How often do we see capitalists threatening to quit if they don’t get what they want - it’s a bit sick in my view - mega rich people with their avarice on full display. They need rules that allow them to fleece the common person, that’s how they make their fortunes. We need a govt that intervenes.

Contemplating this for Thursday and maybe Saturday too. Might be a chance to catch up with some old acquaintances from the twitter days.

I love this book and have gifted it many times. You likely need it

Burnham’s devolution revolution risks leaving Northern Ireland behind Will the prospective prime minister’s strong devolutionary instincts extend to delivering the bold vision Northern Ireland needs? By Aidan Enright

There's a simple, fair and effective means of funding politics, which ensures that voters count and money doesn't. MPs: please stop messing about with proposals for donation caps, and press for a proper, democratic funding system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Meanwhile Israel continues their genocide of Palestinians.

Excellent journalism. 👏

You'd think he might consider which randomers he'd freely give his support to, and do some 2 minute due-diligence - but no. Just after the race riots, just after the Donaldson verdict, this is who he's talking to, and through that, helping fund.

A single mature tree can deliver cooling equivalent to around FOUR standard air conditioning units. 🌳❄️ The best time to plant trees was years ago. The second-best time is now, writes Kate Moore

There has been a 'ceasefire' in Gaza for 274 days. In that time 1,098 Palestinians have been murdered and 3,500 injured. While 0 Israelis have been killed. There is no ceasefire, just a Genocide.

Patsy's border looking fantastic in the evening sun.

Right, downloading Billy's Big Bonfire Bash Belters for the bbq later. How will you not be celebrating this evening? (NI followers only 😎🤣)

So be honest, how many of you have been making "much of a" jokes this afternoon?

What a busy morning, baker to start, then plumber, back to baker, chef, now electrician, back to chef once the BBQ is heated up and all rhd while trying to watch the rugby. Bread looks good though and yes I did do my dishes up too 😋

Well that should be any questions about Frawley as an international 10 answered. #JPNvIRE

How many Irish people have ever experienced the wonder of old-growth natural forest in our own country? Given that it now covers less than 0.1% (<1/1,000th) of Ireland, likely only a tiny few. What a terribly sad thought. Allowing surviving remnants to expand naturally should be a *top* priority.

Third – liberal elitist eh? Oh noes!! As opposed to a white supremacist with at least five homes, secret billionaire donors, who shills for a gold bullion dealer? Bitch please.

"Scrap" not "water down", and boot Mahmood out of position and onto the backbenchers, if not remove the whip, while he is at it. You cannot water down Labour's current hostile and xenophobic anti-immigration/anti-asylum policies. They are too far towards the extreme right for tweaks to mean anything

County Tyrone's Muslim population is well under 1% of the county. There is 1 Mosque in the entire County Northern Irelands Muslim population is 0.57% There are 10 Mosques in the entire Country Northern Ireland has the smallest proportion of Muslims of any UK nation But this👇🙄

Removing funding from the skills we already have shortages of. This isn't going to fix problem, it's going to make it worse. Do I need to sound the UK HIGHER EDUCATION CRISIS KLAXON 📣 again - given its now more of less the default state?

Britain’s pipes and wires and run by and as Private monopolies - companies often based in tax havens are paying huge dividends while failing to invest properly - in good times. buff.ly/PhkCnM8

According to FB, we're all supposed to be sorry now for saying horrible things about Ann Widdicombe. It goes without saying that another femicide is horrendous but I can't suddenly forget what an awful person she was. AITA, as they say?

I just hope all those who didn't bother voting in Clacton before are motivated to tell the disappearing grifter what they honestly think of him, along with everyone who did vote against him. How I'd laugh.

There’s only one way to clean up politics, no more whack-a-mole rule changes to shut down new routes for dodgy money- let’s just end all donations. Period. For a tiny sum of money we can simply end all of this.

A very successful aristocratic family *with a family member convicted of fraud*

Everyone else? Surely not. Surely the only way is to mandate people's lives based on my personal views. What I'm saying is that she wasn't just a person who made other people's lives harder, she was also a person with limited intellectual capacity and should never have been elected. 3/3

For a start, the government should not be criminalizing people who already knew and said it was “not right”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Some of my nicest neighbours here are Muslim, have helped their kids dissertations, they are part of this place. This angers me beyond any words i could write because this is NOT who we are. These are a handful of ignorant louts everyone in their areas are afraid of.

A list of Hastings Hotels to boycott. www.hastingshotels.com/our-hotels/

Help me out here... If the fascists manage to "deport foreigners" will Loyalists go back to wanting to crucify Catholics and "Kill All Taigs", then? Fascism is a cult that needs victims. When one group is spent, it moves on to the next. People have short memories. This was last year.

We really don't need smarter or faster phones. It's just the tech bros keeping their revenue streams flowing. This is a step (just a step) in the right direction.

Nigel Farage - who has not held a single constituency surgery in Clacton since getting elected - complains that people are 'showing contempt' for Clacton voters ... meme via Truth Against Hate

One of the problems with modern conservative parties like The Conservatives, Reform and Restore (and the GOP) is that they’ve just become anti-everything parties: Anti-immigrant, Anti-welfare, Anti-Trans, Anti-tax, Anti-regulation, Anti-Science, Anti-Climate, Anti-Action. They’re *for* nothing

So, cunts who demolish listed buildings or fell trees that have preservation orders on them. His about it has a mandatory minimum two year prison sentence with no option for remission. And assets seized to reinstate what they destroyed.

A little tidy up and this piece of RAF engineering will be fit for purpose supporting my pillar drill tomorrow. Not bad for some scrap and many lessons learnt. Mostly I can't really weld, yet.

A little tidy up and this piece of RAF engineering will be fit for purpose supporting my pillar drill tomorrow. Not bad for some scrap and many lessons learnt. Mostly I can't really weld, yet.

Have never appreciated graphic designers as much as I have since the advent of genAI posters. So much information, so many fonts and sizes, so chaotically laid out, so difficult to quickly read and actually get their message across

People who are not in the UK. This is not a comedy show. This is UK politics right now.

Not big into the tennis these days but happened on Fery playing his last game in the quarter final and how refreshing to see someone so genuinely happy to have won and enjoying what he does.

Practically a cake walk.

Trade for produce is low because we can boycott buying them, and personally I have done that since the late 80s. We the people need our principles to be reflected by our policy makers but they put the priorities of genocidal murderers above ours.

We'll see how many of the"legitimate concerns" politicians mention this horrific case this week, and publicly demand all sorts of immediate action. Not holding my breath.

Next time you see the UK government celebrating the huge economic and soft-power impact of the British film, music, tv, game, sfx, design, etc etc industries, perhaps ask them why they don't want anyone to work in them in future

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.

My take? Farage is trying to derail the investigation into his affairs, will get his arse handed to him in Clacton as he and his company costs the nation ever more through their incompetence and abuse of our democracy. The tv media of course have this appalling scumbag all over their news, keeping