This is already demonstrably incorrect. And Wright isn't even dead yet.

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say. Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence. Continue reading...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Food could soon run short—and so will Trump’s luck The US president’s war with Iran has halted the flow of fertilisers. Tens of millions will go hungry as a result

Trump, the price of eggs, and the potential for world hunger. My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Roger Tichborne as a young man. He is slim, slightly mournful-looking, and has an unimpressive moustache

The Tichborne Claimant, probably Arthur Orton, possibly Tomas Castro, and probably not Roger Tichborne – a very overweight man with sideburns and a cigar in his mouth, wearing a three-piece suit and a watchchain

Well, it’s 172 years today since slim francophone Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne was last seen alive – a few months before he was presumed dead, and about 11 years before a 27-stone cockney butcher turned up from Australia claiming to be this long-lost heir to a fortune... 🧵

Lisa Nandy: In a rare moment of agreement, I agree with the hon. Gentleman that the gambling industry brings joy to a lot of people. He and I have discussed the harms that affect a minority of people. They are significant and important, but the industry as a whole brings positive benefits to the United Kingdom. I think he is underplaying the significant pressures on high street businesses that have existed over the last couple of decades—something that, frankly, his Government did absolutely nothing about over the 14 years that they were in government. We are dealing with those.

Yougov polling on perceptions of the gambling industry - 43% very unfavorable

Really worth stressing what a minority position "the gambling industry is good" is.

Press cutting Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2008: Shepherd's pie recipe rumpus. Subhead: Petrol bomb threat in tomato topping row. By ANDREW BELLARD A dispute over the contents of a shepherd's pie proved to be a recipe for brotherly disharmony. Blackburn magistrates heard that John Garvin thought that the pie his brother Michael made should have been topped with tomatoes but Michael disagreed. The upshot was that John, who was hit over the head with a shovel, reacted by threatening to petrol bomb his brother's flat. And he ended up spending a night in custody to allow tempers to cool. John Garvin, 47, of Montague Street, admitted a breach of the peace and was bound over in £100 to keep the peace for 12 months. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the brothers lived in separate flats next to each other. On the day of the culinary dispute they had been drinking together since 7am. "The argument started because there were no tomatoes on the shepherds pie that Michael made for tea and John thought this was wrong," said Miss Allan. John called his brother an offensive name and then said he was going to petrol bomb his flat. "Michael was concerned by this threat because on a previous occasion John had started a fire in his own flat," said Miss Allan. Liz Parker, defending, said her client did not accept making a remark about petrol bombing his brother's flat. "He does say that his brother hit him over the head with a shovel and it is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing," she added. (The article has a pullout quote which says “It is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing” - LIZ PARKER in large letters) District Judge Peter Ward, who imposed the bind over, asked in court: "You can make shepherd's pie without tomatoes can't you?" But 'legal' opinion at Blackburn magistrates, where the issue became quite a talking point, was divided. A female defence solicitor said it should be made with lamb and topped with sliced tomatoes and that a pie made with b…

And lo, it came to pass that the 18th anniversary of the greatest local news story ever told came upon us, and we were sore amazed

Book Cover, Harvest House Constructiuon Guide by MAterial Cultures, shows persons assembling a timber structure

Here is your complete guide to build a "Harvest House".
By the fantastic Material Cultures.
No excuses. The future is biobased, you are as well. Get active.
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Update on the most moral army in the world.

Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime

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It takes a minute and might make a difference.

Any action to ban pavement parking has to be a good thing.

Pavements are for pedestrians.

Cool. My electric mixer stirs faster than my finger

Banning pavement parking is amongst the biggest things you could do to make my neighbourhood safer, more child-friendly and welcoming for people walking & wheeling.

I signed this👇

An image of a person with a pushchair down a residential street near inconsiderately parked cars. The person is wearing striped clothing and walking past a black car. The setting includes brick buildings and a view of houses on a hill in the background.

It's happening! 📢

On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill.

Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq

Peter Broelman n Canberra Times

And since it is a gorgeous day and you all seem to be in such a lovely and pro-European mood, why not press play on this? x

Regardless of politics this is just cute... ☺️

Kid: I know your name !!!
Mamdani: You know my name?
Kid: Mamdani.
Obama: What’s his first name?
Kid: Mayor Mamdani !!! 😂

He needs to be an MP though. And Starmer put paid to that.

Ok UK peeps - if Starmer does resign, who do you want (amongst those who have a realistic chance) to replace him? Who is best placed to re-ignite this government, win back trust, and trounce Reform?

I don't see Miliband being offered it, or, even if he were, wanting/taking it. But would be happy to be proved wrong! I could see Ed 2.0 being better than his first leadership attempt.

I just don't see the Wes appeal if I'm honest. Andy Burnham would have been great, but... was blocked accordingly. Great political survival tactic from Starmer - not so great for Labour/country.

Go get em 💪. How the F Thiel was ever let anywhere near our public services is a far greater scandal than Mandelson.

Hmm, I do like that thought. Also his own financial improprieties are far worse than hers.

Broad enough appeal, though? Would please many in the Labour party - but wider electorate?

There's certainly a big 'be careful what you wish for' about all of this. There are many deeply disaffected Labour voters feeling let down by this Starmer government. But I'm unsure what/who replaces it that's better. (People saying Angela Rayner - would she have broad enough appeal?)

For sure it's a major failure. I also wondered Angela Rayner. She may be one of the very few to have both public recognition and trust of the Left. The Red Tops hate her though.

OK but who does Labour have to replace him?

Ha, yes - I'd take his chaos, too. BUT yes he falls down on the 'realistic chance' caveat. Plus I doubt he'd even want it.

Ok UK peeps - if Starmer does resign, who do you want (amongst those who have a realistic chance) to replace him? Who is best placed to re-ignite this government, win back trust, and trounce Reform?

And when the man did sow he laughed, with much exclamation. Yet lo when he did reap, did he curse the ground upon which he stood.

Things are actually worse than shown in the below picture of the biomass of land mammals on earth. A more recent study (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) has found that wild mammals only represent 2% of the total. Everything else is us and our domestic animals.