As I was saying…

👀 Watching social media blow up thinking of the repercussions of this Trump v Musk fight.🍿 It’s like watching an ‘Atomic Collision’, imagine how toxic the fallout will be! ☢️ Would be funny were it not for the worrying consequences of this chaos! 😩

Will the next Pope build on Pope Francis' legacy of a more open, liberal and inclusive leadership of the catholic church or will the cardinals vote to go backwards with a more conservative Pope? #thepope #thevatican #theconclave #pope #vatican #vaticano #conclave

Trump as Pope: Trump posting this vulgar picture of himself as Pope and then the Offical White House account retweeting it is disgraceful. Trump is trolling the world with this disrespectful post, a week after he attended the funeral of Pope Francis! #Trump #ThePope

Great to be involved in this conversation yesterday, delving into the impact of cancer in the workplace and why it's such an important topic that needs far more attention and action.👇

It was a busy day for the WWC team yesterday with some very important conversations about cancer taking place. Thank you to @debbiehindle.bsky.social for taking part in an event in Parliament focusing on breast cancer care hosted by the @economist.com

Incredibly shocking news, especially as yesterday Pope Francis attended Easter Sunday mass at St Peter’s. Pope Francis was an enlightened individual within a conservative community, who championed acceptance and embraced all. RIP 💜 #PopeFrancis #papafrancesco

Just finished reading this months edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social Scarily accurate in its Trump predictions, even from the last few days. Although there is a sense of foreboding, we are beginning to see some form of checks and balances will kick in, from the US institutions and private sector

When comedy becomes reality! 😬 #Trump #Dictatorship

Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or

Take US's goods trade deficit with X country, divide it by total amount of goods imported from that country. Cut % in half equals US's "reciprocal" tariff rate.” Eg. Bangladesh: US imported $8.4bn in 2024, giving it a $6.2bn trade deficit with the country. 6.2 divided by 8.4 is 0.738. Tariff is 37%

Impressive 1H for Italy, managing to hold Ireland, one of the top rugby teams in the world, despite the yellow card. Bravi 👏 👏👏 Hope Italy can maintain momentum 2H, despite injurie🤞 🇮🇹🏉❤️ #ITAvIRE

L'Italia ha avuto momenti di brillantezza e ha giocato molto bene, soprattutto nel primo tempo ma è un peccato che la loro energia sia calata nel secondo tempo, soprattutto quando avrebbe potuto giocarsi un importante punto bonus. #EngvIta

Very respectable half time score for Italy when you consider they are playing away at Twickenham, putting pressure on until the 40th minute. Great game of rugby so far! Could Italy been in for a landmark victory? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🇮🇹 #ENGvITA

Keir Starmer is on fire today in parliament, especially with his response to Farage reminding him that Putin is the aggressor and that Zelensky is valiantly defending Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

President Zelensky, a war time leader & hero, has defended Ukraine & European eastern flank from an aggressive invader for three years with dreadful loss of life. Tomorrow Starmer & European leaders need to increase unequivocal support for Zelensky to achieve peace. #standwithukraine #slavaukraine

@Keir_Starmer Sunday you will host European leaders including @ZelenskyyUa. You see yourself as the bridge between Europe & US. Until today this made sense but now #Trump is clearly allied with Putin & against Ukraine. You can’t ignore this. #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦

I salute the bravest leader in the world, a war time president, who refuses to kowtow to bullies to defend his country. #slavaukraini #zelensky

Zelenskyy has been completely disrespected and is being expected to kowtow to Trump and his extortionate expectations. Trump’s lack of knowledge of international affairs and history is palpable.

The coming weeks will tell but based on what we saw, Starmer passed a very difficult diplomatic challenge today. He was able to walk a tight line between standing up for UK/UKR/EU interests whilst doing what is necessary diplomatically to keep the embers of the ‘special relationship’ alive. Bravo!

Freidrich Merz, the new German chancellor, also took aim at Musk’s disinformation saying his “interventions from Washington were no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the interventions that we have seen from Moscow.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

This story doesn’t surprise me, it fits KGB/FSB MO. It explains how Trump has managed to stay afloat financially all these years and Trump’s political fawning of Putin, parroting Kremlin propaganda whilst betraying US, Ukraine & European allies. Time for US leaders to denounce Trump and impeach him.

