Come on, which one of us hasn't marched through our town centre singing Hitler Youth songs? We've all done it. Youthful hijinks.

In a study of 15-year olds, the tendency to claim to know something when they don’t was most common in males from rich families.

The UK press push to get the Chancellor sacked for lifting children out of poverty. In the US, they want him sacked for murdering people.

He's been promised a pardon and a 'generous life' for taking the fall, hasn't he?

October 2019, around the time Nathan Gill was taking Russian bribes, Nigel Farage and the Brexit party voted against an EU resolution to stop Russian election meddling The Party said claims of interference were 'baseless propaganda and scare stories. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this: An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.

Embarrassingly Trumpian response from Badenoch #budget

The Right are going to *HATE* this #budget ... Excellent.

Genuinely wondering who is going to moan about this #budget. Seems well balanced so far.

She's enjoying herself here... #budget

Today is officially 'Big Coat' day.

Remember when the Tories campaigned on not raising VAT, and then immediately did just that?

So he's thought about it, and will do again at some point. But now? Right now? At ten past 3 on a Wednesday afternoon? No, definitely no.

anyone else feel like there's been a whole lot of negative 'noise' that comes to nothing, around the government recently. Like, there was something to gain from certain sections in undermining the government as they approach a major budget...🤔👀

To smear the president by telling people what he's actually done.

Holy shit...

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

The BBC employ roughly twice as many people as the UK fishing industry. You'd think people would question Farage's patriotism and intentions wanting it shut down.

As Stephen says, this is an incredible line. The previous government cut National Insurance by 4p and had future spending plans that the independent forecaster basically called fictional! They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.

Because giving it to Trump himself would be just *too* obvious.

Ouch.

He's now proposing holy war on a foreign country...

None. Stop fuelling this bias. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let me guess, it's on Ket-head's fucking twitter?

It's the thread you didn't know you needed. If nothing else, then for the embedding of the phrase 'twat cannon'.

We've been trying out 'spending cuts' for 14 of the last 15 years, and it didn't work out, but sure... Let's keep doing the same thing thinking it'll help.

Frankly, this is bloody ridiculous.

If rumours are believed, Trump has plenty of 'material' on Johnson. No wonder he does exactly what he's told.

And none of them will ever be able to use their purchased influence on @bsky.app . They can't 'buy' the algorithm.

I suspect we will see a very different performance today from Wes Streeting than we say from Ed Milliband last week on with @bbclaurak.bsky.social

Watch out for the 'undisclosed donation "error"', needed to balance the books, coming soon...

"Look, it was simple coincidence that I hung around with a lot of wrong-uns. It doesn't mean anything."

JON BON JOVI and DAVID BYRNE at NO KINGS RALLYS... You can have Kid Rock.

Just remembered this post. And realised it has a very different resonance now. We now know his close friend and ally Nathan Gill was accepting Russian bribes when he posted this

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today! observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Anyone else react by saying "Then, good!" to themselves? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can you imagine looking like Jeremy Clarkson, and criticising someone else's appearance? He's got balls, I'll give him that.

BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, leaders worried that meeting OpenAI’s rapidly escalating compute demands could lead to overbuilding servers that might not generate a financial return, per the Information

Can you imagine living under a leader that has *this* much contempt for half the population?

I know I'm late to this, but I'm an really liking how @edmilibandmp.bsky.social is coming across on @bbclaurak.bsky.social. I wish cabinet ministers spoke like this more often.

Just wait for the list of pardons he issues just before the end of his term...

“Don’t you know who I am, User?”

I fully support this. Let the moaning right wingers sod off.

Talking to your computer IS weird. But so is talking to ANY 'smart' device, because they are all rubbish. You look an idiot trying three different ways to make it turn the lights on. Fix that, and it won't be weird.

Nigel Farage: "Nothing to see here..."

Funny how he's only JUST noticed this is an issue now the Tories aren't in charge... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dogs will always defend their home. One way or another...

Reform UK don’t like to pay for anything… Incredible conversation kicking off between former candidates and vendors to the party. Even this statement by an app developer: www.thecafeapp.com/pressstatement

Just when you thought gaming and game companies couldn't get more 'icky'... www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-...

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.