Ukraine - Russia: A Boris Johnson quote about 'big tank battles' has aged terribly A statement Boris Johnson made about military spending and the future of warfare has aged spectacturly badly in light of Russia invading Ukraine.While giving evidence to the Liaison Committee in Novem...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Which recent former PM dismissed concerns about defence cuts? www.indy100.com/politics/bor...

Petition: Government to advise monarch to refuse/cancel state visits with hostile powers The Government should advise the Monarch against facilitating a ceremonial head of state visit where a foreign state is engaged in hostile activity - whether economic, diplomatic, military or otherwis...

Incredibly bad decision!

There's also a Parliamentary petition...

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Dire. On to Thursday.

Unmasked: the secretive aide who has Trump’s ear

Former British Army Chief Delivers Reality Check To Trump Over His Latest Nato Warning General Sir Nick Carter called out the US president after he demanded international help to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

“Nato was created as a defensive alliance and all of its articles are essentially oriented towards defence.

“It was not an alliance that was designed for one of the allies to go on a war of choice and then oblige everyone else to follow."

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...

6 days ago, Donald Trump told the UK “we don’t need them”. 🍊

Russia is helping Iran to target US military assets in Middle East Tehran using intelligence shared by Moscow to launch retaliatory drone and missile attacks

FT exclusive:

Russia has shared targeting intelligence with Iran, including locations of American military assets in the Middle East, as Tehran unleashes a barrage of drone and missile strikes against the US and its allies, said people familiar with the matter.

www.ft.com/content/19be...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Manufacturing consensus - I happen to be reading Peter Pomerantsev: This Is Not Propaganda

Did Kremlin goons dictate Friday’s Daily Mail headline?

Excellent thread

Daily Mail headline: IRAN WAR: DAY FOUR U.S. lambasts 'hand-wringing, pearl-clutching' Starmer as Kemi says he's 'scared' of his own voters

The Sun: INACTION THIS DAY PM wont hit Iran back Rift grows with US Prez

Have we woken up in America? The deeply unpatriotic Daily Mail and Sun seem to now be supporting a menace of a foreign leader over our own govt and national security. They are really only loyal to their own vested interests. Which are a direct threat to our own. The routine betrayal is sickening.

Former newspaper Telegraph uses a genteel stock image to illustrate phone snatching. If only there was actual footage available.

Action on Cycle Theft Petition London Cycling Campaign are calling for action to be taken on cycle theft. Sign the petition to pledge your support.

I've just signed @londoncycling.bsky.social's petition calling for action on cycle theft...

40,000 bikes are stolen every year in London. This has to change. Join me in calling for action: action.lcc.org.uk/theft

To reiterate this point: during the Q&A Farage dismissed very arrogantly a perfectly fair question from the brilliant Anna Gross of the FT and then took the piss out of the paper. If you want to persuade people that you don’t have predilections towards bullying it was not ideal. It was grim.

If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel

“I’m sick of those who believe that being a journalist means reporting both sides’ versions, without filters, without challenging their veracity” RIP Carlos Hernández de Miguel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump on stage in Davos. Settle in, this could be longer than a Ken Dodd show

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.

Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.

Love a game under the iconic @cambridgeunited.bsky.social floodlights

Press room at the Brit Awards 1996 #davidbowie

Press room at the Brit Awards 1996 #davidbowie

👏 Good to see some leadership

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here. nyti.ms/4sEdp2r

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

"Instead of doing the job I'm paid to do by the taxpayers, I'll be earning myself some extra dosh by skiving off to do a radio show."

It's cold out there and many of the roads are extremely slippery - so please take care while travelling. 🥶🥶

TfL teams have been out with our cycle lane 'gritters' - named 'Chris Gritty', 'David Plowie' & 'Spready Salted' - helping keep our bike lanes ice free.

Nobel Peace Prize 2026 Odds: Donald Trump Leads Early Betting Market Bookies have released odds for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, with Donald Trump the early 2/1 favourite. We analyse the contenders, political context and betting market trends.

Only Jan 3 and this hasn’t dated well www.olbg.com/news/nobel-p...

Correct. Quite a sight!

A liar, sacked for lying but still paid for his views, along with a former newspaper which has printed fake stories, are attacking the BBC which they say misled viewers by showing something said by a world-leading liar.