Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy" This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation

The number of angry messages I got from insecure men on my article demanding men be accountable for rape culture & 'Rape Academy' reminds me to share my article repeatedly.

Men: Stop being insecure. Stop being pathetic. Start holding rapists accountable.
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Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create

This is such bollocks.

All primaries and over 90% of secondaries already impose bans.

This is policy to placate GB News viewers and completely unnecessary.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

The Energy Shift is Underway Oxford energy expert Jan Rosenow explains why Europe is underestimating electrification, overestimating hydrogen and still arguing about scarcity when alternatives are abundant.

Energy disinformation is the new climate denial.

New interview with @wblau.bsky.social of Brunswick Review on why Europe is underestimating electrification, overestimating hydrogen & arguing about scarcity when alternatives are abundant.

review.brunswickgroup.com/article/europe-energy-transition/

This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’.

That’s one of our main problems right there.

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.

The question shld always be what’s best for the country? But for Labour (and Tories) the question is always: what’s best for our party? Hence why people are going to the Greens (and Reform but that will soon tail off) &others. Shooting yourself in both feet here.

Ridiculous. If the Labour Party has so few people to could lead it properly, the Party has a massive problem. Changing leaders now could be best thing for the country. &could lead to good coalition government in 2029. ofc Labour would rather have Reform govt than be in a coalition with anyone

Spain announces it will not broadcast Eurovision 2026 due to Israel’s participation Spanish broadcaster, RTVE, has confirmed it will not air the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel’s continued participation.

Spain confirms it will not broadcast 2026 Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s participation
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Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

The hole in my road is letting in water Britain is getting both hotter and wetter. Cars are getting heavier. And so roads are getting more potholed. It’s that simple. But fixing them isn’t – especially when Government funding to Oxfordshir...

Is your street looking like a moonscape? Potholes are the perennial subject of “just fix it” Facebook outrage – but in 2026, wet winters from climate change, heavier cars, and spiralling pressures on council budgets have combined in a perfect storm.

Our long read: oxfordclarion.uk/the-hole-in-...

Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions.

He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.

The community wealth building model is what Greens introduced in South Oxfordshire. Embedding it takes time - unfortunately Local Government Re-org is likely to set it right back, along with a lot of other good work.

Clearly appointing one ‘dodgy’ (doing a lot of heavy lifting that word here) man to work with another was questionable at best. Especially when there was an extremely competent woman there already, by all accounts. Total failure of judgement and therefore he should resign for good of country

Grafitti

Overgrown foliage

plastic gloves stuck in hedge

She highlighted overgrown foliage, plastic gloves stuck in the hedge, litter and graffiti. This had been highlighted back in 2020 when the store was prompted by fellow local councillor Ian Middelton to clear plastic gloves from its petrol station that had accumulated in the alley.

I find this SO weird. What stupidity leads to this short term thinking? Competitive wealth hoarding is completely incomprehensible at the levels we are talking about here. What this patriarchal capitalist shit leads to is the end of their own world - so just WHY? Bizarre, horrific and murderous

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Anyone know whether today is a ‘ceasefire’ day or a ‘destroy your civilisation’ day yet?

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

Pennycooks opposition to rent controls was welcomed by Kurt Mueller - Britain's largest listed private landlord

Labour's housing minister's opposition to rent controls welcomed by the country's largest private landlord.

Who's side are Labour on? Renters or landlords. The answer is here.

You know what's really embarrassing about this conflict? Iran has a 90 percent literacy rate while 50 per cent of the US reads at the 6th grade level or below. Iran sent Phds to the ceasefire talks. The US sent realtors.

James Bembridge on X: Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

Also likely to be a population health improvement - less fumes from gas cookers, cars, boilers etc

I cannot even begin to imagine what he's going to post.....I literally cannot fathom what he'll come up with

Wall with stork and nest on top

Another rare one of storks making babies to deliver

But there is just so much of it, and I'm tired. Because I write about this, I get told a lot of stuff in private, so I carry that too. I'm so tired of rapists. I'm so tired of rape culture. I'm so tired of the dehumanization of girls and women.

At least we know where dudes on the right stand and we can avoid them. Some of the worst situations I’ve ever been in were with “safe” progressive men who I thought were my friend and then turned into fucking predators out of nowhere. Sometimes after years. Snakes in the fucking grass.

Ista user kaciebarrett: walking down a city street; "night walks are such a vibe... it's a shame that men love to commit murder tho".

I am so tired of being deluged with the sordid details of sexual crimes. It feels nonstop since 2014. Yes absolutely those stories should be told. I get that this is how justice begins: with victims having voices, stories being heard, and so forth; I've been supporting that forever.