Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Most people will know @peteregan46.bsky.social from Ever Decreasing Circles but having just finished watching A Perfect Spy (BBC iPlayer available now) I will say he was truly magnificent in that.

I see Rothermere has gone into defence mode again when he sees a threat to him and his billionaire club pals:

None of the entitled Reform Ltd leaders give a damn about working class people meme via Life after the Tories Destruction of Britain

Interesting that they don't mention Brexit once... www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d8d4165...

Neoliberalism was designed to fail ordinary people, and it is through its politics of destruction. youtu.be/8LpJTB7shXs?...

Yvette Cooper should be sacked for wasting taxpayers money and using up valuable police time #palestineaction

One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…

⁠Yet another British institution - Met Police - suspected of aiding & abetting genocide "Met police refuse to say if it shared classified documents with Israel lobby groups" www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/0...

The myth of ‘Starmer the decent man, victim of rogues around him’ has some clear parallels with the equivalent myth of ‘Boris the decent chap, misled by Cummings (Iago) then Carrie (Lady Macbeth)’.

As yet more links of Farage to Bannon to Epstein to Israel emerge .. "Ex-ambassador Craig Murray explains how the Palestine Action trial was rigged by the government, police & judge to secure convictions – and yet still the jury refused to do as they were told" www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

For years, Starmer's critics on the left have warned that he was trashing Labour values, kowtowing to the rich and powerful while hurting the poor and the living world. Every time, people here and elsewhere leapt up to call us "closet Tories" and "Reform enablers". Funny how they've gone so quiet.

It's important to understand what Trump is trying to plot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the

Israel is still killing children on a regular basis. Another 6 this morning, 12 people killed in all. Boycott, sanctions, divestment. #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What are some of these people smoking? BBC News - Ros Atkins on...How popular is President Trump? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

John Le Carré (source Wiki): "Le Carré opposed both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, arguing that their desire to seek or maintain their countries' superpower status caused an impulse for oligarchy, the dismissal of the truth, contempt for the electorate and for the democratic system". RIP JLC

shirley anne smith We must never forget how it was Jenrick who maliciously removed the Disney murals from the children asylum centre that were to ease the trauma the children had experienced. That one act sums him up. A truly nasty man.

They have f*cked up our rivers, invested bugger-all, continue to leave thousands without water, and handed over 10s of billions of bill-payer cash to shareholders Renationalise now - no compensation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

What is Starmer on about? "We don't know the full details". Er, a foreign power has bombed a sovereign country, kidnapped its president and stolen its oil. What other details do you need ffs?

Please watch this DDN video. Starmer's government's shocking complacency regarding the Palestine Action hunger strikers... youtu.be/e0qh1kkEAaM?...

A very interesting interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about why he became a Vegan and how it is closely linked to his environmentalism. www.podbean.com/ep/pb-x8qr5-...

Why BBC News / Question Time / Tory LauraK are now extreme right wing propagandists

EVs are not environmentally faultless, but why does this government want to penalise people for making a greener choice? www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Reprehensible and completely inconsistent Whether climate testimony is heard, and therefore if there is a good chance of acquittal, is entirely dependent on which judge you get This makes complete nonsense of the justice system www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Very disappointing: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Some context associated with the Devon wetlands land grab superbly written by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

This must be stopped: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ministers then tried to stop the hearing from going ahead, arguing that Parliament had set out a specific alternative process for appealing against banning orders. More than 2,100 people have been arrested in demonstrations since the group was banned. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A somewhat different version of events than Starmer and Badenoch would have us believe. youtu.be/DvTyg1kJGzM?...

Here's Farage again telling lies about the UK's education system to naive Americans. Is he ever in the UK? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Good god:

They just don't seem to get that these are peaceful protests that do not require policing. If it were not for Braverman, Cooper and now Mahmood's draconian protest laws which they are intent on expanding, police cover would be minimal. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

When someone mentions China as an argument against net zero, show them this.

Home Sec repeats her commitment to the “fundamental” right to protest as she announces giving police more powers to restrict it bit.ly/48hsbEA

Perhaps if they reduced their calorie intake they wouldn't pay anything... “I have a lot of friends. They are fat,” Trump said. “They pay $1,300, $1,200 and they go to London and they pay $88 … We are subsidising the rest of the world.”

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) doesn’t cause autism. Here’s the American Psychological Association’s statement about it. #autism #acetaminophen

What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Awesome opening to tonight's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert... youtu.be/HMGD1KCYFOw

Channel 4 should be congratulated for showing this programme. It was broadcast at the same time as the BBC and ITV news. Both of those showed Trump being treated to the full lavish pomp the UK has to offer: Beggars belief he is even here. www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Bit rich coming from a straight guy with two failed marriages behind him:

Seems appropriate to post this in the light of news of Trump's alleged birthday card to Epstein and Mandleson's "best pal" letter: youtu.be/p0AKuk7fxYM?...

Angela Rayner should be and no doubt is proud of what she's achieved. The party she joined is unrecognisable to that of today. She should contact Jeremy Corbyn now and reunite with a genuine socialist.

A little bit of perspective on Angela Rayner: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