Starmer admits that failed states have historically proved to be worse "so we do have to be careful" What exactly does he think Israel is trying to do? They are trying to turn Iran into a failed state & because of our vassalage status to the US we are going along with it!

Well, no shit. He should have been labeled as this long ago. So what are you going to do about it, UN?

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei - remarkable reporting here by Mehul Srivastava and James Shotter. ie "Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel." www.ft.com/content/bf99...

@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "There was no intelligence indicating an imminent threat, yet we've already seen pre-emptive strikes attacking a girls school, killing over 100 children.. continuing such actions is unlawful, allowing them to take place from UK bases is unlawful"

Apsana Begum: "Does the PM understand that by enabling the use of military bases.. that it is dragging our country into a wider conflict" Starmer says he stands by his decision

To think only last week he was calling greens extremists for wanting people to have better lives, and now he's helping incinerate children.

Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Unbelievable. Despite promising to change their ways, Thames Water is still on course to dump record amounts of sewage this year. This can’t go on. Water companies and their regulators must do their part to clean our waterways.

Hannah Spencer being sworn in as a Green Party MP this afternoon, after winning the Gorton & Denton by-election last week. Photo: House of Commons

Not only *did* they start this war, they have no idea how to finish it.

Iran responded to an unprovoked attack with retaliations, and now the state-run QatarEnergy have halted production of liquefied natural gas By @skwawkbox.org

Right, so the Conservative Party has given up on international law AND #democracy www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Diane Abbott asks Starmer about the similarities between whats happening now & the Iraq war. In reply Starmer says: "We have learnt the lessons of Iraq" Chilcot found the UK govt exaggerated the threat as a pretext for war & had no plan. So what exactly has the govt learnt?

Israel has 400 nuclear warheads with technology stolen from the U.S. Iran has ZERO. Israel wants to expand: Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, etc. If Israel gets Iranian oil, their country will be greatly enhanced. Israel planned the war with Iran. Israel has Epstein dirt on Trump so he went along.

I was absolutely sure this must be a spoof. But it isn’t

Oh

Green deputy leader Mothin Ali among the few to directly condemn assassination of Khamenei...

Donald Trump has got himself into a terrible mess over Iran. And it's all of his own making.

A useful record of Farage’s failure and his inability to cope with it. A cheat and a very bad loser who would happily trash democracy to get the result he wants. And then remove our rights to stop us holding him to account. Such a corrupt, egomaniacal liar should have no hope of getting power.

BREAKING: The UK, France and Germany announce they may join military action against Iran. The joint statement says they may take "proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source."

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like

A Dutch court ruled the Netherlands violated the human rights of people in Bonaire by failing to protect them from climate change. The government now must create a binding adaptation plan. Climate inaction = discrimination.

He says he has ended 8 wars. In reality this is what he has done. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Hard to argue

Only Congress can authorize the use of force, including the declaration of war. Did Trump ask for authorization from Congress? If not, he should be impeached. www.newsweek.com/why-trump-at...

Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 35% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 67% at 14:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 43% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 21% of demand was met by imports.

"Most working class people around the world wake up with the same goals. Provide for their families. Stay safe. Build a better future for their children. They do not naturally wake up wanting conflict with strangers in another country who are doing the exact same thing." via Face the Reality

Farage and Democracy? He 100% will start to question and challenge everything. Right out of the Trump playbook www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Anyone working in "news" or "politics" needs to finally wrap their minds around the idea that X isn't reaching anyone that matters. You're wasting your time pitching no one. You're wasting your money pitching no one.

Peak Fuel Cell Bus Deliveries in the EU Occurred in 2025 - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2026/02/21/p...

The United States & Israel have launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran. Keir Starmer condemns Iran.

Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan

I reckon it'll be more than 80. Labour MPs largely didnt favour it already, and fhe political arguements have collapsed (not to mentioned the silly rhetoric)

Faiza Shaheen nails why people voted for hope in Gorton and Denton

“Mahmood will argue next week that migration policies – including forcing people to wait 20 years before being able to claim leave to remain – were entirely consistent with Labour values” I just despair www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

”Another finding was that GDP can mask the full cost of climate damage by failing to account for deaths and ill health, social disruption and degraded ecosystems.” #GDP #Growth www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If ever you needed a front page to capture the crass yet also dangerous silliness of so much of our media, and the impact of right wing nationalism which has done so much harm through a history from which some seem so unable to learn

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them." Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really good piece from @direthoughts.com, who has done excellent reporting on the Labour Together story Worth noting that Josh Simons defames journalist Paul Holden in his resignation letter..... Not sure how much he's learned from all this

If this is true-and reports suggest it is-it’s terrifying Because the IRCG promised to wreak havoc on America And if they replace Ayatollah Khamenei quickly, that potentially means a lightning fast response Meanwhile Congress hasn’t yet been called into session to debate what to do about Iran

This is wrong on so many levels.

Paul Conroy — a brilliant photojournalist who documented wars & human chaos for decades — has passed away. He was injured in the same attack in Homs that killed Marie Colvin & he just carried on travelling to conflict zones. May he rest in peace.

Nigel Farage is saying the by-election - which Reform was defeated 41% to 29% by Green Party (14,980 to 10,578) was "stolen". Not "fraud" but on Reform calculating the % of eligible voters born abroad: Farage says it is "shattering news" that naturalised citizens + Commonwealth nationals can vote

Immigrant reports from a hostile environment. All she wanted was to make a better life for herself.

No uprising for the time being.

Why did the US strike Iran? Why indeed. Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Contrast with this… Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his country rejects "the unilateral military actions by the United States and Israel. "(It) represents an escalation and contributes to a more uncertain and hostile international order."