Let us hope it doesn't take that long for Reform voters to come to a similar conclusion here in the UK. Otherwise, we're stuffed.

It has taken over five years of murderous chaos for Republican voters to start to see what was obvious all along: that Donald Trump should not be trusted with a box of matches, let alone the most powerful office on Earth. That's the power of propaganda for you.

The global system has failed. What do we need to do next? YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

The global system has failed. What do we need to do next? youtu.be/Qy2LhaJoJ6s?...

Tweet by Martina Navratilova. "Predator. That is how he should register. A sexual predator…" quote-tweeting a tweet by "Biology Rules OK" about Dr. Beth Upton, a trans woman

This tweet is highly defamatory and Martina Navratilova should be fired from BBC Sport for it.

It demonstrates an horrendous level of hatred for a trans woman (who was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent tribunal) because she is a trans woman.

So now we've established that Mandelson is a corrupting force that sullies everything and everyone in his sphere of influence, what are we going to do about the fact he hand-picked the entirety of Labour's 2024 intake of new MPs?

We recently revealed the government allowed UK companies to send drone engines to Israel without export licences.

Asked about this, trade minister Chris Bryant refuses to answer.

Bryant also misled parliament about UK aircraft parts for Israel.

www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...

Keir Starmer is a man without any integrity.

He throws other people under buses for no other reason than to save his own skin.

He's not fit to be prime minister - and those who spent years presenting him as a decent man need to have a hard look at themselves.

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.

Index of Poems I Shall Never Write (Don’t Tell Me About) Your Brand New Podcast p. 42 At the Alphabetti Spaghetti World Championship Final p. 32 Bad Hare Day p. 40 Easy Peelers are Not the Only Fruit p. 52 I’m in Love with the Woman in the Green Cardigan in the BBC Question Time Audience p. 58 Kim Kardiganashian p. 45 Life Hacked p. 60 Linked In, Dropped Out p. 27 Mister Krankie Meets the Clambake King p. 14 Nocturnal Blossoms: Petals of the Moon p. 18 On Sleeping in a Dudley Travelodge p. 68 On Waking in a Dudley Travelodge p. 3 Poem for Silt Awareness Day p. 6 She Never Did Care for Hollyhocks p. 23 Shit! It’s Jeremy Clarkson! p. 1 Sixty-Four Failed Attempts to Guess a Wi-Fi Password p. 64 Taking Cocaine with Wendy Cope p. 9 Ten Unexpected Items to Find in a Bagging Area p. 50 The Last But One Will and Testament of Brian Horatio Bilston p. 55 Third Wordle War p. 47 Untitled p. 21 What We Currently Know and Don’t Know about Gnomes p. 31 Whither the linnet? p. 10 Yes, I Know It’s Called ‘Petrichor’ p. 34 Your Spatula p. 37 Brian Bilston

Today’s poem is called ‘Index of Poems I Shall Never Write’.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

NHS Profit Map

How much of the money that should go into NHS services in your area but instead goes to private shareholders? @chpithinktank.bsky.social have crunched the numbers (and it’s a lot) www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk

The Energy Shift is Underway Oxford energy expert Jan Rosenow explains why Europe is underestimating electrification, overestimating hydrogen and still arguing about scarcity when alternatives are abundant.

Energy disinformation is the new climate denial.

New interview with @wblau.bsky.social of Brunswick Review on why Europe is underestimating electrification, overestimating hydrogen & arguing about scarcity when alternatives are abundant.

review.brunswickgroup.com/article/europe-energy-transition/

Robbins says that when he arrived in post, a due diligence report had been undertaken by the Cabinet Office, and the PM had announced the appointment - and [Mandelson] was already being given higher classification briefings

Robbins says there was generally dismissive attitude towards his clearance.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Will never forget when my phone was confiscated at secondary school because I got a phone call telling me a family member was in the hospital, and this meant I had caring responsibilities. Told them and school still insisted on taking it off me even though I needed to, you know, do that caring.

Enough is enough.

Starmer must go.

Ep 181 with Mothin Ali (Part 1): They Tried To Brand Me A Terrorist YouTube video by What The F Is Going On? With Mark Steel

"We're not just in the Premiere League now. We're going for the title!"

So proud of @mothinali.bsky.social - amazing discussion with Mark Steel!

💚🥰

youtu.be/A0J4B_36hRM?...

"We accidentally made an animated graphic for Reform and then did a party political broadcast for them by mistake."

The BBC integrating a specific political party's branding into a live to-camera report that lists that party's main (dubious) talking points is a gross dereliction of the broadcaster's editorial duties. If you live in the UK, you can complain to the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

This is what hope looks like.

Local elections are in 17 days.

Register to vote before MIDNIGHT TONIGHT and let's make hope normal again:

www.gov.uk/register-to-...

How can we make this the UK's last ever energy crisis? ⚡

Episode 4 of the Policy Fix podcast is out now. @jlowen.bsky.social
sits down with @raviguru.bsky.social and @madgabes.bsky.social to untangle the latest energy shock.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/3Om0enk

Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon The Israeli military says it views with

US politicians outraged that a statue has been attacked.

Not outraged that thousands of innocent human beings have been slaughtered, Christians, Muslims and atheists among them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yes, Israel is destroying Lebanon's breadbasket. This is why I have been saying that Israel's goal is to destroy Lebanon itself.

Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae our amazing candidate for Moss Side, Manchester talks on why we need your voices in politics! 🙋‍♀️

The Green Party website which has listed action days and the range of activities you can get involved in! 💚

Today is the last day to register to vote in the local elections!

‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speech

We're taking Green politics around the country.

And everywhere we go, it's clear:

Hope is here. It's all of us.

You have until midnight to register to vote!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Gut microbiome can reveal risk of Parkinson’s, scientists say Study shows signature changes more pronounced in people with genetic risk, raising hopes for new therapies

Changes to microbes that live in the gut can identify people at greater risk of Parkinson’s disease long before symptoms develop, according to work that also raises hopes for new therapies.

#Parkinsons #Microbiome

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

Speaking in the Commons in the debate on Mandelson, @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social has just called for an independent inquiry into Labour Together over hiring lobbyists to investigate and smear journalists

Here's the original story we published in Feb democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

@johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social : "Isn't the reality this, that when he sought to realise his ambition to become leader of the Labour party with very little base in the party, he became dependent on McSweeney and Mandelson and Labour Together to organise, fund his election.."

It feels like yesterday that online-engineers-of-a-certain-age were saying that heavy freight could never be electrified. To quote William Gibson, "The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet." Fossil fuel interests want to keep it that way.