Double-headed eagles, white parrots and “defecating squirrels”: my experiences reporting from Russia. Our film ‘Our Man In Moscow’ for BBC Panorama is available on the iPlayer and will be shown on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Mon Feb 2). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Everyone on my train was watching the Melania movie on their phones. The whole carriage cheered.

BREAKING - DOJ co-founder Tim Crosland physically ejected from court. Tim was carried out of court today for attempting to explain to the judge that his hearing, and 1000s of others, are unlawful due to lack of legally-required procedural evidence. www.defendourjuries.net

An attorney for 11 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein says the Trump administration badly bungled the most recent release of files related to the sexual predator. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/2/jeffrey_epstein

No, opposing genocide is not divisive 👇👇👇 www.owenjones.news/p/no-opposin...

I recently met some of the Birmingham bin workers who are taking strike action. A group visited Parliament to share their experiences with MPs, which includes bullying and blacklisting, as well as extreme pay cuts. I stand in solidarity with these workers, who deserve a fair deal.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... What a country 🤬🤬🤬🤦‍♀️ ( And please don’t anyone say “At least we aren’t as bad as America!” - we’re not, but that is comparing us to a very low standard. - And I’m not for a second blaming democrats - only Republicans)

Israel 'withholding 766 bodies' of identified Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-continues-withhold-766-bodies-identified-palestinians

$5000 a year EACH poorer every single year. That is what Brexit has done.

“Having returned from another visit to Palestine, we are incredulous that the UK government has still not published its legal response to the international court of justice’s advisory opinion in July 2024. This inaction has contributed to a culture of impunity …” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Trump lashes out against green energy - because it works. Last year the EU saved £70 Billion in avoided coal and gas imports. How? Green energy.

If these were any other deaths, they would be making national headlines but Covid death and disability has been normalised and it’s totally unacceptable to me. I’m sure to many others also.

It pays to be in a union. Strike action works ✊ www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

£600k on eight free parking spaces, six reserved for Reform politicians, whilst removing free parking for junior Council staff. Total snouts in troughs from Reform. www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

Here, because of the libel laws, we call such behaviour cronyism, or back-scratching. Anywhere else, there would be a different name for it. Corruption.

Remember that Mandelson quote? "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich, as long as they pay their taxes". By "we" he meant the Labour government. Turns out that he - as a government minister - was lobbying on behalf of his filthy rich chums to ensure they paid less tax.

So Trump came up when I was debating with Andrea Jenkyns of Reform… And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.

I thought the Covid inquiry would finally highlight the injustice and discrimination many in our group have received since 2020. And it did, to a limited extent with the evidence that was allowed to be heard. Many continue to die and become more disabled by COVID. 🧵

There are thousands of sick & wounded Palestinians in Gaza who need treatment abroad, but Israel has been preventing them from leaving (& blocking the entry of medical supplies into the strip) Hind Khoudary reports on one little girl who died waiting to be evacuated

I'm guessing that the "Jes" in this message is that other moral paragon, Jes Staley, though I can't be sure. A Labour government minister, channelling the demands of his finance-bro chums. This, my friends, is how it happens. This is why we don't get what we want, or what we vote for.

As ever, the UK's deeply secretive approach to trade talks does them few favours with stakeholder frustration in particular preventing what should be a regular public engagement in Brussels. And thus does the Brexit circus roll-on unsatisfactorily.

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’. Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer. Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.

British activist Peter Tatchell arrested for carrying ‘intifada’ placard. The 74-year-old campaigner said his arrest in central London amounted to "an attack on free speech". news.sky.com/story/britis...

TRUMP TODAY: There was an election in Texas? What? TRUMP YESTERDAY:

Latest from me: I went to Gorton & Denton, and found the national condition, raging on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations

"How Brexit turned 'made in Britain' into a hindrance" www.dezeen.com/2026/01/30/u...

All the different Brexits that have failed to be agreed or if tried failed to deliver: Soft Brexit — 2016–2018 Hard Brexit — 2016–2019 Norway-style Brexit — 2016–2018 Norway Plus Brexit — 2018–2019 Canada-style Brexit — 2016–2019 🧵1/…

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Confirmation that Biden broke US law to aid Israel’s genocide.

Brian Eno & David Byrne: Regiment - from their 1981 album, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts www.youtube.com/watch?v=BITA...

Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased | Moira Donegan

“What verdict will history render on those many moments of cowardice and silence from journalists who fell into line with the genocidaires? What will it mean to look in the mirror and realize that, when it mattered most, they chose career safety and complicity in genocide denial?”

Campaigner Peter Tatchell arrested for carrying ‘globalise the intifada’ placard

Videos from Gaza show huge explosions as Israeli air attacks hit a building in Gaza City and tents in al-Mawasi. Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.

Trump’s version of “ending a war”….whilst still sending armoury to Israel.

Why does this matter? Well we were told and still are, to wash our hands for a predominantly airborne virus. We were also told it was mild. They told us to wear gappy surgical masks for an airborne virus and ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ in shared air spaces.

It baffles me that this doesn't get more coverage. Bin workers have been on strike in Birmingham for *A YEAR.* I don't understand why this hasn't been dealt with. They are one of the most essential services, and will be experiencing extreme poverty by now.

Ras ein al-Uja, the Ghor (Jordan valley). This small village was expelled in its entirety by the settlers in recent weeks. Settlers also vandalised the school, and wrote on the whiteboard: All Arabs will die. Source: Mistaklim (Looking the occupation in tye eye) www.mistaclim.org/en

At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?

Yes, whatever happened to my fantasy Brexit where the all powerful UK simply swept away the superpowers, the global companies, anyone else's rules, geography, history, domestic politics, demographics, deindustrialisation, Trump, and things I don't like? Oh yes, reality. And bad Brexiter governments

Lew, like McGurk, Sullivan, Blinken: more than complicit. Meaningfully responsible.

Reminder that the administration now arresting journalists, and its sycophants, are also whining that the EU and the UK are enemies of free speech

how many white guys in suits can they fit around a desk?

US envoys blocked warning of 'apocalyptic wasteland' in Gaza, says report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-envoys-israel-blocked-warning-apocalyptic-wasteland-gaza

Oh, and 4. Despite the demand for proportional representation from Labour members, Starmer won't change our ridiculous First Past the Post system. So he's in no position to blame anyone for "splitting the vote". share.google/buxD1tZ5BfKk...

If Labour are really worried about Reform getting in on a split vote they can change the voting system.

Israel has suddenly accepted the official Gaza death toll. That's after over two years of claiming that it's 'Hamas propaganda'. The truth? The figure is so much higher 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-sud...

Israel's apologists spent over 2 years sowing distrust in the official Gaza death toll. Now the Israeli army quietly accepts that it is actually an underestimate. Eternal shame for the atrocity deniers. They must never be absolved of their guilt.