Jeremy Banks in the FT

Factual & accurately highlights the irony hypocrisy & failure of many other media outlets to do their basic role.

Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

My 17th century neighbour the Marquis causing fucking trouble again

Air raid sirens and missile alerts have been issued across occupied Crimea, including Sevastopol. Explosions are reported near Kerch. Local channels warn residents to take shelter immediately and avoid open areas.

"Disappointing Number Of Deaths in the Deadliest Place On Earth", writes the Telegraph

The Fed and markets have a very serious problem ft.com/content/21b5...

I remember when she was on some BBC reality show ~13 years ago there was a big banner at town end of Lewis Rd in Killarney with a number to ring to vote for her, it failed (getting visitors to make an international call for a grand girl) but look at this

For generations Greenlanders felt protected by the US , but now with uncertainty looming, Edmund Heaphy speaks to resident's in Nuuk about what comes next.

President Donald Trump faced immediate bipartisan pushback Sunday night after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell accused the Department of Justice of launching a grand jury investigation as a pretext to pressure and intimidate the central bank.

Trump’s latest sideshow saw him dramatically inflate the Federal Reserve’s renovation costs, tossing out a wild $3.1 billion figure — while Fed Chair Jerome Powell patiently debunked his claims on live TV.

Extraordinary statement from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Explicitly calling out intimidation from the Trump administration, and in the process setting the bar for independence for his successor. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

And here is @robarmstrong.bsky.social's first take on the "bald attack on the Fed's independence" and why ironically it could could make less likely that the Fed will cut interest rates again soon www.ft.com/content/21b5...

this is hugely important - not just for markets/finance but for everyone, given the Fed's importance in setting interest rates and central influence on global economy www.ft.com/content/a423...

As I was saying... US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell - as.ft.com/r/d9eda985-a...

Like an episode of the A Team only where it’s international markets & an economic & institutional underpinning of the USA not a small town under threat

A weaker US economically & institutionally

Our poll tracker suggests that Labour would win just 17% of the vote if a general election were held tomorrow in Britain. Never has a governing party slumped so low. Could change be just around the corner?

London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘On 3 January, Trump boasted of having “superseded” the Monroe Doctrine: “They now call it the Donroe Doctrine.” In reality, he has merely remodelled the Roosevelt Corollary for the age of drone warfare and social media.’ Tony Wood, online early from our next issue www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Indonesia and Malaysia said they were blocking access to Grok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk, this weekend amid mounting outrage over the bot producing sexualized images of real people.

A missile and drone threat is declared in occupied Crimea. Explosions have already been reported near Saky airfield.

Despite a days-long internet blackout, CNN is learning details about some of the Iranians killed as security forces launch a violent crackdown on anti-government protests sweeping the country. https://cnn.it/4brNPas

JICTAR ratings for 5th - 11th January 1981. Benny Hill tops the table with a cool twenty million.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub’s corpse in Central Park in 2014 to “be fun.” Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.

EU and UK about to start talks on SPS agriculture deal. Includes “Farage clause” (🎩 @pmdfoster.bsky.social ) Labour source says “exit provisions are staple of any international trade agreement” . “Exhausting” to infer political motive … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Another unforced error by Starmer These people are nearing the point of death

Health concerns grow for Palestine Action hunger strikers www.channel4.com/news/health-...

Properly funding the court system would clear the backlog even more quickly. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is the insanity of the current Labour approach. You are kneecapping the economy by slashing immigration to appease voters who hover between Tory and Reform, and yet they don’t even believe your numbers anyway…plus you’ve just alienated your actual supporters

Breaking news Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and a jam band icon, dies at 78 via MSNBC

Inevitable we better get used to this

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's LBC. This week: Trump attacks Venezuela, threatens Greenland, and backs a killer ICE agent in Minneapolis. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/882838... Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on-demand afterwards.

Stop the boats latest

Lara Marlowe: Europe may have as little as 20 days to avert the irreparable. There are still things it can do

Motoring expert Paddy Comyn says that distraction is becoming the defining risk of modern driving. He asks: Are we willing to accept inconvenience and stricter controls in exchange for fewer funerals? jrnl.ie/6920931

Trump threatens to acquire Greenland ‘whether they like it or not’

Greenland: the first Brexit How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk last March www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

A national demonstration and rally will take place in Athlone, Co Westmeath, later today over the Mercosur free trade agreement.

Iranians have taken to the streets in new protests to press the biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, as authorities sustained an internet blackout as part of a crackdown that has left dozens dead.

Was this the turning point for Forest ?

Not a spoof

As demand for luxury watches has rocketed, the business has become beset by skulduggery

Today is the first time the council has failed to back a trade agreement unanimously. 68.7% of the EU population supported the EU-Mercosur deal, just above the required 65% figure

From February, Ukraine will produce 1,000 Octopus interceptor drones per month, Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

So yes, my instinct here was right. It appears that only the most public “@grok” prompts are being stopped. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

Oh Twitter is dead dead.