Niche Christmas dec, a Red-spotted Bluethroat! 😂 How's everyone's trees getting on? Still upright? Still got some needles on? Still in the box and nowhere close to coming out yet? Breakfast on BBCRadio3 is live. With you till 9.30 📻

@Channel4News reports tonight on another consequence of #Brexit - pathology labs in the UK are allowed levels of formaldehyde 7 times the levels permitted in the EU The UK were due to adopt EU standards but then Brexit happened - pathology labs staff live with the consequences @cluthaman.bsky.social

The One Where Alex Loses It Over Dungeons & Dragons

And here they come... lots of excellent new Christmas albums. All so different and we'll be dabbling with them in Thursday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. See you there!

When Nigel Farage says "Never trust a Tory", does he mean the endless amount of Conservative defectors to Reform UK? 😬

But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far. They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.

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Brexit’s back, baby. Weight loss jabs. The human cost of Jenrick’s attacks on judges. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

Just leaving this here now from the Daily Telegraph:

A public inquiry on the management of Brexit would set the record straight, and maybe the BBC could run an impartial series for the 10th anniversary of the vote, making it easier for the government to show the courage and leadership to take us back into the EU. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage is gunning for Brexit 2.0. Can he be stopped? U.K. officials vow to “get on the front foot” as populist Brexiteer Nigel Farage picks his next target: the European Convention on Human Rights. www.politico.eu/article/haun...

What a Public Inquiry Into Russian Influence in British Politics Must Also Investigate: Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev @peterjukes.bsky.social pdjukes.substack.com/p/what-a-pub...

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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%. Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors. www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...

These young scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs are working to build a better world at every scale imaginable.

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It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says: "The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order." That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories. How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?

This is very funny. Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it. The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again. It’s marvellous.

Most-read story on the BBC website is about cars getting bigger - and these are the most recommended comments (Possible lesson: if you have to raises taxes, tax things that annoy people) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

As the German President arrives, @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social ponders what will determine the strength of the bilateral relationship ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-german-re...

The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.

"The idea I'd work with them is ludicrous" Reminder: as of this week, Nigel Farage has welcomed 21 former Tory MPs into his party.

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

**FT GRAD SCHEME** applications are now open. Incredible opportunity for young wannabe hacks. Spread the word: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Thousands of people gathered Tuesday near Beirut’s destroyed port where Pope Leo XIV celebrated a waterfront Mass. It was an extraordinary end to his first international trip as head of the Roman Catholic Church, which he used to deliver a message of peace to a tumultuous region. trib.al/QaoHdq9

Dear Bluesky. I'm giving away two signed paperbacks of my novel Villager. All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below. You also get a free map! You might like the book if you like: Ghosts Social history Folklore Lost music Rivers Opinionated hills Earth magic

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

I am fascinated how people of all sorts seem to think that one way or another a complicated subject such as the UK joining the EU is an obviously forgone conclusion one way or another.

“It seems free speech only exists for people who agree with them.” Reform UK's legal threats against Welsh news service @nation.cymru hints at the party taking a more aggressive approach to the #UK media. Read Daniel Boffey's analysis: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m beyond proud of Peter Ettedgui speaking out about Farage and the vile antisemitic abuse he endured. I first heard Peter’s story nearly 20 years ago when Farage was a virtual nobody. It’s not a hit job. Just the truth

Reform showing more of their open, different approach to politics.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize: The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.

Good grief.

From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.

Have you signed this petition yet? Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Apple is anti-union. Tesla is anti-union. Amazon is anti-union. McDonald's is anti-union. Starbucks is anti-union. Google is anti-union. Walmart is anti-union. These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.

JUST IN: Four more people suspected of involvement in the robbery of the French crown jewels from the Louvre have been detained, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN. https://cnn.it/4pQnEhZ

Empathy: The Psychopath’s Mortal Enemy Empathy is our salvation and it cannot be extinguished avigail.substack.com/p/empathy-th...

Belgium entered its second day of a coordinated, three-day strike on Tuesday, as unions protest against the government’s sweeping austerity plans.

A genuine threat to the future of the EU approaches in the form of the French Presidential election of 2027. Not that the RN is now committing to leave, but the disruption they could cause through France-first demands could be massive. www.reuters.com/world/french...