“Voters aren’t turning to Reform and the Greens because they’re becoming ‘extreme’. They’re, fairly, concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline and they’d rather roll the dice. The answer is to put forward something genuinely bolder that really changes things for them.”

A bunch of constitutional systems are still cruising on the assumption that everyone is acting in good faith and a sense of shame will prevent or fix bad actions.

My feelings entirely. There is a dangerous complacency about this government. Despite the many things it has achieved, it hasn't even begun to address the fundamentals of housing and raising tax to properly fund public services. As voter patience evaporates so do voting habits.

The best summing up of Trump i've ever seen.

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

Talk about unfortunate coincidences - he’s got the same name as the bloke who promised not to raise them, then supported tripling them in coalition with the Tories.

Bluesky - You won’t believe what the UKs defence attaché to the UAE is?? Sandy Sandilands! They send him to the land of sand!

Hi, this is your handler from the government, to maintain your state gifted perks we’re going to need you to post this. No, it’s not optional.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Well, it's done. I will be travelling to London Euston on the train and will attempt to cross town to Canary Wharf for a business meeting. I will try to dodge the knife wielding gangs while respecting Sharia law in this hellscape but if you haven't heard from me this time next week...Pray for me.

For anyone outside of the UK, unfamiliar with UK satirical/news magazine Private Eye, this is how most (?) Europeans see the Trump administration.

My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜

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Cheers Dave Hill!

Very good essay. Oh well, we had it good for 70 odd years... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Read this. It's very good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The USA government is the enemy of the UK and EU. It should be treated as such until such a time it has been rejected and removed democratically by its own votèrs. I expect the UK government and MPs to act decisively in this matter.

Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.

Can anyone work out why you would add rock salt to a clay/earth mortar to build a brick bread oven in the shape of a dome? Weird question to ask but just seen it on this video and can't fathom it: youtu.be/VlMoZHh1bp4?...

This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC. We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.

Evidence from New Zealand shows that families felt gratitude and relief when their loved ones were no longer forced into drawn-out suffering, and they no longer had to witness it. #AssistedDying

Professor Chris Whitty reminds us that end-of-life choices aren’t one-size-fits-all. Some want every extra day, others want comfort and dignity for fewer days. Both choices deserve equal respect. #AssistedDying

"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops." via Ian Almond

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

Farage: epic grifter

I’m so happy to see this. @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit. Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’ @carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

I wonder if we could apply all those captions to politicians and deport those that fail the test? Have you ever been to Rwanda, Katie?

The top image: The Guardian, July 2016 The article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The bottom image: The Guardian, May 2025 The article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just a few of the books that inspired us to republish Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff - a rediscovered historical novel about the iconic white horse of Uffington near Oxford #booksky

Brilliant summary of the rapid descent into idiocy of the Internet.

I only have nostalgia for a time when I had never heard of Nigel Farage.

OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.

Ayaz Kala 2 seen from Ayaz Kala 1 on the edge of the desert looking south towards farmland.

Ayaz Kala 2 fort in the foreground and Ayaz Kala 1 in the background. Two forts on the edge of the Kyzylkum desert in the west of Uzbekistan. Built of adobe they defended irrigated lands from nomads from 4th cent BC to 7th cent AD.

In a land far, far away from the little orange man: Bukhara in Uzbekistan.

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants. History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well. 🧵

"Big Trig"

You got to laugh at the irony of life!

Bravo M. Malhuret! Vous êtes un exemple non seulement pour la République Française mais aussi pour tous ceux qui croient en la démocratie et le respect des lois. Une intervention digne d'admiration . Maintenant, au travail et courage! youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...

Almost half of Spanish hunters are over 60. It was definitely a hobby on the wane a few years back. A surprising number of younger ones I knew sold their shotguns to buy cameras instead. Still enjoyed the country walks and the stalking without killing random wildlife.

He nails it.

Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

Can't wait to see Elon lose his shit over the German election results and turnout. Well done Germany!

Another executed Boglin!