‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

These fishermen are lucky to be alive. We will probably never know how many of the ~180 people killed in similar US attacks were also just fishermen.

Despicable desperation to save his own skin. He's got his ministers running around brittly informing interviewers that "Keir has done more than ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING for women and girls" when he knowingly and jovially gave a cushy job to a man he knew had been friends with a convicted paedophile.

why the fuck do I pay taxes to arm
Israel to incinerate newborns

Figure 12.5 showing 25% of salaried judges and 13% of fee paid judges experienced bullying. 16% of salaried and 17% of fee paid judges experienced discrimination

Figure 12.8 showing the bullying, harrassment and discrimination was overwhelmingly from other judges.

Mind blowing stats from Judicial Attitudes Survey on levels of bullying and harassment and discrimination experienced by disabled judges. And overwhelmingly it comes from other judges.

Relevant to how disabled claimants are treated by judges?

(www.judiciary.uk/judicial-att...).

Starmer pressured Foreign Office to appoint paedophile's mate Matthew Doyle Starmer knew about Matthew Doyle's links when he appointed him. Which means he also knew when he pressured the Foreign Office.

Starmer pressured Foreign Office to appoint paedophile's mate Matthew Doyle

Starmer knew about Matthew Doyle's links when he appointed him. Which means he also knew when he pressured the Foreign Office.
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Starmer’s handling of the vetting story has somehow become a bigger problem for Starmer than the vetting story. Extraordinary.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

The Dems had four years to throw Trump and collaborators in jail and they didn't do it, I don't believe they'll do it the next time they have the chance either.

Under Biden pro-Palestine protestors were arrested and beaten while Trump remained free 👍

The *entire Starmer project* needs to be understood as one big Jobs For The Boys operation. That’s why McSweeney - Labour’s squillionaire bungs officer - spent 2017-19 running around telling dejected MPs to hold tight, because he was going to hook them back up with their clout, status and freebies.

Why did BBC Breakfast give Reform UK a special graphic? A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

NEW | On an odd choice…

WHY DID BBC BREAKFAST GIVE REFORM UK A SPECIAL GRAPHIC?

A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

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Britain left leaderless after Sir Keir Starmer does not resign as prime minister In a stunning turn of events, Sir Keir Starmer has left the nation leaderless after he failed to offer his resignation as prime minister.

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"Starmer reassured the nation that he will continue the important job of looking the other way as our allies commit war crimes while doing nothing at home to benefit ordinary people."

Well done to everyone in team Starmer who decided to throw this guy under the bus.

🔥Oliver Robbins reveals that No 10 tried to get Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer's former aide, a posting as an ambo in March 25.

He was under "strict instruction" not to discuss with then foreign sec.

Lord Doyle, awarded peerage by Starmer, was suspended after he publicly supported a sex offender.

Starmer created this crisis by sacking a qualified and competent woman.

And when he sacked career diplomat Karen Pierce to give Mandelson her job, SIX other senior women diplomats left FCDO as their careers were doomed under his government.

He's done far worse, but I'm fine if this does for him.

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Two Tier Keir Starmer is just like Putin's poodle Trump, he just lies and lies and then blames someone else. That is is not a hallmark of a great leader, nor even of a mediocre leader, nor even of a bad leader, no it's the hallmark of a shiftless coward not fit to be a leader at all.

Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him.

And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

Susanna Reid lays it out. Keir appointed Mandelson despite knowing everything about him, he claims he didn't know Mandelson had failed the vetting, which means he never followed it up & never asked about it, & finally we know no.10 did know months ago so someone is lying

Damning

Susanna Reid to Douglas Alexander:

"you're asking people to believe that a PM who used to be a DPP.. can have the wool pulled over his eyes.. it absolutely beggars belief & I imagine viewers are asking, do you think we're stupid?"

Homeland Security's new task force website sanitizes Trump's deportation agenda With help from Edward "Big Balls" Coristine and other usual suspects.

Homeland Security's new task force website sanitizes Trump's deportation agenda

Times Radio • @TimesRadio • 4m "A whole new policy agenda without a general election...is the country comfortable with that?" Kat McCann asks if the country would be comfortable with Labour replacing Starmer.

Hahahahaha oh my god yes, imagine if the country voted for something and was then given something quite different! Unthinkable, inconceivable

Epstein victim recounts how paedophile and Ghislaine Maxwell raped her (Daily Mail) Marina Lacerda was raped by Jeffrey Epstein between the ages of 14 to 17, but throughout that time she was never allowed into his bedroom. The paedophile fin...

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The Iran crisis has not yet peaked The war is currently more likely to escalate than to be resolved by negotiation

This from @gideonrachman.bsky.social seems right: ‘The coming weeks, and perhaps months, are likely to see periods of escalation, mixed with periods of talks — with the two processes sometimes running side by side — as Iran and the US test each other’s will.’

Starmer clearly had never encountered the words 'formal advice', so how was he to know?

Sam Coates reports "We've got some breaking news"

It turns out that the head of the civil service told Starmer he should get all the security vetting done before he announced who'd be the new ambassador

"Clearly Starmer chose not to do that, [he] chose to ignore formal advice"

Keir Starmer announced Mandelsons appointment on the 20th December 2024

Olly Robbins took up his job at the foreign office on the 8th January 2025

But Starmer wants us all to believe it was Robbins fault

The Labour government is not content to have sold a record £20bn in arms around the world last year. It wants to flog more arms to more countries, and it thinks "defence is an engine for growth."

And this is all seen as entirely normal by UK national media.

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
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In almost every Country almost every single essential service, Power, Public Transport, Food, Banking, Housing, Telecoms...

Is in the hands of Private Monopolies who increase their prices way above inflation every year

Which means every year you are going to have less money