I checked this too.

*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.

*No other* party logo displayed.

In local election purdah.

This is not normal. At all.

Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) * ... @magyarpeterMP Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then - on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office.

Hungary’s Péter Magyar issues an ultimatum.

For anyone needing another piece of evidence as to why Palantir should be nowhere near any British institutions, here you go.

All of them, all Lords, all MPs should be vetted asap along with all future ones and a robust process to permit/decline on basis of vetting agreed.

'He's not actually asked the institution to do anything.'

Former NATO spokesman Mark Laity says Trump's attack on the alliance reveals that he 'doesn't understand what NATO is'.

@matthew-wright.bsky.social

Simon Marks' American Week: Viewer discretion advised... YouTube video by LBC

@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social returns from his stint in the presenter's chair for LBC to bring us another edition of his American Week:

Wait a minute, is this the same Richard Tice who repeatedly called for Angela Rayner to resign over her dubious tax shenanigans? Surely not, because that would make him look like a hypocritical wanker. Oh.

And you can complain to the BBC here:

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...

Rachel Reeves, Chris Mcdonald, Ed Miliband, Keir Starmer. All wearing fluorescent jackets.

Great how your phone gives you memories.

It's two years to the day since Rachel Reeves told me if Labour won the general election they would send the National Audit Office in to investigate the Teesworks saga.

The authority responsible hasn't published audited accounts since then, yet nothing.

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Pretty bad that BBC news at 10 went to the Tories and Reform for comment on the Mandelson story but not Lib Dems, Greens or SNP. Either get comment from the official opposition or a spread of parties.

Complaint submitted.

BBC News is seriously lost in the woods and has been for years. Labour should have cleaned house the minute came into govt. Not doing so means we now have, not one, but two Reform Broadcasting Corporations.

Robbie Gibb & his Reform Cabal.

The enemies within the BBC

More than 600 migrants cross English Channel in single day On Saturday, 602 people arrived on nine boats, marking the second busiest day so far this year.

600 migrants crossed Channel in a single day BBC screams

Yet not a word on the £600,000 Reforms Richard Tice avoided paying or nearly £100,000 he underpaid from a company that donates money to Reform

Which is corrupt as hell and as an MP far more newsworthy than migrants but its Reform 🤷🏼‍♂️😡

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

As I've said for a long time, part of the BBC News operation has been infiltrated (see John McAndrew)

I note that Farage also (laughably) penned an article for the far-right friendly Jewish Chronicle today, which BBC board member Robbie Gibb partly owns, or at least used to.

Coincidence, I'm sure.

Donald J. Trump @rea DonaldTrump + I'm winning a War, BY A LOT, things are going very well, our Military has been amazing and, if you read the Fake News, like The Failing New York Times, the absolutely horrendous and disgusting Wall Street Journal, or the now almost defunct, fortunately, Washington Post, you would actually think we are losing the War. The enemy is confused, because they get these same Media "reports," and yet they realize their Navy has been completely wiped out, their Air Force has gone onto darker runways, they have no Anti Missile or Anti Airplane Equipment, their former leaders are mostly gone (This has been, in addition to everything else, Regime Change!), and perhaps, most important of all, THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a "DEAL," is absolutely destroying Iran. They are losing $500 Million Dollars a day, an unsustainable number, even in the short run. The Anti-America Fake News Media is rooting for Iran to win, but it's not going to happen, because I'm in charge! Just like these unpatriotic people used every ounce of their limited strength to fight me in the Election, they continue to do so with Iran. The result will be the same — It already is! President DONALD J. TRUMP

You know when you don’t have to say you’re winning a war? When you’re winning.

The BBC and @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social having Jacob Rees-Mogg on to discuss probity and decency in public life feels like they're laughing at us.

We need to burn all of this shit down.

I really do hope Zack Polanski is building a serious team, because I'm fed up of the status quo.

I Disappeared Into Pakistan for a Year YouTube video by Asra Hussain

Asra is a very impressive young woman with a powerful story to tell. I am a trustee of the charity featured in her film, founded to honour the memory of my friend Andy by helping people with no connections or privilege get a break in the media. Do watch it if you can. youtu.be/Stlz6CEXRGA?...

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020.

She missed these trials by a few months.

One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here.

I feel such a hole inside.

In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

Take the fight to ‘Reform’ - vote, like the future depends on it!

“The midterms aren’t for another 6 months - it’s a long time to wait when you’ve got a guy with his finger over the nuclear button.”

Will anyone from the Republican Party find the backbone to attempt to oust Donald Trump?

Chart showing fall in GDP per person caused by Brexit

The economic damage caused by Brexit may be almost double the 4% impact assumed by the OBR, the Resolution Foundation has revealed.

Just in case you haven't seen this @chadbourn.bsky.social 👇

Anyone know whether today is a ‘ceasefire’ day or a ‘destroy your civilisation’ day yet?

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

BBC Investigation: “Some analysts say it bears the hallmarks of illegal insider trading.”

Earthquake off Japanese coast prompts tsunami warning for country's north-east - follow live The earthquake struck with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.

Tsunami warning for Japan.

America has elected an absent leader.