John Craven's "and finally..." lives on, as BBC news insists on placing such stories on the front page of their website. Just, without the jaunty 'bit of fun' look.

I understand why Tehran may be in a water crisis, but Kent? Give me a break.

"NHS England said contacting GPs online is now easier for patients and that the figures reveal its popularity." NHS England eulogise people that can afford an Internet connection, that people have to pay for. The NHS is no longer "free at the point of use". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This story is a perfect example of why Starmer's mantra of "Change" was meaningless and empty rhetoric. The BBC defended the previous govt, and continues to defend this one; it is what it does. Meanwhile, we have to put up with their pro-govt BS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wonder if someone could be considered Ultra-non Orthodox. And, perhaps more importantly, if our bastion of fair and balanced media would write a derisory anti-freedom-of-religion article about it if they were.

Well, would you? I need to know. Personally, I think a cottage pie would be inconsiderate, but a shortcrust Cornish pasty would be more modish. Thank you, BBC News, for raising this gnarly issue.

I think I've been largely well behaved here, at least, compared to my output on the other place anyway. What say you, @profanity.accountant?

I don't think I've seen a more compelling political speech, and I trust Zarah will persevere against all the negativity that has dogged Your Party's inception, and go on to become our PM one day. And not a day too soon. youtu.be/zBu95--J-cE?...

Unlawful. As signatories to the Rome Statute, we have a constitutional duty to consider International Law. Any conviction found must be appealed, and if the conviction is upheld, well know we are a corrupt and rogue state

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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights. It was a manifesto pledge Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?

New immigration rules demand people speak English to A level standard. There's no oral element to A Level English exams (nor GCSE), so how is this to be tested, & by whom? I teach English in state secondary school. Most of my colleagues aren't A Level standard, so I doubt border guards will be...

Lord Petal Fried-Rice of Tesco

The UK government claims to see Israel's occupation of the West Bank as illegal. But when it is repeatedly asked to ban trade from Israel's illegal settlements there, it always refuses. Thus UK trade policy continues to support Israel's illegal occupation. #DCUKparliament

No, it's not. The political class's encroaching fascism is what is tearing the country apart. "Othering" is just one of the heinous indicators of fascism, and this govt is tilting windmills into all of them. If I ran the country, I'd make them all crimes against humanity.

Streeting here, is using the weasle-word "cartel", to undermine trades union negotiations. This development removes him from consideration as a fair arbiter of those negotiations. He must resign as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. That unions haven't called for this is their shame.

My money is on him being a failed Reform candidate.

I got booted from Twitter for making a joke about the Hartlepool monkey. I appealed with references to back up my claim, and a timeline that proved no one was threatened. Deaf ears, or just stupid. I no longer care. www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi...

Sadly, it wasn’t.

When (not if) Trump starts his Crime of Aggression against Venezuela, he'll lobby the Norwegian Nobel Committee to introduce a new category for them to consider: the Nobel War Prize.

There’s a Radio… 3?

If he is, the Labour Party will have learned nothing, and he will seal its demise once and for all. Good riddance to it. www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk Who writes this junk?

Yep. In fact, voting for Starmer and Labour is NEVER an option. If you hand the electorate even one viable alternative they take it.

I’m seeing as lot of ‘Starmer is a symptom of the rot, not the cause’, but he has been Labour leader for near five years, and PM for over one year. He is the rot’s public face, one that has ensconced the rot throughout the party. He’s a parasite, and now the host is dead.

As if he never did before. Starmer is a caricature of a politician, which is itself a character of a reasoning person, wrapped in a lobbyists blanket of deniability. He’s a nothing man. There’s nothing of substance whatsoever. The puppet’s puppet.

Starmer's cover as a shill for the Israeli lobby, has been wholly exposed by... Israel's police department. He is a fifth columnist. Doesn't give a shit about the British.

Waiting for Starmer, Badenoch etc to claim Israeli police are being antisemitic..... www.timesofisrael.com/police-cance...

Call their bluff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know they have tall buildings in the UAE, but to have a view over Birmingham (and not the brown people beneath her) is just wild.

It's not just Starmer of course, both Badenoch and Davey have weighed in on criticising police operational matters, in favour of fans from a country being investigated for war crimes, no less. The next time you hear them bleat on about Law and Order, remember this day.

Kieth's skill set can encompass both David's expectations and his realisations. He is that dynamic and accomplished.

Presumably, then, Starmer will tolerate violent Islamophobes entering the country, to visit an area with the amongst the highest level of Muslim occupancy in the country? And that the role of the police is to expose the people of Aston to the fear of violence and intimidation?

If the Greens want to soak up any melted MPs from what used to be the Labour Party, I do hope they are questioned on their prior support for Starmer. What possible good would it do to absorb anyone that has shown such previous poor judgement?

No one is asking how it came to be for sale? Surely the person who made that decision is the real threat to national security?

Inciting racial hatred, you say? What race are "Zios"? He appears to be the same 'race' as Keir Starmer, a renowned and stalwart Zionist. What then? What if it turns out this guy is Jewish himself? What then? 'Antisemitism' is a meaningless 'post-truth' term. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's not corporate capture, if your entire political career has been established with the full consent and financial backing of corporate entities. Starmer has never been a socialist. He has always been a corporatist lackey.

If it is a calculated lie, it's not a gaffe.

Starmer’s Labour late recognition of Palestine did nothing to bring about this ceasefire. Until Israel recognises Palestine, all of the stolen territory is returned, and war crimes prosecutions are delivered, there will never be lasting peace. Starmer can only fulfil being prosecuted.

Possibly unpopular opinion, but looking at the case against Laxley-Lenon, I don't think he's guilty. It's one thing to use powers authorised under terror acts, it's another thing to demand your privacy is relinquished when no other charge is forthcoming. For once, I'm hoping for his acquittal.

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98%? WTAF? How much is this going to cost to fix, and how is the govt going to ensure we aren’t going to cover the costs through further inflated energy bills? This right here is the strongest argument for nationalisation. How about it, Kieth?

According to the National Audit Office (NAO) 98% of homes that had external wall insulation installed under the schemes set up by the previous government have problems that will lead to damp and mould if left unaddressed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

Tom English (that's his real name) works as BBC Scotland's chief sports writer, and doesn't appear to know what the English word 'chronic' means. Yes, there are more important issues, but don't the BBC have editors any longer?

Why should they do what Starmer wants? UK pro-Palestinian protests are directed towards him as much as they are Israel. His unevidenced claim they have been used to attack British Jews is a disgusting sleight, used as cover for his own depravity.

What on earth do British Jews have to do with Israel’s continued genocide against Palestinians? Starmer is the most pronounced antisemite I have ever encountered.

Recognising the plight of a people to protection from violence is un-British now, according to our govt. Then pull the security from synagogues. It is antisemitic to conflate Jewishness with Israel, as if they were one and the same, so Mahmood's statement means our govt is antisemitic.

No Mr Starmer, greater equality and a just society is the antidote to division. And your growth driven bowing to the super rich isn't helping.

It should go without saying, but this isn't how peace is negotiated. The genocidal party negotiating a deal with a fascist non-actor, and no input from the occupied people being wiped out, is not a peace deal. It's another step up in the pace of the fascist genocide.

Driving back from my yard. Had to stop for a moment.