Starmer has been under fire so now back to Nigel Farage:

1. Who paid for his Clacton house?

2. Has Tice paid his tax bill?

3. Why does his company Thorn In Side Ltd own properties that are not declared?

5. What does he gain from supporting the likes of Nathan Gill?

#NigelFarage

Witness the mesmerizing murmuration of starlings in Italy, a stunning display of nature's coordination and beauty as they dance through the sky in unison.

STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP

So we have an indefinite ceasefire....

Schroedinger's war is both over and not over...

The art of the deal 🤷

'We will continue to shoot ourselves in the foot until you get your act together'

Like her or loathe her I think Diane Abbott got to the crux of the matter and what the public will see. That is Mandelson due to what was already known should never have been anywhere near the role. This is why I fear Starmer is fatally holed and will go sooner rather than later. #ukpolitics

The problem with declaring war on the civil service is that they're the ones who know where all the bodies

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

Good. 👏

'Ed Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar "the era of clean energy security must come of age".'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Groundhog day.......

NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.

First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.

To understand why the USA is where it is today, all you need to do is see that Trump cannot tolerate even the mildest, insightful criticism from the Pope, but Trump will allow Putin to humiliate him deeply and constantly, while still craving Putin’s approval.

Crikey, this man is certifiable!

Lovely 5k run today. Spotted some wildlife. #run #running #runner #runners

Answer - selfish people are more intent on making money than protecting the future of the planet.

I don't think it matters at this point whether Starmer is in the right or wrong at this point. The creditability of Starmer and his No.10 operation is fatally-holed.

Thought things would turn out better than this. This is nothing compared to what the last Tory admin got away with but here we are.

Exactly. I'm just Joe Public but even I knew all about Mandelson.

Nothing that's happened in the past month has made me change my view that Iran, despite suffering enormous tactical losses, is coming out of this war with a strategic victory.

It gets ever more tangled.....

The adults have entered the room.

No 10 claims Starmer did not know Mandelson failed security vetting until this week – as it happened The prime minister was not aware that the former US ambassador had failed the vetting process, according to Downing Street

Let's suppose if, and it's a big if, you accept at the time of Mandelsons removal he did not know he had failed security vetting.

How could he, after the inevitably ensuring investigations, not know until this week?

This, to say the least, isn't good.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Can we not just focus on the climate crisis.

If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

While Badenoch bangs on about welfare spending, it might help people to know some of the facts about Britain's benefits bill compared to our competitor nations.

#PMQs #PoliticsLive

“Promoting sex toy’s in parliament”

Badenoch being so childish, it’s beyond belief.

#PMQs

I honestly can't figure out what the US could be up to with this weirdly performative-yet-pointless blockade. More unsettlingly, I don't think that the US has a clue either. We seem to be in "shouting at clouds, tariffing the sun & declaring victory because grandpa thinks he's Jesus" territory.

If you stick Trump in front of a wind turbine with all his hot air you could power the whole of the US!

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

Background note for those interested...

Ukraine is about to get an awful lot of European money. No more Cunt's Veto. A potential turning point in the battle against Russian imperialism.