#timstanley trying to interpret Trump’s bible bashing on #today
Why bother ?

One of the most telling pics of the year ... so far.

‘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’

What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The rush to appease Trump led Keir Starmer into this ethical void | Rafael Behr Mandelson’s flaws were mistaken for credentials to represent Britain in the court of a rogue president, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s the most thoughtful commentary so far on #mandelson and all that, from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social

Current White House is the diagnosis to which the wrong treatment was selected

Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts Deputy leader’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton Intelligence

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@reformuk.bsky.social on a diet of #AIslop again

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

No previous American president, in any era, of any party, would have tolerated a drunken, erratic, absent FBI chief
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Labour’s ‘crabwise’ approach to closer EU ties must address damage of Brexit | Heather Stewart The damage to the economy dwarfs the upsides from the various non-EU trade deals the UK has struck since 2016

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
More on the self evident harms of #brexit
And how to fix them…

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.

Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

#honestbob Robert jenrick (unfit to govern) claims @keirstarmer.bsky.social is unfit to govern

Circularity on show on #bbclaurak show

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘…the unintended consequences of Trump’s pointless war could help sink Trumpism everywhere – and the corrupt and filthy industry that props it up’
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social in today’s @theguardian.com

Viktor Orbán inspired rightwingers across the EU and in Britain. His defeat could represent a turning of the tide | Polly Toynbee We must hope this vote will be the start of a wider backlash – and send hard-right populism back to the fringes where it belongs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Take note @reformuk.bsky.social
Craven support for these right wing apparatchiks ain’t going to get you anywhere

By the way, we will keep reminding everyone of #nigelfarage support for Orban

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
This is £1.6bn that could otherwise have been spent directly on patient care in the
#NHS
Quite scandalous…

JD Vance’s claims about Orbán, the EU and Hungary fact-checked US vice-president said bloc tried to ‘destroy’ country’s economy, despite it being a net recipient of EU funds

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Facts never did trouble the MAGA crowd

Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya Chakrabortty Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On the profound harm of the the process towards #brexit (as well as a nod to its appalling consequences)
Let us not forget who called the vote, then authored Brexit itself…

Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘The UK has wasted a decade muttering myths of immaculate Brexit sovereignty to itself when its interests are and always were better served bolstering the European chorus’
True words indeed, from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social

A Hubble edge-on view of the spiral galaxy UGC 10043, which is about 150 million light-years away from Earth.

What a story !

It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU | Gaby Hinsliff Ten years after the Brexit vote, Trump’s disdain and insults are fuelling the belief that the UK should renew ties with Europe, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Interesting :
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social neatly summarises the reasons to reverse #brexit
Which were always there, but now blindingly obvious

Terry Cox obituary Drummer with Pentangle, the folk-rock group who found fame in the 1960s with their fusion of jazz, blues and traditional songs

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Why Bach’s music is indestructible, whether on the mandolin, modern piano – or soundtracking murder The German composer dominates the classical charts and concert platforms, especially at this time of year. Here’s to his life-giving zombie music!

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Trump’s Iran war is holding him hostage | Sidney Blumenthal If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An evisceration of Trump and his stooges

The toughest job facing the new head of Ofcom: tackling the blatantly partisan GB News | Polly Toynbee It will take a regulator with grit and guts to enforce the UK’s impartiality laws. This is Labour’s chance to remedy our twisted media landscape, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hard ask from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social here: that we all watch @gbnews.bsky.social (mouthpiece of @reformuk.bsky.social ) and complain about its evident bias.

@comanewmusic.bsky.social terrific final evening at #bradycentre. London Sussex and Clarion trio …

#ziayusuf apparatchik of @reformuk.bsky.social demonstrating why they deserve no votes, on #BBCLaurak

@lsrplaid.bsky.social very thoughtful contributions on #bbclaurak
Wales is lucky..

Same studio, same faces. Education secretary, Tory leader, Reform UK’s spokesman—while half a million marched against the far right, journalists are killed in Lebanon, and families pay for a war they didn’t choose.

Sunday morning politics: all talk, no answers. #BBCLauraK

Jeez. #kemibadenoch won’t say who might get energy support on #bbclaurak

Clearly not thought that far…

Incoherent verbiage from #kemibadenoch on #BBClaurak about #oilandgas

Threats to oil supply make it obvious we should shift to other sources of energy

Laundry as art

[📸 Helga Stentzel]