Bloody Hell! What the fuck is the BBC up to now?

New Hungarian PM brutally confronts a news channel that banned him for years.

Right! Back home from the tour ... time to try and plant out some sacrificial stuff I've grown from seed early. Outdoor tomatoes ... if I can get them in now and they don't get hit by a late frost then I'll get a much earlier and bigger crop. Luckily I have enough to replant later if they fail.

Not sure Peter Mandelson can survive this as ambassador

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

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Very interesting piece this. Demonstrates the pervasive influence of "shitstalgia" while also highlighting that its some among the 60 pluses who need a social media ban and much more than the kids.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Folk festival spotted totally out of context!!!

And, didn’t Angela Rayner get booted out for failing to ask a question?

What Starmer is saying here is that neither he nor any minister asked what the outcome of the vetting process was … which is incompetence verging on dereliction of duty in public office … for which he should resign.

Any prime minister who follows this new creepy way of governing where they deliberately don’t ask for crucial reports so they can swerve accountability (Johnson did this with the Russia reports) should be treated as if they did know and have lied to the public and parliament. It’s just semantics.

Look … this isn’t just about what actually happened with the Mandelson appointment. Less than 2 years ago Keir Starmer looked us in the eye and promised if we voted for him he would end the chaos and deception in government we’d suffered for years and he’s lying to us (or completely incompetent).

Look: All that happened was, I decided to butter up a fascist sex criminal by appointing an omni-disgraced ghoul as ambassador, despite everybody knowing he was pals with a top paedophile; then I either overruled people who didn't clear him, or I'm so shit that nobody told me. What's the problem?

I don't believe Starmer in this case - it's just implausible that Robbins knew Mandelson had failed vetting and chose not to tell them. If it plays out that he was lying to us and to parliament then that makes him no better than Boris Johnson ... and less than 2 years after his election.

Sorry ... I don't believe that this top civil servant didn't tell Keir Starmer and ministers that Mandelson failed the security vetting process ... I think they got the recommendation and deliberately ignored it. If they didn't then that shows that their No. 10 operation is not fit for purpose.

This is such brilliant news. Well done Labour on this (it's rare to find anything to congratulate them for at the moment) ... one of my kids is about to start a languages degree and this is very very timely for us indeed.

"Jesus Christ Superstar Came down from heaven on a Yamaha Pulled a skid Killed a kid And ended up in a dustbin lid." Amen

Just when you think the US government couldn't get any more ridiculous, ignorant, pathetic and downright dangerous ... they ramp it up another notch.

Oof! That’s pretty damming for Starmer.

I think I’ll survive being forced to go vegetarian by the American government’s malicious, vainglorious idiocy but I advise anyone in politics to start wargaming their responses to this one now, because the public are going to go apeshit.

Looking forward to Gigspanner Big Band this summer in Sidmouth! Peter Knight, Sacha Trochet, Roger Flack, Edgelarks and John Spiers. As collaborations go, it doesn't get much more mouth-watering than this. Latest festival line-up here: sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/lineup/

Reform, in theory, could have been a gift to Labour: they divided the Right-wing vote. All Labour had to do was govern in a way that held their Center-Left coalition together Instead, they chose to act foolishly and blow up their own coalition in pursuit of a voting base with no interest in them

May as well just say it: US promises mean nothing. The #USA is no longer an ally, it is an enemy of the free world. Wake up America: is this really what you want to be? #WakeUpAmerica #DumpTrump … and while you’re at it: #LanceVance

I’d like to think that these fascists hate art because it tells the truth … but it’s far more likely that they’re just ignorant little philistines

The Sun’s accounts are out and I haven’t seen anyone report on them so… *Pre-tax loss of £31m *Revenue down from £296m to £273m (Sub now in the same ballpark as the Guardian) *Phone hacking costs (now into its third decade) of £36.6m *Big fall in audience but still claim to be UK’s number one brand

No wonder Wes Streeting has so many private healthcare donors...

Most Americans are oblivious to the fact that the US helped "liberate" the Philippines from Spain in 1898 and then decided to keep it as a colony in one of the most racist & bloody conquests in US history. Just read the incredibly genocidal captions (see alt-text) in this popular book from the era.

Absolutely devastated to hear of the passing of Moya Brennan. Someone I had the pleasure of meeting occasionally in recent years. An immense talent, national treasure and all-round fantastic human being. Her loss will be felt immeasurably in her home of Gweedore. youtu.be/4zHTcxVjX0I?...

I'm sure Labour are at this very minute looking at what has happened in Hungary and wondering if Orban lost because he wasn't quite right wing enough to win.🤔🙄

Wes Streeting looks like the whole ham that Billy Bear Meat is carved from. Like David Cameron with botox and an £8 haircut.

And now it turns out they lost my locking wheel-nut key despite not doing any work!!! The garage deny they took it out , but I saw it with my own eyes just before I dropped it off. Unbelievable incompetence ... and now I'm on hold to customer services ... desperately trying to order a replacement.

When you see a sign telling you not to do something then presumably that thing is something that has actually happened in the past ... the mind boggles!

One of the most interesting articles I’ve read this year, plus a book I’m going to buy.

Just don't let Halfords get your money ... a proper garage will charge you after they've done the work. And a proper garage won't book you in if they don't know they can get the parts in time for the appointment! Think of all the interest they're keeping for themselves every time this happens.

Halfords Autocentres ... worst customer service I've had in ages. Needed new front tyres because of a puncture while on tour so booked in to one of their centres online £330 paid. Dropped the car off ... 20 mins later got a call saying they didn't have the tyres. ... refund will take 5 days.

That’s very specific!!!

And the Greens take the seat from Reform by a healthy margin in a ward they came in fourth place last time bsky.app/profile/elec...

I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening now is an invasion. This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention. @CaroleCadwalladr for the Nerve Link 🔽

This is so well done. 👌

"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.

There is no way of knowing how often Parliament votes against what the public actually wants. Until now. houseofthepeople.com tracks every bill going through Parliament. You vote. We compare it to how your MP voted. The gap speaks for itself. houseofthepeople.com

If Donald Trump had actively been trying to make Iran stronger, richer and actively trying to galvanise domestic support for the Iranian government (while also helping Vladimir Putin sell more Russian oil) … … then maybe he could claim TOTAL VICTORY

So let me get this right? This war has cost the US $Billions, the destruction of its embassies, the death of young soldiers. The rest of us suffered more civilian deaths, massively raised fuel bills. Iran now much stronger charging tolls on international shipping! And that’s Total Victory?

If it comes from Donald Trump ... or the official US government ... then there's only one thing you can be sure of ... it's bollocks!

AT WHAT POINT DO THE WORLD'S COMMENTARIAT SAY ... "Donald Trump is nothing more than a windbag full of hot air ... nothing he says is of any consequence in reality." TACO ... TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT

Trump has increased Iran's income from $1.8 billion in a single year to around $49 billion every year. The art of the deal!

Wireless festival discovering that not all publicity is good publicity!

Or the far side of the loon.