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Can’t blame this on Morgan McSweeney.

Should have opened with this.

Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.

Lisa Nandy MP: "Robert Jenrick is coming to one of the greatest cities in the world and telling people that we are the problem, when this city’s diversity has always been and will always remain one of its greatest strengths."

🥊 Despite attacking net-zero, Richard Tice's constituency will receive £55 million in flood funding. 🌍 Across Europe climate change has worsened flooding, with the UK being no different. 🌧️ Climate change is a real danger to our lives and our society.

Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV

“A lot of people are saying to Starmer: what the hell did you do?” Banning Burnham and drawing battle lines with Reform. Has Starmer been the architect of his own downfall as Labour lose Gorton and Denton by-election?

At #PMQs this week Kemi Badenoch claimed “youth unemployment is at its highest ever”. This isn’t correct for either the unemployment rate or the number of unemployed 16-24 year olds, according to ONS data.

🟢 Meet Westminster's latest MP...

Well said!👏 Tom Kerridge: "Immigration is constantly used by political parties for masking years and years of infrastructure to health, housing, employment, education. "It is not the fault of immigration, it is the fault of poor spending, it is the fault of poor money management."

Last week the US Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are illegal. How should trade partners respond - and what will Trump do next? Read @davidheniguk.bsky.social's latest Substack here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/trump-tariffs-and-the-supreme-court

“There is a distinction between interference in the democratic process and muslims having a proclivity to vote in a particular direction”. Is the issue of sectarianism being used by Reform to deflect from their loss in the by-election?

Attacking immigrants, demonising minorities, and targeting the needy is not what Jesus spoke about.

@loveinner.bsky.social Do you have all these 28 CDs already? #NewRelease

The #RPSAwards is a night of celebration, with special guests, inspirational stories, and live music. Join us at @southbankcentre.bsky.social's Queen Elizabeth Hall on Thursday 12 March, with tickets from £10 (plus venue fees), and a group discount: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

An evening celebrating the clarinet 🎶😍 We’re thrilled to welcome back our former Principal Clarinet, Mark van de Wiel, to perform Copland's Clarinet Concerto, and the world premiere of a brand new concerto, commissioned from his friend Jonathan Dove. Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/san...

🚨No more safe seats: the Greens take Gorton and Denton Have a listen to our #PoliticsWeekly podcast for all the latest on this consequential by-election With me, @johnharris1969.bsky.social & @kiranstacey.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

East Anglia has long been a frontline – not just of armies, but spies, secrets and subterfuge. Invaders once arrived by sea. Now they arrive through networks, data and dependency. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Reports of so-called ‘family voting’ have caused controversy following yesterday’s by-election in Gorton and Denton. But what is family voting? And what do we know about the reports?

MY ANALYSIS: Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Keir Starmer 👇 “I think it hastens everything. I thought we could maybe keep going for another year after May but definitely not now. I don’t think anything can save him now” - MP www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Didn’t find the time to make anything this year, so here’s a throwback to the Koffing and Shellder macarons my wife and I made two years ago. Happy Pokemon day!

Watch 'Story and Song: 180 Years of Queen's' this Sunday at 7pm on BBC One Northern Ireland. Ulster Orchestra are joined by Alfie Boe, Declan O’Rourke, Dani Larkin, SOAK and Robocobra Quartet, The Answer and more in a live music event recognising 180 years of history of Queen’s University Belfast.

❓Has only joined the UK in our self imposed isolation? No. 🇮🇸 In fact more and more countries are biting at the bit to join the EU and share in its spoils. https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers-yet-another-brexit-prediction-turns-to-dust/

I’ve had a great time at the ACDA Eastern choral conference. Met some lovely people and been made to feel very welcome!

Proud to be associated with Musical America www.musicalamerica.com/mnews/newsst...

Can confirm. A left-leaning radio show is currently the most popular in the UK’s commercial ‘Talk’ sector, despite being in neither of the traditionally ‘prime time’ slots. Modesty prevents me from disclosing further details…

Strikes me that everyone now hates politicians. So we have two protest vote options, the Nazis and the decent but dangerous. What a time to be alive.

#RegenerativeEnergien für Sicherheit Unabhängigkeit Energiesicherheit Klimaschutz nachhaltige Wirtschaft www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

I think this might be becoming the most fascinating political period of my lifetime. There's a lot of Polanski's Greens I don't much like (not that they'd care, and nor should they) but I do think there's an authentic freshness there that Corbyn's lot wanted but could never quite manage.

Dr Kitten and Mr Hyde

Keir Starmer's attempt to paint the Greens as extremists yet again reveals his intolerance of political difference. His instincts are illiberal and authoritarian.

A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo ✍️ Nahoko Gotoh bachtrack.com/review-rigol...

Lisa Nandy MP: "I think we're a better country than the politicians that we've got who are seeking to stoke this sort of division."

The joys of life and, perhaps, a good death: Beethoven and Strauss thrill at @cadoganhall.bsky.social with the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social ✍️ Christopher Woodley bachtrack.com/review-eduse...

SEND reform is essential but it must be fully funded to work I support reform of the SEND system. But reform must move beyond structural redesign and be supported by fully funded operational delivery northeastbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Reform Watch 4: is Farage losing his grip? Updated from article first published 25.2.26 northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member. We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m not sure referencing the Greens as “the extremes of the left” will go down well

Meet our Mimi (Mary McCabe), Rodolfo (Robyn Lyn Evans), Musetta (Tereza Gevorgyan) and Marcello (Jean-Kristof Bouton): find out all more about this exciting new production of 'La Bohème' coming this May here: niopera.com/performances...

❌ "Equality laws will be abolished, says Suella Braverman, with warnings to girls of the ticking clock of their fertility." ♥️ We must support those who choose to have children. We must also protect a women's right to make that choice by herself.

Wrote about the marvellous idrisi endemble for the guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Videos styled as news reports claiming that Prince William has challenged Sadiq Khan over London’s “priorities” have been shared widely online. But these videos aren’t genuine, and the Prince of Wales never made these comments.

Thank you to the good people of Gorton & Denton for doing the right thing. At best it's a new dawn, at worst it's a badly needed kick in arse for Starmer. UK politics is no longer about left and right but right and wrong.

Happy Pokémon Day! 30 years already. Currently watching the Pokémon Presents and hoping for some exciting news.

@birckenbachf.bsky.social I think this post from "X" might interest you! "Oh the wonderful Dutch ! 4 barrel organs belting out "Slava Ukraini" on a loop in front of the Russian Embassy in The Hague yesterday👇📢

“The UK is my home,” she says, sitting at her kitchen table with her head in her hands. “I am absolutely in bits. I cannot believe that the Home Office wants to deport me after I have lived here for almost half a century.” Maria, 68, holds a Dutch passport. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Marianne Crebassa and @themozartists.bsky.social in – appropriately enough – Mozart 🥰 at @wigmore-hall.org.uk

When protest becomes a crime and power escapes accountability Americans will not forget the warnings of the past, and will fight in solidarity to protect their constitutional rights Douglas Rowland II bylines.cymru/voices-lleis...