this is really bad news for 40 people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

the banter outcome is that Burnham calls an election, Labour win nationwide but lose Makerfield, and Rob Kenyon forms a minority government

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"And no, that hasn't made me pause and reflect at all."

Anecdotal, but I have been very surprised by the number of climate-conscious acquaintances who have replaced their boiler without even considering a heat pump www.ft.com/content/691a...

Terrible quality but this is the clearest video I can find of Djed Spence refusing to shake Partey’s hand 🫡

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Nigel Farage on how he used the £5mn: "You can ask me this for the next ten years." Cool!

I recall reading something by a garden centre owner who gave all tree buyers a bottle of his 'special growth mixture' with instructions to mix some of it with 2 gallons of water and feed it to the tree every six months. It was just coloured water, but at least people would actually water the tree!

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

news from the Arboricultural Association (which does actually exist)

Westminster risks brushing over the fact that Jeffrey Donaldson, one of the key figures in keeping Theresa May in power post-2017, has been convicted of child rape.

Nigel Farage on the £5mn: "It's an unconditional gift, I can spend it on cars if I want to, it's entirely up to me."

You already got one, and you didn't like it.

play the FT's chart game - how well do you know what happened since Brexit? as.ft.com/r/102554df-5...

Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…

Horrific. www.ft.com/content/6454...

Could they not have just given him a lift?

For any foreign readers - This is not a political thing. This is the interest and enthusiasm with which Londoners greet any visitors from the north

Disgusting behaviour. No one deserves abuse like this, when posting about their own late father, on father's day. People who behave like this should be ashamed of themselves.

3-0 after 25 mins is psychologically interesting. Oh, but here comes a hydration break to kill any drama

There will never be a more perfect expression of the London Review of Books than this passage (about the World Cup in South Africa)

EXCLUSIVE from George Parker www.ft.com/content/095b...

first England batting collapse of the Burnham era

is this the biggest victory an Everton fan has ever experienced?

Switched on the radio this morning to hear a BBC journalist say something to the effect of "But is he popular outside Greater Manchester?" 🤣

Key lesson of this by-election: make sure you book a plumber from Reform UK, not the Greens, as they will still have availability.

This is crazy. Businessman who revealed alleged corruption in South Sudan has been kidnapped from Nairobi and driven to across the border www.ft.com/content/5056...

*Tapping the sign* The left can generally win by being moderate or by being radical, so long as it has a charismatic candidate and a big right-wing bogeyman to point to (see also: Gorton and Denton, Mark Carney, Mamdani... cf. Kamala 2024)

This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage

This seems bad. www.ft.com/content/4d1d...

respect for everyone who paid £1,000 so they could boo the hydration breaks in person

Would you buy a pint of milk if you knew it came from a cow kept indoors 24/7?

Does it change our perception of our society to know that a fair chunk of extremist behaviour is in fact a Russian sabotage campaign? www.ft.com/content/8fa3...

That is the worst refereeing decision you will ever see

Trump actually talking more sense on Israel than some people on the right of British politics www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

I wonder if the conduct was also man-related www.ft.com/content/a970...

was it Paddington?

Am I getting stupider or is Connections getting harder? (Not today)

How good is Palantir's NHS platform? Important story from Laura Hughes and Amy Borrett - www.ft.com/content/a3e9...

It's not, and I can't believe I'm apparently the first to say this: it's not CLEAR AND OBVIOUS foul play by the big Aussie there.

We regret to inform you that the VAR *may* have made a gesture of white supremacy www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

TOTAL VICTORY

Quote of the day - from Jean-Claude Juncker www.ft.com/content/48a4...

The winners of Brexit www.ft.com/content/0a4b...

It is not possible to this excited about Cape Verde against Spain

WHAT?! “They’re thinking: ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon and all that, but they were wrong,” said Raab, ... “That’s what you have snipers for.” NO. That's depraved monster talking. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The stadium is air conditioned! But we're having a drinks break!