A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.

This is a poignant opinion piece from acclaimed journalist @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com on the Trump ‘strategy’ aka the Bannon playbook since Trump came to power. It gives us perspective and hope. @mrjamesob.bsky.social very relevant discussions today. vm.tiktok.com/ZNd1HFB98/

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World Cancer Day is a time to also reflect about those who stand beside those affected by cancer, often at great personal and professional cost. Read my article 👇’ Balancing Work and Caregiving: The Unseen Cost of Supporting a Loved One Through Cancer’ #workingwithcancer #caregiver #cancer

More Britons would rather have the EU than the US as Britain's closest trading partner The EU: 53% (+2 from 2 Mar 2020) The US: 21% (+4) Neither: 7% (-3) yougov.co.uk/topics/inter...

Today’s announcement is a hammer blow for St Helier. It will not endure another decade without serious funding and repairs. The people of Sutton will rightly be exasperated that they have been overlooked once again. We cannot go on like this - the Govt must change course quickly.

NEW YouGov poll shows 65% of Brits say Trump is a threat to European peace. That's also a majority in all parties except Reform UK.

Having recently visited the holocaust centre in Newark, this man gives a stark warning from history, & where 1930’s style populist policies & rhetoric, inevitably lead… #bbcqt

1 in 2 of us will receive a cancer diagnosis in our lifetime but there are still big gaps in workplace support according to our recent survey of HR and Line managers. Learn more about the findings and why training is so crucial.👇 www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news... #workingwithcancer #HR

If you want to get people ‘back to work’ you need to ensure the country has an effective healthcare system providing timely healthcare and more enlightened employers who are prepared to make workplace adjustments to encourage those with chronic illnesses to come back to work. #workingwithcancer

Italy should be proud of this result, despite the loss of 11-29 to the All Blacks. Italian defence much improved with some flashes of offensive brilliance. Remember Italy lost by 79 points difference last game. Excited to see what Italy can do in the Six Nations! #AutumnInternationals #ITAvNZL

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Spain is to legalise about 300,000 undocumented migrants a year. The policy, approved on Tuesday aims to tackle the country's ageing workforce and low birthrate. news.sky.com/story/spain-...

"1% of the population own half the land in England...the media have portrayed a very distorted view of the countryside, how land is used & who owns it" Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...

@guyshrubsole.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social Excellent segment on @lbc regarding Guy’s book ‘Lie of the Land’. Very informative given the current debate around farmers, IHT, tax avoidance schemes and land ownership. Hope to hear more from Guy to bring balance & clarity to cut through the noise.

Trump confirms he will utilize US military to conduct mass deportations

💥 NEWS! 💥 Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK: Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend. Onwards and definitely upwards! www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...

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#BrexitOmerta is exactly what this Labour government is encouraging across its government and back benches, with all Labour MP’s parroting the party line. How long until the dam breaks and good economic sense prevails?

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wake up call for Italy, despite many key players missing due to injury. Georgia dominated 1H but ran out of steam and discipline 2H, as Italy used to be years ago. Well done Italy but much respect to Georgia. What about a 7 or 8 nation European competition? #ITAvGEO #Rugby #AutumnInternationls

Starmer & Reeves acknowledge Brexit has severely damaged our economy but are wilfully refusing to accept that opening negotiations for rejoin the single market and customs union would be a win and for both the U.K. and EU. Post Trump victory, EU would welcome closer socioeconomic ties with the U.K.

Just the most astounding couple of paragraphs. Pure oligarchy territory.

This is the official account of the #FBPE movement. We support the European Union and fight far-right and nationalist parties in the EU and beyond. We also cooperate with other progressive movements, notably #FBR in the US and #OndaCivica in Italy. Join our fight against political extremism!

Finally made the decision to move over to @bsky.app from Twitter/X after 13+ years. It’s a hassle and will take time to build my community but I can no-longer be part of toxic Twitter/X! Start of a new era!