I’m sorry, what reality-eating brainworm is this, Ezra Klein?

This is a good illustration of how far right views are being mainstreamed in the UK. Johnson says Charlie Kirk didn’t have extremist views. This is the same Charlie Kirk who said black people were better off under slavery and pushed the far right ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory.

Keir Starmer is in freefall. 14 months into his Premiership he is a disastrous leader with no vision, no ability to lead & inspire a team, and no story to tell. He cannot lead Labour into the next election. And if he does not go soon he should be challenged. Labour & the UK cannot go on like this.

net immigration fell by more than half last year and the politics has gone in the complete opposite direction. It's not really about the numbers

This is precisely what this decision will do. It will absolutely render women and children radically unsafe, and closes YET ANOTHER safe and legal route. All so that a far-right mob are appeased and a far right discourse is fully entertained, in all sense of that word.

Kemi Badenoch is evil.

The reasons for Kate’s announcement are valid but also sad, we have so far to go in making politics accessible for people who have families. We’re losing too many women to the pressures imposed on family life in politics. Good luck to Kate and her family.

❗️Today's 8.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred near 🇷🇺Kamchatka was felt by local residents like this

Last night's M8.8 quake in the Pacific was easily detected in #Edinburgh . The gravity meter rattled against its end stops and then got stuck; I will try to unstick it later today. ( #geophysics #seismology ) (1/3)

Magnitude 8.7 #earthquake in Kamchatka, following a M7.4 last week - may be largest earthquake since 2011, 8th largest on record globally, #tsunami warning in place for US west coast and Canada - the historic 1952 M9 closely caused a destructive tsunami across the Pacific

Tsunami alerts have been issued in multiple countries after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. 🟡 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/6ufpwz

Another day, another slaughter of desperate Palestinians looking for food, as Western leaders fall over themselves to express renewed support for Israel.

As polling day draws near in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, I wanted to share some thoughts. My family and I have been heartened by the fantastic effort of SNP members to win this by-election following the death of mum.

Farage has no solutions for working people. He would cut Scotland’s budget, while the SNP is putting your priorities first: ✅ Scrapping peak rail fares ✅ Delivering more NHS appointments ✅ Restoring winter fuel payments #VoteSNP to stop Farage and for a better Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What nonsense. My mum served Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse for 14 years without living in the constituency. The countless cards and letters from constituents of mum demonstrated how loved she was by many people across the constituency, she felt adopted by Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

One of the biggest earthquake hazards of Europe is in the sea of Marmara, the sea south of the major city of Istanbul. We've been expecting earthquakes there since the 1999 Izmit quake. Today's 6.2 Earthquake occurred on the edge of the fault zone making that sea. So far, no major damage reported.

Good article. Much more considerate and understanding, focusing on the real issues compared to Joani Reid’s horrendous dehumanising article. Well done Monica Lennon.

SNP Win: Congratulations to Mike Carlin who has won the Broxburn, Uphall & Winchburgh by-election for the SNP!

NEW: Multiple reports of Russian missiles pouring into Ukraine tonight, targeting civilians. The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself. This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit. Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.

NEW: US cuts off intelligence to Ukraine. After halting military aid (including equipment already at the border), this move is just vindictive. Trump is effectively arming Russia. Without better intelligence to target missile launch sites, more Ukrainians will die. The US is in moral collapse.

Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity must be defended. If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.

