Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK Nothing to see here... www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...

Sanderlings in their winter plumage on Cresswell beach in Northumberland UK on a perfect late Autumn day.

Fourth yesterday in the Open Triples lawn bowls competition held at our own club yesterday. Huge prize money of £10 each. Really great day. Five matches of 6 ends each, 30 ends total. 3 wins, one draw, one defeat.

That's right Trumpkopp Twinned with Epstein Island

Labour's water industry review is little more than fiddling with the broken status quo The Independent Water Commission is a half-baked and half-hearted exercise in pandering to investors and CEOs - at the public's expense www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

After yesterday's threatened thunder we actually had some today; the low, distant rumbling of English summer thunder.

Won second place with two teammates in Brampton Bowling Club's Mixed Triples competition. Actually won some money! Founded in 1761 it is Britain's second oldest bowling club.

Our blind Jack Russell called Molly enjoys the occasional ice cream on a stick.

Bravo to Durham Miners’ Association 👏👏 www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...

Another classic from the Queen of gaffes…

Yesterday, down by the River North Tyne in Northumberland.

God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Happy Easter!

It’s extraordinary that so much media still reports on Trump with the old, redundant tools of the trade. He lied about Ukraine, then he tried to extort Ukraine, and having failed he threatens to walk away from Ukraine. The idea that he was ever going to do anything unwelcome to Putin is ridiculous.

The First Felon Of The United States is a complete jabberwocky-speaking clot. And everyone else is responsible for crashing the world economy when the blame lies entirely with him.

Privatisation Racket. 20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24. Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%. They get subsidies too. More in the linked article.

Liverpool 0-2 Newcastle United at the moment. Will it be their first cup win since 1955? Under ten minutes to go.

When Tony Slattery passed away in January, obituaries in The Telegraph and The Times recalled a cartoon that hung in the bathroom of his London home... We've rummaged through the Eye archives and found it. From issue 838, January 1994. RIP Tony Slattery.

Are you tired of winning yet?

Boris Johnson’s million-pound Daily Mail gig continues to be farcical. A recent column, confidently praising Trump’s Ukraine stance, was swiftly pulled after Trump and JD Vance launched a scathing attack on Zelensky. Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news

Fujitsu swore it wouldn’t bid for public contracts until the Horizon scandal inquiry wrapped up. And yet a new £300k MoD deal just landed in its lap. Their “no-bid” pledge is looking more like a PR stunt riddled with loopholes. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.

11 weeks apart. They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House. Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath.

Cartoon by David Sipress.

Now THIS is true leadership on the world stage. In stark contrast to the weak, ignorant clown we currently have in the White House. #SlavaUkraini 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

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I'm struggling to get over what we saw today. The amount of gaslighting, cruelty, ignorance, abject cowardice, arrogance, indifference to human life, and deceit we saw from Trump and Vance...we saw behavior we associate with enemies of the United States inside the Oval Office. That's traumatizing.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

The Real Gulf of America. The 3 Richest Americans Hold More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Of The Population. Probably worse now with the rise of Elon Musk. Money buys everything - politics, govt, press, judiciary, law enforcement. Inevitably produces Trump, arrogance, danger.

The leaders of the US may like to ponder on this from Ecclesiastes chapter 9 and reconsider their actions: The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

Places Trump 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 deploy US troops v places Trump 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 deploy US troops From the latest Private Eye, in shops now.

Macron made Trump “the first president in history who had to be interrupted and corrected by an ally when the president of the United States was lying and lying about that ally” www.huffpost.com/entry/lawren...

French President Emmanuel Macron says US and Ukraine should be compensated by Russia, not by Ukraine. Russia started the war 👏

No One Voted For Elon Musk!!

Homemade bread and preserves. I know exactly what goes into them.

The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.

Byline Times is looking for a qualified news and investigation reporter for paternity leave cover in April and May, with the possibility of a more long-term contribution. If interested, please get in touch

The United States is under attack. Elon Musk—who has been elected to nothing and is a deeply troubled person—is literally destroying our government from the inside and doing so without authority or consent of the governed. Working on a report on this right now. It’s an emergency.

A written account from a member of the committee which met in secret to discuss the appointment alleges the Archbishop of York “bullied” and “coerced” people to promote Bishop John. Stephen Cottrell denies the allegations.

Reports of ICE harassing even indigenous people are an extra layer of disturbing that I didn't forsee. But here's what should happen! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons

Thames Water prices will be hiked by £19 a month from April. Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people. Predatory capitalism. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

🧵Curious about "DeepSeek"? Wondering what it is and why it matters for the U.S. and the world in general? Let me break it down in simple terms—no tech background needed! (1/21) 👇👇🌏💾

After a peaceful night the wind is getting up.

The excellent cover of today’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Dr Jenifer Dixon, "In the last decade, public health funding was reduced per head by 22%" Hugo Keith, "Is that central government or local government?" Dr Jenifer Dixon, "Both" Hugo Keith, "Beginning to end it's reduced by 22%" Dr Jenifer Dixon, "And more in deprived areas"

Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone on Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 rioters: “I have been betrayed by my country, & I’ve been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump, whether you voted for him because he promised these pardons, or for some other reason, you knew that this was coming”

The leopards have begun eating faces. Yesterday was a terrible day for America—and that includes every single Trump voter. This report has all the details.

Fibre is coming to our village. 1Gb. I know many people have had this for years but this is real progress in rural Northumberland.

Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.