Thank you Grimsby Town! (On behalf of Notts County FC) #nottscounty

Businessman admits to pocketing millions from Thurrock council Liam Kavanagh used taxpayers’ cash to fund life of luxury and ‘honestly believed he was entitled to the money’

Businessman Liam Kavanagh admits he pocketed “substantial part” of £130m Thurrock council thought it was investing in a solar park deal

New by me for @tbij.bsky.social

Folks are rightly alarmed and baffled at Reform's manifesto pledge to ideologically intervene in arms length bodies. Classic of their distraction from the everyday concerns of voters, like paying rent, hearing their homes etc.
But this obsession with chronological order is another Tory rehash >

Trump:
I am not taking a salary.
Meanwhile...

Why, if you believe, like I do, that grassroots party members are ultimately the lifeblood of liberal democracy, you have to admire them for making the effort, whichever part of the political spectrum they come from.

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters

MORE than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party supporters favour rejoining the EU not just a SM or CU.

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

Senior Tory MP claims knife crime went up by 72% in London.

In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.

Assorted Haiku Haiku #2511   Tourists wait in line to enter Machu Picchu. Oh, look! A high queue. Haiku #564127   how dare you suggest I have a short attention spanish omelette   Limeraiku   There once was a young limerick from Kew who turned into a haiku. The Constraints of Haiku   Tied up all night with a haiku dominatrix and her three-line whip.   Shakespearean Haiku   Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art pretty hot.   How to Write a Haiku   The last line should flow seamlessly from the first two – hippopotamus.    Brian Bilston  

It’s International Haiku Day apparently and so for today’s poetry offering, here are a few assorted haiku.

Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.

🟨 Print Edition — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles

Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.

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Global fossil power generation fell after the Hormuz closure due to solar and wind growth – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air Global power generation from fossil fuels fell in the first month since the start of the Hormuz blockade, with the fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar and wind power, rathe...

No sign of a big "return to coal" in March data.
A small increase in China but offset by falls in many other countries. Wind & solar helping to cut demand everywhere. . energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...

For the FIRST TIME EVER, renewables provided more electricity than natural gas in the U.S. for the entire month of March 👏🏼 👏🏼

In spite of relentless attacks and setbacks, clean energy is showing up and doing its thing. Imagine if we scaled it instead of derailing it.

A sign of significant stupidity.

AMOC is weakening and won't recover once it collapses. The point of no return was 350ppm CO₂ - crossed in 1988, now we're at 430 today. Gulf Stream early warnings already showing in satellite data. Fossil fuels knew.

#AMOC #ClimateChange #GulfStream #Science #Meteorologist

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Ooh, look, reality is about to run AMOC

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive approach to population growth in human history. #UrbanTruth

Hull Paragon doesn't count because it really is the best.

Not Julie Andrews! She'll show him who is the real flibbertigibbet, the real clown!

OK Mike Johnson, please lay out fully and carefully the reasons for considering the Iran war a just war and post them. We can then make a full evaluation against just war criteria. (And by the way - you've just admitted that it's a war and therefore needs congressional approval).

It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺

OK Mike Johnson, please lay out fully and carefully the reasons for considering the Iran war a just war and post them. We can then make a full evaluation against just war criteria. (And by the way - you've just admitted that it's a war and therefore needs congressional approval).

"Amazing success": first funding approved for Northumberland Line extension North East Mayor confirms money to look at Newbiggin extension as final station opening is celebrated

www.railmagazine.com/news/first-f...

Should be part of his next test.

Not Julie Andrews! She'll show him who is the real flibbertigibbet, the real clown!

Maricopa County election staff told to grant FBI unrestricted access, new emails show The emails depict Arizona election offices preparing for possible federal intervention while at least one top local official offered support for the probe.

‼️Election administrators in Maricopa County, Arizona ordered staff to grant federal agents sweeping, unmonitored access to election facilities — including instructions not to record their actions — according to newly released emails. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

Why Viktor Orbán Is in Trouble | Journal of Democracy A series of unforced errors, poor results, and a worthy opponent are part of the explanation. But there are wider lessons that may explain how Orbán and other illiberal leaders can be defeated.

How did the democratic opposition trump Orbán after sixteen years in power?

This Truth Social post will in the not-too-distant future serve as an illustration of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in college textbooks for courses in Abnormal Psychology in all languages the world over.

Richard Tice tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims A property company owned by the Reform UK deputy leader failed to pay £91,000 in tax on dividends, according to the Sunday Times.

Odd how the minor administrative errors always seem to produce the same results.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...