Scottish Government budget passed: 💷 Record £21 billion for our NHS 🏠 8,000 new affordable homes ❄️ Winter Heating Payment for every pensioner household ✂️ Ending Labour’s two-child cap, lifting 15,000 kids out of poverty This is a budget that puts Scotland’s priorities first

Neighbourhood Clean Teams (NCTs) in every ward across the city will employ 69 new cleansing staff who’ll be embedded in communities. They’ll use analytic data and local knowledge to target fly-tipping ‘hotspots’, blight and environmental & climate each & every day

We all know that a decade and half of Westminster austerity have impacted on the look & feel of our city: so we’re hiring 200 new cleansing staff across Neighbourhood Clean Teams; Nightshift Street Scene; Parks Operatives; Commercial Waste Operatives; & Pest Control

Neighbourhood Clean Teams (NCTs) in every ward across the city will employ 69 new cleansing staff who’ll be embedded in communities. They’ll use analytic data and local knowledge to target fly-tipping ‘hotspots’, blight and environmental & climate each & every day

A Rapid Repairs Fund and a City Centre Improvement Grant will inject £1m into augmenting our existing City Centre Strategy

Last year Labour tried to cancel our Holiday Food and Activity Programme: in the summer it provided 98,000 breakfasts; 149,000 lunches; 23,737 dinners and 168,000 snacks for Glasgow weans over the holidays. We’re keeping it going with another £1.5m

Before we even set our budget, Labour incompetence has slashed £40m from the total we have to spend on services. In addition to the £30m/year for Labour’s equal pay scandal, Rachel Reeves’ tax on jobs - which she’s fully funded in England - leaves us a further £10m short.

🗳️ Polls are open until 10pm today in the Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar by-election. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Vote @serinamarshallsnp.bsky.social for a strong local voice! 🚨 Remind your friends and family in the area to vote SNP - every vote counts! 🚨

Amaizeing

The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.

Grangemouth is a gift to the SNP. It can be portrayed as yet another Scottish industrial grave dug by lying, venal English politicians; it will be portrayed as proof of Scotland’s second-rate status in the union www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This earthquake is very likely on the primary transform plate boundary (Motagua Fault), which slides side-to-side and isn’t the kind of fault that forms large tsunamis. Because of its location, i expect most who feel it will only feel weak shaking. #earthquake 🧪

BREAKING: 8.0-magnitude earthquake hits the Caribbean Sea - PTWC

It’s the first earthquake 8.0+ in 4 years, in the Caribbean Sea. Depending on the faulting type there will be a tsunami.

Never seen anything like it. Members of Congress trying to access a government agency, USAID, and being denied entry. It has been ILLEGALLY shut down at night by an unelected billionaire with no Congressional authority nor security clearance. CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. (📸 Aaron Fritschner)

Scotland is on course to have the lowest child poverty rate in the UK within five years - and it’s set to keep falling, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Encouraging news but there’s more to do, which is why we’re building a Scotland where every child can thrive.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

NEW: Elon Musk addresses Germany’s Far Right party, AfD. “It’s good to be proud of German culture & values and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything.” If you still don’t think Musk did a Hitler salute, you are ignoring all the evidence. (🎥 Nius)

Bannockburn (Stirling) by-election first preferences: SNP: 565 (35.9%, +7.2) Labour: 376 (23.9%, +3.1) Reform UK: 358 (22.7%, new) Conservative: 169 (10.7%, -8.4) Lib Dem: 55 (3.5%, +1.4) Green: 53 (3.4%, +1.0) (Note: Ind got 26%, Family 1.1% in 2022) SNP elected Stage 6.

Absolutely gobsmacked that Benfica have been given that penalty. Boy does a Michael Richard’s dive!

Kerr has stood for the Tories at 3 UK and 2 Scottish elections, never nominated high enough on the list to stand a chance and never doing better than a distant 3rd and coming 5th, behind the Greens and Reform UK, last July. The motive here is hardly a mystery. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2486169...

St Johnstone are honkin. In big trouble.

A M7.1 earthquake just occurred in the Tibetan plateau, NE of Nepal. A normal-mechanism event - accommodating east-west extension of the plateau. A significant event, but hopefully impacts will be mitigated by the remoteness of the location. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

UPDATE: Magnitude of earthquake along the Tibet-Nepal border upgraded to 7.1 - USGS

BREAKING: 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Tibet near the border with Nepal - USGS