Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

This is genuinely funny.

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.

General consensus seems to be this is a very big day for the UK's clean energy sector and a major success for the government.

French Foreign Ministry responds to Elon Musk's claim that the UK government is fascist

More appalling news from dystopia central www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Kemi, this is just a population density map

Of course people think that. Because they are told it relentlessly by most political/news outlets. And the underlying narrative is ALWAYS "immigration is bad". Anyone attempting to challenge that narrative is immediately on the back foot.

Households could be offered interest-free loans to install solar panels and heat pumps as part of the government's Warm Homes Plan, which could come as soon as next week, PolHome understands @nadinebh.bsky.social reports

Well worth a read. Uruguay has fascinated me for years, ever since I found out that they have free broadband, a Labour manifesto offer in 2019 which was so derided.

If your first reaction when someone "drives a car at you", is to try and shoot that person in the face (which means the car will simply plough into you) rather than to just JUMP OUT OF THE WAY, then you maybe shouldn't be in law enforcement.

BBC Verify has a slow motion breakdown of the video which shows very clearly the truth.

Absolutely right

Reform platformed a vaccine conspiracist at their party conference last year, and now their leader reckons Covid jabs 'aren't vaccinations'

Disgraceful article by BBC News. It's abundantly clear from the videos what happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.

NEW Prime Minister Starmer: "The future of Greenland is for the Kingdom of Denmark, and for Greenland themselves to decide, and only for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark." ~AA

Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.

This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!

The contrast between Labour’s powerful upbeat messages and hard evidence of improvements against Reform’s anger and negativity have never been more noticeable. Not only is Farage a bully and a coward but he has no vision and offers no hope. We’ve been that country for 10 years thanks to him. No more

Our Prime Minister has sent out a short new year email message to Labour members & supporters. It reflects on 2025 wins that will help people this year, sets out the need for people to see change in 2026, & for people to feel hope in the years ahead. Let's make 2026 the year we push Reform back!

"All we know is that the vice president met with the pope, and a few hours later, the pope was dead. To draw a line between those two facts would almost definitely be a little bit premature." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

And what doesn't seem to be pointed out AT ALL is that he was in prison in Egypt for years not because he tweeted some revolting things 14 years ago, but because he was fighting for democracy.....

This is ethnic cleansing.

Oh just fuck off Dyson

Today Labour are announcing wide-ranging NHS support for care leavers… 🏥… from free prescriptions, dental and eye care… 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️… to joined up mental health support, paid internships and guaranteed interviews for jobs in the NHS! Wes Streeting in the Daily Mirror: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"Critics warn Labour doesn't care about rural Britain" - no, Labour just doesn't care about people who are cruel to animals. That's the difference.

The UK is now facing an emigration crisis and a shrinking population. It must, must, must reverse engines on immigration immediately - throw the doors open and wave people in. Otherwise we are inviting disaster.

Glorious

Derek Guy for president.

FT defends London, one of the greatest cities in the world www.ft.com/content/dd79...

Keir Starmer: "We did it. We have just introduced the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. Today our plans passed through parliament, and will soon become law. This is a major victory for working people in every part of the country."

NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years. My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed. www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...

Nothing says loving your country like wanting a foreign leader to bankrupt the national broadcaster...

Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are

Labour’s landmark Employment Rights Bill has passed BOTH Houses of Parliament. Add your name and celebrate the Employment Rights Bill passing Parliament. www.labourunions.org.uk/backthebill

Yay!!

A robin in a frosty Forest of Dean. The most obvious and cheering of all #winterbirds. #birdoftheday #birds #nature #christmas #festiverobin

In 2018 I said I had never met the Russian Ambassador. And to prove it, here I am in 2013 not meeting him.

I remember the endless raging articles about antisemitism in Labour under Corbyn, often for fairly anodyne comments. I remember David Baddiel going on about how Corbyn pronounced "Epstein" in the debate with Johnson. Where are these people now?

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece. Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis. Hope that helps.

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT) The price of aid cuts.

And of course Labour's "obesity tsar" said literally nothing of the kind.

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Posting this fucking nonsense after Labour have just lifted the two-child benefit cap and increased pensions and minimum wage, at the same time as increasing taxes on the well-off....

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes? That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.