These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

Someone very close to me has Tourette’s; thank god nonverbal. It is still the most embarrassing & stigmatised condition. Those up in arms about a man with Tourette’s involuntarily shouting a racial slur at the BAFTAs need to take a hard look at your own bigotry. They. Can’t. Stop. It. So upset.

Covid, 5 years on: "The mRNA vaccines prevented millions of deaths. [...] Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The King’s brother and a Lord have both been arrested by British police within the past week on suspicion of misconduct in public office. This is how a functioning democracy responds to evidence of criminal activity in the Epstein files. Title is irrelevant. No immunity. Equality under the law.

No, I won't. Because I cant be sure you won't lock me up for being foreign.

I felt it was my patriotic and humanitarian duty to visit the Chagos Islands, even though I knew in advance that it wasn't possible. In unrelated news, The Maldives is lovely at this time of year.

What the country needs most at times like this is to hear from the bloviating oaf who partied during lockdown, lied his arse off to Parliament and screwed the country with the shittest possible Brexit deal.

Really properly sick of (written) news organisations running a giant transcript of two journalists chatting about something instead of having one of them actually sit down and condense their thoughts into a single article

Here I am having a holiday while lying about the government stopping me going to the Chagos Islands, where nobody can go without a permit. Still, who needs facts when your followers are thick and gullible?

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good. Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies. So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.

Slovakia threatens to cut electricity to Ukraine over Russian oil spat https://aje.news/qrmn21

These countries that are supporting Putin need to get the boot from the EU and NATO in order for alliances to have any meaning.

This is true. If you created a character like Trump for a novel or a movie people would say he's not believable.

February 2026: Maldives #AnywhereButClacton

Dismal England rugby. Ireland running rings round our backs and the lineout, supposedly Borthwicks strong point is a shambles.

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it. 2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

NEW: JD Vance flew to Rome to formally invite Pope Leo XIV to join America’s 250th anniversary celebration. The first American pope has declined — days after rejecting President Trump’s “Board of Peace” invitation. On July 4, he’ll be in Lampedusa, standing with migrants.

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family. What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra...

Charlie is right - people should act more like immigrants from northern Europe who came here in small boats.

1. Pointing out that the Iranian regime's actions are horrific does not in any way subtract from the horror of the Israeli government's genocide in Gaza, or from other atrocities. There are, unfortunately, plenty here who seem to believe we should be partisan in our denunciations. They are wrong. 🧵

A must read. The government's immigration proposals are immoral, expensive (falls in immigration already damaging our economy) and will not achieve the stated aims.

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Tomorrow, Saturday 21st February, we have a wander around Wantage starting around midday at the Royal Oak. soxon.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php...

The “staffer” who posted the racist video is his alter ego, John Barron.

A stunning day but I think the UK can be a bit proud of itself tonight - we’ve shown that nobody is above the law (USA look and learn though it may be too late - your justice system is in the hands of your mad King)

Over two years, Israel has spent billions killing tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, destroying homes, farms, and infrastructure in a genocidal war. Now it joins Trump’s Board of Peace, ostensibly to “rebuild” the same territory where it committed genocide. #Infograph

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

Oh look. There are countries where there is accountability, not impunity, for high-level misconduct. What a novel idea.

NEWS! "Prints, Andrew" chuckles Custody Sergeant newsthump.com/2026/02/19/p...

Ahem… And who’s going to tell this chap the latest news regarding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor & his arrest for SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE OVER HIS LINKS TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN? 😊

How many folks in the admin are certifiably nuts? Certainly Trump & RFK, Jr. Miller is a psychopath. Maybe Bondi too. Noem is badly damaged. Is Hegseth cracked or just deeply stupid? JD is, like Trump, a pathological liar & there are so many others guilty of loony, creepy or malevolent behavior...

That would be the nuclear programme that the Trump people completely and totally destroyed with their bunker buster bombs. Yes, that Iranian nuclear programme.

this something is the shingles vaccine btw. evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing

Punk anthem of my generation youtu.be/fqOjikq5zbc?...

The IPC’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags at the 2026 Paralympics is deeply regrettable. Allowing this while the invasion of Ukraine continues sends the wrong message and should be reconsidered. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Reform UK would consider cutting minimum wage, says Richard Tice

Comic book critics often say things like, “That's stupid. How could anyone think Clark Kent is a different person to Superman just because he put on glasses?” 

 But then Farage says Robert Jenrick has gone from “a total fraud” to “Chancellor material” just by wearing a different colour rosette 🤷‍♂️

ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult). I got my MMR about 10 years ago! www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

@britishf4.bsky.social has announced that one of the prizes for this year's champion will be a day working with the @williamsf1team.bsky.social: formulascout.com/british-f4-a...

Important public information message if you missed out on the MMR vaccine:

Our message to young voters is "Vote Reform if you feel overpaid on £10 an hour"

The fact that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly stated that DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from Epstein files is almost certain proof that the images exist. By withholding the images entirely rather than redacting minors, he is protecting the abusers.

This is the chart in question

As a survivor of measles (pre existence of the vaccine), and who was left with ruined eyesight and poor immune system and it probably led to my asthma developing, it breaks my heart that parents are intentionally deciding not to vaccinate their children against this devastating disease.

Joe Rogan is THIS close to getting it about the man who said this was all a hoax.

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Notable message from President Zelensky. The USA is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine to hand over more of its land to dictatorial Russia. Good to see the Ukrainian pushback--but the USA should hang its head in shame.

“Penalise” those women who don’t have enough babies. FFS