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There are more supporters of Keir Starmer than you might believe but, no matter how upset some are right now, no one should forget about the real enemy - or just how vital it is that this Labour government prevails against the far right populists of Reform.

It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.

Your suggestion would take care of that, @darthbluesky.bsky.social

Last word on Andy Burnham: never trust a man who looks like all of the Smiths at once.

Sean summed it up far more succinctly than me. That’s what a career at the bar gets you.

You will not see a more joyful pic all week

Schools in this teach should they

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Amen to this. We’ve been immensely blessed to have @shashj.bsky.social’s peerless perspective & analysis. Every good wish for the move - and thank you 🙏

Bravo, Moose - bravo 👏

26 gigs, with me, & the best guitar player you will ever see live (not me obviously, the other one) Take your pick Wot Italian? September/October/November Be a Bear & Share. wotitalian.com

Love this as a prevention case study: - Low cost, even revenue raising in the short term - Improves health outcomes and reduces costly hospital admissions Shows political leadership is key: - Politically costly for Khan to implement - Did it despite cost savings landing outside GLA

Politico: "Farage’s line [is] condemning the violence in Belfast while arguing most involved are “not far-right, not extremists, just really scared” about events in their communities." The people scared are not those burning cars and homes while wearing balaclavas. It's those on the receiving end.

I'm screaming into the void here: anyone still wedded to doing volunteer labor for Elon Musk on a website that literally runs on a fossil-fuelled data centre choking a community Memphis that also includes child abuse material as a DESIGNED FEATURE - they cannot be reached. They're done. They're gone

Starmer should have no hesitation in labelling Musk a threat to democracy and national security rather than merely accusing him of “division”.

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

Cow bands. My, how welcome you are this morning

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

This was a race riot. Families were driven from their homes. People were targeted because of who they are and where they come from. Words matter. Those who fuel hatred and division bear responsibility too. We have more in common than that which divides us.

Amen

Very sorry to hear about Sir Alex Younger. Despite Gove’s pronouncements to the contrary some of us have very much not had enough of experts and, as experts go, Sir Alex was one of the very best. Heartfelt condolences to his family - the public realm will miss his expertise & analysis

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

Important life lesson: Never buy anything you wouldn't want read out in court.

Thought it was a Chaucerian weather forecast. Thought wrong. It’s only THE CHAUCERIAN CURE

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

He gets a fat shot He gets a Covid shot He gets a shot to protect him from the shingles He gets a shot so he doesn’t eat the Pringles

Asked if the EU had not just surrendered to the US, Bernd Lange said: "No, In the last year I saw so many different posts of Trump on this so-called. Truth social. It's not truth and not social. We have to make clear that our duty is to protect European interests "

If David Bull’s no longer chairman-ing is that because they’re lining up to stand him in Makerfield?

Paging @levostregc.bsky.social Sorry - my bad: paginge

Strange world where a Bulgarian Olivia Rodrigo lookalike singing nonsense saves us from literally weeks of discourse.

Bl**dy love @ledbydonkeys.org

Just to clarify as a friend confused this earlier: Holly Valance has embraced the far right culture wars. Delta Goodrem *has not*. #Eurovision

Terrific advice from him what knows. Except for the whiskey. Maybe. Oh - and if you haven’t already go and see Matt’s show: best in the business 🎈

David Cameron presided over the biggest disaster in British foreign policy since the Suez crisis, of course he had to resign, and that basically doomed his successor from the jump as well.

@mooseallain.bsky.social Hope you’re doing OK and finding you’re way through things ❤️

Love this

Farage has 3 key weaknesses on which the other parties should be laser-focused: - His insatiable appetite for money, and his willingness to prostitute his party to billionaires, crooks & tax-dodgers; - His subservience to Donald Trump; - A nasty temper, which he struggles to hide under pressure.

Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes.

It's hard to overstate how much all of this depends on the EU being willing to dedicate serious time & energy to readmitting a state that disrupted much of its last decade. It will have to be convinced that any UK application is a settled, durable decision, not a temporary cobbling together of votes

The USA has not only ceased being leader of the free world, it has ceased being a member of the free world. It betrays democratic allies and supports expansionist dictatorships. The only question Americans need to ask themselves is do they want this to continue?

A Short Poem for Star Wars Day Her name was Yoda, A showgirl she was.

Not that it was ever in question, but my, @jamesrball.com is good

The King being the King.

Interesting reference just now to "the left-leaning Daily Mirror" on the Today Programme. I hope this practice is going to become routine, & that we'll be reminded of the political affiliations of The Daily Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Express & The Times. It would actually be quite healthy.

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.