💯 this. The UK needs more politicians talking this strongly about rent.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Cities Under Siege by Stephen Graham. This is the book you need to read to understand the link between ICE in Minneapolis, Israel in Gaza, and the USA and Iran #BookSky 📚 💙

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The statue in Leicester of Richard III. It is a dark statue of a man in armour holding a crown in the air. He is standing on a sort of raised rock thing in an open paved area with a brick wall and some houses in the background. There is a traffic cone on the edge of the paved area which someone really ought to have put on Richard's head TBF.

He was bad.

Also, where's a Glaswegian when you need one.

At this point the only reason to call it the Labour Party is it lasts too long, hurts like hell, and people keep popping in and out to check on your genitals.

I was there. The correct answer is "nothing". It was all terrible. The politics, the music, the culture. The whole thing.

Even Marxism Today ended up in reformism and Charter 88.

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 19-20 April 2026

Reform UK: 27% (+3 from 12-13 April)
Greens: 17% (-1)
Conservatives: 17% (-2)
Labour: 16% (-1)
Lib Dems: 14% (+1)
Restore Britain: 3% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (=)
Your Party: 0% (=)

yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Still can't believe they made a man Queen.

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

PS NOTE: Ailsa Terry and Nin Pandit DATE 11/11/2024 You asked for advice regarding the options for filling HMA Washington. The attached note from the Cabinet Secretary sets out the two main options: either an official or a political appointment. An official appointment gives you someone tried and tested, expert in diplomatic tradecraft and the US system. It also demonstrates confidence in our own system to the incoming Trump administration. If anything goes wrong (e.g. the leaks of UK diplomatic telegrams written by Kim Darroch leading to a strong reaction from Trump and Darroch's resignation) then it is arguably less destabilising for the Government to change an official Ambassador if this is required. But given how it may operate, an official may not be able to influence in the same way as a political appointee, although the current HMA Washington has made good inroads into the Trump team. A political appointment will ensure a strong connection with the PM and political priorities, and your recently appointed NSA. It will enable the Ambassador to operate at a more political level and engage differently across the US system. The individual concerned will need to operate as an Ambassador for the first time while also navigating a new US administration. If anything goes wrong. you could be more exposed as the individual is more connected to you personally.

imagine reading this note on political appt peril then installing Peter Mandelson as Ambassador given his history of convicted sex-trafficker affiliation + "financial irregularities" resignations
"If anything goes wrong you could be more exposed as the individual is more connected to you personally"

NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos

📊Reform UK +6 point lead over Labour – down from +7 in March, +8 in Jan 2026 and +15 in Nov 2025

📊Lib Dems are up +5 since March

📊Labour and Conservatives are now both on 19% - a drop for Labour from March (-2) and an increase for the Conservatives (+2)

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-t...

Gas generation falls as wind farms set new quarterly generation record New data shows wind generation reached 29.2TWh during the first quarter, as gas power output fell 16 per cent year-on-year

Gas generation was down 16 per cent in the first quarter due to the UK's latest wind power generation record. If it weren't for renewables this fossil fuel-induced energy crisis would be even worse. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528492...

Excellent view from Stephen Bush on Mandelson and Starmer in this weekend's FT.

"Either Keir Starmer oversees an administration in which there is a culture of fear that prevents FCDO from adequately informing Downing St, or Downing St... is not telling the truth."

Nigel Farage has recorded his worst approval rating since becoming an MP. Meanwhile Keir Starmer is even more unpopular.

We need more baby goats 🐐 ♥️

It begins. An unholy army of cats and raccoons.

One word. Drivers. I'd guessed the reason before I read the article.

"I loath Olly - he is arrogant to colleagues and condescending to ministerial authority - but it isn't fair for him to be sacked just for doing what the prime minister wanted to happen," said one.

If something bad happens to any of us let’s hope our enemies come out batting for us like this civil servant has for Olly Robbins
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

What links a 1982 Prince song and a 1949 Orwell novel? The Saturday Quiz From early English and perpendicular to Deal or No Deal Nigeria, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Excellent, nine 👇

What links a 1982 Prince song and a 1949 Orwell novel? The Saturday Quiz

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

JNCE_2021105_33C00029_V01 NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Jupiter - PJ33-29 - Detail - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kUSbzw

Beyond anything else why would the civil service or indeed Number 10 advisors trust saying anything to the PM at this point given he has fired 2 cab secs, Foreign Office perm sec, 2 chiefs of staff and 4,762 communications officers. It’s like he’s running his own DOGE unit.

A related point I like to make: The act of riding a bike is inherently very safe. The danger comes from cars.

A terrible decision that will destroy a developing natural environment 😔

Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection.

So forgive me if I smell a rat.

Keir Starmer in 2020: "I had 8,000 staff as Director of Public Prosecutions and when they had victories I celebrated on their behalf and when they made mistakes I carried the can.

"I never turn on my staff. You should never turn on your staff"

Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33,…

An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate.

How Older Adults Are Using VR to Counter Social Isolation New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding.

Companies are creating virtual-reality experiences for older users in senior living communities as a way to counter social isolation and share experiences. Some programs are specifically designed as part of physical therapy, particularly for rehabilitation after a stroke.

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.