The only thing safe in the United States right now are the Epstein files.

Magnificent and unmissable yet again! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Today Trump has expressly threatened invoking the Insurrection Act and is reported as saying there is no need for the mid-terms. But of course he is only joking.

A month ago someone in Jenrick's team got in touch to complain that I'd called him "the most shameless man in parliament." I mean.

there’s always a tweet

Powerful from Labour MP Karl Turner today “MPs like me are sick to the back teeth of being marched up hills only to be marched back down again. I’m fed up of it, other Labour MPs are fed up of it & you’ve got to concern yourself about some of us saying I’ve had enough, I’m off”

Hedgehogs are in trouble. They can travel up to 2 miles a night in search of food and a mate - but barriers around gardens make this hard, contributing to population declines. Linking gardens to create a network of hedgehog-friendly spaces can help. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hom...

🚨🚨IRAN EPISODE 🚨🚨 I spoke to Iran expert Charlie Gammell about the latest protests and where it's all going. Recorded yesterday, Charlie had fascinating insights on the Islamic Republic, its likely intentions, and the response from protesters. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

But... but free speech

Imagine loving the racism Musk’s X provides & encourages so much that you can’t call out its creation & promotion of child sex abuse images… I have a horrible feeling that it really is that simple.

And this:

Just thought I'd post this:

Old tweets being deleted now

Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualized images of women and children produced by his artificial intelligence tool Grok.

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a U.S. citizen.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

“It should not be necessary to risk your life to demand fair treatment and just decisions. But when everyone in power has stopped listening, there are few remaining options.” – @georgemonbiot.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3Z13K8h

Overall a key lesson from this story is the power of new organisations to make positive change – Mill Media is to be commended for pushing the boundaries of new media and local democracy. Thanks to @djstimms.bsky.social for the chat. Read more here: futurenorth.substack.com/p/is-this-th... 6/6

Britain's leaders think X's diversification into child porn-on-demand is "unacceptable". Although, in good news for people who want child porn on demand, they will continue to accept it. thecritic.co.uk/poli...

"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street." www.fox9.com/news/minneap...

It's Epiphany, which means it's time for Cuddling Kings in Medieval art

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

This tracks. “They have no idea what they’re doing or where this ends.”

The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

So Starmer has to condemn this attack and kidnapping and royal visit to US has to be off the agenda. Bloody hell…

❗Russia is preparing a large-scale provocation with civilian casualties -Foreign Intelligence Service of 🇺🇦 Following the so-called "attack on Putin’s residence,"the Kremlin has been spreading new fabricated information pretexts to prepare both domestic&international audiences for further escalation

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza. Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️ goodlaw.social/658abc

Well spotted on the date. In his emails to Epstein in mid November 2018 Bannon claims to have met up with Rees Mogg, Farage and Boris Johnson to keep Brexit on track and defeat Theresa May. Farage denies this…. And yet…. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

As I mentioned on MSNOW, if Trump was sincerely concerned with Christians he would stop Israeli settlers from driving Christian Palestinians from their land in the West Bank--which is backed by Netanyahu. Plus I shared that settlers are increasingly trying to steal my family's land in the West Bank.

We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 7️⃣7️⃣ Labour peer @premnsikka.bsky.social looked into what’s underpinning pensioner poverty in the UK.

The wisest American… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. We seem to be in the latest act of the US pantomime of negotiating with Ukraine but actually helping Russia. You would think people would have figured it out by now. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

“The small seeds of large issues find space to grow and flourish wherever prejudice, discrimination, victimisation and persecution are permitted to go unchallenged. They need rooting out.” The teacher who tried to stop Farage being made a prefect speaks out. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

My favourite pod people … podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Israeli Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank apnews.com/article/isra...

In the Jordan valley, teenage settlers drive herds of goats into a Palestinian community in a bid to force families out – volunteers are trying to hold the line www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Our Christmas special is now up. Waldemar explains how art invented Santa Claus. And I look into Peter Bruegel the Elder's mysterious and brilliant Adoration of the Magi. Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.

Interesting article on whether folk in the UK should now be looking towards the Swiss model for EU relations - something that wasn't necessarily available a few years ago given EU attitudes, but might be now if UK folk are ready to make the effort. ukandeu.ac.uk/thinking-swi...

It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat. Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'. Get on with it already! Sign the petition: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

"No similarity between the clear-thinking, self-governing stocks that sired the American people and this stream of irresponsible and broken wreckage that is pouring into the lifeblood of America the social and political diseases of the Old World." Sound familiar? newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Monday to Thursday 20 minute UK politics briefing that’s unmissable… podcasts.apple.com/gbpodcast/po...

Yesterday, MPs held a 1.5 hours debate on foreign interference in Britain. Mentions: Russia - 128 China - 32 Israel - 2 in passing, one saying it is an “ally”. A quarter of MPs and a third of the Cabinet have received funding from the Israel lobby.

Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

The likes of Trump and Musk are trying to start a war in Europe. This is blatantly clear now. They are backing Russia.

Regular reminder that the so-called CPS "policy expert' quoted here was the author of the "£234 billion cost" number quotes by Reform and Jenrick, and CPS which had to withdraw when they finally admitted it was based on two simple and obvious arithmetic errors. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This little boy was 9, Farage was 17. The epitome of a school bully.