Ukraine's newest drone hunter doesn't chase Russian drones, it climbs above them and kills them from a height they can't reach The Defense Ministry just codified the Tsyklop interceptor, whose V2 variant has already downed more than 100 targets euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/18/u...

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, is the path back to Europe becoming clearer? A panel of leading campaigners discussed what rejoining the EU could look like – and why a partial reset may not be enough. Paul Browne explains.

Govt asks private equity bosses why they are not listing UK companies in London. Not asked to explain devouring of town centres, water, energy vets, care homes, NHS, supermarkets Invited to discuss tax perks, deregulation, boost City commissions Poor not asked to discuss poverty. archive.ph/S2VHC

This guidance really is a bullies' charter and I don't see how schools can possibly implement it and claim to be inclusive. I'd like to see #EduSky calling @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social out about this. Do colleagues not remember the damage done by Section 28? Does the Labour party not remember ffs?

Glastonbury Tor this morning shortly after sunrise. The grass is looking very dry at the moment.

I’ll be force feeding my piece down your throats bit by bit for the next few days. This is about why loss of research capability in universities isn’t just a linear bit of market forces but a messy process of universities sometimes doing panicky short term cuts

In June, NOAA announced that ENSO—Earth’s most powerful natural climate pattern—had entered its warm phase. Our new animation shows a big reason models expected a strong El Niño from the start: a deep pool of warm water building beneath the tropical Pacific since late 2025. 🌍️🧪 (1/3)

Hosepipe ban map: Where restrictions are in place as UK heatwave continues. Hosepipe bans as water companies lose trillion litres of water to leaks. No new reservoir since 1989. No national water grid. Yet govts talk about resilient infrastructure and persist with water privatisation.

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD. Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage 2m pensioners live in poverty 100,000 pensioners die in poverty each year. OECD supports democide, silent on equitable distribution of wealth, corporate welfare spending.

Remember the magical nudity detection software being mandated for UK phones, the one which prompted Jess Phillips' resignation? It's not just that the product is snake oil. The whole company is smoke and mirrors. Albeit smoke and mirrors invested in by Rupert Lowe of the Restore party.

75% of adult care homes in Wales are run for profit. It is the same story across the UK. Profits for shareholders, higher bills for public purse, less money for frontline services. Humanity financialised. Little public debate about corporate welfare.

Tory govt wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds. Its “VIP lane” gave high priority for PPE contracts to companies with connections to the Tories. Baroness Mone's PPE Medpro was one example of crony contracts. Most of the money won't be recovered.

'The Candle' This morning' sunrise photograph from Glastonbury Tor.

Dear Humankind, remember: We did NOT inherit this Earth from our ancestors, we borrowed it from our grandchildren.

Traders at Brixton market fight back against private equity takeover of the site, want community ownership. PE will kill the market, currently owned by a Texas billionaire. Once it is gone, it's gone forever. Solidarity for resistance to big business, PE and financialisation of everything.

England is the home of 85% of the world's chalk streams, a crucial part of the UK ecological system. Despite criminal convictions, water companies continue to destroy it by dumping raw sewage. I asked the Minister to revoke their licence to operate. Watch the Minister's reply.

On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

SEND teams hit disproportionately hard by NHS job cuts “Ministers are still asking schools, councils and health services to overcome barriers that Whitehall has created” Bodes well… www.localgov.co.uk/SEND-teams-h...

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan

i came here under the best circumstances available to someone who lives off their own work: i am white, i had free movement, i had some savings, i spoke the language, i had a signed employment contract, no kids, but a home country to go back to if it doesn't work out and still i had a tough time

Deprived areas don't just face higher rates of chronic illness- people also have a harder time coping with the health condition. Where people are struggling with money, housing, employment, school problems... health conditions become more complex & tangled up with psychological distress.

866000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed with National crime Agency. Can't launder money without accountants. UK has 408000, highest per capita in the world. 0.71% came from accountants. Yet their trade associations regulate audit, insolvency. www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/p...

‘Behind Palantir’s bombastic self-image, we found there was a much more prosaic reality: problems with software and staff resistance, but also an unrivalled level of political access.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social annd @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir’s NHS contract: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

EU and Ukraine open a second cluster of chapters in accession negotiations www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Inequality is at the root of most of our social ills. It could be fixed with a wealth tax. And Gabriel Zucman has a cunning plan | Stephen McNair

The UK government is going to have to start taking serious action. For a start, ban fireworks, disposable BBQs and bonfires during the heatwave. I'm in Portugal atm and bonfires are banned here May to October.

