What value culture? Reforms morals aren’t the only things they sell to the highest bidder, while raiding the public piggy bank.

A very posh duck house!

This is astonishingly good news, against everything he did to stack things his way… He has been toppled - and that he’s just straight up conceded; and so early in the evening, shows the scale of defeat. Go Hungary!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Every now and again, by unintended (and uninitiated) circumstance, I end up with a Starbucks coffee... And am instantly reminded how truly awful they are! 🤢

What better way to celebrate events of later today and to gently ;) ease through a sunny bank holiday 🌞 than with one of the greatest progressive ‘journey’ rave tracks of all time… youtu.be/ED8Wnxx5kZY?...

Because nobody wants 100% sanitised hands

Wasn’t there to visit Ryan so alas, we remain oblivious as to why he is such a specialty…

Busy doing my bit standing up against global megacorps with overpriced products and exploitative employment practices this morning…

Not saying this hotel considers fire safety as a tick box exercise, but if they hadn’t told me to leave via the “safest” route, I would genuinely have been stumped

Every Word. And nothing will work without proper funding. Tim Davie: “The #BBC is a vital national asset. It powers our world-leading creative industries, drives economic growth+promotes the UK's interests abroad. That contribution matters more than ever, yet it is at risk like never before.” 1/

New post just out: "Sovereignty for sale" The UK is uniquely exposed to the power of US tech monopolies - from Palantir to AI and cloud services. Why is it so dangerous? What are other countries doing? And what should we do? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...

Private Eye

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Not sure what to say right now. Beyond 🖤

Well that was exciting… 🔥😂

Also good words* (*assuming accurate translation, again)

Good words* - though I think it’s driven by more than just ‘incompetence’. (*I’m assuming the translation is accurate!)

Trump already topped the list of ‘most fake assassination attempts ever’, but because he can’t stop winning, adds more to the tally? Also the ‘President of Peace’ has evidently advanced from having his own domestic terror squad (ICE) to having his own personal international assassination squad?

Better than delay-repay? Earn some real cash when your daily commute goes to crap!

I am certainly pleased that Starmer has not gone along with the US & Israel on this action - entirely the right decision. And agree entirely that the damage to ‘the special relationship’ has been from Trump, not Starmer. It’s become an entirely abusive relationship, not a special one. Trump can F.O

Whatever else this is from Paul Ovenden, demanding Labour MPs back Mahmood’s immigration crackdown, it is the most over-written, pretentious thing I’ve seen for some time.

Lots of people think Daffs are naff. But they do bring a lovely early splash of spring colour 🌞🌼

War is more expensive than providing asylum. Just saying. Oh, and also it's the cause of mass migration from war zones.

Jeremy Bowen: "The word preemptive has been used. Now that's a word that suggests there was an imminent threat, that is an imminent attack before these strikes started. There's no evidence of that. It looks very much as if this is a war of choice that Israel and the US have done"

Two murderous men with no regard for human life, intent on clinging to their own positions by force and to bend the world to their will. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

‘In the most recent actual election, we lost to ‘a radical left wing’ party and the extreme right wing party were rejected by over 70% of the electorate. That tells us we absolutely must move further to the right’. Tone deaf, absolutely batshit crazy and shameful. apple.news/AOib8BiZsRgS...

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Food for thought from talking to voters yesterday.

you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe

The most pleasing thing about this result, is that that despite all the hype around Reform & the wall-wall coverage they get, they only got less than 30% of the vote. They were rejected by over 70% of the electorate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Tour of modern university engineering facilities today, very heartwarming to see these two absolute stalwarts, in amongst all the new, modern, more high-tech kit 😁 Fabulous machines.

US government supporting far right thugs to interfere in foreign politics. This is basically Trump administration feeding terrorism & the UK government needs to stand up against it - firmly. (Notwithstanding rank hypocrisy of US State dept. hosting someone convicted of drugs & illegal entry to US!)

An interesting project, with two valuable products - renewable energy and that all important Lithium (which then has wider part as part of decarbonising energy use). Also, UK regional development funded in a large part by that ‘dastardly’ EU we walked away from…

Recruitment these days is an absolute ‘dumpster fire’ (as Americans would call it). From ai doing application first sift, to being invited to do ‘timed response’ video interviews with an ai assistant (analysed by ai), to this - not even being able to apply without first speaking to a (non ai) bot 😑

In the latest instalment of humans being determined to extinguish ourselves… (Considering ‘AI’ is not a biological life form and has no conscience, that this is the outcome shouldn’t really come as a surprise?) www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

So damn nice to have the first day of the year when it’s warm enough to have the front door wide open, just letting the fresh air blow through the house, while working from home 🌞

You know when you hear one song and all you can think is of another? Listening to a DJ mix while working… P.Lima - Indie Paradise is the track playing, but all I can hear is this! (from my stash, taking me back!) 😁

For absolutely no reason other than it came into my mind this morning, the opening sequence for Jackie Brown… youtu.be/ivKGY-zAa1g?...

Dirty money. Dirty politics. Dirty planet. www.desmog.com/2026/02/24/t...

Man of the people, doing things for the people.

This story on the other hand, very heartwarming. Science and the kind/unselfish gift from one family, able to bring a wonderful transformative and positive change to another family. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very useful report on UK-EU (non)divergence, which will frame much of the coming years of the relationship

It’s not right - any of it. It’s an absolute scandal and a disastrous ticking time bomb. I feel so sorry for the generations of students that followed behind me. Utterly failed by government decisions.

The only people Reform & Tories benefit is themselves, while the rest of the country pay. Less rights. Less services. Lower standard of living, for the masses. All sold in a way that ‘it’s necessary that you can’t have nice things’. But they’ll be keeping their nice things - & getting more of them.

Reading this story & all the commentary on measures being taken to stop theft, impact to businesses, rather than stopping to think - hang on, people are stealing chocolate & it’s becoming a black market product. What?! The economy is not working for the people… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The extremism and racism of Reform (and the Conservatives) should not obscure that the most immediate issue is the vindictive, retrospective and entirely unnecessary/self-defeating nature of the government's own proposals. More details here. ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...

Very fitting that Klæbo gets his medal at the closing ceremony tbh. Talk about Norway owning the place, though 😂 #WinterOlympics

Really liked that musical dance section of the ceremony. Great score, choreography and staging working well with simple effective lighting. Nice modern feel to it. #WinterOlhmpics

Aww it’s sad seeing Tim and Ed’s comm box with all their artwork stripped down and knowing it’s all over. They’ve been so enjoyable to listen to throughout, really bringing it all to life. Superb. #WinterOlympics

Really pleased for Zoe Atkin on her 🥉 Superb talent, amazing height on those runs. Fearless! #TeamGB #WinterOlympics