I cannot think of any more ludicrous appointment than Nandy to FCO

Rapid spread, Doctors dying and still wearing surgical gappy masks that don’t seal to the face. They deserve better PPE. Rapid spread surely should signify that this strain might be more transmissible via another mode? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Politicians skirt around it. The media skirts around it. But, we have a very sinister far right, racist problem in the UK. Reform and Restore… two cheeks of the same hideous arse… flooding the zone with their hate, their lies and their howling inadequacy. If they’re our future, we’re done for.

Mutual retailer OurCoop triples CEO pay to £2.2m despite fall in profits. OurCoop worker pay typically starts at/around minimum wage. Fat-cattery affects ever sector. Performance has no bearing Govt must act - limit tax deduction of exec pay for corporation tax purpose.

Whoever first wrote this headline deserves a bonus surely? Or at least a bit of recognition - They wrote back in February and it's been used nearly every day since. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Just finished Any Questions, up against Richard Tice. I knew there would be plenty of BS on climate, but he spouted rubbish on *every* subject. Even claimed that the EU is not our biggest trading partner, but the US. In fact, we have 3x more trade with the EU. He believes whatever he wants to.

It has now been 10 weeks and three days since Nigel Farage last turned up to vote in the House of Commons

this is really good news!

A handful of tech barons now control the algorithms that shape what millions of people see every day. They can decide: • what trends • what gets buried • which voices are amplified • which political movements gain momentum That is extraordinary political power without democratic accountability.

Why is Trump so obsessed with taking over our museums, arts, cultural institutions — and slapping his name and face on everything? It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. It's straight from the fascist playbook. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEH7sF6pA4s

We still remember the London Blitz, which lasted eight months. Ukraine has been under attack for fifty-one months. You can help defend Ukrainians from missiles and drones. u24.gov.ua/news/timothy...

If we give the Ukrainians Patriots and sanction Russian energy the war is over. In other words, US policy at present is to keep the war going. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Not news according to the BBC.

Excellent from Ian Dunt 👇

The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too. They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor. We must end this vicious cycle.

The Dutch government is blocking a United States-based company's attempts to acquire a key online identification IT supplier.

This is just awful. AI is downright dangerous.

"Check out this baby, from bean to cup in just 10 seconds... How much did it cost? No idea, it just appeared one day and I assumed the pixies had left it."

It seems so easy to find dodgy stuff on almost every Reform candidate. You could conclude their vetting is terrible but I suspect it’s worse: they do the vetting and these are precisely the kind of people they’re looking for.

Burberry boss could collect up to £12.2m under new bonus scheme as company rolls back climate goals. The same repeated across major corporations. Workers produce wealth, execs get mega rewards. Govts preach wage restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, dividends and share buyback.

EXCLUSIVE: The Oxford Union's invitation to Tommy Robinson sparked resignations, protests and censure motions. Now Byline Times reveals allegations that a deal was struck for GB News to broadcast the event and create a national prime-time platform for the far-right. bylinetimes.com/2026/05/29/a...

So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?

FARAGE

This is perhaps the thing that's annoyed me most about this government. They have had an opportunity to do something important AND in their political self-interest and instead chose to ignore it.

The UK government should do something about malevolent foreign interference in British democracy. Urgently.

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i dunno, but maybe it's time the government recognised a foreign white supremacist is using his global social media app to bolster the far-right, bury other voices, and hopefully radicalise users to disrupt the political landscape of other nations

So funny to hear Justin Webb try to do a gotcha interview with someone who knows his onions and is confident about it, like @torstenbell.bsky.social. By the end, JW got so shrill only the greater wax moth could hear him. How is he still on #r4today?

You don't hate these people enough. Yes, I said hate. He and his friends spread lies, avoid taxes, and want to significantly depopulate Earth so they can control it fully—with only a cadre of credulous white servants left. I'm OK hating a man like that.

As Felon Trump is on the eve of having to pay E. Jean Carroll $88.3 million plus interest, he has weaponized his DOJ to launch a criminal investigation targeting her. I’ve got the latest details, including why this investigation is being coordinated out of Chicago. youtu.be/b3Jt4i89ZbY?...

How do people describe main party leaders in their own words. The world clouds below give you a flavour of what the public say. For Starmer biggest word is weak, For Farage racist, For Badenoch OK For Davey don’t know How negative they are neatly captures an anti politics mood

Professor Michael Clarke, "On a daily basis the Russians are attacking Britain" "Attempts to create division in society" "Attempts to manipulate social media to create doubt" "And to effect our democracy, our elections"

100%. Farage is getting more and more unpopular and Reform is doing worse than last year. And this is while Labour has been struggling badly and the Tories largely absent. They are very very beatable.

Alarming to see trade-offs being acknowledged openly. Where will this end? Informed debate?? 😱

New figures: 2025 was a record year for solar deployment in the UK, as households & businesses respond to the energy crisis by generating their own power. 269,000 solar installations were completed across the UK in 2025, 37% more than the year before, & the highest ever recorded in a calendar year.

Ideal President to put on a bill that will mostly be used for money laundering and corruption

Mamdani: "Govt efficiency — these are words that somehow have been understood as if they are R priorities, when in fact they're priorities of anyone who believes in the public sector. Any yet, Elon Musk used it to cut as many jobs that were as critical as possible for so many of the neediest people"

Peter Thiel decides to follow in the footsteps of previous supporters of the Far Right who fled to Argentina

Trump is putting his face on federal buildings, national park passes, passports, and now his regime is reportedly trying to put it on a $250 bill. If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

🚨🚨" Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as #Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption". Excellent and compelling case against being on #X made by @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

..in other words if we are going to improve public services *and* invest more (esp in energy transition) taxes *on middle and upper-middle income earners*, not just the rich, are going to have to go up. Very welcome realism (often absent here!) and I hope the Greens are listening.

BBC News has corrected an article that wrongly claimed there were “rising numbers of women and girls killed by men”. In fact, in the most recent year for which we have data, the number was at its lowest level for at least a decade.

Inside of CBS News: a sense that journalistic standards are now dead, and the operation is being converted into the Ellisons' Murdoch-sty;e propaganda mill, with Bari Weiss as their overseer. bsky.app/profile/just...

A Congressman’s warning: “I really hope the British public learns the lesson from Donald Trump when it comes to Nigel Farage”. “Farage is a total fraud, and I hope they realise before its too late”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the IDF to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip, far beyond the terms of the current ceasefire deal. An audience member shouted that Israel should take “100 percent” of Gaza, Netanyahu responded: “We’re going in order,” not ruling it out.

been apparent for decades that no serious change will be allowed in this country while the press has a stranglehold on public opinion the big lie is that it reflects rather than directs popular concerns. again and again, issues that no-one gave a shit about have been manufactured into huge things

It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute. My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼

This would be a crime against humanity www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

(📢) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump—An Obviously Crazy Person Who Needs to Be Removed From Office Immediately to Protect America and the World—Just Threatened to Go to War with U.S. Ally Oman; the Inarguably Demented Trump Has Now Attacked or Threatened to Attack 1 Out of Every 13 Countries on Earth

The evidence continues to mount. Trump is both physically and mentally incapable of discharging the duties of president of the United States. The sooner the 25th Amendment is invoked, or he is impeached, the safer America and the world will be.