Following the not unexpected local election results David Lammy said "You don’t change the pilot during the flight. You carry on." But David, the plane isn’t in the air. It’s on the tarmac waiting for the new crew.

I can’t help but think that the problems in the Middle East are very similar in nature to those that led to the 1st World War. Germany giving unconditional support to Austria is akin to that currently given to Israel by the US. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

That interview with Helen Whately painful. The right of UK politics is now so invested in divisive Islamophobia they tie themselves in knots condemning 'hate marches" before defending Tommy Robinson marches in the next sentence. This is guaranteed to make everything worse for all groups. #LBC

If Farage is too frightened to give Laura an interview, imagine how he would feel if interviewed by a real journalist like Emily Maitlis! Never gonna happen.

In England from June 2026, all new houses must include solar panels and heat pumps to comply with new Building Regs. (Different in Scotland and Wales) Obviously there will be a transition period but this is a very positive move which the govt doesn’t seem to be shouting from the roof tops. Urgh!

Thanks Lewis. Let’s get this trending

Dear Nige, We’re rapidly moving into an era where global warming caused primarily by burning fossil fuels, much of it btw supplied by your donators and sponsors, “our neighbour’s drought" will become “our border crisis," making isolationism physically impossible. What’s your long term plan?

I think we should get this trending - let's hear even more about the grifter known as Farage! #griftingFarage

Many MPs only use Bluesky and the other place to sound off or blatantly promote something or other. They rarely reply or interact and probably never even read the responses. Both Jess Phillips and Chris Bryant genuinely do. 👍 @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

@nhskentandmedway.bsky.social My mum (95) is in Medway Maritime after falling. She’s been in the corridor for 2 days and listening to an incessant nurse call alarm that has been continuously beeping for all that time. No one knew how to turn it off. I spoke to the PALS office. It stopped! Two days!

Keir Starmer has been putting his pals in the House of Lords at the same time he is setting out to abolish it. As of April 2026, Keir Starmer has appointed approximately 96 life peers to the House of Lords since becoming Prime Minister in July 2024.

Red ticks in a check boxes means “ALARM-DON’T APPOINT”. We don’t know why Mandy got two ticks and neither did Starmer. He didn’t ask/wasn’t told. Consider - Trust, sacked twice before. Russian connection. Association with Epstein. Strong possibility of blackmail. Etc Etc. Yet still appointed! Why?

If you were Olly Robbins and had information that in any other circumstance would prevent a person getting a job, you would 100% pass that information on to your boss just to cover your own back. I can’t think of any reason that I should know something about someone that the PM shouldn’t.

The Speaker told Zarah Sultana to “sit down and leave”!

It seems clear to me that Starmer didn’t want to know about the security risks surrounding Mandelson on the basis that, “if I don’t know about it, I can’t answer for it…, so don’t tell me”.

“I don’t think we need to concern ourselves with trivia Prime Minister”

if a security risk is so severe it can't even be whispered to the PM, the person involved shouldn't be within a mile of a sensitive diplomatic post. Find someone else. Who’s running the bloody country. The Civil Service or the PM?

Diane Abbott just skewered Starmer. Paraphrasing: “Peter Mandelson has a history. It’s not a question about why you weren’t told. It’s a question about why didn’t you ask?”.

The local elections are in 17 days time. Starmer may hang on through this week’s "mess." but he may be gone by May 8th. Or, if the paper trail" reveals Starmer's fingerprints tomorrow he may resign by Friday. The party appoints an interim and begs Andy Burnham to stand in the first available seat.

“Ah yes, the tax thingy, I can explain everything …” I bet you can Ticey!

Many people prompting Tice to resign over his unpaid taxes. Quite rightly in my view, but he won’t go and Farage won’t sack him so we’re stuck with them!

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

Keir Starmer will address the House tomorrow and try to explain the situation regarding Peter Mandelson. I hope he doesn’t try to justify it by claiming that Boris Johnson too was elevated to PM having failed scrutiny. If he knew it was possible he should have taken better care of his own team.

