An Indian diplomat expresses India's anger with the US over the sinking of an unarmed Iranian ship that had traveled to participate in Indian peacekeeping exercises.

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’ No notes. as.ft.com/r/65cf2b43-6...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

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"You couldn't make it up" is the frequent wail of right wing commentators. But here the Daily Telegraph did make it up by creating a fictional family for a story about VAT on school fees. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Keir Starmer is once more locked in a death battle with his mortal enemy, Keir Starmer.

Whatever else this is from Paul Ovenden, demanding Labour MPs back Mahmood’s immigration crackdown, it is the most over-written, pretentious thing I’ve seen for some time.

Reform are in denial about why they lost by 12% in Gorton & Denton (60% white, 80% UK-born) after losing by 11% in Caerphilly (98% white, 98% UK-born) to Plaid Cyrmu Both seats unusual in seeing more people vote than at last Welsh Senedd/last GE: more voters turned out to stop Reform than supoort

This one remark seems like quite a major pivot by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer: "This government does not believe in regime change from the skies.”

Have we heard any more from Democracy Volunteers today? It would be genuinely interesting to understand more about their reports from the by-election. Pretty important too.

'Separatism' is when British Muslims vote for the most socially liberal candidate in the race to stop Matt Goodwin, who Kemi Badenoch herself explicitly said was a threat to minority life in this country, becoming an MP.

Today is a day worth reflecting on the fact that Net Zero means not using oil and gas. Might not be such a terrible idea after all, eh?

All relief flights from Dubai should be met at arrivals with signs saying "HM Revenue & Customs welcomes you back to the UK"

Nigel Farage lied multiple times at his press conference today - including saying no-one who voted Green in Gorton and Denton has a job and he's "certain" Reform won most British born voters in the by-election, based on zero evidence, and yet not a single journalist there pushed back on them

“We cannot say that the United States’ actions are against international law, but we condemn Iran’s retaliatory actions as against international law,” is neither a coherent nor a compelling position.

Labour lose a safe seat to the Greens in the by election And this is the response It's like Morgan McSweeney never left No 10 news.sky.com/story/back-m...

The govt could look at these numbers and, in essance,declare victory. Really focus on stopping boats/dealing with the asylum backlog/ending hotels. Instead we're embarking on a policy that hurts us economically, splits our base and distracts from core goals. For, seemingly, I'm tough vibes.

Immigrant reports from a hostile environment. All she wanted was to make a better life for herself.

Okay, this should be illegal

Remind me, when you slaughter 85 young school children, are you the Good Guys?

Absolutely. “I’m not racist, I just care deeply about ‘lifetime net fiscal contribution’ for reasons I can neither articulate nor defend.” In one way, it’s just the latest in a long line of bigotry-shaped fig leaves. In another, it’s worse because it devalues public service & caring professions.

Take two seven year olds in a primary school in the Prime Minister’s constituency. His Dad is a banker Her Mum is the cleaner at that bank Is the Government’s Ipoproposal that richer child gets permanent status at age 10 while in primary school & working class classmate not until they are 22?

Sectarian. The sheer contempt and entitlement in that word. Thousands of Muslim voters just voted for a white, (I think) working class non-Muslim woman because they feel abandoned by Labour and agree with her views on a huge foreign policy issue and on immigration policy

To be clear, this is very much real.

'Charlotte embodies the new Conservative Party.' She won 1.9% of the vote.

I wholeheartedly agree with Keir. He's nailed it.

This is not a reasoned political response. Labour has spent two years making all the voting groups who backed the Greens feel unwelcome and unheard, and now attacks them for daring to back someone else. They believe Labour isn’t listening and Starmer seems determined to prove them right

Starmer wants to warn voters of splitting the progressive vote so that Reform can come through the middle?! This, the day after the Greens won a safe Labour seat with Labour coming third?!?! Jaw dropping denial of reality.

This campaign provided the defining image of the old Labour right at every point through its history: when one of its activists saw the living room of their party’s genuine core and could not recognise it for what it was.

It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths. This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.

Can't get a posh job - blame the "woke" establishment. Can't get a shag - blame the "unregulated sexual economy". Lose a by-election - blame cheating. Anything else - blame immigrants. Reform really is the party of excuses for mediocre white men.

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

🚨BREAKING🚨 Robert Jenrick has defected from Reform to the Greens.

MATTHEW BADLOSS IS IT

Morgan McSweeney: "We should pursue Reform-lite policies. Progressive voters will stick with us as they've got nowhere else to go" Progressive voters: "see below"

"If annual net migration were to be 200,000 lower on average than the OBR’s current assumption over the five years of its forecast, the cumulative 1mn hit to labour supply could add up to £20bn per year to forecast borrowing." 👀

Keir Starmer must be regretting that he can't fire McSweeney twice.

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The disappearance of Larry Summers from public life cannot happen fast enough.

NEW - Matt Pound, Rachel Reeves’ political secretary, is leaving government. This is the very last of the team loyal to McSweeney. That influence is now gone from government - remains unclear what will emerge next with big roles still unfilled.

If you're in the UK, read the following and ask yourself: exactly how far away from this are we?

Fair play Bodø/Glimt - unexpectedly tearing it up in the Champions League. 👏🏿 ⚽ 🥅 #UCL

a year is a long time in politics

www.tumblr.com/followingfor... 20 days is a long time at Forest as this latest blog shows. Feedback & debate always welcome. Abuse less so! #nffc

Illegal migrant in small boat stopped from entering sovereign territory without a permit.

We need to go back to a situation where racism is shameful rather than electorally advantageous.

This one hits hard.

They noticed!

“Almost half of young Republicans surveyed see Jews as a threat to the American way of life.” Yep, antisemitism is totally a both-sides issue. Right? Right??

It does seem harsh on the Druids.