"To try to appoint one Labour peer with links to a known paedophile to a plum job in the Foreign Office may be regarded as a misfortune. To try to appoint two...."
Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"To try to appoint one Labour peer with links to a known paedophile to a plum job in the Foreign Office may be regarded as a misfortune. To try to appoint two...."
Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's how one imagines the Human Resources department at Gormenghast operates.
Every bit of this is so odd. They produce a vetting document but Robbins doesn't see it and neither does the PM. Who does? Does nobody? Is it just produced and published, never to be seen?
Ethics in the Trump era: there’s a risk Starmer will fall over appointing a guy with Trumpian ethics only for the UK to elect a guy with Trumpian ethics instead.
I suspect his mind is elsewhere.
Bewildered as to why neither "Starmer" nor "Toast" is trending
🎨 David Hockney
Chilly for May
David Miller (British Artist, born 1966)
"A Hundred Feet Long in Their World, Pike and Perch", 2024
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 36 inches.
#Art
The Atmospheric Stillness of Hasui Kawase’s Summer Rain This 1932 woodblock print by Hasui Kawase, titled Summer Rain, captures a tranquil river scene in Japan during a gentle downpour. The composition is dominated by a vast, greenish-blue body of water reflecting a distant shoreline and a sailboat, while a small cluster of houseboats is moored in the foreground. A solitary figure with a blue umbrella walks along the grassy bank, adding a sense of quietude and human presence to the misty landscape.
Summer Rain - by Hasui Kawase. 1932, Japan
Leaflet of three candidates, white blokes with limited hair, all in glasses. --- **GATESHEAD IS BROKEN. VOTE REFORM UK TO FIX IT** Introducing your Reform UK candidates for Low Fell leaflet text: **ATKINSON, John** Reform UK John has lived in Low Fell for 30+ years. His background is in civil engineering, policing, teaching and transport. He wants to bring back a sense of community, listen to residents' concerns and focus on local issues such as crime, roads and streets, and better services. --- **HENDERSON, Iain** Reform UK Iain has lived and worked in Gateshead all his life. Now retired, he wants to give something back to the borough. With a positive outlook, Iain is looking forward to making a real difference to the lives of the residents of Low Fell and to working closely with them. --- **MURRAY, Arthur** Reform UK Arthur has owned several businesses for many years. He has lived locally for 50 years and employs local staff, servicing the northeast and Scotland. His priorities are to see the ward and area prospering once again, caring for the old and infirm and maintaining our parks and open spaces. ---
This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person
The number of plays touring England has fallen 64% since 2019, a report from Arts Council England reveals, warning that intervention is needed to prevent the drop hitting a "critical level".
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BREAKING
JD Vance Pours Scorn On Bear's Ability To Sh*t In The Woods
The Tube Station of Dr. Caligari
The artwork is an oil painting titled Sunset, created in 1913 by the Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton
The artwork is an oil painting titled Sunset, created in 1913 by the Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton.
HOWLING
Unbury, surely?
This painting is titled "Sidekicks II" and was created by the American contemporary artist Michele Poirier-Mozzone. Based in Massachusetts, Poirier-Mozzone is known for her "Fractured Light" series, which explores the transformative effects of water and sunlight on the human form. This particular work is an oil on canvas piece that captures a unique underwater perspective, looking up toward the surface. Her work often emphasizes
This painting, "Sidekicks II" by Michele Poirier-Mozzone, is an oil on canvas from her Massachusetts-based "Fractured Light" series, exploring water and sunlight's effects on humans. It depicts an underwater perspective looking up.
Choy Moo Kheong (Singaporean b.1950), Blue Whispering Day, 2022, Acrylic on canvas
There's some poor sod of a priest somewhere who has to take JD Vance's confession.
That's five hours a week he'll never get back.
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BREAKING:
Trump To Blockade The Tiber
"I'm poping higher than anybody has ever poped. So I can go to Vatica. I will quickly learn Vatican. It won't take long. I'm good at language. I will go to Vatica."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
So Trump can do Red Cross, as well as Orange Fuming.
Pope Leo XIV gestures during a visit at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs' Monument in El Madania, near Algiers on April 13, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration, nor of raising my voice firmly in proclaiming the message of the Gospel — my duty is not to fit into a partisan agenda, but to be a beacon of revealed truth, even when that truth is uncomfortable for centers of power”
Donald Trump is no leader of the free world. He’s a dangerous and corrupt gangster.
The Prime Minister needs to call off the King’s state visit to Washington before it’s too late.
So Trump can do Red Cross, as well as Orange Fuming.
