the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain

Tony Benn had Mandelson sussed. Wise man!👍🏻

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So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epstein’s American ‘associates’ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. It’s insane.

@avantiwestcoast.bsky.social no at seat power in this “premium” carriage today. Staff tell me it has been off since beginning of January. This really is not good enough!

Just spotted a train in Crewe called “The Wolf of Badenoch”. Enough said….

More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.

so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.

I'm not sure if some politicians act solely in the interests of their constituents.

Tomorrow A fabulous programme and fatntastic soloist 🎶

Another programme launched!! Really looking forward to this one! Tchaikovsky 2, Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso, and Korngold Violin Concerto with David Greed. A great start with Cheshire Sinfonia tonight, plus a normally frozen church wasn’t too cold!!!

Those joining Donald Trump’s Board of Peace: USA Thighland Iceland Aberbian Covfefe FIFA The cats & dogs that were eaten Brooklyn Beckham Lee Anderson Chaka Demus & Pliers The Daily Mail GB News Dan Wooden Richard Littlejohn Huw Edwards Gary Glitter Moths Pussy grabbers Ears. 🇺🇸

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I have seen two cars driving on the way home this evening with no lights turned on at all. It is dark out there!

Suggested EU response: - US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory - Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases - This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight 1/5

Heard a psychologist on (I think ) CNN saying only 4 national leaders have ever met the clinical standard for "Malignant Narcissist". Gaddafi Saddam Hitler Trump And Trump has cognitive decline. His conclusion: "the President of the USA is both evil and demented"

Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee

Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free. Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.

Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen. So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.

This is the reasoning from @cancerresearchuk.org for those who haven't read it. Quite important context whether you agree with the conclusion or not.

black guy gets on my train at Wolverhampton just now the guard says "It's first class in that carriage. There's loads of seats at the other end" "I do use first class as well you know, mate" guard just assumed.......

@channel4news.bsky.social your article on prostate cancer screening really should have been balanced with an interview with a clinician who treats prostate cancer and can properly explain the pros and cons of screening, early intervention and the risk of harm without benefit

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A woman who lives in Dubai & never actually watches the BBC tells us who should be its next Director General.😳 She then tells us who should be chief of an NHS she never uses. Not only that, she comments about Govt. departments that don’t actually govern her! SmallTalk TV! 😂

In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel! www.bbc.com/news/article...

If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour

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A paean to privatised public transport. Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train. So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

We have an independent judiciary in this country. Robert Jenrick wants puppet judges. The Conservative Party once believed in the rule of law and our shared British values - no longer.

And here's a 2.5-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Saturday 4th October... youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY

"The Russians are testing the doorknobs... and what they're discovering is the US President is not at home." Senior Editor at the Atlantic, David Frum, on President Trump's response to Russian jets violating NATO airspace. #Newsnight

BBC News - "In his own speech, the King praises the US president for his 'personal commitment' to finding solutions to world conflicts". Meanwhile... BBC News - Israeli tanks push into major Gaza City residential area www.bbc.com/news/article...

In London, hate will never win.

Agree ⬇️

The biggest far-right demonstration in British history is a gruesome reminder of how much trouble we are in. Since the financial crash, the direction of travel for the far right across the West has only been in one direction - and that is up.

Hear, hear!