Here’s a question I think I know the answer to: How much more tax would 🇪🇺 including 🇬🇧 taxpayers be prepared to pay in order to build sufficient military capability to a point where they would no longer be concerned about a 🇺🇸 or 🇷🇺 hegemony. I think it would be a very round figure… #r4today

Not too many people mentioned the anniversary of the January 6th 🇺🇸 Insurrection of 2021 or of the Epstein files yesterday… #r4today

@aiannucci.bsky.social Watching The Death of Stalin right now - can you do a sequel in 70 years time. The Death of Trump? Great movie btw

You know, since Venezuela & Greenland we haven’t talked about about the multiple felon, adjudicated rapist, self confessed sex abusing, serial philandering possibly cognitively challenged head of state appearing in the Epstein files once… Has anyone ever seen the movie’Wag the dog’? #wato #bbcpm

I find Twitter to be a toxic cesspit pool whereas LinkedIn is just an annoying whiny little puddle of me me me…

Long but credible analysis Trump’s administration is smashing up the international rules based order and defining new spheres of influence to emulate Putin’s kleptocracy on a grander scale. A few influential people will become extraordinarily wealthy whilst any objectors get thrown out of windows

Follow the money. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a dementia test and not a test of cognitive ability. The test is taken initially to verify symptoms of dementia. If it is repeatedly taken it is to measure cognitive decline over time.Those behind the coup can safely sit behind this. #bbcaq

Feels like a good time to post this again… #bbcaq

I guess if you follow the money, there’s far too much at stake to remove someone who’s malleable enough to give you what without them knowing that they’re doing that, until of course it becomes too costly or embarrassing to leave them in place. It’s the only explanation that makes any sense. #bbcpm

Apologies for the outbursts against Theresa May. Hearing her triggered me. She was so focused on putting the Tory Party before Country - that was incalculably damaging to the country, ushered in the Johnson,Truss & Sunak era and wasted 8 years. We all pay the price of her poor decisions #r4today

In the interview with David Blunkett - are Theresa May’s comments recorded separately and edited in afterwards? Is she so useless and devoid of charisma that she can’t conduct an interview live without having to prerecord her comments? #r4today

Another health breakthrough. (h/t Gav)

In the middle of the industrial revolution when technology was progressing at a pace never before seen and productivity was increasing by historical standards exponentially, we had massive wealth inequality and poverty. AI is unlikely to usher in a utopian future. Just read Dickens… #r4today

"Of course current issues do need addressing urgently. But we should also remember that the small seeds of large issues find space to grow and flourish wherever prejudice, discrimination, victimisation and persecution are permitted to go unchallenged. They need rooting out." Chloë Deakin

One of the 5 worst Prime Ministers in living memory guest editing “The Flagship” which hit the rocks repeatedly during the tenure of the worst 5 Prime Ministers in living memory. I shall be giving Terri’s edition a wide birth #r4today

Venezuela eh? #r4today

What an amazing analogy of life under Trump!

Leaving the details aside, I think we can wave goodbye to majority governments for the foreseeable future. We're entering the age of coalitions. Greens, Labour and LibDems would be wise to start planning now. Cos you bet Reform and Tories will be.

NICE THINGS.

You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.

Brummies do it better. #kro #bcfc #strictly

Ghosting. How to deal with a serial abuser #r4today

Listening to ‘The Interview’ on the World Service - about social media. We have known for a long while that Social Media influences public opinion and that there are relatively few individuals who own and drive these platforms and opinions. Why aren’t we making them more accountable ? #r4today

Did anybody ever see the movie “Wag the dog”? #r4today N.B. no copyright infringement is intended

Look at the staff sergeant’s face- he’s literally biting his lips

Sounds about right.

#r4today Never trust Tory medical advice. From March 2020: Coronavirus: UK minister (Shapps) suggests other countries' strategies are based on 'populism' not science | Politics News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/corona...

I wonder if Michael Green, Sebastian Fox and Corinne Stockheath took the same view? #r4today

How Finland has almost eradicated homelessness ….. #r4today www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZQ...

Advisor: “Hey Mr President, I’ve an idea. Show the world how fit and mentally healthy you are by doing a bunch of tests that are reserved for those who have cognitive impairments and then tell the world about it - that’ll show your detractors!” President: “Where’s those animal shapes?” #r4today

There is no such thing as a “free car on benefits” - as some pundits frequently say. Every Motability car is leased at commercial rates with the lease deductible from enhanced mobility PIP at source. It’s a motor for your mobility - see what they did there - ‘Motability’

Shouting at the internet from a broom cupboard

And still it seems, nobody has told her she’s unwell. Her nearest and dearest should submit a safeguarding #r4today

I remember having real difficulty connecting with a key opinion leader in my field back in the day.They were rude and incredibly awkward. One of their assistants,with whom I had a good rapport, said ”Be nice, they’re old and they’ll be dead soon” They were right. World leaders eh? #r4today

The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced. #R4Today

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/jonathan-g... This writing is quite brilliant. Bravo Henry Morris. Please do not forget to reference this article editor of #r4today when you inevitably invite him onto your show…

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... It’s seems to me it’s like the early 1930’s all over again. A rapid scramble for European nations to re-arm against a known aggressor whose economy has been on a War footing for some time meanwhile the USA watches and waits… #r4today

I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.

Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.

You can’t logically explain to someone who has already decided that Asylum seekers and refugees have been put up in the lap of luxury in 4* hotels why they have to take taxis when being frequently and apparently randomly moved from say Preston to Cardiff - so save your breath and move on #r4today

So I’m hearing the budget is really bad because Reeves is taxing working people more and breaking manifesto commitments. Reeves extended tax allowance freezes until 2030. I never heard so much consternation when the Tories extended allowance freezes from 2021-2028.Have I missed something? #r4today

Every time you think The Tories can’t possibly get any worse - Cameron May Johnson Truss Sunak - I give you… #wato PS She means it - she never makes gaffes