Mamdani delivers a master class every time in how to communicate politically.

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

The image shows a post from Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social account, dated April 12, 2026, at 8:52 AM. The text is written in his characteristic style, featuring frequent capitalization and aggressive rhetoric. ​Post Content ​In the post, Trump claims that a meeting occurred where most points were agreed upon, except for the issue of "NUCLEAR." He announces that he has ordered the United States Navy to begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz, stopping all ships from entering or leaving. He accuses Iran of "WORLD EXTORTION" due to alleged mines in the area and states he has instructed the Navy to interdict any vessel that has paid a "toll" to Iran. ​The message escalates to military threats, stating: ​The U.S. will begin destroying Iranian mines. ​Anyone who fires at U.S. or "peaceful vessels" will be "BLOWN TO HELL!" ​He claims Iran’s Navy and Air Force are "gone" and that their leaders are dead. ​The post concludes by stating the military is "LOCKED AND LOADED" to "finish up the little that is left of Iran!"

Trump announces that he's going to fix the closure of the strait of Hormuz by Iran with a blockade of all traffic through the strait of Hormuz by the US Navy.

Galaxy brain thinking right here.

Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos

A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK.

We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company.

Reform have more questions to answer.

So when Reform accepts £4 million from this man, are they sure of where this money actually coming from? A man convicted of running a platform deliberately designed to hide the origins of money is now pouring cash into British politics. Red flag, red flag, red flag.

The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

FACTCHECK UPDATE: No, the UK can't "be more like Norway" in the North Sea

🇬🇧 extracted most of its oil & gas after privatisation
🇳🇴 has much more left due to state stewardship
🤔Lawson spent UK windfall on tax cuts; Norway got a sovereign wealth fund

www.carbonbrief.org/...

I'm not an economist. But I know that trying to subsidise demand in a supply crisis is one of the stupidest things you can do, and every major party in opposition is wanting to do it

Excellent nominative determinism, BBC News website.

Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary

I hope all those people who said the US had done no planning for war in Iran will now apologise. www.ft.com/content/744e...

ffs...

Australians now have more freedom of movement in Europe than we do

Fair play to Australia

Slow clap to the Brexiters 👏 👏 👏

www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/tr...

Ultimately electricity and gas prices will be decoupled, not by fiddling around with market rules, but by the continued expansion of renewable, nuclear and storage capacity to the point where gas becomes an increasingly negligible part of the supply mix. The sooner this happens the better. (12/12)

In what kind of sane world is this not a typo?

£300,000 from an individual not even resident in the country is a good, wise limit?

£3000 at a pinch.

£300 would be good.

Surreal arrogance. Conservative MP Bernard Jenkins is complaining about our armed forces being under resourced when it was his Conservative government that cut defence spending by 25% in real terms over 14 years!

French🇫🇷 judge Nicolas Guillou, a sitting judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC), was placed under US🇺🇸sanctions after approving arrest warrants for Netanyahu🇮🇱. He (& others) were cut off from US financial services, including Visa, Master Card, as part of a US effort to target ICC officials.😡

Truly one of the all time great takes

West Germany are still awaiting the verdict on the Russian linesman.

I’m sorry, what?????

Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax.

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

I cant work out whether Manosphere sounds more like a 1990s Amsterdam gay bar with an eye watering darkroom, or an industrial estate leisure centre with a two pound discount if you do both the paintballing and the tenpin bowling.

Either way those were memorable stag weekends.

Monday: We have won
Tuesday: Iran is about to surrender
Wednesday: High oil prices are good
Thursday: There is nothing left to hit
Friday: They have no army, navy or missiles left
Saturday: HELP

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

If Isabel Oakeshott is thinking about fleeing Dubai, I hope she stops in the first safe country.

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

Mullin: Trump ended eight wars

Hunt: He started this one

Mullin: This isn’t a war

Hunt: The Secretary of Defense, who calls himself the Secretary of War, said today, this is a war

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Immigrant reports from a hostile environment. All she wanted was to make a better life for herself.

The Board for Peace starts its first war...

a year is a long time in politics

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...