I asked Manus AI to look into this. it went and built a webpage as well reviews & critiques welcome ukhousing-ljz9f7.manus.space

Glad that the ECHR debate in the UK is now starting to move to "it'll make no difference to the problem"

I'm Still Working as an Independent Journalist in Russia. Here's What It's Like A thoughtful and hopeful piece in the @MoscowTimes on how, even amidst war and repression, there is a Russia that is not about either www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/10/i...

Bernie @sanders.senate.gov on Rogan right now 🔥🔥🔥

ICYMI: Is the decline of democracy inevitable? mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/is-d... Growing right wing populism is a key factor behind the decline in democracy in major economies. The factors leading to class based politics being replaced by more social issues are not going away soon.

Miso has his own elevator to get back in apartment 🐱

Today I’m launching my latest Plymouth Buildings at Risk list of ten historic buildings in our city that need more love. My challenge to the owners is simple: invest in them or sell them to someone who will. www.lukepollard.org/news/2025/06...

A neighbour's Agave or 'Century plant', has bloomed, its ruddy huge! I've never seen the likes before, has anyone else?

Canada agrees to resume FTA talks w/ the UK nearly 18 months after Ottawa halted negotiations. Canada also agrees to ratify the UK's #CPTPP accession during a bilateral meeting ahead of the #G7 summit @chrishorseman.bsky.social covers everything you need to know👇 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦🇬🇧 borderlex.net/2025/06/16/c...

Now this is super - ahead of the industrial strategy, new pledges on public procurement using UK steel and UK jobs as well as clear restatement on tariffs and the priority of industry www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Blimey Google's Notebook LM is so impressive.. Here's the governments spending review 2025 document converted into a 27.minute podcast. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/093...

Pretty dramatic day in Russia: Ukrainian drones have reportedly attacked four Russia air bases, destroying a significant number of strategic bombers and radar planes. (Tu-95s, Tu-22, A-50) Russian milbloggers are furious. One calls it a "black day," another says they need to nuke Kyiv.

🇵🇱⚖️🗳️As part of our ongoing coverage of Polish presidential election at @democracyreporting.bsky.social we have our expert @mariaskora.bsky.social with a tl;dr version of her research on the future fate of the rule of law reform hanging in balance at @verfassungsblog.de

Great news 😁 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

dear, dear gods

New EU Commission proposal (as expected, I would say) to ”facilitate the application of the safe third country concept”. Asylum seekers to be sent elsewhere, under certain conditions. Useful summary by @stevepeers.bsky.social. 👇

How do voters in the UK feel about closer cooperation with the EU? Pretty positive, it turns out. Focaldata polling for British Future: www.britishfuture.org/starmer-has-...

This is utter gibberish from Harry Cole.

⚡️ Russia, Ukraine agree on 1,000-for-1,000 POW exchange in Istanbul, Umerov says. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who was leading Ukraine's delegation, made the announcement to reporters after the talks in Istanbul on May 16.

🚨🚨 #EUsanctions: @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu said today that the #EuropeanUnion is working on a major package of new sanctions against the #Kremlin with talks between #Russia and #Ukraine looking unlikely to yield progress.🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

Oh I do like to hear sectoral wage minimums being raised in #Pmqs

Those who were more dissatisfied with UK democratic outcomes more often stopped voting in the 2024 UK general election. To read the full report into decreasing turnout click the link www.capturepolitics.co.uk/tuning-out #turnout #politics #election #voting #UK #England #BES #Labour #Conservative

People who voted in the 2019 UK general election who believed their personal finances would worsen in the near future more frequently decided to stop participating in 2024. #election #voting #economy #finances #costofliving #apathy #particiapte

Great @politico.com article by @ecasalicchio.bsky.social Former Veterans Minister, Johnny Mercer, states: “This is probably the fairest assessment l've seen since leaving office about how we as a Nation care for our Veterans. Well worth a read today of all days.” www.politico.eu/article/brit...

But for the time being, any such co-ordination faces dim prospects, given the rupture in the transatlantic alliance. The report can be accessed in the link here. 17/17 www.cer.eu/publications...

I highly recommend this - even for non-economists. A lot of food for thought. Neither the US nor the European model seems to be delivering political stability at the moment.

From UK perspective it looks like this deal takes the edge of some existing tariffs (cars, steel) & provides a framework to get a better ride on future (pharma), and it doesn’t appear to have given up very much in return. Also doesn’t appear to cut across EU negotiations (as expected).

UK - US deal achieved. Trump pouring platitudes on UK, PM Starmer and each trade team. Let's see how the Trump adjacent wings of the UK's right wing parties handle this. Conflicted much?

Monday morning podcast re-up: how the prosecution (and persecution) of one of Russia's fighting generals epitomises some of the divisions and weaknesses of the Putin system

Really welcome news. The Department of Business & trade secure the biggest post Brexit trade deal for the UK. UK and India agree landmark trade deal ground.news/article/uk-i...

An absolute delight seeing a Grey Heron casually enjoying itself in the newly refurbished Central park #Plymouth

Often accused of moving too slowly, the EU quickly takes the right approach regarding the looming American brain drain. I'd hope that universities here in the UK are having words around this with our gvt. Opportunities like this are few & far between.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned, after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential election re-run and his own candidate crashed out of the race

⚡️Czech Republic ready to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16, L-39 aircraft, Czech PM says. "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5.

AstroBin's Image of the Day: "IC2220 and the Fluffy Red Bubbles" by Mark McComiskey www.astrobin.com/5qegr7/ #astrophotography

EU step up discussions to work closer with the CPTPP in response to 'Liberation day'. Frankly, good news. www.ft.com/content/bee3...

4th Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) 5th Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 6th Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 7th Yuki Tsunoda (RB) 8th George Russell (Mercedes) 9th Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 10th Esteban Ocon (Alpine) Miami Grand Prix, Miami International Autodrome, 5 May 2024. © Getty Images #MiamiGP #F1

⚡️ Ukrainian court orders detention of ex-deputy head of President's Office during corruption probe. Andrii Smyrnov is under investigation for allegedly legalizing illicit assets and accepting a bribe worth $100,000.

Like other figures who've passed from history into myth, Thatcher has become an empty symbol for the Right, detached from her actual politics & beliefs. For a "Thatcher Centre" to cheer on a president who opposes free trade, hates NATO & admires Russian expansionism is almost comically ahistorical.

Rubio and Vance tweeting in defense of the German far-right party, the AfD. We are in a very, very dark place.

Krishnamoorthi: Well, look—you’ve heard of artificial intelligence. I think what you see right now in the White House is just natural stupidity.

Morgan: hear me out guys, what if we do badly among both our old base AND our new base?

CJEU, EU citizenship New judgment: Malta's investor citizenship law breached EU law by commercialising EU citizenship Press release - curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo... Judgment full text - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

'The infrastructure of the Russian propaganda campaign Doppelganger gradually crumbled' Fascinating read. Worthwhile if you're curious as to how the Kremlin spread it's propaganda via Doppleganger News sites edmo.eu/publications...

P1 Results #F1 #SaudiArabianGP

🇧🇭| #BahrainGP - Oscar Piastri - Winner! #mclarenf1 #oscarpiastri 🇦🇺 VIA: [autosport]