The idea that being *a member of the House of Lords* in any way means you can be trusted with Top Secret/STRAP material without proper vetting is so beyond absurd that this must surely be a joke?
Prof Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of Grantham Research Institute: "I welcome the clear and strong commitment from Ed Miliband to accelerate the pace of electrification and the transition to clean power."
The core response to climate change "must be a rapid reduction in world demand for fossil fuels."
IPPR on Ed Miliband's energy speech:
“The transition to net zero is the only way to protect the UK from a never-ending wave of international conflict driving up energy prices.
“Closing the Strait of Hormuz won’t push up the price of solar. Trump invading Greenland wouldn’t make wind more costly."
Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.
For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.
We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.
Vance calls cutting U.S. aid to Ukraine a “proud achievement,” raising questions about pride amid Putin's attacks on civilians. Supporting leaders, who harms innocents, poses serious moral concerns.
I often show you St Andrew’s Church in Kyiv.
This week, I want to take my Patreon supporters inside
and see the views from the hill together.
It’s my way of saying thank you for helping me continue showing Ukraine to the world.
The invitation to the live walk will be sent tomorrow.
So true and how tragic.
Modern childhood in too many places today 😢
I think he'd be fine. Huge improvement on the ghastly panto currently playing out!
Screenshot of a tweet by No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) reporting that Trump warned Virginians that voting yes on a redistricting referendum would cost him power, quoting Trump saying "If the Democrats get additional seats, they're going to be making changes at the federal level." The post includes a split image of the Virginia state seal and a close-up photo of Trump with a stern expression.
Sounds like a great reason to vote YES, Virginia! We're counting on you today.
Are there, perhaps, any recent examples of dubious characters with obvious security risks being appointed to the House of Lords?
Starmer created this crisis by sacking a qualified and competent woman.
And when he sacked career diplomat Karen Pierce to give Mandelson her job, SIX other senior women diplomats left FCDO as their careers were doomed under his government.
He's done far worse, but I'm fine if this does for him.
The American flag is no longer the symbol of a free country, but the logo of a political party.
Some presenters (not all) seem to think their opinion is the story, not the news they are supposed to be presenting impartially - radio and tv and not just the BBC.
Hard agree. I'm a state pensioner.
Early doors. 9am
Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach.
#dataviz
trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...
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)
A few opposition women in the Chamber too that I'd assumed were otherwise engaged nowadays ....
Although this is a dramatization, it does go well with what happens when we are not aware of what is happening around us.
Know the signs meaning!
It. Just. Takes. One.
Be sure you can be that one.
Save a life you will.
Kyiv.
Today, near the National Opera of Ukraine.
I do my best to show you a beautiful country breathing behind the bars of war.
Keep Walking The Walk,Mayor Mamdani.......
If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.
He might as well answer in Russian.
Greetings from Kyiv!
The night brought drones here.
But a new day arrived,
full of spring’s juicy colors.
Those who look for beauty will find it.
Have a gentle new week.
📌MEDIA: Stop calling Jared Kushner a "high-level negotiator." He's a damn thief operating in his repulsive family's best interests not ours.
Honoré de Balzac visited this palace in 1848 and described it in his notes as “a little Versailles.”
A new Hidden Ukraine letter has been sent.
Supporters can read it first.
Please check your email or Patreon.
Gotta give credit where credit is due. Donald Trump is doing an absolutely terrific job appearing unstable. No one can do it better.
Photo of researcher in hat talking to pensioner with baseball cap on… Dave Taylor (left) debates the local elections with John Doult, who says he will vote Reform at the upcoming local elections in Swindon (The Independent)
But on a visit to the former railway town last month, the outlook for Sir Keir and his party was bleak. "I'll be voting for Reform - it can't get any worse," said pensioner John Doult, until now a lifelong Labour voter who was among the thousands employed in the town's once-famous car industry. The 86-year-old bemoaned the "terrible" state of the town centre,
“I’ll be voting for Reform - it can’t get any worse”
Oh it really can.
You put a bunch of corrupt, racist, incompetent, lying Trumpists in charge and things will get very much worse.
Potholes and empty shops will feel unimportant compared to the loss of the NHS, social care and a torched economy.
