Starmer needs to learn from the mistakes of the SNP. The SNP became distracted by gender recognition and lost their way. Labour are distracted by winter fuel and digital ID. They need to concentrate on making people feel that their country is improving and halt the decline. Get things working again!

For those wondering how a "Must Stop Boats" ID card will impact the common travel area between Ireland & GB, this plenary session report from 2006 provides some insight: TL;DR: "LOLs". Full doc: tinyurl.com/cta-issues quick 🧵

I was going to watch BBC Question Time but Tice is on so they can all just F*CK OFF. That means you too Bruce and your producers. @BBCQT

So, Starmer could hold back no longer. He's a bloody Tory in a weak disguise. He can stick his ID scheme. Are we going to have ICE thugs roaming British streets asking to "see your papers"?

BBC News - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Ultra-skilled scientists treating Huntington's using gene therapy in the UK. Meanwhile Trump and Farage talk through their backsides about 'science' - the contrast is 'remarkable'.

It doesn't matter if Russia's economy is smaller than Italy's if Putin is prepared to spend 30% of GDP on armed forces. He doesn't have to explain to his subjugated and impoverished population. That's the danger of Putin's Russia.

Every utterance from the oaf in the White House reminds me of Epstein.

I’m old enough to remember that “I was just following orders” was no defense. Nor is it now.

When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen. It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.

If you voted for Trump and think RFK Jr has a point about Tylenol sand vaccines the solution is simple; just stop having children.

Paracetamol (Tylenol) has no link to autism. We should be asking what Trump's and RFK Jr's mothers took in pregnancy.

www.cracked.com/article_3619... At 67, one that has stayed with me, "Someone broke into my house and replaced everything with an exact replica". More perceptive than I ever realised. That's how the world seems now.

Taxpayers money shamelessly wasted pandering to Trump. Starmer and Charles 3 are contaminated by association and won't be forgiven by the public. Disgraceful.

Jimmy Kimmel wasn't suspended because of what he said. He was suspended because the FCC threatened his employer. That's state-sanctioned censorship and it is a GIANT RED FLAG 🚩🚩🚩 that authoritarianism isn’t *coming* it’s ALREADY HERE. Today it's Jimmy. Tomorrow it's the rest of us.

news.sky.com/story/charli... No sub judice rules in the good ol' USA. So why not construct an anti-trans narrative which may have no relevance whatsoever. 1st Amendment eh, the right to say whatever prejudicial bullshit you like. Model Rules of Professional Conduct? Who cares eh Governor?

Je ne suis pas Charlie

We're going to have to do 1939-45 again aren't we? It's so bloody tiresome.

It's off to several afternoon commitments now, so another post for #FlyDay before I go. This bird snuck into the photo I was taking of the landscape in Sedona on the trail at the time. #EastCoastKin #scape #landscapephotography #nature #hiking #Arizona #Sedona

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years 3 months. That's how it's done USA.

I hadn't heard of Charlie Kirk until today. One day of my life. That's more than enough. I'll forget him tomorrow.

Charlie Kirk killed by an 'active shooter'. Thoughts and prayers. Shrug.

BBC News - Reform criticised over doctor's Covid jab claims at conference www.bbc.com/news/article... How very responsible of Reform to distance themselves from this nasty piece of work (albeit "free speech"). A little RFK Jr clone grows in their ranks. Just one of many little polical tumours.

news.sky.com/story/nigel-... The warning signs are there for all to see, but does the UK electorate have the eyes or the brains to notice? Farage is a clear danger to the country. FFS Nadine Dorries should be the wake up call. Do you want her as Foreign Secretary or Chancellor? Switch your brains on

BBC News - Scotland scraps peak rail fares - will the rest of the UK follow? www.bbc.com/news/article... Oh God, that's the SNP deliberately trying to make life better for people. Westminster will hate it.

