I've just filled in the questionnaire from the national conversation. Do add your tuppence worth too... www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk

Saying it like it is...

This is a fantastically helpful simile when thinking about money and how it is created... www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...

Social care. No wonder we need immigrants to do it for us. Miserable working conditions, 15 minute slots to do an hour's work, badly paid. Then there's the micromanagement... Maybe we should go back to the days before there were more managers than workers: theconversation.com/home-care-th...

Really worth reading for anyone who supports Ukraine and wants to understand it better... www.kyivpost.com/post/67351

“Maybe we should just let Xi and Trump switch places. We wouldn’t need to do anything. They could leave the rest of us out of it,” ..a wonderful idea from Wang Jian that I wholeheartedly stand behind! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The LibDems' flag waving was embarrassing, as though an entire political party had got its skirt caught up in its knickers. Ed Davey claims his party is the only hope in standing against 'the forces of darkness'. Perhaps in his next stunt Mr Davey will dress up as Gandalf...

Putting this up here because I think its useful to refer to; www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comme...

Ella Baron on Britain’s ‘summer of crime’ – cartoon

How a Finn views Russia: www.kyivpost.com/opinion/57424

Wondering if the American middle class has realised yet that EVERY SINGLE TARIFF is additional tax that they are paying...

Really like this cartoon! With thanks to Stefan Korshak...unfortunately I cannot give attribution to the cartoonist

weownit.org.uk/news/stop-pr... @heidialexander.bsky.social‬ just to let you know that I, like many, many other citizens, think that public ownership of utilities is far better for the good of the country

Buying an electric car is not necessarily the best eco option. And coaches - those maligned leviathons of the road - can be a great option that is way cheaper than a rail ticket. www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

If Labour won’t defend the principle of immigration, it’ll keep losing the argument, and voters. Yvette Cooper’s interview with Kuenssberg showed just how far the party's shifted. Read how Labour is retreating on immigration without a plan. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

I'm sorry that Vote for Policies is closing, but they are replaced by this: fullfact.org/government-t...

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. -Turkish Proverb thanks to Anu Garg...

I'm supporting this petition to send the UK's Warrior vehicles to Ukraine www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comme... #Ukraine

Just saying it like it is... youtu.be/PxpdFm1fJMU?...

I just read this really interesting insight into the USA's internal issues on a Youtube comment: TL;DR The southern states are still fighting the war of independence #MAGA #USA #AmericanPolitics

Albert Einstein refused to see people from Israel from 1948 onwards. He called them 'misled and criminal people'.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but aren't tariffs really a tax on the poor? So Trump is yet again reducing the tax his rich buddies pay. Sooo... isn't the answer to sanction them, rather than introduce opposing tariffs?

Consumer power! www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUni...

Vranyo gone bananas: it was Zelinskyy who humiliated Trump! malcontentnews.substack.com/p/igor-girki...

This is interesting, particularly if you look at the annual rankings list. I do slightly wonder if they have taken donkeys into account, though. www.globalfirepower.com/countries-co...

This makes for interesting reading: www.globalfirepower.com/countries-co...

This is how we should be funding the extra costs.

In all the current kerfuffle, lets not forget to sort out our democracy. Not just PR and a representative second chamber, but who can vote and how easily they can:

So... rumpt is chatting with putin on a regular unofficial basis... and TASS was allowed into the White House without being invited! I shall start paying attention to Ms Maddow... youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs?...

This is the real problem now...

With all the talk sloshing around about kompromat, I'm not too surprised now...

You are a huge state, but you can't understand why smaller countries won't just allow you to take them over? Maybe its time to ask yourselves just why you feel the need to dominate all the time?

If a novelist can foretell reality (thank you, Margaret Atwood), maybe a map can too...

How to pay for war, defence - and other things... Richard Murphy raises what John Maynard Keynes said in 1941: we must tax the rich more..

How many (most?) Brits really see the situation:

I have just subscribed to the Gnida Project on Substack. They investigate Russian disinformation projects in Germany. Much of the content is in English, so it is approachable. substack.com/@gnidaprojec...

Americans, may I suggest that, when iDJit flies to meet his friend vladimir vladimirovich, you just don't let him back in again?

Just been watching this - illuminating!

I'm just going to put this up here...

Wow.

It's time to sign, folks...

She's nailed it: "Britons care about integration, which can make their attitudes seem inconsistent" ..

US tariffs... is it just me that doesn't understand? They will make goods more expensive for *Americans*, right?? So why do they want them??? #tariffs

“No wonder the Tories couldn’t deliver it. They first promised it back in 2017, but it’s taken Keir Starmer to get the job done”, writes @deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social ♻️ Deposit return scheme will put pounds in your pocket — and help tackle climate change www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

Well, this is interesting... "The study found that the most left-wing MP is Nadia Whittome in Nottingham East, with a score of 18.8, and the most-right wing is Suella Braverman in Fareham on 80.9. "

Have I misunderstood something? President Trump is deporting immigrants and wants to remove automatic right to citizenship for babies born in the USA. Where does that leave all the people (including him, obvs) who immigrated there since 1607 vis a vis Native Americans?