Trump says Iran is handing over all its nuclear material. Iran says “Piss off. We’re keeping it”. Iran’s Uranium pile is only about the size if two large car batteries but it’s extremely dense, estimated to be around 440 kg. Trump will get a man and van to move it on the cheap over the weekend.

Now that really is a good question !!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Of all the ludicrous and hypocritical headlines this is one of the worst. Good god they have forgotten Johnson and Truss and Farage Russia connection . I have no idea what they think Starmer has done that is so bad but this is now pathological from the Guardian

Just wondering, do you think Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor went through Develop Vetting before he was appointed as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment?

The real burning questions are: 1. Why was a man whose integrity was known and proven to be lower than a dachshund’s nutsack, be elevated to such a position of power and influence? 2. Could it be that someone somewhere was being personally rewarded? Rhetorical - we all know the answers.

No doubting Starmer’s popularity both within the party and with the electorate. Polls suggest quite clearly that the local elections will be disastrous for Labour with Reform and the Greens overtaking. If he were to step down now, would that reverse labour’s decline or is it too little too late?

For a negotiation to be a success, the outcome must suit both sides and that always of course involves compromise. So if Iran opens the Straits if Hormuz and they give up their nuclear weapons, what is the other side offering?

If you think that Kier Starmer didn’t conduct sufficient due diligence before appointing Peter Mandelson, this should have you pulling your hair out! youtube.com/shorts/Obtta...

World leaders huddle and laugh at Trump behind his back. Youtube has PMs sniggering up their sleeves over his latest comment or gaff etc. Thing is, they haven’t yet moved to the point where they, out of respect for someone who is clearly “unwell” aren’t laughing. Not long now though!

If you think that Kier Starmer didn’t conduct sufficient due diligence before appointing Peter Mandelson, this should have you pulling your hair out! youtube.com/shorts/Obtta...

Very disappointed in Sam and Ade Go Birding or Go Boring as my wife said. Not enough personality to carry them and not enough birds to carry me. Paul and Bob they ain’t, but clearly they’re who they had in mind when someone dreamed this pile up. Keep on dreaming boys. Yawn!

Trump’s explanation about that photo would be as equally ridiculous if he was actually depicted as a doctor, wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck. He’s not a doctor. He needs a doctor. He’s seriously unwell.

There’s an awful lot of justifiable criticism around the people who knew that the guy who stabbed the three little girls in Southport was unhinged. They all could have done something to stop him, but they didn’t. Do let’s not wait for Trump to do an unholy act. He must be stopped now. Impeach him.

Under the Presidential Records Act, all of Trump’s posts, including the deleted ones, must be preserved by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for the public record. It will be a miracle if this one isn’t resurrected!

Trump the Doctor! Yeah right! Remember during COVID when he was encouraging everyone to shoot bleach into their veins and shine laser beams up their arses. Strangely, he doesn’t rate paracetamol. He means well though!

I’m definitely up for regime change. The sooner Netanyahu is deposed, tried and imprisoned the safer and more stable Muddle East will result. (No that’s not a typo!)

They’re not laughing now are they!

Throughout my life I was told and have always feared that the world will end because at some point a nutcase will release a nuclear weapon. I think we may be coming closer to that day. We have to take those deadly weapons out of the hands of Netenyahu.

No sign of Farage having the balls to sack MP who has neglected to pay his tax. Farage was quick to demand that Angela Rayner was sacked for a much smaller ‘admin error’. Same old Tories - one rule for them, another for the rest of us. Vote #ReformUK get #ReToryUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This Melania statement last night was interesting and perplexing. I can’t decide if it’s “smoke and fire” or “smoke and mirrors”. What’s going on?

How is it possible that the important terms of a negotiated ceasefire can mean two different things to the two parties?

The deal that Obama agreed with Iran wasn’t a payment as such. It was an agreement to release Iran's own money that had been frozen in foreign banks due to sanctions. Whatever that amounted too has to be compared alongside the cost of lives lost and the global financial burden we all pay for.

My wife was a primary school teacher. I asked for her comments re Trump’s latest post: “If he were in my class, he would be sitting alone “colouring in” while the rest of the class were doing long division”.