It's a universal truth.

Here’s another song that isn’t in my #80sTop30 and I’m annoyed with myself for not being able to include it because it’s bloody marvellous. The Railway Children & the 5 minute version of Brighter. Factory Records, Manchester, England. Fac 167, 1987. I bought the 12” single, in Sheffield.

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air. That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

Russia's disinformation campaign is now using deepfaked audio of Holocaust survivors to attack Armenia, in videos published on the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel.

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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable." President John F Kennedy

Morning.

With the Tory conference starting shortly, here are 3 parody speeches from the past. First, Rowan Atkinson. youtu.be/YaGdwfykYGY?...

In memoriam...

I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt. Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract. There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m... Thread:

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

😂😂😂 Yeah this is going to go down well #2025RyderCup #TeamEurope #BigRory

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

Would Cumbrian West Coast folk please repost this: I need homebrewers for a homebrew club In the Cockermouth - Workington area. Bottle swaps, meet ups to wang on about beer & maybe even in the summer drinks in the garden. Even if you don't currently homebrew & want to see if it's the hobby for you.

The guitar solo used to be the theme tune to Raw Power #totp

"What do you call an Alligator in a Vest?" "An Investigator."

As I was saying…

The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.

Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."

The story this tells about the UK (and most western democracies (or former democracies ;) ) in one chart. The difference between issues occupying people's heads via their media intake vs those they actually encounter...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."

What’s happening in Gaza is a genocide.

Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.

Before Coffee After Coffee

What a country we live in.

The reporting of this did the rounds a week or so ago but I think it’s nice to hear it from the horse’s mouth if you will. What a great and warm thing for him to have done. I hope people who might not have ever considered the importance of learning about others take something from it.

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House wtaf

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This is my flag.

Lovely stuff.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I burned the roof of my mouth on a slice of Hawaiian pizza. I should have heated it at aloha temperature.

If you have an emergency phone you don't want someone to find out about, please be aware that this is happening soon.

Does @davidallengreen.bsky.social allow tags?

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20 years ago since Simon Jones, a Welshman, bowling the best swing ball ever bowled single-handedly won the Ashes*

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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif. He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza. Speechless.

I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!