Reportedly, Ghislaine Maxwell would tell Jeffrey Epstein’s victims that, ‘If you ever tell anyone what’s going on here, no matter how far into the future, we will find you and we will stop you." Were they threats without substance? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Who would have thought that a Vape shop could become a firebomb, presumably not neighbouring premises? One wonders though, what insurance companies thought and will now think. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fifty shades of: Benfica manager Jose Mourinho manages to maintain his counting skills during a heated post match exchange in the tunnel with Porto assistant coach Lucho Gonzalez. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Labour MP Clive Lewis: "The financial crash exposed the fragility of an economic model decades in the making – shaped by Thatcherite marketisation, financialisation and the steady retreat of democratic control from key sectors of the economy." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Iran War: "About 42% of the UAE’s drinking water comes from desalination plants, while that figure is 90% in Kuwait, 86% in Oman, and 70% in Saudi Arabia." Attacking desalination facilities even more impactful than attacking oil refineries. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

The new boss is AI: Goldman Sachs estimates that 6 to 7 percent of US workers could lose their jobs due to AI adoption. With higher risks for computer programmers, accountants, auditors, legal and administrative assistants plus customer service representatives. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

The driving force of our time: Our two main parties are mostly retaining their socially conservative and financially secure, political donors. Or is the grip donors have on our two main parties, stopping them addressing what concerns voters? chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual... #ukpolitics

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey Lewandowski". The awarding of DHS contracts seems to be reminiscent of our very own VIP Lane, where politicians do the awarding. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Voice of America: Kari Lake had acted unlawfully in running the network's parent agency, judge rules. Very good news. The Trump administration has no regard for international law nor domestic law yet Congress acts like a bystander. www.npr.org/2026/03/08/n...

Jon Sopel, "The two party system is alive and well – it's just that the two parties are Reform and the Greens". #ukpolitics www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"No-one knows when or how the US/Israel/Iran war will end. No-one even truly knows what it's for. Both facts ought to give any prime minister pause before committing British forces." Something various war-mongers seem completely oblivious of. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/iran-crisi...

Austerity: Compare what happened to the 'cutters' George Osborne and Nick Clegg after they left frontline politics, compared with those who paid the policy costs. #ukpolitics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Marriage ain't wot it used t'be: "Within the last decades the institution of marriage has changed more than in the thousands of years before."

Today the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced questions from MPs and a 'social media influencer' at #PMQs

Iran: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu another case of the tail wagging the dog.

The Daily Storygraph exposed.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Palantir the company that hates to hear, thanks but no thanks, goes to court in Switzerland to sue a magazine over its reporting of Palantir's failed Swiss 'charm offensive'. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/p...

Judge John C. Coughenour expresses his view on the U.S Constitution, however, it is the Judges of the U.S Supreme Court whose interpretation of the Constitution that is definitive.

The man who cries wolf: Nigel Farage another bad loser. bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

NEW: On Polymarket, more than $5 million has been spent gambling on "Will the Iranian regime fall by June 30?" On Kalshi, a competing prediction market where users can bet on almost anything, $54 million was spent on “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?" The depravity economy has no bottom.

Keir Starmer a 'shapeshifter' with 'principles' to suit the moment.

Anything Iain has missed, maybe sense or sense of humour. Which is it?

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war. Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war. The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

Has Reform UK's policy on re-nationalising Britain's failing utilities now been shunted into a siding? www.ourfairfuture.org/p/reforms-pu...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Today more than ever, it is essential to remember that one can be against a hateful regime as is the case with the Iranian regime…and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

250 years on from 1776 'King' Donald Trump upends Congress and the Constitution.

Ordinary Iranians have suffered as a consequence of two previous revolutions, one in 1953 and the other in 1979. Will the outcome of Israel and America's attempted 'revolution' prove to be a benefit to the people of Iran? edition.cnn.com/2026/03/01/m...

Harry Kane the wasted years: His final years at Tottenham when instead he could have been winning trophies. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

The US and Israel have, in fact, begun an illegal war with Iran. The US lured Iran into talks and seemingly reached an agreement that Iran would end its uranium enrichment. As of 8:00 AM, Israel and the US launched a surprise attack on Iran with the intent of assassinating its leadership

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) system plus an unelected second chamber means that Britain has an undemocratic and unrepresentative form of democracy. #ukpolitics

Iran: What the UK government knows but what you don't yet know... it's bombs away?

NEW: The UK Government has just confirmed it is in the process of removing all its staff from Iran.

Rolls-Royce which has announced record profits and a £9 billion share buyback scheme is short of money to invest in a new jet engine. Hence it wants money from the government to enable shareholders to earn even more? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

'X' marks the spot: "A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED." www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

Marielle Franco: "Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted two former lawmakers of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco, a popular black activist whose murder exposed deep ties between politics and organised crime." www.france24.com/en/americas/...

Poverty: "estimated to cost the UK more than £75bn every year, through lost output, higher health & social care spending and reduced tax revenues. It damages health, places enormous pressure on the NHS, weakens productivity and blights children’s life chances eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

The UEFA Champions League is the European Super League in all but name. Now the only clubs who have a chance to win it are Europe's wealthiest clubs. The other clubs are just 'extras'. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Royal Montreal Curling Club instructor Ankara Leonard, "Do I think [Kennedy's] finger affects the rock? No I do not. Do I think we have to play within the rules? Yes." Why then do some players "double touch" and why does World Curling say that it's not allowed? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jon Sopel makes clear that in his 'judgement' the U.S Attorney General Pam Bondi is the 'fragrant' one?

Divide and Rule: How the wealthy avoid accountability through media ownership and supporting politicians who will promote a message that the reason you are struggling is because of someone else who is also struggling. While they pocket the majority of the money generated by the economy.

Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #Putin #RussiaIsATerroristState @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

"Almost every PM since Tony Blair has employed their version of McSweeney. Alastair Campbell destroyed Blair’s reputation for integrity. David Cameron hired Murdoch henchman Andy Coulson with... consequences. Nick Timothy all but lost Theresa May the 2017 election." bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/t...

Lord Peter Mandelson a small 'window' into the previously hidden world of the wealthy, politics and finance. Operated by politicians who have been bought and paid for to do the bidding of billionaires. jonathancook.substack.com/p/starmer-is...

The abuse of power: Until funding of politicians and political parties by the wealthy and business is radically overhauled then politics will continue to advance the interests of the few not the many. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

There is something rotten in the state of America and it is the President, Donald Trump. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Washington, D.C. 26/02/2025 Keir Starmer at a reception for Peter Mandelson. "You can sense that there's a new leader. He's a true one-off, a pioneer in business and in politics. Many people love him. Others love to hate him. But to us, he's just Peter." www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/epst...