The Republican party split

The PP GOP
&
The EPP GOP

bsky.app/profile/rbre...

Meta is logging its workers’ every keystroke to train the AI that will replace them.

Extract what workers know. Model it. Cut the workers.
This is happening because governments are letting it happen. On this. On Palantir. On facial recognition.

Inaction is still a choice. And someone is making it.

Just saying...no biggie

she is 40 +,

My Mum and Dad did not travel up to London for my finish at my 40+ marathon.

It is the kind of normal of a soap opera!

Normal might be somewhere in the crowd of well wishers, or more likely a phone call to see how I fared after I had caught the tube to the place I was staying!

Gaza’s yellow line creeps forward as Israeli forces expand zone of control Residents waking to find line has moved overnight and they are now in free-fire zone as army takes more territory

What did most of us expect?

especially with the example of Israel and lines over the last half century plus

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Watch: Runners v robots at China half marathon Robots competed in a half marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, with the winning machine leaving its human rivals for dust.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

We should all be playing more shoot 'em up computer games?

Would just add that the problem with not making sure all sections of society are included in this type of critique is that it gives the impression it only happens there

Look at way BBC is criticised, but I bet it happens in News International or Politico or other places!

More part of human nature...You are right more should be done to combat this type of Groupthink.
The last Labour leader that had views from all over the party in cabinet was

of the left and constantly criticised by those from other sections of the party!

Halve the weight and have something that travels 750KM, everyone needs a wee break!

Not grousing, just find peoples use of language interesting!

true....but the damage possible driving will generally be less on a 30kg bike than a 1500-3000kg vehicle

Conservation of momentum!

so no crimes committed by e bike when there were none, to some crimes committed via e bike now there are some

Mmmm

Dare I say Comonsense!

Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’ Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe

Monkeys know best...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

and the Tories (and Reform) never had (do not have) this problem?

shakes head in disbelief!

as was ever so.
Pity more people do not acknowledge that equality rules no matter the human characteristic measured,
possibly with a slight % difference in how many exhibit a particular property, but not enough for all the different ism's that seems to rule everyday discourse

Do you not think that this was in the pipeline from the day Starmer was elected and gave his government and advisory group a very Blairite feel?

Generally like his stuff, just feel this is a convenient hook to hang this on.
The exact appointment Mandelson was going to get was more down to US elec.

"What Europe needs is not yet another scramble for new sources of fossil fuel imports, but a fundamental shift away from the demand that makes these shocks so damaging in the first place."

Blairite reforms....

Tehran’s embattled Jewish community endures despite Israeli bombing of synagogue Members of Rafi’ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed

A different side

Well worth a read

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union for civil servants put it robustly: “After the evidence today, people will look at this and come to the conclusion that Olly was tossed out by the prime minister and did absolutely nothing wrong. He got the sack for doing what he was asked to do.

Rain, Portland Street crossing Oxford Road, Manchester, painting by Rob Pointon.

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
Please don't share.

Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked

Political corruption

When UK Supreme Court was considering compensation for car loan scandal Treasury lobbied the Court to help banks, dilute redress.

Chancellor promised legislation to override court judgement.

But nothing equivalent to punish companies/execs for social harms.

Who rules?

Reform UK want this for the NHS...

Anger remains white hot in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil service

Starmer has alienated Labour from the civil service

Any goodwill that existed towards a Labour administration after 14 years of the Conservatives appears to have evaporated in light of the perceived brutality of the way Robbins and Wormald have been treated.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

great point...Blairite interference filling the vacuum of Starmerite timidity and lack of vision?

The thing with no integrity is Starmer

Just heard a version of the Rebecca Brooks defence

It should never stand up, because it is effectively corrupt