Nigel Farage has been urged to ‘come clean’ over his election campaign in Clacton after a former aide claimed Reform UK had breached spending rules

Day 7. Here’s a song for all the lovers out there (watch to the end)

Frank Gehry had good taste beyond architecture it seems. @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Mae hwn di cal lot rhy gormod o rwbath, de.

Marvellous mail boxes of Paris, largely Modernist and you can see more here www.instagram.com/romainlaprade

Pa fath o arweinydd sydd ddim yn gwbod bod hyn yn mynd ymlaen, Mistar Ffarij? "Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hey @gwr.com. Today I had a lovely chat with Jonny who did the trolley service on the 14.54 from Castle Cary to Paddington. With his car out of action, he walked 2hrs from Burnham to Slough at 2am to start his shift. Many would have thrown a sickie, probs me included. You have a hero in your ranks.

Plentynnaidd, mi wn, ond mae gan y gŵr sŵn ffliwt ar gyfer negeseuon ar ei ffôn a phan mae'n mynd off dwi'n gweiddi, "Jethro Tull i chdi eto!". Dwi'n cadw'r peth yn ffres wrth ddweud James Galway neu Fairport Convention weithiau. #Miri

"Edwin 'Sacs': Cofio'i ddyddiau fel soldiwr heddychlon oedd yn caru reggae". www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...

RIP the great Martin Parr

A man who was made a peer under Boris Johnson, just so that he could be a minister for Scotland, having failed to be actually elected, and has since bunged a million quid Farage's way is now going to have the cheek to ask Scottish working people to vote for him? Really? share.google/e0K3JE33edMl...

Y neges glir gan Lywodraeth y DG yw bod eich gwerth fel bod dynol yn seiliedig ar yr hyn rydych chi'n ei wneud fel gwaith a faint o arian sydd gennych chi. Mae'n egluro cymaint am eu penderfyniadau polisi a ble maen nhw'n canolbwyntio eu hegni.

He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him

Fraud is now the most common offence in the UK accounting for more than 40% of reported crime. That’s probably only a fraction of the true scale of the problem, and yet the UK’s record on tackling it has been disjointed at best ✍️ Nicholas Ryder, Cardiff University

Don't tell Lammy, he'll love the cost cutting potential of this.

my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing. they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors. their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen. their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

And we still have no idea who owns what land in Wales 🤷‍♀️

Interesting campaign slogan for the Senedd elections: Under Labour, the rest of you immigrants can fuck right off.

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Darn sy'n werth ei ddarllen. "It is imperative for Germans today to accept the reality of a layered and complex history, of multiple identities and multiple Heimaten, and to talk about the brokenness and loss that many of us have inherited."

shocking tale of peak British officialdom from @patrickjbutler.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

O, gwych, efallai y gellid cynnwys sefyll yn erbyn ffasgwyr, peidio â dwyn arian cyhoeddus a pheidio â dweud celwyddau bob munud.

Gwobr Heddwch FIFA Oes dim dry’n fwy ar stumog - na swache’r fath sychu tin taeog? Gwibio i roi gwobr i rôg, gweniaith llygad-y-geiniog.

And then, in late 2025, history came to an end as the entire human race simply cringed itself to death

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 223 of The Continent In this dumpster fire of a year, we’re still finding what’s worth saving — sport, art, community, and joy across Africa. Read it here: bit.ly/223_TC

Artisan Christmas Card Greetings, two for £1. Examples: Being with you for Christmas brings such joy and warm relief, Though it's a shame that we're in Bracknell instead of Tenerife. My heart is full to bursting with a splendid festive aria, How about we ditch your nan and go to Gran Canaria?

True story

It's hard to stay well when living in poor housing, isolated due to rubbish transport links, no support, no decent work, training or education opportunities, lack of childcare, low income, and few fresh and healthy food choices, etc. etc.

Da iawn eto @willhaycardiff.bsky.social ‘unig AS Reform wedi gwrthod bod ar unrhyw bwyllgor seneddol’ ymysg perlau eraill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Next week, we are going to the High Court to challenge the government’s decision to authorise the use of PAVA spray in prisons holding children. This blogpost explains why: https://howardleague.org/blog/were-taking-the-government-to-court-next-week-heres-why/

Bygwth carchar i wraig 62 oed o Gymru am gludo cymorth dyngarol i Gaza Roedd hi’n un o fwy na 500 o forwyr a ddaeth ynghyd o bob rhan o’r byd i hwylio i Gaza i ddarparu cymorth ✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH! I'm doing a raffle. Tickets are just £2 each! You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend. More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools. TWO POUNDS. More here. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex... Please share.

School students across Germany skipped class today to demonstrate against the government reform on military service.

🎶He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake!🎶 If you should find yourself getting bundled into a sack, later, you only have yourself to blame. #Krampusnacht

❤️ 'Rydyn ni wedi synnu ein bod ni wedi cael gwobr am yr hyn rydyn ni wedi bod yn mwynhau ei wneud.' Mae gŵr a gwraig o Ddolgellau wedi derbyn gwobr arbennig am eu cyfraniad i chwaraeon yng Ngwynedd

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To be fair it is tough for Wes Streeting. You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.

Creulondeb er mwyn creulondeb yn unig.

this story isn’t going away www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right. Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

It's almost as if Ffarij says whatever's convenient to try to place the blame somewhere, anywhere, other than on himself 🙄 Grifting racist liar.

It’s the 47th anniversary of the raid on Cynthia Payne’s house in Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, in which police found men (including, apparently, a Lord, an MP, and some vicars) queueing on the stairs waiting to pay for sex with luncheon vouchers

Some 1,900 years ago a child was buried with an array of terracotta figurines in the #Roman town of Arae Flaviae, #Rottweil: 2 pigeons, 2 dogs, 2 roosters, a chicken, a duck, and a female figure, commonly identified as Iuventas, the personification of youth. Rather than....🧵1/2 🏺 📷 me

for anyone who's a fan of Henry Moore, it's the major exhibition at Kew Gardens next year; running from 9th May to 27th September, with over 100 pieces on display: www.kew.org/kew-gardens/...

AN OLD MAN RANTS: increasingly coming across waiters chummily asking ‘what have you been up to this morning?’ while taking a lunch order or ‘any plans for the rest of the day?’ Obv they mean it kindly. But JUST STOP IT. You don’t know if I’ve been to a funeral, or am going for a prostate exam 1/2

A record number of women and girls are now participating in football as growth surges across Wales

Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of Lithuania’s populist Dawn of Nemunas ruling coalition party, has been found guilty of incitement to hatred against Jews and downplaying the Holocaust in a decision by the Vilnius Regional Court.

Dog's bum glands done. Not by me. Always ask a professional. I got bin juice in my mouth yesterday so can't be trusted.