www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... an economy based on speculation and gambling is dangerous to everyone. It’s also a sign that capital is too concentrated in too few hands….

This thread needs to be curated as social history 😉😄

Not bothered by people who want Starmer to go. I agree. My reasons are selfishly practical - he lacks the vision and charisma to lead the UK through impossibly challenging times. What bothers me is when people cosplay moral outrage to not just oust, but destroy him, because it gives them a thrill.

This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’. That’s one of our main problems right there.

Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

This highly technical dancing-around-whether-I’m-lying-or-just-being-economical-with-the-truth thing *is* Starmerism, isn’t it? I suppose that’s what you get for making a lawyer the PM, but if trust in politics was already a crisis, someone like that being in place is the worst possible thing.

Thread in response to Palantir’s appalling attack on pluralism as valueless relativism. TL:DR It isn’t. Quite the opposite.

Pluralism ≠ Relativism For example - I think all religions are, overall, harmful, and that some are more harmful than others - I am not a relativist. - I think people should be fully free to follow any or no religion without interference or discrimination by the state or society - I am a pluralist.

🔴 NEW 🔴 Farage has accepted £675,000 – a third of his income – from foreign sources since becoming an MP. 📝 @desmog.com

Ah yes, FT reports that pay for FTSE CEOs is up 18%. Jolly good. Was worried how they were faring.

Modern high yield crops on which we depend only produce that yield with several rounds of fertiliser application. A big proportion of that fertiliser can’t get out of the Middle East now. Millions of people are going to starve as a result of Bibi & Trump’s war.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... symptomatic of a wider problem - too much capital and wealth is held in too few hands as such speculating on the stock market becomes activity for these huge surpluses of wealth. This money should be tied up in economically useful activity or humanitarian projects

If you know someone planning to vote reform, maybe - compassionately and gently - remind them what it is they’re actually voting for. WHO it is they’re actually voting for.

I love how every poll, on every topic, illustrates why the tragedy pursued by Morgan McSweeney was incredibly, incredibly stupid.

👋 More and more Fidesz insiders are jumping from the sinking ship. Suddenly they blame each other, the circumstances, the party leadership, even Viktor Orbán himself. And of course they all claim they “saw it coming” long ago. 🧵

This is long overdue. I am fed up of paying a fee to some US company for nearly all payment transaction. And i now deliberately avoid us companies where I can. No more air bnb. Booking.com is NL. Maybe same evil bastards. But European bastards...

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll talk about why we’re doing this: why we think Ukraine is so important and why we believe that souping vatniks and debunking their propaganda narratives is so crucial to counter Russia’s and their allies’ wars of aggression and achieve real peace. 1/20

Daydreaming about a resurgence of print magazines with a promise that they’re made free of AI and, unlike things you see on a screen, can’t be centrally altered after the fact. Make magazines the vinyl of reading… or something.

The rationale for my A level maths scheme of learning callfromthewilderness.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/a...

Tackling "waste" or "growth" is not unfortunately going to produce enough extra spending for all the non-priority priorities like defence or for example tackling the cost of living and thus is UK politics essentially broken by the challenge of demographics.

Who exactly is being betrayed in these ridiculous stories? The people who were lied to? The people who are no longer on the electoral roll? The millions under 28 who had no say? We have given this stupid policy a whole decade. It's crap and the majority hate it. We are supposed to be a democracy

“Brexit betrayal” - oh for god’s sake.. Every day, we’re paying to be poorer. We’re paying to be second class citizens on our own continent. We’re paying to queue. We’re paying for more red tape. We’re paying to be less secure and less trusted. Brexit IS the betrayal. And so is defending it.

www.bbc.com/news/live/cp... two can play that game? Idiot!

"How can we get rid of you?" The immense significance of the defeat of Orbán's illiberal political machine and methodology By me at the Empty City substack emptycity.substack.com/p/how-can-we...

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.

Best analysis of the hopeless Trump administration’s negotiating skills

"There may eventually be an agreement to end the war, mostly b/c the president is desperate to extricate himself from a conflict he blundered into. But it won’t be b/c Trump is such a terrific dealmaker. In fact, the man who made his reputation on 'Art of the Deal' remains world’s worst negotiator."

www.bbc.com/news/article... apparently Russia apologism, corruption, nationalism and authoritarianism is now just an ‘experiment’

It’s over for Orbán. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

🚨Attention SENDCOs🚨 I'm looking for a SEND specialist working in a UK school, to write an article in response to the recent white paper. Please send me your article ideas via EMAIL to [email protected] Thanks!

So far, Vance’s foreign policy record is yelling at Zelensky for not thanking Trump enough, campaigning for AfD in Germany and Orban in Hungary, getting rejected by the Pope on his invite to the US, and failing in the Iran negotiations.

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

As Hungary votes, would recommend this piece about how Viktor Orban has used public money to bankroll an international ultraconservative network - including Roger Scruton cafes and €10k a month for failed Reform candidate Matt Goodwin democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

People voting reform are like someone who has been served a big pile of dog poo for their dinner for the last 10 years and are now saying ‘please can I have another helping yum yum’

A new study shows that Black women outpace every other group of women in workforce participation. Yet they are still paid less & retire in poverty at twice the rate of white women. This is a system. It is long past time this country started carrying them the way they have carried us.

www.bbc.com/news/live/cn... do these looons think you can sort this out in an afternoon?

When I say that what used to be Britain's university 'system' is in complete chaos and enduring revolutionary upheaval, I really mean it. If anything I'm underplaying the whole thing. www.thetimes.com/article/1644...

All those action films of the last 20 years when the hero has to save America from some disaster - just want to edit someone coming in and saying ‘don’t bother it’s not worth it - if you knew what was going to happen’)

I’m on the hunt for a designer of magazines, books, etc, for some upcoming Teacher Writers projects. BlueSky network do your thing! Please repost and tag anyone you know who might be interested!

I think starting the conversation would be liberating for Britain. All the energy directed at maintaining an outdated image of the past and denying it could go on building the future.

www.bbc.com/news/article... this article fails yet again as it avoids the elephant in the room - an insane president (apparently Mercurial is the chosen adjective ffs) plus it shies away from Vance’s interference in European politics. Smearing, insulting and backing right wing populists,

In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

This analysis is total nonsense. 1. There is no chance at all that net migration will average 235k in 2026-27. It will be much closer to zero than 235k 2. There will be declining school pupil numbers & closures for demographic reasons www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

Don’t shield non-vulnerable households from price signals; concentrate support on those who need it; boost longer-term resilience; prepare to intervene quickly if unexpected problems arise; Monitor measures – +their impacts – introduced in other countries; Develop+prepare for worse case scenarios:

Ok I'm bored and want to procrastinate work so let's do a thread instead. Wanna hear a story? Alright then, story it is. So gather around, children, because now we're going to talk about the most important science book you've probably never heard of. Ready? Off we go, then.