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Yes. But it wouldn't have been the end of the matter is the point

The argument made by increasing numbers of people and currently Camilla Tominey on R4 that if only Keir Starmer has said he'd appointed Mandelson because he needed someone to deal with Trump and that would have been the end of the matter is absolutely bloody laughable

Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children UK representatives from Meta, Roblox and TikTok also tell MPs they believe under-16 ban would be ‘unenforceable’

ask them whether their own children are allowed to use them freely and go from there

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

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Pleasing pattern

What the fuck is this?

Gen X 🥳

Excellent thread about British Exceptionalism - the "other" Brexit

The will of the people

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the
- £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends
- the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance
Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

Well, well, well🤨

What was it again that #Tice said about #AngelaRayner last year???

She’s blaming advisors and accountants etc but she only has herself to blame! “If she had any integrity, any moral decency at all, she would offer her resignation!!!”💥 (proof below)

youtu.be/THW3bLHzV6E

Beautiful!

Leaves of a copper beech, rust coloured, with the bright blue backdrop of a spring sky

Twisty trunk of a copper beech

The twisty trunk and beautiful leaves of a copper beech

Me at Brum Hippodrome ready to see To Kill A Mockingbird

Outside the Hippodrome

Tom Robinson played by Aaron Shosanya. Promotion image. Not my pic.

Really moving standing ovation for To Kill A Mocking Bird this afternoon at Brum's Hippodrome. Really fabulous production 👏👏👏

a close up of a woman 's face with the words imgplay visible in the corner Alt: Sheena Easton

Your favourite on the radio @spookyaxetent.bsky.social

The woman who made Prince 🤣💜

‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a head

It's not really

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Honest to god. Crashing and flapping around in the hedge. Nothing else gets a look in when she's about

Pigeon gives up waiting for scraps under the bird feeder and gets stuck in

I wondered why ours was going down so quickly

That works 😁

How have we both posted the same one? 🤣
I've never even seen it before!

Somewhat light touch response. "No idea so let's see what happens and draw a bit of false equivalence whilst we're about it". Right.

There does not *seem* to be a plan / understanding of the fundamental fact that it will be a seismic structural shift in how work itself will be organised, valued and distributed. People are worried and I haven't once seen those worries addressed.

"out of my way, peasants"

"Toot toot" 🐸

Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment Technology secretary plays down fears over jobs and cyber security as stake taken in British startup

I don't know what Kendall means by this and, reading the article, I don't think she knows what she means either.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

At least 17 people killed in Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year More than 100 injured across country after Russia launches nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles

I arrived in Kyiv last night, a couple of hours before Russia's latest massive drone and missile attack. Seventeen people were killed. I'm proud of the fact my newspaper, the Guardian, continues to cover Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. We are still here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

RFK Jr once cut penis off ‘road-killed raccoon’ in New York, new book reveals Health secretary in a diary entry said his kids were in the car as he cut off animal’s genitals in 2001 to ‘study them later’

what the actual

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Definitely. Absolutely beautiful 💙

Thank you!

I think out of all the many patently ludicrous things that JD Mansplainer comes out with here, the idea that he likes to stay "anchored to the truth" is right up there.