Much of Labours problem stems from the fact they manoeuvred all the Louise Haigh's out of the Cabinet & stuffed it full of Heidi Alexanders instead; as was shown after 8.10 this morning #R4today

"To block him would be stupid" And true to form... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

US military presence in Europe is as much about their own security as providing for our protection. If Trump blows up NATO he loses these assets. Europe should make this clear. Going, Going . . .? The US Base Network in Europe - CEPA share.google/vwizMQWmfBY5...

'Dolig llawen o Sir Benfro

You can be progressive & not be a socialist. You cannot be a socialist but not progressive.

Credit where credit due. Nick Robinson refusing to be cowed #R4today

Elon, Nigel, Yax, 'Bobby J' & the rest will be spitting feathers over this www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A powerful & affecting set of films. Esp. on the big screen youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1y...

When you realise Justin Webb is, in fact, a brilliantly observed piece of performance art- an Alan Partridge with all redeeming qualities removed - the naked attempts to shoehorn his ultra right agenda into every item involving him can be seen in a different light #R4today

I've not been to England for a while. Is it true all the rich people have left & the ruined streets they once lived now full with migrant sex gangs on the rampage🥸? Also, saw an African gent in Lidl Cross hands the other day, but no rich people! Should I be worried? #Anyoneknowwhat'sgoin'on?

Keir Starmer has broken free from being downright despicable & is now threatening to scale the heights of deeply disappointing. It's an improvement #R4today

Why is GB News hopeful Justin Webb allowed to spew his offensive shite on BBC? #r4today

Just wonderin' if anyone got a tracking number for that delivery from Keir Starmer. It's been a couple of weeks now & still no sign...

Interesting look at Norway's 130 year old progressive #wealthtax 3 takeaways: it raises $$$, it's hard to avoid, but has sparked vocal, well funded opposition from those who don't like paying it www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

#R4Today When anyone is on the air making xenophobic claims based on what they call 'data points' there's a duty on the station to scrutinize their reliability fully

Apparently logically advancing an identical argument to one the last 2 popes have made is ' inappropriate for a faith based segment' if it hits close to home www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Notable that out of all the questions put to him - Epstein, Gaza... BBC reports the 'friendly' one allowing him to give Europe his advice on curbing immigration. Agenda? #R4today

#R4today Nigel Farage gets free air to disseminate his climate/ net zero lies, while the leader of the Greens is asked why nobody knows who he is & then harangued to give his definition of a woman Balanced, impartial as always

Only a matter of time I suppose. If this government were limbo dancers they'd probably be the best in the world- no bar is too low. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'You can't tax and spend your way to prosperity' as the catastophic falure of post-war European social democracy proves

The rose tinted view of Israel as a liberal enclave that just happens to be led by a bad man laid bare. jppi.org.il/en/%d7%a1%d7...

Bit sad listening to Ed Miliband as the ghost of a gvt that could have been.

The handle on my Donald Trump bogbrush, in 'service' since 2020, just snapped as I was tackling a stubborn skidmark in the pan. An omen?

Anarchists, misogynists, environmentalists.... New UK government report on extremism in full. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb3h...

A wake up for anyone who thought the world would get serious about tackling the climate emergency as its impact became felt www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A 'change' election for sure. Net effect of Farage/ Reform may be to finally get turnout>50% which has to be positive www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Aside from uncomfortable image of UK 'mainlining' what many see as the harbringer of a dystopian future there are serious questions: How will AI be powered(given EVs & domestic heating will run on electricity)? If X & Meta cant be brought to heel, what chance AI? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump wont invade. He may make Greenland a better deal than they get now. China & US are vying for resource rich Greenland, why is EU not even at the races?

Behind the 'Maddog Trump threatens Greenland' circus there's a real issue of geo strategic importance; & a huge EU shaped gap www.clingendael.org/pub/2020/pre...

Has the definite feel of a quack's prescription for the dying patient. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Most depressing gem rygbi Ive ever seen

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/... Read alot of analysis & reflection on where the world is at in the aftermath of US election- some good, some not so. Dont think anything nails it like this Yeats poem. Catastrophising may be, as well as more emotionally satisfying, on the mark this time.

Out for a run this morning & while gasping for breath, swallowed a midge. In November

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024... ‘A semi permanent hegemony’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Clear eyed piece on what Trumps election says about US & where it leaves us here

Thats the end of that then. Now what?

From any angle, having a Welsh MP on #r4today to sell a plan for England’s NHS is nonsensical. E.g Stephen Kinnock’s appeal for ‘everyone’ to take part in the public consultation excludes his own constituents