zelensky said. The deal covers joint projects, industrial cooperation and development of technological partnerships. #Ukraine

This isn’t about Essex – it’s about everywhere. Volunteer locally or team up with neighbours. One street working together can become a nature corridor. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Again, none of this is to defend what Democracy Volunteers did, which was deeply stupid and something nobody who thought for two minutes would have done. But it was deeply stupid *in precisely the way organisations in the democratic reform space* are always deeply stupid.

Basic income is not a replacement but a floor. The "basic" is not what it is or how much it is, but where it is.

Via Euronews: 'The US must not divert weapons for Ukraine to Iran,' Finnish defence minister tells Euronews www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

The #PortlandFrog has joined London's march against the Far Right. I'm here with other #LibDems @togetheralliance.bsky.social

Gee, maybe it was a bad idea for Trump to fire the people in government who knew what the fuck they were talking about when it came to Iran. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/federal-em...

This is the FCC Chairman, who is ostensibly a non-partisan industry regulator, openly bragging about conducting a political purge of the media.

Greater Manchester Police statement: "We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting."

What Iran is doing is illegal. If allowed to continue it will help wreck any international order we think we have left. Oh, but what about … ? I hear you say. Sure. There’s plenty of that to go around. But. War or not, blocking free passage in international waters is illegal and deeply dangerous.

This is terrible for YouGov's reputation. The results were always quite suspicious. The "quiet revival" turns out to be very quiet indeed. I hope the Bible Society gets their money back www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Farage was met by a club executive and then had lunch with Ashton and Luke Werhun, the club’s COO." There it is. Ipswich lied not only about not knowing about the Farage's visit to Portman Road to film a Reform promo, but failed to mention that the club brass treated him to lunch.

In the middle of an oil and gas crisis, it's been a remarkable day for clean power in Great Britain. –Fossil fuel reached a new record low share in our generation mix, just 2.2% –Wind power set a new record high, 23.88 GW

"I'm not desperate! Don't report into the paper I'm desperate!"