Labour should ditch OECD says pensioner (this one). www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The Green Party will tax the super-rich. Not take orders from them.

I accidentally caught a round of football news. Two different commentators described two different players as 'like a machine'. Approvingly. Did the marketing of 'AI' cause mass depersonalisation or did the 'inventors' just monetise the disorder?

More signs that Labour may be re-thinking the basis of its economic policy! Nick Thomas-Symonds, the paymaster general, ... government .... to “recover every single penny of cost” from Capita. “I will not have a situation where public money is funding corporate failing,” he said.

Is Trump aiming to provoke Iranian retaliation on US soil so he can cancel the mid-terms?

Farage: has the National Crime Agency confiscated Farage's passport(s) yet? (Do we have extradition arrangements with the UAE, Thailand and Argentina?)

Farage: Karma as entertainment? 'Banks pay particular attention to the transactions involving so-called “politically exposed persons” because they are deemed to be at greater risk of bribery, corruption or other criminality.' So that say! I think they're trying to manipulate the popcorn market.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

"Not me, you understand, but they are Spartacus" Labour's response to Trump's mass murder by aid cuts in the Third World is to announce that the poorest and most vulnerable here will go they same way! Lucky Trump is a decent man and won't come back for more! www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

A man who always had to stick to the script for the simple reason that he was obnoxious the second he went off it.

Seen lots of “don’t swim without lifeguards” messages - this is *exactly* why Lidos were built in ‘30s - til then kids & w/class folk swam in canals. The decline of Lidos is a public health scandal & we need public support to restore @simonforstroud.bsky.social savestroudlido.org/when-we-get-...

Jonathan Shafi, useful as ever, on the shortage of roads at this crossroads in UK politics. open.substack.com/pub/jonathon...

Please try and watch this. While it is being done with the collusion of our governments, I think we're not entitled to be squeamish. youtu.be/EGats07vjPA

I just worked my way through the Guardian UK daily headlines email. It would seem that the Venezuela earthquake didn't happen - was it a hoax? And that the mass murder and displacement in Gaza and Lebanon is over. I hope the rebuilding, resettlement and reparations are going well.

Rubbing out any trace of existence’ in Gaza Ninety-two percent of housing units. Ninety-five percent of university buildings. Ninety-four percent of hospitals. That’s how much of Gaza’s life-sustaining infrastructure Israel has destroyed since October 2023 — and the list goes on and on. 972mag.com

Obviously we can't choose whether Palantir gets all of our data and shed loads of our cash. But here's your chance to decide if Mandelson's Labour is foisting this on us because they are: A Corrupt (and should be in prison) or B Naive (and should merely be disqualified) www.ft.com/content/9348...

guess what is not up on BBC, NYTimes frontpages www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

Ha! Nice try. That photo actually IS of one of those German spies picked up within minutes of parachuting in

But the urgent lessons from the slow SNP car crash are: A personality cult and soundbites are not a substitute for policies Surrounding yourself with nodding dogs is not democratic accountability Do not mistake people's patience for stupidity. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

These 'reforms' the US regime is pushing for (and the FT seems to endorse) Do they want to reboot sugar and tobacco, or do they just want to restart the gambling and prostitution the US used to run in Cuba? www.ft.com/content/f353...

Business Schools are producing gangsters! Krugman Podcast Research shows result of a new CEO with MBA: Blue collar wages go down CEO wages go up Productivity stays the same! see paulkrugman.substack.com/p/arindrajit...

You've got to admire the sporting instincts of elderly British 'patriots' (with a sail made from Boris's underwear!) Not for them the cheap shots at 'small boats' They set out to ram a Russian warship! Take that commies! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Maybe Trump can just put a giant tarp over Iran

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

Meanwhile, not one of the groups so far known to have been orchestrating the violence in Belfast and Southampton has been banned as a terrorist organisation.

Here's how the collapse of Musk's Ponzi scheme will wreck the retirement funds Americans who aren't trillionaires. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The most disgusting behaviour I’ve ever witnessed in public spaces was directed at Sadiq Khan by ‘anti-Ulez’ protesters, who of course received way more coverage, much of it friendly, than the scheme’s incredible success ever will.

Unless there is funding for inspection and prosecution, this is (another) wholly empty promise. The penalty means nothing if there is no chance of being caught! www.bbc.com/news/article...

The UK Government has to sanction Musk. Sever ties, ban him from entry. It can’t be acceptable to do this

“The European Commission wants households to use less energy at peak times to reduce bills and take pressure off the grid, in preparation for an explosion of power demand from artificial intelligence data centers” With upwards of €1.6 billion being added to Irish households’ bills by data centres,

“Alone, we are food for the wolves. That’s how they want us. Isolated. Prey. So we must find each other. We must remember that we do not exist alone.” - Hari Kunzru #QuoteOfTheDay #HariKunzru #Community

I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too! @DeclassifiedUK.org secure.declassifieduk.org/page/189081/...

KPMG Australia’s CEO resigns after whistleblower claims. Claimed that KPMG staff accessed confidential board papers from an audit client to pursue contracts with other companies. Firm conducted sham investigation Big accounting firms are a den of corruption, unfit to be auditors. archive.ph/kCrYR

Tony Blair on my radio doing full AI Silicon Valley boosterism Unrelatedly…. Tony Blair’s personal think tank has had or been pledged $350 million from Oracle boss Larry Ellison democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics.

Nicola wrecked the chances of Scottish Independence for at least a generation. Her services to the Union were going to be rewarded with a seat in the Lord's. Will they be used instead as mitigation for Peter?

@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social is just being defeatist: we must simply vote in a different bond market (to be in charge of everything)

@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social is just being defeatist: we must simply vote in a different bond market (to be in charge of everything)

Happy 82nd birthday to thus extraordinary woman! impact.universityofgalway.ie/articles/mar...

The astonishly generous "Great British" £400m package of help for motorists works out at 13p a week per head. Shame that has guzzling SUVs get the lion's share! Will there be union jack adverts for the scheme on every lamppost? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Not just free to dissent: in today's GOP members are free to follow their own conscience on everything from the age of consent to what colours of citizens get to vote. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Maybe a rail line would be kinder to the planet? London Necropolis Railway - Wikipedia share.google/fJZobl1QLU8E...

Has it ever happened in the UK that someone has been jailed for refusing to turn up for a select committee hearing? If it happened in the US, would it be all over our papers? (I am wondering why not)

What The UK Did is SHOCKING & no one’s allowed to talk about it