Breaking news: The US president has fired Kristi Noem, his homeland security secretary, and nominated Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin as her replacement. ft.trib.al/CLwGc6W

If you think I'm overstating concerns about the loyalties of US tech companies - check out this memo from Anthropic CEO to staff on their battle with the Trump administration.

‘I did not vote for this’: Report reveals 97 percent of responses to Trump’s ballroom just hate it

What with Stella Creasy's piece on Mahmood and 'Blue' Labour today, and this letter, pointing up Mahmood's cruelty and hypocrisy,… .…Labour needs to find a more generous story on immigration. 'Blue' Labour is a cancer in Labour. Let's hope the prognosis is not terminal. @darrenpjones.bsky.social

From FT comments

Ooof

Never one to miss the chance of a drive-by insult in the Commons, Ed Davey asks Keir Starmer if Dubai exiles like Isabel Oakeshott should "start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us do."

Shocking how the Water Industry and the Environment Agency turned a blind eye Both not fit for purpose If Reform are let in one can imagine what we have seen is nothing compared to what will happen Whether it is the environment, workers rights, health etc www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...

There's a weird thing in UK politics. Labour treats Reform as largely correct on the merits but bad at implementation. It treats the Greens as wrong on the merits and so good at implementation they will destroy the country. But that's... the opposite of how their actual likely voters feel?

The child-in-chief raised tariffs on the world from 10-15 % using a different authority (that lasts just 150 days) because… He’s pouting and wants to feel strong. Regardless of your opinion of Donald, he’s a baby and this is stupid and the history books will judge us. Harshly.

Bloody hell www.politico.eu/article/bori...

I'd forgotten how vociferous Boris Johnson was in defence of Prince Andrew as the Epstein scandal started to rattle the iron railings of Buckingham Palace. Here he is in 2015 1/2 youtu.be/q8sclKL37JU?...

Positive action: an explainer

if only we had a media and culture secretary @roberthutton.co.uk

Read every word of that exchange. There is no doubt of their intention.

A “graceful” retreat from Trump (Brexit/ Farage, too) 😹

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala

Story with @matildamartin.bsky.social: British universities receiving US funding for projects have been asked by the Trump administration to fill out diversity surveys A government spokesperson tells us: "The conditions set by the US government on its grant funding are entirely its prerogative"

I had not spotted this. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥! 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 » 𝗻𝗼𝘁 « 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!!

This "free speech" story is outrageous, and Ms Tossici-Bolt can f*** right off.

Protesters with placards have gathered outside the Tesla dealership in north Bristol this morning, to protest against Elon Musk

Aaron Banks, sometime Ukip donor, is announced as the Reform candidate for mayor of West of England (covering Bristol)

The United States is now teetering on the brink of a structural breakdown in the rule of law. Extraordinarily dangerous.

Just had a "Labour insider"* comment on YouTube that this is actually quite close to the truth. Not sure whether to be pleased or worried. *(unconfirmed. Could of course be nonsense)

Who will Elon Musk give money to? youtu.be/c35ubU300wI

"ok Kemi, let's try again shall we, if Keir has 412 seats, and you have 121 seats, what are the chances he's going to call an election"

The Top 50 Most Followed UK Political Journalists and Commentators on Bluesky www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-top-50...

If I were Starmer, I would be instructing every relevant department to fast track any and all visas and grants for medical scientists and pharmaceutical companies to set up shop in the UK. If Trump gives him free reign and even half of what RFK jr wants happens, there will be a huge brain drain.

How to waste a scammer's time. O2 has created an AI granny who chats for HOURS www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_S...

Oh wow. (Fell down a wikipedia hole on Kemi Badenoch and ended here) www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...

UK folks, it's the annual 'protect the National Trust from the gammons' time again

The Conservative Party has been trying to scrub this video from their socials after launching it yesterday and seeing the reaction, and now that it has been saved for posterity, I don’t feel badly about sharing a link for the LOLs. It is deeply, *deeply* weird #CDNpoli youtu.be/fPFNKvM06fU?...

If Elon Musk buys this place I give up...