The Bank of England is now warning of a market crash youtu.be/dlosvT5fcfc?.... If ever there was a moment to worry, this is it.

Slovenia joins Ireland and Spain in not broadcasting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after a decision to boycott the live event over Israel’s participation.

"The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come." - Fatih Birol, IEA

Fatih Birol, head of the IEA, said in an interview with CNBC that the world is facing the “biggest energy security threat in history,” citing the loss of around 13 million barrels per day of oil supply amid disruptions linked to the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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ECB chief Lagarde warns Europe faces prolonged fallout from Hormuz shock https://www.europesays.com/people/35027/ Mücahithan Avcıoglu 21 April 2026•Update: 21 April 2026 European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned Monday that Europe…

Keith Haring, Untitled (Earth Day), 1985

Grim but useful read. Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster economist.com/finance-and-...

Misogynists weaponise women’s safety to silence feminists who make progress for women. It’s a playbook. And nobody is demonstrating that more than Kevin McKenna and his daily diatribe against women in the Greens. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/04/22/a...

This tweet is highly defamatory and Martina Navratilova should be fired from BBC Sport for it. It demonstrates an horrendous level of hatred for a trans woman (who was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent tribunal) because she is a trans woman.

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If the strait stays closed for 3m a global recession is pretty much nailed on. By my back of the envelope it will take 30-45 more days to completely exhaust buffer stocks and flex. Sometime before that we will start to see aggressive demand destruction.

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The demand for 'consensus' comes from parties who know the Council Tax is horrendously unfair, but who don't want to do anything about it and need someone else to blame. The @scottishgreens.org are the only party to set out plans to scrap and replace CT in our manifesto.

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This is fucking mental.

Scottish Green co-leader Gillian Mackay is standout contributor on Channel4 News' Scots leaders’ debate. Like Ross Greer in BBC debate her stance is crystal clear - opposing North Sea drilling, calling for wealth Tax & slamming Malcolm Offord who claims Glasgow is a ‘dumping ground’ for refugees.

current status: weeping with laughter

We can't be complicit in Donald Trump's war crimes. His military must not be allowed to use Scottish infrastructure for his illegal wars.

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Did Fraser Nelson ever share this view with his columnists at the Spectator?

In the first big leaders' debate of the election, @ross-greer.bsky.social spoke up strongly for a welcoming Scotland and against the racism of the far right. And most of the audience agreed - rejecting Reform's lies and dogwhistles.

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I can’t get over the cartoon ears on the snapchat video of this British Lebanese girl Naya as she suddenly hears and sees the Israeli military fire missiles all around her. Powerful piece by Sky’s Yalda Hakim.

Beyond the headlines, the Scottish Parliament election is passing voters by. To discuss 'Scotland's Forgettable Election', Coll McCail is joined on Nest of Fearties by freelance journalist Jamie Maxwell and Bella Caledonia's Mike Small. 🎙️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/GwFxz5P

SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists

The UK provides intelligence to Israel. The UK provides weapons to Israel. The UK trains Israeli soldiers. Keir Starmer should immediately withdraw his support and work with other countries to hold those guilty of war crimes accountable.

"they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways" Those feel like... pretty solid cards?

That Board of Peace has been very quiet lately.

Israel is a rogue state and our government should treat it as such. Our Government should have suspended diplomatic and trade relations long ago but if not now, when?

Israeli aircraft reportedly sprayed glyphosate over border farmlands in southern Lebanon & Syria’s Quneitra in Jan–Feb ‘26. Lebanese tests & UNIFIL samples found concentrations 20–30x above normal, killing crops. Israel said it is to deny militants cover. UN warned of humanitarian/environmental harm

From Roger Scruton cafes to paying Matt Goodwin $10k a month, Viktor Orban has built a network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists Today Democracy for Sale delves into Orban’s allies on the British right Well worth a read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

4 day work weeks mean less stress and fewer sick days, easing the pressure on our overstretched NHS and mental health services. The benefits of a 4 day week for workers and employers are well known. But the benefits for our public services are just as important.

Hopefully the DfT will incorporate all of this in an update of the national rules which would enable England and Scotland to use them. Of course, Scotland could allow them now as things are devolved. Guidance: www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV declares the Iran War is “unjust” and “is not resolving anything.” After suggesting Trump is committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure, he called on Americans to contact Congress to help end the war.

These comments are a threat of genocide, plain and simple. The US President must not act in this way. What the world needs is the courage of diplomacy and the wisdom of de-escalation.  The UK Labour government must act now to ensure that de-escalation takes place.

Boycott the World Cup? Restrict American travel to your countries? Economic de-dollarization? Diplomatic isolation?

"What are other countries supposed to do?" I don't know, man. Maybe stop letting the U.S. use your military bases to launch strikes on Iran to start? Expel some diplomats? Cut off trade with us? Idk.

Rep. Ansari: "Donald Trump is trying to normalize language that essentially threatening genocide, threatening the potential use of nuclear weapons ... how is nobody trying to restrain this madman who is trying to get all of us killed. This is a nightmare scenario. It's apocalyptic."

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

Trump is absolutely right, the United States should not be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

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Asking many people to self-fund a transition to an electric car and heat pump is unreasonable. Requiring it of many other people is very reasonable indeed. But we aren't actually in the green transition debate any more. We should be in a debate about literal oil and gas shortages.

An Easter message from the president which should really force the VP and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

‘Once you move past that liberal myth of the marketplace of ideas, all kinds of very interesting things emerge, some of which might be useful – but first you have to become disillusioned.’ @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social on arguing about politics, on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

For anyone wondering, global sales of internal combustion vehicles peaked in 2018. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 ourworldindata.org/data-insight...