Borisoglebsk air base is burning after a drone strike in Voronezh region of Russia. While Russia attacks Ukrainian civilians, Ukraine continues diminishing Russia's military potential.

This.

The Mail’s declaratory front page after winning a case that could draw a line under new phone hacking-era claims. Prince Harry and other claimants have yet to say whether they will appeal. A huge day for the Mail and Paul Dacre.

Now Google have ruined their translator with AI youtu.be/CvhA4GXQfrA?...

Meanwhile...

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my Bull Ring, ye Mighty, and despair!"

They should do a whole night at the Proms based just on this. It's unarguably the very pinnacle of human artistic endeavour. Kids riding motorbikes through the orchestra, over seesaws and through big puddles and suchlike. Peter Purves in a bowtie presenting.

We are all Count Binface.

Behind last week's headlines are some stories you might have missed... including a ridiculous amount of corruption, a hollowing of the state and the ongoing saga of Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the US Constitution. youtu.be/zJnsFTLJcEQ

Nigel Farage v 'the establishment'. Farage went to Dulwich College, worked in the City, been a serial politician for three decades, led three parties, owns one, has his own TV show, is pals with Trump, accepted a £5m gift he didn't declare, and owns at least five homes. He is the establishment.

On my way, Clacton.

I take this back bsky.app/profile/paul...

NEW: The Greens won’t stand in Clacton either. That’s a clean sweep. It’s essentially Nigel Farage versus a bin.

The world thinks British politics is mad because we've had 7 prime ministers in 10 years. They'll go mental if Count Binface wins Clacton

The whole column could just be: Don't use it.

Saying you're the "most physically attacked" MP when two MPs have been killed in the last decade is just horribly self-absorbed.

Someone should tell Farage if he wants to ever visit Clacton, he doesn't have to go through all this rigmarole every time.

I suspect this, and that they'd have been asked to comment on it, rather explains the hurried and ill thought through nature of todays Farage implosion. The walls are closing in

Though what I'm also hoping for (optimistic?): that a lot of lives and careers are about to unravel, not just Farage's.

When the Telegraph start reporting that stuff... I could say, we could have done with this kind of scrutiny over a decade ago. But just maybe, finally.

i already thought the US left influencer space was a mess as so many got behind platner, but their response to finally having to accept he was a piece of shit just confirms i have no time for these people

Quite mad

Checking the oil price chart...

Farage trying to resign is an admission of guilt

Hungary's public broadcaster admitting to having routinely delivered false news for years, and taking itself off air. One of the many extraordinary moments in post-Orbán Hungary, and a reminder to all those living under authoritarianism that the sun also rises.

Iran's Press TV reports that several explosions have been heard in the southern Iranian port city of Sirik.

Massive explosion here in Kyiv, setting off car alarms - Russian ballistic missile attack, no warning. Only now are the air raid sirens sounding. Very rare sneak attack - usually there is some warning.

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Indeed. Let Farage win and face suspension for more than ten days and then the other parties will contest!

Ukrainian drones hit Russia's biggest oil refinery some 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, damaging one primary distillation unit and forcing a second offline — together about three-quarters of the plant's capacity. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Under the previous government in Hungary we saw a classic case of state capture of public media, which the current prime minister during his successful election campaign, referred to as a “factory of lies.”

I had to read this twice. In what would have been unthinkable less than two months ago, hirado.hu - the news platform of Hungary's public broadcaster is carrying the following statement on its frontpage:

I see the English Green Party is being stupid again

You'd think

I liked Newsnight when they did news

For people defending El-Sayed's garble yesterday, *this* is what a call to drop out looks like: "I believe that it’s time for him to drop out of the race" www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

As @darthputinkgb.bsky.social might say, Farage remains a master strategist

I’ve just looked it up. The moment an MP Resigns- the investigations are halted. If he wins the seat- they automatically continue. So he could face two by-elections He’s such an utter twat

This

⚡️IOC lifts Russian Olympic Committee suspension ahead of 2028 games. The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which had been in place since October 2023.

Time to get these up all round Clacton then.

Bridget Phillipson has to go. She is a useless ideologue—as she presides over an assault on an area of UK international educational & cultural excellence. I’ve a Chinese Masters student: actress, singer, teacher whose dissertation is on Heritage & Schools. With us because she thought *we were best*

Back in Birmingham.

Farage right now:

Chris Mason: WILL THIS DO? INVOICE No.1,379

TV theme tune remixes. You want ‘em? I got ‘em.

Conservatives, Labour, Restore and Lib Dems won't fight Clacton by-election. That seems a very good move www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's going to be an interesting by-election campaign!