Dunno, but a former UK prime minister declaring what will happen to Palestine is not something which went terribly well before.

Trump: "The UN was interesting bc as you know, a few days ago they introduced me, 'ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States.' I'm looking at my teleprompter and that thing was dead, stone cold dead...I actually got good marks. Do you think Biden could've done that? I don't think so."

'We should be bold, courageous, decent citizens - and call him out.' Sadiq Khan doubles down on his position that Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist, misogynistic, and Islamophobic.'

‘I was born in Tooting. Where am I going to go?’ Sadiq Khan challenges Sarah, who claims there’s ‘too many brown faces in London’ and ‘immigrants need to go home.’

‘Why has the poster boy for the far-right taken on London?’ ‘Because we’re proof that diversity works.’ Sadiq Khan warns that figures like Donald Trump are ‘playing on the fears’ of those concerned about unlawful immigration.

"A taxi driver told me" - Nigel Farage accounts for why he thinks sharia law could replace British law on @lbc.co.uk

Disaster. It’s finally happened. He’s found the podcast mic. An eight-part exposé on my stinginess with Dreamies is about to drop.

Surprised to see that the Telegraph, Times and Mail don't seem to have written up the study about LTNs cutting deaths and injuries by more than a third. I guess the PR email must have got lost or something. They're normally all so interested in the subject.

AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok are falsely claiming that two photos shared by Gavin Newsom, which he claimed to show National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in LA, were from 2021 in Afghanistan. In fact, both photos were published in an exclusive report by the San Francisco Chronicle today.

Ah...this explains why Badenoch was very vocal about the India deal to the unwitting media, but didn't raise it at #PMQs.

Okay, but what does this, in policy terms, actually *mean*? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

American Brexit

First JPMorgan, now MetLife keeps its 60% recession call — titling today’s note “Damaged Goods”: “Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

A masterclass on how to score an own goal from the leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch on LBC this morning.

oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head

🍀Happy #StPatricksDay! Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! And of course my Chocolate Guinness Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. It couldn’t be anything else! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth​, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...

I first thought it was Dominic Cumming’s sticking his head through one of those face in the hole boards

The Farage piece in the Sunday Tel is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've read in months. This pearl, for example. "Sadly, there have been too many similar outbursts from Mr Lowe, often involving the use of inappropriate language, to the despair of our chief whip, Lee Anderson."

Shocked

BREAKING: Reform UK says it's investigating complaints of bullying by MP Rupert Lowe against female members of staff. They also say Lowe has on multiple occasions made threats of violence directed towards party chair Zia Yusuf adding, "this matter is with the Police".

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

It also gives you an idea of where you are going (which to take a recent example, it avoids this set of headlines only a few days apart).

Having a central direction matters because in a big organisation you can't be telling people what to do all the time. They have know what it is you want without having to be told. You have to be able to 'pre-delegate' as it were.

REPORTER: Would a Russian oligarch be eligible for a gold card? TRUMP: Yeah, possibly. Hey. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people.

The PM says "we need to fight for peace" after announcing defence spending will rise to 2.5% of the UK's GDP by 2027.

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" Donald Trump will run for a third term, his nephew tells @lewisgoodall.com. Watch the full interview:

'Constitution be damned': Donald Trump's nephew, Fred says his uncle will try to run for a third presidential term regardless of the rules. Speaking to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/news/constit...

"There is no alternative political situation" Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert asked by Lewis Goodall about whether he still believes in a two-state solution on @lbc.co.uk @lewisgoodall.com

Filling in for the great @mrjamesob.bsky.social all this week on LBC from 10. Do join us if you can. Just the collapse of American leadership of the Western alliance as we’ve known it to kick us off…

Happy Brexit Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ua...

One of my all-time favourite clips

“I naively thought, ‘oh they’re not going to do anything in the new administration, to put security at risk — aviation security at risk.’ But I’m not so sure,” said Stephanie Bernstein, whose husband was killed in the bombing and served on the committee. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

@newsguy.bsky.social hi Steve I’m a producer from @lbc.co.uk in London. Any chance of a follow back so I can DM?

Leanne Lucas, 36, who oversaw the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport and who was injured by Axel Rudakubana in the knife attack, has told Liverpool Crown Court: "I cannot give myself compassion or accept praise, as how can I live knowing I survived when children died."

Neil Basu, former head of counter terrorism at the Met, speaking of Axel Rudakubana and others like him: "These are pathetic, vulnerable, criminal losers - they are not terrorists." Speaking to Andrew Marr on @lbc.co.uk

All the glory to God.

NEW: Home Secretary launches public inquiry into Southport attacks and that the Home Office have done an urgent Prevent Learning Review after three referrals to the programme over Alex Rudakubana @LBC

This seems very relevant to the decision not to declare the murders a terrorist incident x.com/gmhales/stat...

"...and we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts...to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars" - an inauguration like no other?

NEW A third and final post about the 'Lettuce before Action' of Elizabeth Truss The final piece of evidence which shows, on balance, that it was not intended as a serious legal letter By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-third-an... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-th...

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NEW: Tulip Siddiq MP has left Government. Emma Reynolds MP is now Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Torsten Bell MP serves jointly as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Treasury and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions.

There is already 25 minutes more daylight than the shortest day and by the end of this week it will be around 45 minutes.

Fresh polling from YouGov suggests seven in ten Britons (71%) have an unfavourable view of Elon Musk, up seven points since their previous poll in November.

"We call it grooming gangs when it's British Pakistanis. We call it peadophile rings when it's white men, and we're only focusing on grooming gangs when it's the peadophile rings that are causing the most harm" @nazirafzal.bsky.social who was central to the prosecution of the Rochdale grooming gang.