Quoting a MAT CEO: "if people in the most senior jobs get criticised for earning the sort of money that lawyers in top city firms routinely get paid in their mid-20s. We're going to struggle to attract any top people" We need to get over this idea linking 'top people' to those motivated by £££.

Why the wealthy pay less tax than you do - and how to fix it youtu.be/2Ys9m1t8lN4?... The tax system is fundamentally biased in favour of wealth. Let's change that right before doing a wealth tax, or the bias will remain.

UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence. £100,000 cap won't end corruption. Only the rich can spare £100,000 to buy political parties, subvert public choices. Super rich can easily bypass limits by donations from multiple persons and companies. Must ban all donations.

Britain has more than 50 billionaires. Each owns more than 3,000 times the wealth of the average person. Should we tax those fortunes a little more? Stephen McNair makes the case. 👇

Golden archway at dawn. This morning's photo from Glastonbury Tor.

CHOICE! Such an important thing & yet it’s gone missing as a concept & a practice in many English classrooms. It doesn’t have to be entirely open. It can be within limits but it can increase range & quantity of reading& writing, builds critical & personal response, judgement & most of all buy-in!

Despite what you may hear from the loud & greedy minority, most millionaires— like Tim Stumpff— are happy to pay their taxes & proud to stay in the UK. Check out Tim's take on reports the Govt is looking to revive its Golden Visa scheme, in the FT. 👉 www.ft.com/content/50cc...

The biggest cause of Britain’s social problems isn’t immigration, welfare or growth. It's inequality. Kate Pickett argues that a modest Universal Basic Income could slash poverty, improve health and make society fairer. Report by Stephen McNair.

These deaths are on the hands of politicians who failed to act over years. Putting profit over our safety refusing to take action - now failing to protect us from its impact. We need maximum working temperatures. Insulated homes. Cooling in schools, hospitals and care homes.

ICYMI: seems pretty important! youtu.be/43m0LKNDz6M?...

It tells you everything you need to know about the state of British society when the Anne Frank Trust has to step in because of the dehumanising attacks on the LGBT community. What a disgrace we’ve become

The scale of pollution in the River Lugg and Wye has been devasting for North Herefordshire, impacting local construction, tourism, farming and more. It's clear that the current measures in place do not come close to tackling this issue - we need a Water Protection Zone for the Wye catchment now.

So much to say about the disaster unfolding in our universities. Some of the stories you hear, just tragic really and very sad. No strategy visible anywhere, data so fragile that it's garbage, no priorities visible, no planning. 🤮 Consider just one story. 👇 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

It's important that we seek to build a fairer Britain, that works for all its citizens, not just the wealthy ones. But even more important that we *have* a habitable country to make a better place. The war on nature, on our precious landscape, must stop! Before it's too late...

Flexi-schooling finally makes it into the newly released School Attendance guidance (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a4f9e...) - previously it has only been mentioned within the EHE non-stat guidance documents.

They don't It does PIP is not an out of work benefit. FFS, these people are about to ruin people's lives with absolutely no idea what they are talking about while they do it. Not to mention the complete lack of understanding about how needs change, which makes arguments like "mild ADHD" redundant

HODGES: It's in our strategic interest that Ukraine is successful. If Russia is not defeated, and allowed to retain control of part of Ukraine, that means UN Charter is worth nothing. Means it's okay for nations to use force to change sovereign borders of another nation, to invade another nation.

Spain breaks diplomatic ties with Israel. Madrid has just recalled its ambassador and is planning to close its embassy in Tel Aviv. Israel condemned the move, calling it "highly antisemitic." ..has nothing to do with the genocidal psychopaths I guess 🤔 Bravo Spain 🇪🇸 the World needs to follow

Ukrainian pilots will co-fly French Mirage jets in the Bastille Day parade on 14 July Also, 25 Ukrainian troops will march on the Champs-Élysées alongside 34 Coalition of the Willing countries euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/12/f...

94 days until the petition to protect disabled children’s legal right to support closes. Will you help tp get it to 100,000? Have you shared it with staff and parents at your child’s school and professionals who work with them? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Education professionals should have been the loudest voices against AI. They are supposed to encourage thinking and struggling with ideas, against plagiarism. They are one of the professions that tech CEO have maligned and said will be replaced by AI. Instead, they adopt it all willingly.

95 days to go to get the petition to save disabled children’s rights to 100,000. If you’ve already signed please write a post or make a video explaining why it’s important to you. Petition: Protect legal right to support for children with SEND - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

This is such an important point! 👇🏻