The Big Lie just keeps getting bigger.

The two people Trump hates most, in town today for the rugby - London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Canadian PM Mark Carney.

Trump plans to meet House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday one day ahead of the possible government shutdown.

Listen to someone who has been through it under Putin.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social makes a very good point on the total destruction and ruination of the Palestinian land itself. We've all heard of the deliberate destruction of olive groves but it has gone much further. #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now Trump is micromanaging who gets hired in private business with his trademark methods of bullying and coercion.

the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.

NEW: When Labour voters were asked why they believed things were getting worse for the UK, they overwhelmingly cited Brexit as the number one cause, with 69 per cent naming the decision to leave the European Union as the main reason behind the country’s problems. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Bloomberg’s slow release of Epstein’s documents is a master class in strategic communications. It keeps the pressure on, forces attention, and plays the long game.

He’s not the Fuehrer - he’s a very naughty boy.

Trump Whine - the secret sauce to make anything a hit.

For people wanting more details:

The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP reports.

Ukraine war briefing: Russia’s latest offensives have failed, say Zelenskyy and his top commander

Do not take medical advice from Truth Social. Do not take medical advice from someone who’s not a doctor, scientist, pharmacist or even remotely qualified to give it. Do not take medical advice from a eugenicist. Do not take medical advice from a dictator. Tylenol does not cause autism.

An overseas A&E doctor who has trained and worked in the UK for a decade has said she is 'appalled' by Nigel Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain if Reform is elected www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

A federal immigration officer has been “relieved of current duties” after shoving a woman to the ground outside an NYC immigration courtroom. bit.ly/3KgwTZh

“Moldova’s future must be decided by Moldovans, not Moscow.” This election is big.

Moldovan President Maria Sandu: “This Sunday, Moldova heads into its most consequential election. Its outcome will decide whether we consolidate our democracy and join the EU, or whether Russia drags us back into a grey zone, making us a regional risk.

What a lovely poem/video. A much needed message of acceptance and celebration of self and others. 💗

'This mission should not have to exist.'

Money, fame and the power of the public defeats Trump lickspittles.

not to be a conspiracy monger --but this popped up today:

TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals from serious work all over the world to give them a short lecture on “warrior ethos”.

Zelenskyy has officially confirmed Hungarian drone activity in Ukrainian border areas, indicating potential hostile collaboration. (Source: Vanguard Intel)

This could be huge. Ukraine says it suspects Hungarian “entities” of conducting reconnaissance on Ukrainian targets and then passing intel to Russia. Hungarian drones were tracked in Ukrainian border areas shortly before a Russian cruise missile site on a plant.

Massive Ukrainian drone attack on you know who. #explodey

Epstein avoidance reaches maximum obscurity. There are no secret files on Amelia Earhart because no one knows and everything we do know is all on the public record. She was probably eaten by crabs.

Congress faces shutdown showdown as budget deadline looms With the US budget deadline near, Congress risks another shutdown – echoing past battles where politics, not budgets, drove the fight By J 'Masharubu' Strauss

Over 70 people have been arrested in connection with a Russian plot to interfere in Moldovan politics. They were trained in Serbia to use weapons and "organize mass destabilizations" ahead of the parliamentary elections, receiving €400 each. Despite the evidence, pro-🇷🇺 parties are "neutral".🤡

Reuters: Russia recruited Moldovan priests to influence the parliamentary elections, paying them hundreds of dollars. It financed their pilgrimages to Moscow, which included anti-Western lectures, and asked them to spread propaganda on Telegram.

Doctor Quack’s Travelling Medicine Show.

Russia has recruited Orthodox priests in Moldova to preach and coordinate against the pro-Western government ahead of the country's critical election this Sunday, Reuters reports.

I’m deeply concerned about recent racist attacks in our capital city.

Here is the judgment in the case, dismissing the prosecution for want of jurisdiction. As the judgment says, no decision was made on the substantive case. And it is now out of time for this prosecution to be re-brought. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

NEWS! Least popular government in decades attempts to change its fortunes by reintroducing least popular policy in decades newsthump.com/2025/09/26/l...

As an immigration lawyer, it seems to me that the only thing we talk about more than immigration is how we don’t talk about immigration

Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.

Be not afraid.

There’s been a mass walkout at the UN as Netanyahu delivers his address.

This week's post: Farage and the BBC mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/fara... On Monday 22nd September I watched a party political broadcast on behalf of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. It was on the BBC, and it was entitled ‘News at Ten’.

I feel as if we should have a tiered TV licence. I utterly reject the current BBC / Sky financing ReFuk/Farage party political broadcasts on the strength of my TV licence money However I can’t watch the latest series of other online streaming services from other providers such as Netflix either.

being chronically ill often is a slow social death. We retreat. We have barely enough energy to survive, there isn't any left for relationships. We don't want to ruin your mood or world view. We get ignored. We get forgotten.

"I don't know anyone with long covid!" Another reason for that is that disabled people often just disappear from your life and you don't even realize it. You don't know anyone? Maybe you knew them before and now they just don't have the energy to be in contact. They're hidden, because

I favour an ID system, generally. I've always thought it's much riskier for dozens of private firms and gov't agencies - with questionable security - to hold various documents, bills, and personal stuff. But I ALSO think this is a binfire of a policy, dangerously mistimed, and a comms farce.