Just like her hand-wringing pleading on behalf of Starmer's Labour Party, Toynbee thinks we should support the BBC based on the liberal fantasy of what it's supposed to be, rather than recognising the dismal reality of what it has become.

Stop ripping up the ocean floor and destroying habitats! westcountryvoices.co.uk/cornish-resi...

Every personal attack. Every attempt to distract or to divide. It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement. Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chuck Schumer is toast. He should resign now.

The BBC has been its own worst enemy. Who's going to defend it at this point?

Trevor Philips, "Prime Minister Keir Starmer is coming back from #COP30 having refused to put money into the tropical forest fund on the grounds that we can't afford it. He's right, isn't he?" Zack Polanski, "No, it's outrageous. When it comes to climate, we have to look at the cost of inaction"

This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent news that this judicial review has been successful. For some background on what an absurd and ill-considered decision this was, see here: sussexbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study

I wonder if, after accidentally exposing his dearly beloved Elon as a blustering buffoon with no idea what he's talking about, Joe Rogan will see what's right in front of his nose. My bet is that he'll just keep sycophantically slobbering over Musk regardless.

I report on a recent meeting of Your Party in Worthing, and assess the immediate prospects of the new party and it's place on the British Left. @zarahsultana.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @thisisyourparty.bsky.social sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...

Chuck Schumer wouldn't last 5 minutes if he was challenged in a primary by @aoc.bsky.social. It needs to happen.

Your Party presents its socialist vision and commitment to grass roots activism at its Worthing meeting | Ross McNally

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his decisive victory. He has an enormous fight ahead, not least with Trump, who threatened to punish New York if it voted the wrong way. But at least NYC now has a mayor who is willing to fight for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is WHY she was given the Nobel Peace Prize. The cowards on the committee were attempting to appease Trump by giving international recognition and legitimacy to the puppet mascot of his regime change war with Venezuela.

When Corbyn was leading the Labour Party, the only thing that the mainstream media wanted to talk about was antisemitism on the Left. Indeed, they are still keen to weaponise it against pro-Palestine protesters. 1/2

Another war criminal psychopath gets to dodge accountability for his crimes. Let's at least hope that his death was long and painful.

The New York sexual predators club really sticks together. Trump – the former best friend of Jeffrey Epstein – has endorsed handsy Andrew Cuomo, and threatened to illegally withhold Federal funding for NYC if Mamdani is democratically elected by its people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump has been saying practically every 3 minutes for the last couple of months that Zohran Mamdani is a communist. Not once have I seen him asked by an interviewer to define communism – he wouldn't have a fucking clue. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'The Real Time host, who is generally considered to be left-leaning...' How do they reach that conclusion? Maher is centre-right at best, and recently gushed on his show about his dinner at the White House with Trump.

The Crown Prince’s dancing monkeys Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival | Ross McNally @sussexbylines.co.uk

Ed Miliband, for all his good intentions, is farting into the wind here if the government goes ahead with airport expansions and develops the Rosebank oil field. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Their majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.” The Palace is basically doing everything short of directly confirming that he is indeed a sweaty nonce.

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I provide a less than charitable assessment of those who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival last month.

Reeves manages to write a whole 1,000 word article that says absolutely nothing.

'One of the most robust and transparent export control regimes in the world'? God help the world. How many genocides must the UK be implicated in before we stop selling arms to brutal regimes and war criminals? Stop selling to Israel, and stop selling to the UAE, for starters.

Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫 Full story 👇 treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...

And 5) The Charlie Kirk assassin was not left wing, he was from a gun-toting Republican household. It's an achievement to get so much wrong in so few words.

When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics… (h/t NATO Green) #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

On a similar note, today I've taken the courageous decision to no longer holiday in Franco's Spain.

Unfortunately Polanski is continuing a pretty ridiculous trend of Green politicians arguing against clean energy. AMRs aren't 'outdated technology,' they're literally cutting edge. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Also, don't be one of the arseholes letting off fireworks up to a week either side of bonfire night. It's profoundly antisocial behaviour and causes great distress to wildlife and pets.

Polanski is effortlessly effective in getting right-wing journalists' brains to short-circuit. In next week's edition, they'll be accusing him of forming a covenant with the devil, because when they measured the distance between his eyes it was 6.66cm.

Is it better or worse for a fascist to be senile? And it's really about time the most powerful country on Earth elected a president whose brain wasn't turning to sludge.

Trump is openly preparing to invade Venezuela for regime change. What's the betting that the newly decorated Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado will be the willing puppet he installs as president? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ok great, but maybe it's time that the EU should, er, stop buying Russian gas.

Rentoul’s Rule: John Rentoul is wrong about absolutely everything bsky.app/profile/rent...

Expanding airports when the government has legally binding targets to decarbonise the economy is like having targets to increase literacy rates and then burning down primary schools. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

While I respect Geldof – the Boomtown Rats are great – I think he may have an inflated opinion of himself. I don't know about the Irish people, but if I could vote for my head of state, I'd choose Catherine Connolly over tax dodging Live Aid man any day. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

The right decision. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

Another strong performance from Mamdani, particularly his retort to Cuomo that 'the issue IS your experience'. Free buses and rent freezes are no-brainers for NYC. Mamdani is also the only candidate to support the closure of the horrendous Rikers Island prison. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you're an ordinary person who tips coffee dregs down a street drain, you're immediately slapped with a hefty fine. If you're a private water company that routinely dumps industrial quantities of shit in a river, the CEO gets a 6-figure bonus. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is despite the Biden administration dropping proposed regulations of US lobster fisheries after lobbying from politicians in Maine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Only one prosecution made after 15,195 wood-burning complaints in a year in England

If Trump had any intention of ever leaving office, why would he be ploughing personal finances into a massive construction project in the White House?

The 23 million domestic gardens in the UK collectively make up extremely important habitat for wildlife, especially within urban areas. People need to stop turning them into private car parks.

Incidentally, if the likes of Clarkson are so worried about other people's teeth, they could shut up and pay their fair share of tax so that most dentistry could be properly brought within the NHS.

Even though he's a compulsive liar, Trump is also stupid enough that every now and again, he's accidentally more honest about what he thinks of his country than any politician ever.