AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.

"The federal government is killing people in the streets, so sports are canceled," is the point we have reached.

Can't hold a World Cup in a country where the dictator's secret police are executing peaceful protesters in the streets.

Governor Newsom Is Correct.......

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

American democracy now hanging in the balance solely on the notion that the US President is term limited by the constitution which would require a supermajority to overturn. That’s the only remaining guardrail.

January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year 2 of them were committed by ICE agents.

Well that's Facebook* deleted It's just become relentless bots and bullshit in a feed you have less and less control over with each passing day *and Instagram but never really used that anyway

I know it's not within the hundred most awful things here, but... the nearest penguins to Greenland are in the Galapagos, five thousand fucking miles away

One year ago today. Anyone have an update?

Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu

Credit to Morecambe's owners who have done a speed run on modern football, taking just six months to go from saving the club from oblivion to being odds-on for relegation and the Supporters Trust writing open letters to them.

Trump's "board of peace" seems mainly like a post-presidency grift for the trump family - yes a way to usurp the UN but also to keep monetizing the presidency out of office. Not unlike the Clinton Global Initiative, I'm afraid. But with more private $$ to the family and less do-gooder veneer.

Flash UK PMI data this morning gave us an initial look at economic growth in 2026. And the early signs are promising. In January, surging services pushed the overall output index to its highest level in nearly two years.

For anyone who's interested, James O'Brien is discussing Trump's comments about NATO on his programme this morning with traumtaised ex-military and bereaved families phoning in. Callers in tears at the sense of betrayal and anger. It makes for difficult listening. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

People laugh at this but if you need to find somewhere quiet where no one will see you in London a West Ham match is a very good shout

We are very interested in being peaceful. We will happily occupy Ukraine without having to fight for it. Claus Von Darthputinwitz

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

Despite English football's popularity, the vast majority of clubs lose money every year. That alone should make people suspicious of anyone who wants to buy a club who isn't (a) a long-term fan of the club or (b) isn't verifiably minted and in their yachts and philanthropy era.

BREAKING: Jack Smith: "As I testify before the Committee today, I want to be clear: I stand by my decisions as Special Counsel, including my decision to bring charges against Pres. Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Pres. Trump engaged in criminal activity."

Inflation Alert

Trump repeatedly said "Iceland" when he meant Greenland in his Davos rant. But his press secretary is just blatantly lying about it.

I wouldn’t get too excited about the Trump line on force in Greenland. He’s been spooked by the markets and possibly by US public opinion. It’ll be the line until it’s not where he’ll hint at it again. Which might be later today.

It only took 49 days for Conservative MPs to conclude that Liz Truss was a total loon and unfit to be Prime Minister. Meanwhile over in the United States...

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

So, if I have this right. He blames Iceland for the US markets plunge, because he tarrifed the UK and France when Norway wouldn't give him a prize and Greenland something something something... And he's saying this in front of people who want a stable, predictable place to invest capital??? #Davos

Outside of this, my reaction to the speech would have been that Putin is celebrating a great victory for having helped install Trump. The Russians lost far more people to the Nazis and it's part of their nat’l mythology. Hearing Trump brag "the U.S. won the war" must be causing Putin to seize.

He's absolutely shitting himself that the US will go bankrupt on his watch

Greenland is so important to Trump that he can’t even remember what it’s called.

I once met a bloke in NYC who told me that east London was under Sharia Law. I told him I lived in east London and he'd been misinformed. He refused to believe me. And I was literally talking about where I lived. That shit is endemic in certain bits of US discourse. Trump has just tapped into it.

Keir Starmer on Robert Jenrick's defection to Reform UK: "She (Badenoch) read the guy's defection letter. And then decided to sack him." "What was she going to do? Correct the typos and give it back to him?"

Kemi Badenoch: "I showed strong leadership when faced with disloyalty & sacked Robert Jenrick." Keir Starmer: "She'd just read the resignation letter he'd left on the photocopier. What else was she going to do? Correct the typo's & hand it back to him?" 😄 #PMQs #PoliticsLive

OK who did this omfg im dyin 🤣

Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.

FT Exclusive: Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos hosted by BlackRock’s Larry Fink, according to people at the event ft.trib.al/N8IBIvT

So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu. Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.

I'm curious ... Do self-employed plumbers get the benefit of the doubt from HMRC when they submit their tax return late? Do benefit claimants get similar leeway when they miss an appointment at the jobcentre?

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.

Stocks sank badly on Wall Street after Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% Tuesday, its biggest drop since October. 📉

This is why solidarity is everything. If you vote for the bigot to persecute the people you’re bigoted against, don’t be surprised if he comes for you

AFC Wimbledon are pleased to announce the signing of Luton Town midfielder Zack Nelson on loan until the end of the season ✍️ #AFCW 🟡🔵 🔗 www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/ja...

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

AFC Wimbledon are pleased to announce the signing of James Tilley on loan until the end of the season from Wycombe Wanderers ✍️ #AFCW 🟡🔵 🔗 www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/ja...

not only is this an appalling take which attacks Starmer for the actions of a lunatic and not the lunatic, but also strays well beyond ‘unbiased’ reporting