Good summary, IMO.

Tell me who's feckless: The person who doesn't want to take jobs that pay wages on which it's a struggle to survive? OR: The person who won't even get out of bed for a job that pays less than a few (mainly superfluous) millions?

1/3: The same old angle on growth being promoted by the BBC et al this morning benefits only the few. The same old angle on tax being promoted by the BBC et al this morning is driven by the few. (See post 2 for summary of piece below.) #BBCBreakfast #R4Today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nearly everybody's still swallowing the tired cliché that GDP growth will cure all our ills. It won't. And for anyone about to dismiss the piece below because it's in the 'woke' Guardian, they're just reporting it. Don't shoot the messenger. #bbcpm

Fragile little Trumpy boy really gets moody with anyone who isn't a subservient sycophant, doesn't he? #Starmer #bbcpm

From yesterday's Observer.

21% @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

There is always a tweet.

My line on BBCr4 Today on the Iran strikes was this. Last June there were intensive US/Iran talks under way. Aborted by Israeli strikes on Iran which US joined. I think this is similar. The US-Iran-Oman talks seemed to be going well. Netanyahu preempted, and Trump felt he had to follow 1/5

Labour might always have won from what you describe as a centre left position, Pat McFadden, but they might have won from a more left wing position in 2017 if 'centre left' fifth columnists hadn't been among those campaigning against it. #wato #bbcwato

Labour's repeated cry on X yesterday morning: 'Only Labour can beat Reform in Gorton and Denton.' #BBCBreakfast #R4Today ....

Perhaps another reason for Labour's slide in #GortonAndDenton was the view that Labour has become as dishonest as the last Conservative government. Despite contrary polls and tactical advice, their constant message on X yesterday morning was: 'Only Labour can beat Reform.' #BBCBreakfast #R4Today

Kazakhstan fines oil multinationals for ecological violations. So the corporations turn around and sue Kazakhstan in a corporate court for $4.6 billion.   This is actually how the world works. It’s shocking. Exit all ISDS. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Supporters are being grossly overcharged for football World Cup tickets. 'Supply and demand' is a choice, not a law of nature. Other systems could be applied to fairly allocate tickets at reasonable prices. #R4Today

Indunil de Silva finds debt problems increase the more is owed to external private lenders: "reducing reliance on expensive private market borrowing in favor of official ... financing is essential for debt sustainability in developing economies" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

'It is becoming standard, rather than the exception, to assume that a leader might have to quit midterm if things don’t improve as quickly as journalists think they should.' @RogerMosey.bsky.social in @TheGuardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

The most chilling, because plausible, paragraph in today's papers. (From WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/nat... ) Saving face and soothing his always-wounded ego, by launching a war—with zero Congressional approval or public explanation or support.

On #R4Today, Hannah Barnes complained that the current puberty blocker trial is assessed on the basis of 10 self-assessed questions. Concerningly, that's more widely the basis of #MentalHealth diagnosis: 9 questions for depression in the PHQ-9 questionnaire; 7 questions for anxiety in GAD-7.

This is not the end of Trump’s tariff warfare, but it’s a big blow to him. And it underlines how short sighted governments like our own were in making huge economic concessions to avoid these tariffs. We need to stand up to Trump not appease him. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Did you know vulture funds can sue countries in debt to make a profit? It’s happening to Ethiopia right now, in UK courts! We’re in a unique situation where we can get the law changed and put an end to this predatory practice. Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/yft5p2v3

It's not just about morality. If I 'won' something by cheating, it just wouldn't qualify as a win in my mind. However 'small' the cheat, it would feel as worthless as taking a car to 'win' a marathon. #wato #bbcwato

1/2: The implication that older, more experienced people are better at every job than younger, less experienced people needs a bit of scrutiny. In at least some settings, younger people are less set in their ways and more innovative. #wato #bbcwato

Regev tries to re-frame the illegal occupation of the West Bank by suggesting Israelis have seen what happens when Israel gives up control of security in Palestinian territories. In Gaza we've also seen what happens when Palestinians lose control of security. #wato #bbcwato

Medics in UK and US say they have been barred from Gaza after speaking out

The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

Sometimes it really is right there in plain sight.

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

NEW: We alongside 20+ civil society organisations are calling on Keir Starmer to publish documents relating to major UK-US technology and trade agreements negotiated while Lord Mandelson served as UK Ambassador to US. www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/public-...

Our enemy is the economic system - a “dictatorship run by the tiny minority who control capital”. The answer is a democratic economy. Or else, we get barbarism. Brilliant 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Essential reading for ostriches.

Britain’s food and manufacturing standards regime is “under severe pressure” as a result of Starmer’s trade pact with Trump last year, Britain’s standards chief warned MPs yesterday. That pact means ongoing talks in which the government could concede on standards at any time.

Starmer doesn't have a mandate to 'walk away from'. His huge majority was not a vote/mandate FOR his policies. It was a vote AGAINST the Tories, combined with the McSweeney team's understanding of how to pervert and exploit FPTP to the max. #BBCBreakfast #R4Today ...

The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones

We’ve sent Prince William to the Gulf to get them to accept an ISDS (corporate court) in our upcoming trade deal 🤦‍♂️ The government, the royal family, no more than lobbyists for anti-democratic interests in the City of London. www.politico.eu/article/prin...

If Labour does decide to change the PM, it'll be yet another sign of how they're becoming more like the Tories every day. #BBCBreakfast #R4Today

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

Peter Mandelson isn't a glitch. He offers a glimpse into how Westminster works. The public already knows it. Now more politicians must face upto it - and act. Read my 2025 article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the integrity gap at the heart of UK politics. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

Starmer told a G20 summit in Brazil that his administration would prioritise “the fight against hunger” Yet he’s cut funding to the UN World Food Programme by a third. To spend it on weapons instead. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Absolutely

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%

Here we go…

As I note in my piece, these are ACTUAL questions that NBC News's Tom Llamas asked Donald Trump in his 'extended' interview, while not asking a single question about Epstein, or challenging him on a single lie. zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...

Meanwhile, the UK faces its own corporate court cases – raised by the hedge fund behind a condemned coal mine, and a sanctioned Russian oligarch. www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

No, Dan Tomlinson, the electorate didn't vote for Labour because of the great leadership of Keir Starmer. They voted for Labour because of the bad leadership of the Conservatives. #bbcpm ...

As well as Epstein, Peter Mandelson has questions to answer about his role in the UK’s trade deals with Donald Trump - on medicines and Big Tech in particular, explains our director @nickdearden.bsky.social 👇🏽

It wasn't a group of 'testosterone-fuelled men at the top of Labour' who made Labour electable again, Justin Webb. It was the disastrous Tories. #R4Today ...

Back in Parliament tonight to tell MPs we need to abolish ISDS - the toxic ‘corporate courts’ which allows oligarchs, multinationals and super rich investors to subvert our democracy. #ISDSfree Great meeting @tradejusticemov.bsky.social

Given the allegations of Mandelson leaking sensitive govt info, advising US banks to 'threaten' the Chancellor, etc, you do start to wonder who else he might have given an inside track - US big pharma as well?