The data shows pretty clearly the impact of the global financial crisis and Brexit, but also the failure of the coalition government to turn the tide of real wages for most of its time in office...

A graph that tells you everything you need to know about why British politics is in the state it is in.

The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started. What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.

russian peeps sitting right in the middle of the American delegation, too.

The GC crowd really fucked themselves with this case.

The head of the Catholic Church in Spain calls for a general election or a confidence vote. And wants the Constitution reformed to "clarify" it. In other words, Sánchez must go and Spain is a country with a single national identity. www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...

YES. More on the Salt Path Grifters is exactly the seasonal tonic we've needed!

Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones. The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Merz: The decades of Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe — and for us in Germany as well. It no longer exists in the way we once knew it. The Americans are now firmly pursuing their own interests. We are falling behind — partly due to U.S. trade and tariff policy.

WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN

The "Overton Window" not shifting in that nobody more famousTomlinson, Lucy White, Ant Middleton & an ind councillor are arguing publicly to ban Badenoch from parliament (or remove all practicing Muslims from UK) What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument

Yes, journalism just a way to get famous for people who can't sing, dance, write songs, draw, paint, or do anything creative or interesting

Its hard to read “I would never ask for a service worker who racially abused me to be fired“ as much more than “I’m not like other girls“

There’s a vein of progressive / progressive coded discourse which sincerely believes that no one should face punishment or sanction for any kind of bad behaviour ever

Why are we not seeing any Anglo journalists talking about Trump struggling to speak in recent press conferences? Total silence from all of them 🤔

The 3 remaining values the GOP: The reanimated undead corpse of neoconservatism barely being kept alive by like 3 dudes, the ideological incel nihilism of MAGA, and the corruption, scams and grift of the Trump family and close associates.

not particularly surprising for those who always thought that outside his area of academic expertise old noam was a conspiranoic wacko

My wife has been enthusing about Gemini and having tried it out, I'm cancelling my ChatGPT payments. It was a fun novelty for a while, but my usage has dropped off, and Gemini is free, so...

I do believe there is a difference in values between us and the Americans. We believe in helping strangers. That making sacrifices to help people who we do not know, or who we might not even like, is still something we should do. We might share this with Canadians, but I don't see it in Americans.

Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant

Astonishing how awful UK journalism is. Listening to Jo Coburn on Times Radio..she did an appalling interview which made me agree with Helen Webberly 😯😯 Then she's interviewed a father of a trans child who split from his wife and hasn't seen his daughter for 2 years! A terrible Dad! 🤦

"there's a new serif in town"

I turned on Times Radio briefly yesterday afternoon. They were interviewing some guy who was saying how, if young people don't read books, it's harder for them to understand the complexities of the world. He was then asked about mental health issues in the UK, and went on to make the most....

@almagroschool.bsky.social UK Labour doing their very best to make us love Pedro even more 🤣🤣 Seriously, what is this shit?? You couldn't make me move back there for all the money in the world!

open.spotify.com/track/0Zsdy5... My friend wrote this song a few years ago...still a banger

The Christmas light show at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona. So grateful after 40 years in England that I'm able to live among the beautiful people and culture of Catalonia. It's on another level.

@abimababy.bsky.social I noticed the other day you mentioned living in Wales and I was like "whaattt?" 🤣🤣 Did my degree in Bangor and teacher training in Cardiff 🙂

Going to be honest here, the biggest challenge at age 50, that no-one told me about was watching the world you knew disappear. I find a lot of what's going on as confusing as my 7 yr old daughter does, because it's new to me too. Putting the Christmas tree up earlier, and I put on Tony Bennett's...

@qusaynoor.net @qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social As Ruslan says, astonishing no Syrians were spoken to. Any thoughts on this piece?

It would be good to have at least some Syrian experts to comment on the current situation in Syria. www.thetimes.com/article/f21f...

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This was a good one too

One of the cooler photos I’ve managed to take (from a Tokyo record bar)

What I don't understand is that there are massive, massive political benefits for the first European leader to tell the orange pedophile to do one, but none of them will do it? Endless benefits for anyone prepared to punch Europe's bully in the face (metaphorically)

Oooh they fighting 😂

A 2 min job on Spotify will now take 20 mins thanks to their god awful design. Tech needs to rewind ten years and learn how to do A/B tests all over again 🤷

My daughter has been using my Spotify, so I've created a Playlist for her favourite songs. BUT....you can't just add a load of tracks from another playlist, no no no! Instead it gives you a list of suggested songs generated by their fucking AI! 😡😡

Most people I know on the left hold some pretty far left views, but would never, ever associate with the far left because, well, you've met them, right? Amazing what they could achieve if they could work with other people....

Delighted to see last week my Palestinian friend, Ziad, and his Northern Irish boyfriend finally got married. Reminded me when Ziad first introduced me to him and I asked if they met over a shared love of bombs 😬🤣

"It's all someone else's fault!" The eternal cry of the hard left loser

We've had home PCs in our (often very poor) family for well over 40 years now. My old Grandma made this same complaint, but 'not being able to use tech' was a bit, a way to get attention.

you know who was the first to be clear that things are not the same, and to act on it (More Eurofighters instead of F35s)

The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

My god! @almagroschool.bsky.social @aphclarkson.bsky.social

A Russian strategy that hinges on the assumption that Trump can remain the eternal god emperor of the United States is not sustainable

This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post. "Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀

It is a little.bit funny how they're so blatantly throwing that Admiral under the bus. Not even subtle how they're doing it 🙄