Lest we forget: Obama secured the Iran deal without starting a war, shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, or losing a single American life. But please, tell me more about how “toughness” requires body bags.

Truth always comes out.

"Just because you’ve got a flag in your van and you scream at people in the street doesn’t make you a patriot." Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Channel 4 News' Economics Editor Helia Ebrahimi that being a patriot is about "loving this country and treating other people with respect"

The Palantir rhetoric has unsurprisingly turned nasty very quickly. Maybe not surprising given their spokesman. Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A brilliant description of how private equity operates substack.com/@senatorwarr...

Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

And this is called Making America Great Again 🤯

Sadiq for PM! 💥 Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The little boy who cried wolf or How Trump Has Talked About Ending the Iran War www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This harks back to the terrible 1970s when US companies were buying up “distressed assets” and turning them into gold mines. Genesis even had an album called Selling England by the Pound. Billionaire Trump donor in line to make millions from Thames Water bid www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Starmer would be damned if he didn’t back any Labour candidate even the very one whose goal is to oust him. Starmer says he will back Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate ‘100%’ – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The Makersfield by-election is potentially Labour’s self-immolation act and apparently the NEC has a blind spot for anything but victory.

American money is behind so much of the UK far right, from little Tommy to anti-abortion activism. It’s not even hidden

High stakes indeed… Analysis by Survation shared with the Guardian suggests that with Burnham as the candidate Labour would narrowly beat Reform by 45% to 43% in Makerfield www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The US ambassador to Greece can’t get her facts straight McDonalds operates a franchise model; the investment is made by the franchisee not McDonalds The licensee for McDonald's is Premier Capital Hellas S.A., McDonald's locations in Greece are franchised/managed by this entity, not by McDonald's

Opinion | The Times is reporting that my cousin Jack Schlossberg is behaving erratically, cycling through unqualified staff, and seems out of his depth on key issues. Unfortunately, he also has some bad points. by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Well done South China Morning Post 💥 Of course there’s “zero” chance of any connection between the CEOs of these companies being invited to accompany Trump on his recent China boondoggle and his investment in them

The cause of many a tongue splinter

Highly strategic timing to for Rayner to release the news today considering she was informed about the HMRC decision a few days ago 💥 Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I see another woman has had to stand up and say "I think the very fuck not" to the Burnham machine putting it about that she's going to stand aside and let Mr Eyelashes waltz into her seat 🙄

The Reform apple doesn’t fall far from the tree Thanks to @markpackuk.bsky.social

Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022. This is 100% because Trump/GOP's Iran war and tariffs. Yet Trump told us yesterday he does NOT care about how higher prices are impacting Americans! www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/p...

Not only does the art of the deal proponent have to repay his illegal tariffs but it’s costing the US taxpayer $650 million a month in interest payments. Tariff Refunds Begin to Reach Businesses as Trump Lashes Out at Court www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/b...

Amazingly a very good interview on Today on gilts market/UK fiscal policy. Key points -Main driver currently is global events (war, oil) - UK borrowing/debt compares relatively well - UK doesn't have much scope to change policy but doesn't matter that much who is PM

Starmer accepted a free pair of glasses and people had paroxysms about it. Farage accepts free helicopter rides and use of a personal jet and there’s hardly any push back. Farage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How can a sizeable number of Americans be anti-abortion yet support the death penalty, including those with intellectual disability? The US could soon make it easier to execute people with intellectual disabilities www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant investigative reporting by London Centric into fake videos designed to inflame racial tension that spread like wildfire on TikTok www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...

Happy birthday! What an important voice in protecting our environment, wildlife, and planet 🌍 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/08/david-attenborough-100th-birthday

Zelensky issued an official presidential decree authorizing Russia to hold its Victory Day parade in Moscow tomorrow. He included the exact coordinates of Red Square. That's it. A+ trolling.

“As for Trump, he was the honest crook. He was like the mob boss who didn’t insult our intelligence by pretending to be in the sanitation business.” Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

One day, hopefully soon, Trump is going to run out of diversions and will have to face the consequences of his actions Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Has Reform peaked?

Hey Siri, show me someone in denial Badenoch claims Tories ‘coming back’ despite widespread losses in local elections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yet another cynical, harebrained tactic that will make the rich richer and the poor poorer. This Trump Proposal Could Result in Millions of Americans Losing Their Retirement Savings www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...

It looks like he’s given up on the Nobel Peace prize fantasy then… Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’ if it attacks US vessels www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Trump may not care about the power of his words. But those words still matter. They weigh on society. Ten years of violent language, of fanning the flames of discord, of calls to effect change through violence — all have had an effect. The Loneliness of Donald Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

With yet another off the cuff/impetuous pronouncement he weakens the USA's global defense system; and he calls this making the country great again? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Yet more evidence, although sadly it isn't needed, that the USA is currently an unreliable trading partner for the EU and beyond.

Certain sects of the USA embracing The Handmaid’s Tale 100%. Another regrettable export to the UK? ‘‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

They take people for idiots if they believe they don’t see the connection between the Hilton incident and pleading for the ballroom. Adopting Trump’s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

NEW: Palantir’s revolving door. A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption. 1/ Link ⬇️

The govt rejects the petition signed by 114,216 people to hold a public enquiry into pro-Israel influence in Britain. In unrelated news, half the Cabinet has been funded by the pro-Israel lobby, the last time we looked. www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

They only vociferously defend free speech when it suits their own goals Under Trump, Green Card Seekers Face New Scrutiny for Views on Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

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An amazing story of kids averting a potential disaster as their bus driver loses consciousness. Mississippi school kids stop school bus on highway www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

All You Fascists Bound To Lose: The Video Version with #BetteMidler, #BarbaraHershey, #KateySagal and more

I’ll Make America Great Again he pompously claimed Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

The world must see our government as a bunch of morons.

Is “not recognising how one’s character is portrayed” in the media different from accepting a serious allegation? McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson www.theguardian.com/politics/202...