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.

Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve". He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later

Shame Jonathan Gullis joined Reform. He had a bright future in standing next to a pub fruit machine telling you what buttons to press.

Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H

Up to 60k, go on, give it a share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Don’t forget, no matter how much Nigel Farage tries to shape Reform UK’s economic policy to win votes, at heart he’s a disaster capitalist. #Budget2025

Reform slide to lowest polling since April

Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

It would take quite a lot of editing to make her look competent!!

The Royal Air Force’s transition to fifth-generation air power is built on the legacy of aircraft such as the Harrier and Tornado, according to Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth, who says lessons from those platforms continue to shape modern tactics. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=63901

Rules for MPs are that you cannot claim for daily travel. Does a nurse get to claim daily mileage? No. Does a road worker? No. Does a teacher? No. Why does the Mayor? Especially with an £86k salary. Pay back your travel expenses, Andrea! It’s the right thing to do.

Pay back your travel expenses Jenkyns! Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns is claiming travel expenses for her job as Mayor of Lincolnshire, why? Because she lives in Yorkshire (despite saying she lives in Lincolnshire on her nomination forms).

Couldn’t be trusted to run a bath!

Oh look… Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Love stories like this!!!

Nigel Farage 'to betray pensioners' with response to state pension triple lock

Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated ➡️ Kicked Out Brian Black Oliver Bradshaw Paul Thomas Bob Ford Bill Barratt Ed Hill James Regan Mark Broadhurst Paul Bean Adam Smith Daniel Taylor John Allen Nicole Brooke Patrick Lambert ➡️ Defected Amelia Randall ➡️ Suspended Maxine Fothergill

➡️ Resigned Mark Whittington Gaynor Jean-Louis Wayne Titley Donna Edmunds Luke Shingler Desmond Clarke Andrew Kilburn John Bailey Sam Booth David Maclean Robert Bloom

Rowland O’Connor Rob Parsonage Christine Parsonage Karen Knight Anna Thomason-Kenyon Richard Everett Jack Bradley Christopher Marriott Angie Nash

Nigel Farage’s Flagship Kent Council is in trouble. He will be considering Linden Kemkaran’s future. Five Reform UK councillors booted out of party

Reform’s Doge-style cost-cutting units ‘haven’t found any waste’, say councils

Reform MP says ads ‘full of black and Asian people’ drive her mad – and now faces calls to resign www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/who...

I wonder about #warwickshire #reform and their child leader

Reform UK Councils Council Tax increases Durham: 4.9% Worcestershire: 5-10% Warwickshire: ~5% Leicestershire: 3% Kent: 5% Lincolnshire: 2%+ Staffordshire: ~5% West Northamptonshire: 5% Derbyshire: 4.9% North Northamptonshire: amount TBD Nottinghamshire: amount TBD Lancashire: amount TBD

I’m trying to decide which will have stung more, relinquishing his title or surrendering his Order of the Garter.

Confirmation has come that negotiations between Turkey and the United Kingdom over the transfer of retired Royal Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft have concluded. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/sale-of-c-13...

Reform UK leadership in Somerset think it’s understandable that a councillor pissed on someone’s driveway because of ‘shortage of public toilets’ There are numerous pubs, a Tesco superstore and a public toilet near where he did it. www.wsfp.co.uk/news/politic...

Appears the Devon Reform UK councillors that overspent on election expenses have been granted relief with them claiming ‘mistakes’ in their finances. The first point is - would you want such careless councillors managing your council budget? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has ridiculed Russia after one of its submarines, the Novorossiysk, suffered a reported malfunction off the French coast. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-chief-m...

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it is considering medallic recognition for the crew of HMS Diamond for their service between November 2023 and July 2024, a period that saw the destroyer engage in multiple live combat operations in the Red Sea. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/medals-being...

A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft has conducted a patrol circling the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-spy-plane...

L3Harris Technologies has announced new variants of its VAMPIRE counter-unmanned system, expanding the platform into land, maritime, air and electronic warfare domains. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=62984

That didn’t last long…

Reform UK leader in Cornwall suddenly resigns www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Denmark will acquire 16 additional F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, bringing its total fleet to 43 aircraft, according to the Danish Ministry of Defence. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/denmark-to-b...

Glad to see Cambridgeshire County Council taking such disgusting remarks so seriously. Andy Osborn is very much a typical Reform councillor and example needs to be made.

Credit where it is due….if it holds. The question remains, has Trump got the attention span to see it through?

The cheek of it. Companies like Yorkshire Water took billions out of Britain without investing. Now they expect customers to pay up for the debts they acquired by paying themselves excessive profits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

💥12 months ago Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, shut down after 50 years powering the national grid. We can now confirm that C20's listing application for Ratcliffe's 8 cooling towers has been rejected by DCMS, while their demolition has been approved.

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch. Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

Right you miserable bunch of MPs. Draw up a Bill and push it through Parliament to Strip Michelle Mone of her Peerage. Hope that helps I'm sick of this pish. Just do it. Let justice prevail for the dead.

Blimey, only took Llyr Powell a WEEK to distance himself from Nathan Gill… Reform UK candidate in Caerphilly by-election distances himself from disgraced former boss Nathan Gill

In shocking: "most people want to eat competitively priced, good quality fresh food and don't care where it comes from or what Nigel Farage thinks" news.

RIP Dr. Jane Goodall, a woman of science, who spent her life trying to make a difference to our understanding and the conservation of the natural world around us. An impressive human being.

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

When do you think we’ll see a mass protest by lots of concerned parents?

No experience? Nonsense. How about ‘seizing the chance to defraud the government of £122m during a pandemic’?

Timeline cleanse! #dogsofbluesky

Donald Trump and his lapdog GOP Congress are so against lowering health care costs that they're instead shutting down the federal government. Food assistance thrown into jeopardy. Troops going without pay. Essential services shuttered. This is how MAGA treats our country.