The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c

Isn't it weird that this week a currently sitting president had to pay a woman MILLIONS of dollars for *raping* (and defaming) her—and the media has forgotten all about it? There was a time that this would have been the ONLY story—until the rapist was driving from office.

If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.

FFS just rejoin! Brexit is and was always going to be disastrous for the country. Keir, get a grip and get off Elon’s hate platform

Fireworks are BANNED. Bad for wildlife,pets,environment. FFS,we can B do this shit with drones

If Streeting thinks he’s the answer, he must be asking the wrong question. The man has the charisma of a wet sponge and the appeal of a stale, slightly mouldy crust at the back of the bread bin

"Simply not safe." ⚠️ A new report reveals that nearly half of UK hospitals are using nurses and "advanced practitioners" to fill gaps in doctors' rotas. Critics are calling it "doctor substitution" and it's putting patient safety at risk. Read here: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

May the British press "Be Better" than the US press. The male journalists can support the female journalists. First by calling out the nastiness, but even better by asking the same question. Each following journalist should ask the same question until it gets answered.

And ALL journalists should take note of this, & it's logical conclusion; that a Reform government would absolutely follow Trump's model of a selective group of "allowed" press at any of his appearances. Expose it now, push him HARDER with questions and *don't back down* when he does get aggressive.

The Iran war is going to boost all our bills. Hopefully it impresses on people: 1) what reckless idiots Trump & Netanyahu are 2) why we need to get away from fossil fuels

No vaccine, no school attendance? Having ignorant parents shouldn’t disadvantage the children, though, so we need to find a solution which maximises uptake. I suspect many missed doses are due to complacency rather than anti-vax lunacy.

All new buildings should have the most up-to-date, efficient renewable energy sources including solar and heat pump as standard. Legislation needs to be retrospectively applied to any new buildings currently being constructed.

Quite

Make this happen pronto!

This is silly and false. The only operators of Tomahawk missiles are the U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy and Royal Navy. Iran has no Tomahawk missiles. If it did, it’d have no way to launch them.

@carladenyer.bsky.social @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Carla as a constituent can you start pushing the Gvt to decouple the electricity tariff from gas. This would help reduce the cost of energy & take advantage of Green production. Yesterday, Shelagh had an excellent discussion about this issue.

The government's proposals to slash the number of jury trials in half will increase the risk of miscarriages of justice without saving much money. So why is the prime minister pressing ahead anyway? soniasodha.substack.com/p/jurys-out

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

If you’re a tax exile in the Middle East, do explain why “hard-working taxpayers” in the UK should pay to rescue you? 🤷‍♀️

Farage will be put in the stocks. He is unfit for public office and is henceforth banned. His associates are to be publicly mocked. All will be investigated for offences against decent humanity and lack of integrity and compassion. Thank you.

Starmer,if you want a centre-left majority, PR is the way forward. The UK popular vote is consistently left of centre: first past the post lets the tories in. Had Blair been braver…Imagine this country without the awful Tory policy of austerity, let alone the flawed referendum and what followed.

Starmer, person up FFS. Trump is breaking international law, with Israeli support. This is unacceptable. Condemn it now.

We're involved. Whether we want to be or not, we're involved. #51stState #AirstripOne

We need to get rid of this blatant bias in the right-wing press. Bad actors with ill intent towards their readership , apart from the super- rich.

Personalised number plates. FFS. Middle managers and narcissists. Banned. Verboten. Get rid forthwith.

Benign as I am, the headline I want to read tomorrow morning is “”Andrew charged…”

Andrew formerly known as Prince to be charged forthwith! (I am infinitely more benign than the RF.)

Make it happen, people!

Complicated, since I’m a dictator,but FFS, Starmer, you have a huge majority. Push through PR and rejoin the EU (if they’ll have us) or at least the customs union. Stop blathering about the Greens and get on with it.

Fireworks. Bad for wildlife, bad for the environment, bad for lungs. Time to get rid of them.

Wes isn’t convincing me in this article. He hasn’t got the best interests of the NHS at heart. I’m not sure this is sincere. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The musician told MPs she lost £26,000 on her last European tour, and that paperwork and red tape are making touring there increasingly unviable. This is the cost of Brexit - talented musicians are being priced off the world stage, and the UK risks shrinking its global reputation in music.

Julia HB has some er... fairly distinguished company there

Does this apply to killing protesters in the USA as well?

Those motorbikes without plates are banned. Anyone discovered driving one is banned from driving any vehicle. Antisocial behaviour leads to a driving ban. Get the bus, big boy

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

And the other 25% 🙋🏻 think we should just rejoin the EU! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism? Odd that.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Farage really on the ropes there.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1