"You what? Carrots?" -- this rabbit

I will continue to make this point until morale/code improves

Watching a political hearing, exactly the kind of moment when news watchers benefits from commentary from informed observers, and BSky just still doesn't have the real-time feed to facilitate this.

It's like all the arguments over Brexit. Debating whether you can have facial recognition technology for pigs when the entire country's economic future is at stake.

I hate this

Very sad news. Giles was endlessly helpful to me when I was chasing housing stories, often about unscrupulous landlords and councils, and his advice was really key in understanding the law.

Chart showing fall in GDP per person caused by Brexit

The economic damage caused by Brexit may be almost double the 4% impact assumed by the OBR, the Resolution Foundation has revealed.

Every year we forget Prince's warning

Searing opinion from a federal judge on Long Island, who describes "police state"-like tactics by ICE to arrest peopleand draw up after-the-fact warrants.

He says DOJ is damaging its credibility with the courts by trying to shield ICE from scrutiny. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I suspect there's more to come out on this. I will say that often different parts of the government also find out what's actually going on through reading newspapers.

it makes no senseeeeee

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision Guardian investigation uncovers decision by UK security officials to deny clearance before Mandelson took up role as US ambassador

Huge scoop from the Guardian though. Again it takes journalists to uncover what really happened, despite politicians saying they have been transparent. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Will St Albans' new Local Plan secure the future of our Green Belt or destroy it forever? - St Albans Times Backslapping Liberal Democrats are celebrating St Albans’ Draft Local Plan entering the final stage of the national planning inspection process, but they have been met with condemnation from rival pol...

Local elections have become a battle to see who can oppose the most housebuilding, in some of the areas with the highest prices and most chronic shortages in England stalbanstimes.co.uk/planning/wil...

Henry VIII - 1534.

Yes, although recent British history shows that we absolutely cannot build (non-fantasy) rail infrastructure properly.

More Hegseth: "Sometimes it's hard to figure out what side some of you are actually on. It's incredibly unpatriotic."

Hegseth: "I just can't help but notice the endless stream of garbage, the relentlessly negative coverage you cannot resist pedaling despite the historic and important success of this effort and the success of our troops."

Hegseth speaking at the Pentagon just now complained that the "fake news" only reports the negative side of the Iran war.

The Lib Dems posted a local election leaflet this week which just said "POTHOLES....WE WILL FIX POTHOLES" on p1 and inside it had more pictures of POTHOLES, including councilors pointing at POTHOLES and what the council plans to do to fix them.

“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass – if poured on grass – so, therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz said on Triggered with Don Jr, the president’s eldest son’s podcast.

BSky should have a fail whale for when it falls over.

A gone-awry-sky.

Reminds me of a Tory MP in west London who argued that a residential block "wasn't in keeping for the character of the area." If inner London isn't suitable for tall(ish) buildings then literally nowhere is. This was basically Hammersmith.

Turning into my own dad shouting at a football report for not mentioning the actual score until the 5th paragraph.

And the journalism nerds

Quite a headline www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

** Chefs kiss **

Chinese Defense Ministry's "warning" to U.S. over Hormuz strait fake news Millions-viewed posts asserting China publicly vowing to operate in the strait despite a U.S. blockade are false. Also included are several tips on how to identify fake Chinese news.

That statement is fake - the general did not say that www.beijingchannelnewsletter.com/p/chinese-de...

Trump has been careful not to put a precise time limit on the war in Iran, but said on March 2 it could last "four to five weeks."

We're now up to six weeks and three days, with a tense ceasefire in place and one round of unsuccessful peace talks.

(I know there is a difference between a ship and boat, before anyone nautical says this)

US-sanctioned tankers pass Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade, data shows A Chinese tanker sanctioned by the United States ​passed through the Strait of Hormuz on ‌Tuesday despite a U.S. blockade on the chokepoint, shipping data showed.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Then the U.S. said it would blockade the strait to stop any boats paying Iran's toll.

Now, in a sign no one truly seems to be in control of this, Reuters says ships are sailing through anyway.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...