Well-played, @zeit

Summer Rain - by Hasui Kawase. 1932, Japan

HOWLING

Exactly 💯

So Nigel Farage popped over to Shetland and it went well for him.

From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”

My Easter reading: "..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you told me to fuck off back where I came from, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."

In this time of higher energy prices, please consider car sharing…

“Excuse me! I’ve just shat my pants and yet for some reason the big bad Royal Navy haven’t done anything about it.”

No Kings (Philadelphia)

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

Trump does not have even one single solitary redeeming quality. In every aspect, by every measurement of decency he is a complete top to bottom failure of a human, inside and out.

Dalot is getting far too much space.

Dear journalists: Shut up about the “special relationship”. There is UK reliance on the US but for the time being there is no special relationship in any meaningful sense and talking as if there still is sounds ridiculous

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD… Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?

Starmer - read it and learnt from it: “Chilcot offered one final point that rings true today: “Above all, the lesson is that all aspects of any intervention need to be calculated, debated and challenged with the utmost rigour. And when decisions have been made, they need to be implemented fully.”

Among my friends most of us are looking after grandchildren at least one day a week. One friend does 5 days for multiple children. Without us those parents could not be at work. Its partly high costs but also lack of available, appropriate care. Imagine if we all stopped.

“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

Kind of incredible. I was just sitting down to write about how Starmer should be given credit for keeping us out of this mess when he does this. Unutterably foolish and obsequious. Why in God's name should we have anything to do with this shortsighted madness.

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime. You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.

This... ⤵️ via @zoegrunewald.bsky.social #GortonAndDenton

RT if the USA should take Tommy Robinson. He is a violent criminal scumbag we don't want him and the USA seems to be collecting people like that.

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it”

my god I need to wake up Friday morning to the news that Matt Goodwin is not an MP, I can't bring myself to feel strongly about who wins but I really, really need him to lose

An important reminder

This👇😂

Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco" "A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc" "Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"

Always remember ... The Brexit ref was anything but democratic 😡

More top analysis from Mason. 'Let me tell you why this non-story is a big story.' No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Greenland, Iceland, Iceberg, Greenberg, Goldberg, Hamberg, Hamberder, Covfefe, Arnold Palmer, Hannibal Lecter, Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV, Giraffe, Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

No need. We've got good free speech Johnson. You need to stop gun violence, stop supporting a psycho, stop shooting your own citizens, stop sending people to concentration camps with no due process, stop invading other countries and stealing what's not yours and start taking responsibility.

We will take no free speech lessons whatsoever from the Trump Administration. You can f**k right off.

Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

or...

I love that Americans are asking this about elections this year, whereas here people are going berserk over thrice weekly polls, with more than three years to go.

The Globe and Mail

No matter our beliefs, Jesus’ message of opening our hearts to those who are different from us has never felt more important than this Christmas. I want to wish everyone celebrating in London and around the world a very Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve. Wishing you a quiet moment tonight...where the noise fades...the weight lifts...and you remember you’re not alone. Whatever this year took from you...may tonight give something back: warmth...grace...and the simple relief of hope.

I really dislike this new trend of attacking politicians if they don’t attend memorial events, by claiming it shows they don’t care about your community, and also booing them when they do attend, because how dare they show their face in your community.

I’d love to see the British news media devote 15% of the resources they use attacking Starmer, Reeves, Lammy & Rayner on reviewing policies & performance of Farage, Tice & the Reform councils They’re so busy enabling a Reform challenge they are not scrutinising them at all Why?