‘Here’s how I will restore faith in the democratic process: a weird elaborate new voting system that takes 20 minutes to explain’

This is what gets me. I'll stick to Reeves fiscal rules but build loads of council houses. I'll deport lots of people but maybe that's not a good thing. I'll bring in PR maybe but not yet. How can you take the guy seriously theonion.com/trump-reques...

'There’s not a single decent word in this thing, which, by the way, cost $35. Seriously, I don’t know if I want Darci in my life anymore, because anytime I see her, I’ll just be remembering she said this unreadable piece of shit felt like it was written just for her.' theonion.com/respect-for-...

Today:

🇺🇦💔 Zelensky at the site of the attacks on Kyiv

Marvellous essay by Darrell Owens on housing, NIMBYism and changing cities: darrellowens.substack.com/p/berkeleys-...

77 locations across Kyiv. That is the scale of last night’s massive russian attack on Ukraine’s capital, with direct strikes and falling debris reported throughout the city. 📷Serhii Korovayny

Some interesting stuff in the Guardian letters page (seriously) About the 100 best novels list last week

Morning in Kyiv. Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Kyiv overnight, causing widespread destruction and fires across the city. Two people were killed and more than 50 injured.

Morning:

Russia is now systematically attacking gas stations in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region. During the busy daytime in a city with over a million civilians.

The antisemitism at the heart of masculinist culture: I noticed it in the Theroux documentary, and James Bloodworth sees it too fathomjournal.org/the-manosphe...

Ghouls

Evening.

The American-led negotiations in Ukraine prolonged the war by encouraging Putin. The Russians dangled ludicrous business"deals" in front of Witkoff and Kushner who were too gullible to understand that they were being manipulated. Good to hear the US has abandoned this failed policy.

NO TURNING BACK by Rania Abouzeid is the best book I've read about the Syrian revolution: humane, granular, and heartbreaking

Imagine being a Russian troll assigned to Bluesky: “Comrade, today you will destabilize Western democracy by arguing with poets, policy nerds, and a raccoon avatar with tenure.”

Today:

🙏 You've all seen the photos where Russian drone hit the wall of a high-rise building, leaving a pretty big hole. But I want to show you what it looks like from the inside, - Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov.

Absolutely loved ROOSTER, a subtle feelgood comedy for the ages. John C McGinley is a prince among men

It’s almost as if there’s no pleasing the people who are fixated on this one issue and it’s pointless to try

Russia struck apartment buildings in Dnipro ‼️

‘Within hours of the massacre, days before Israel had even begun its military response in Gaza, social media was already filling with euphemism, justification and celebration’ www.jewishnews.co.uk/the-nova-exh...

After the revolution, the regime cleans up The important thing is not the strait or the oil, the important thing is this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Andy Burnham campaign broadcast drops

think that we should rejoin the EU slowly, county by county starting from the south coast, just to see how it feels

Is the Andy Burnham broadcast just a Hovis ad

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Exceptional piece. What a disgrace that the UK’s widespread antisemitism is driving talented people out of the country www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/36e897b...

Had a dream last night where there was a new series of Blackadder with Blackadder as the UK Ambassador to America, and now feel this needs to be made.

A man, no plan, Iran, a canal, COVEFE??

In Dnipro region 2 people were killed in russian attacks. Shelling in the Nikopol district completely destroyed a house in a garden cooperative. Rescuers recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from beneath the rubble.

Today:

in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic

Fantastic long deep dive by Helen Lewis into the men's rights movement www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

7th explosion in Kharkiv ‼️

But we've got to do this because Andy wants to shake up the system, or something www.ft.com/content/94aa...

I'm not saying this because I particularly think he should stand for leader but it does feel Quite Interesting that Labour actually has this other mayor who's been successfully running a much bigger city for a longer period of time but for some reason no one's waiting for him to save the party

What I've not seen in the debate so far is what Burnham would *do* on becoming PM. Like Starmer or not he has strengthened protections for renters and employees, he passed the Hillsborough Law, he made it easier to build housing and he recognised Palestine

PITCH: a literary/gaming crossover drag king act called Evelyn Waaaagh, which no one enjoys

This plan is make believe Dunny-on-the-Wold stuff www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kharkiv tonight. The sky glows red as russian drones and explosions tear through the silence once again.

Burnhamology is a whole new category in Labour politics

As a member of the public, can confirm that what I want from the Labour party is over complicated rulebooky shenanigans

Still can't get over this. Who is going to volunteer to become Prime Minister simply to relinquish that position and give it to someone else?

Arguably likelier than Labour electing a woman any time soon.

ANDY BURNHAM - THE ROAD TO NO. 10 HIS PATH TO POWER - HOW IT COULD WORK 1) Cross the enchanted forest 2) Cross the River of Forgetting 3) Do not drink of the River 4) Train to London 5) £500 on Sad Ken cont 🧵

Extra exhibit for today's tour 'Hidden Gems and Curious Corners:' a new artwork under an arch of the mid-Victorian viaduct that sliced through the middle of Leeds. It's the arch you can walk under from the bus station to Leeds Minster. By the duo 'Nomad Clan' who did 'Athena Rising', Platform, 2018.

Burnham’s road to No 10 His path to power - exclusive to the NS