If Trump kicks it, we'll have President Vance. Eyeliner instead of orange spray tan. Otherwise, no real difference I can see.

Carl Sagan. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdVeagX1/

Americans are going to die because of RFK Jr so best get your praying in in advance. Or do something about him. That might work better.

Scum of the pond, criminals - why are we allowing this 💩?

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."

'Shut Up... You Should Be Fired': RFK Jr. Sparks Backlash With CDC Purge, School Shooting Remarks www.commondreams.org/news/fire-rf...

Scientists don't waste their entire careers making up false data in the same way women don't waste their time making up false rape and assault allegations.

USA - we gave you a language. Don't mangle it into anodyne comfort-speak. Children were murdered by a crazed depressive with a gun. The parents would rip him to pieces with their bare hands if the cowardly moron hadn't put a bullet in his brain. No-one would blame them.

In the USA, why call him a shooter when you should call him a murderer. He murdered kids in cold blood - with a fucking gun.

More kids murdered in a US school. More praying by talking heads on TV.

I was both curious and optimistic when Labour won a landslide. Now, curiosity satisfied, optimism, not so much.

It's hard to overstate what a total imbecile Trump is. This farce over Ukraine when lives are being lost to a Russian regime that's playing him for the fool that he is. Americans who voted for this useless man should be ashamed of themselves.

Hey politicians in the west, let's stop talking about breakthroughs and game changers. Let's wait until there are some and Russia stops killing families.

Guy on Who Wants to be a Millionaire loses £385,000! The arrogance of intelligence. He had half a million IN HIS BANK but gambled it on a question he had no idea about. Is there a psychological term for this phenomenon?

King Charles on VJ Day "how sweet the victory". Crass and ill-judged. There's nothing "sweet". Ending WW2 was a massive relief for the world following the destruction of two cities and 250,000 men, women and children. Nothing in war is 'sweet'. All wars are tragic failures no matter who prevails.

ITN weather forecaster says that 2025 is going to be "the hottest summer on record, it's certainly all to play for". What the actual f*** does that mean. I can't understand the apparent delight with which BBC and ITN still think rising temperatures is some kind of game.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Bad news for the world but particularly bad news for the USA. The UK has made some poor decisions in the last decade or two but nothing compared to the USA's acts of self-harm. How can the country that put humans on the moon tolerate the insanity of RFK Jr?

STFU, RFK Jr, you ridiculous idiot. You don't care about the wellbeing of patients. You care about politics. You are actively undermining doctors' ability to protect their patients from measles and COVID. Your party forces women who have miscarried to bleed out in parking lots over your politics.

Reality: that “extra revenue” is higher costs paid by regular American consumers & businesses, and the “tax relief” is going to the rich not you. JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.

🍃🧪 mRNA, mRNA Vaccines & mRNA Technology Explained mRNA research ... "could be the foundation for conquering diseases that have plagued humanity for generations"

Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment? mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

I heard a German person explain that Germans in the 1930s "made a million small mistakes". No-one voted for death camps and gas chambers. It was the incremental "othering", fear, economic difficulties, nationalistic and ethnic entitlement over time. They learned the ultra-hard lessons and ...

I despair at the fuckwittery of this Labour government. I didn't vote for them so my self-respect is intact at least but I expected so much better from them. Labour people, switch on your political antennae before you enable Farage to infect this country more.

When Americans eventually get to the "we must learn lessons" these are going to be the most unbearable and overwhelming lessons. I hope democracy and social cohesion can withstand it. Sometimes the giant leaps aren't the pleasant ones.

Tim Cook is a businessman and CEO so he has to pander to the orange a-hole doesn't he? No he doesn't. He should be ashamed of himself. from my Samsung Galaxy S23.

This man is dangerously ignorant and corrupt. Looking forward to the day karma slaps the shit out of him. "mRNA technology is emerging as a promising approach in cancer treatment, with ongoing research exploring its potential to enhance immune responses against tumors."