Good time to re-up this 🎉

In Springsteen’s words: everybody has a Hungary heart

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. CLEAN THEM OUT

Has anyone noticed that wherever JD Vance goes, he just makes a mess. In Munich he insulted European allies. In Greenland he turned everyone against Trump. And now he’s helped Viktor Orbán lose re-election. Maybe better to spend more time on the couch VP.

It can be done

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Cat among the pigeons… 👀 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Crocs are a liability in the garden, aren’t they? I just de-thorned my mum’s, for improved comfort

Donald Trump’s idiotic war has damaged the global economy and left British families and businesses suffering. A total disaster backed by Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.

Two recent studies have re-examined risk of birds colliding with rotor blades of wind turbines. Research found that there was not a single collision. "The results from Aberdeen Bay show that modern offshore wind farms can be operated with low risk to wildlife." www.euronews.com/2026/04/11/t...

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

You'd think this whole bizarre affair would be a far bigger story

Fascinating stuff. Before I read this, I didn't realise how much influence Hungary's politics has over ours. If Orbán loses today, it may cut off funding to the far right and have a strong positive impact on us in Britain and the rest of Europe.

In other news, Iran has unveiled plans to build a giant Triumphal Arch that spans the Strait of Hormuz.

If this is true, govts should be looking at widespread (free) Covid vaccination programmes to reduce future national healthcare costs. Covid isn’t over, by any means

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

Nigel Farage changed his mind about the conflict in the Middle East. You can't trust him with Britain's national security.

Save the NHS. End Privatisation.

Ignore Reform UK’s Kent haemorrhaging councillors (almost losing their majority), losing a by-election today forced because their councillor was jailed. Ignore Reform UK’s Durham using fake AI images to stoke resentment against immigrants.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS

The far-right roundabout 'A London Reform UK candidate on Tuesday defected to the Tories claiming that the “vast majority” of her former party’s candidates were “racist, misogynistic, and bigoted”.' www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Zelensky suggests Britain needs to rejoin the EU if Trump pulls out of Nato.

And we’re still sending Charlie, with all that soft power you know, utterly pathetic. Countries need to call out what Trump is - a lunatic that needs arresting!

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🚨🚨 "Major irony warning alert": JD Vance slams Brussels 'bureaucrats' for 'meddling' in the Hungarian elections. Spectacular trolling coming from Vance, being the single largest and blatantly 'meddler' in those elections. www.politico.eu/article/us-j...

The Pope has cancelled his visit to the US. The state visit by King Charles must be cancelled too. Anything else is an endorsement of Trump. Your move, UK government. #nostatevisit #

I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening now is an invasion. This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention. @CaroleCadwalladr for the Nerve Link 🔽

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Your frequent reminder that Farage wants to frack the UK - in multiple ways - and that doing so won’t make a blind bit of difference to energy bills It would, however, make us more dependent on volatile fossil fuels, make the climate crisis worse & industrialise the countryside Don’t vote Reform

"Reform UK is so desperate to field candidates for the local elections that it has resorted to cold calling complete strangers, including a Guardian journalist, and asking if they would like to put their name on the ballot paper" via Truth Against Hate

British kids will be able to enjoy these benefits from next year. 2027 🇬🇧 will be back in Erasmus.

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"Strong words yet again from Carol Vorderman" via The Daily Scar

I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.

🔴 MAPPED: The Reform-Orbán Network Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungary’s autocratic government and Farage’s operation. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Donald Trump: “A whole civilisation will die tonight” Nigel Farage: “I’m the only figure from the other side of the Parliament that has consistently stood behind Trump, and stood behind the MAGA movement” Politically, this should be the end of days for them all.

So while the world watches tRump, Israel continues to do its worst.

This is a grave and era-defining moment for the world. Donald Trump is making wilder and increasingly concerning threats by the hour. If Trump follows through with this, Keir Starmer must immediately recall Parliament.

Did Farage seriously just say “if we stop people entering the country because of what they say, I worry where that will end up”? Really? Farage? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #Ch4News #WirelessFestival

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

This is the scene on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran A human chain of adults and children spanning the bridge. Never seen anything like it. (🎥 Ariel Oseran)

Liberal Democrat MPs have written to Keir Starmer today calling on him to withdraw US access to UK air bases. Donald Trump's latest shocking threats against Iran would amount to war crimes. The UK cannot be complicit.

After Trump's latest shocking threats, Keir Starmer faces a choice. Withdraw US access now to UK air bases, or risk letting British soil be used to commit war crimes.

“He is an insane old man motivated only by hate and bitterness. His intellect leaves him constantly defeated but his emotions are too primitive to handle that defeat without escalation.” But where are the republicans marching him out? Every one has blood on their hands

There is clear and mounting evidence that President Trump intends to order US forces to launch major attacks on civilian targets in Iran, which would breach international law. This is why I have signed a letter calling on Starmer to withdraw access granted to US planes to use UK bases.

So cool @marky-l-griff.bsky.social #GeologyRocks

Bloody hell. How did I miss this? I’m going to have to subscribe to Byline Times again. @bylinetimes.bsky.social This is a small part of an email from Bannon to Epstein (yes, him!) in 2018. “I’ve gotten pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg.”

It's time the whole world stopped tiptoeing around this genocidal Israeli regime. It's not antisemitic to call them out as the vile, aggressive, racist murderers they are.