There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Tory MP Danny Kruger has defected to Reform... but he’s been on the Eye’s radar for nearly 20 years. Back in 2006 he had David Cameron urging the Tories to ‘hug-a-hoodie’. [From Eye 1165, August 2006]

This is great news.

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

Night night sweet dreamies The people you’ll never forget are the ones who loved you most when you felt least worthy of it

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

Just checking the “wee- mails” left by passing doggos whilst on perimeter patrols

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Farage the dictator.

A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

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A great pick-us-up for Canada Day on July 1. Elbows Up!

🤣🤣 #MarchingEvilCobraChickens

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Dr Marie Tidball was my student & advisee @wadhamcollege.bsky.social for 3 degrees. She knows whereof she speaks re disabilities better than anyone @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. She must be heeded by @lizkendallmp.bsky.social. Brava @marietidball.bsky.social

“This is a self-defeating strategy, if you can call it a strategy. These students fill our labs and they perform all the research.” They’re “among the smartest, most talented scientists in America.” It’s unclear how these labs are going to operate without them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/u...

What a fantastic idea! Deserves a much wider audience.

Canada welcomes the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision on the United States’ tariffs. It confirmed what we’ve always held: that the American tariffs against Canadian goods are unlawful and unjustified.

MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️ They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador. Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose. No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.

It takes courage to say this in public. Some still convinced Brexit's not been done properly. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Yes many now see they've been lied to by Nige The Grifter & Co. about the benefits of leaving but they still vote Reform so ...

The mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russia is an atrocity. That's why I'm leading a bipartisan resolution with Sen. Grassley to call for the return of these abducted kids. They cannot be used as pawns in this war.

UK unveils 100 new sanctions on Russia to 'ramp up pressure' on Putin's military and energy exports www.itv.com/news/2025-05...

Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president a dictator. Ayık’s case is just the latest in a pattern of similar abusive detentions and prosecutions.

Her ignorance is breathtaking and alarming in equal measure.

Clever girl!

As is always the case with the Secret Barrister, a thoughtful and informative insight into an inflammatory (in every sense) case. Not a straightforward one to sentence, but then, sentencing seldom if ever is. @barristersecret.bsky.social

An extraordinary interview with an Israeli lawyer and an Israeli journalist, who are actively opposing the carnage and destruction in Gaza. Well worth a listen, whatever your views of the war might be. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

The fundamental relation in education is not imaginary future job security, although that is a popular way to phrase it. Education is, at base, understanding and being understood. Every tool, every approach, every field a different dimension of understanding.

Shots fired, Neil.

When you realize the tacky Versailles-wannabe trash on the fireplace is just Chinese polyurethane spray painted gold.

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

Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴

Ancient woodland. English bluebells. Just up and along my road.

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

The premise on which Nigel Farage bases his argument for leaving the ECHR wholly fails under scrutiny

“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train” Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

“I look at some of these agreements and I'd say ‘Who would ever sign a thing like this?’". Fun fact: the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement was signed by Donald Trump in 2020. www.kcl.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...

Farage's numbers look false, skewed or spun Of the 16% (10.6m) people born abroad, 6/10 had arrived before 2011 [so he can't claim 7m new registrations since 2015] - about 4/10 of those born abroad are UK citizens + non-citizens on visas pay £1035/year NHS surcharge. NHS net gain on £ now

This is extremely worrying. The threatened judges, barristers, and academics are our colleagues and need our vociferous support. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

His parents and grandparents should be proud.

Trump on the steep drop in international tourism to the US: "It's not a big deal" Imagine the shock when someone tells him as international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms

"Imagine demanding Trump to cede Florida to an enemy who bombed Washington, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago and every major city in America, tortured civilians & laughed in your face while doing it." We MUST continue to defend Ukraine as the US turns on it. open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...

"These findings are not just predictable, they were predicted." Brexit is costing lives. Why is Labour so hesitant about reversing it? @europeanmovement.co.uk @teamlabouruk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

'To change a system, you have to get into the system. Step up and get involved," says @TimesLaw's Lawyer of the Week, Kuljit Bhogal KC @cornerstonebarristers.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Trump’s sputtering response to Harvard standing up to him is yet another reason why institutions should refuse to bend the knee. He’s a paper tiger, unable to argue his own case.