The UK paid the price, and was left vunerable when the ABC of Austerity, Brexit and Covid came along.

When belligerent Trump and his apostles berate Britain, it is worth pointing out that the trigger for our present decline was the crash of 2008/9, caused by collapse of the Derivative capital market in the USA. Poor regulation the US mortgage and financial sector meant it became a huge ponzi scheme.

Spain, Slovenia, Ireland push EU to debate Israel pact suspension In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.

In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.

Danny's Dream (Remastered 2017) YouTube video by Lars Gullin - Topic

PL's tune of the day. Mellow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPzh...

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Pierre took part in CityStGeoge's panel on the French slave trade in March 2024. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Siwan Catrin - Possibility
CD006 Releases 21st April '26 Launch party at Hill Station Cafe, 21/4! Circle Dance are very excited to be releasing the debut EP by Welsh harpist and songwriter @siwancatrinmusic. PL: A beautuiful often haunting collection in the folk tradition.

Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstruction

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This would be a good day for Nigel Farage and partner to explain where they got the cash to buy the constituency house outright. He said he bought it, then he said it was his GF, but no one explained where they got the £885,000 from? Where are the papers who pursued Rayner?

The Offer Viktor Orbán Couldn't Refuse. (Or Didn't.) Who knew that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on the take from the same Russian mobsters who were laundering millions through Donald Trump's real estate?

“Mogilevich handed over kompromat videos of Orbán to the FSB in exchange for the Kremlin’s agreement to overlook his tax issues… thanks to Mogilevich, Putin had Orbán exactly where he wanted him” @craigunger
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Ofcom will hold TalkTV’s transphobic hate to account Ofcom has opened an investigation into the rightwing channel broadcasting anti-trans views – but the fight’s not over

What a week to be TalkTV 😮‍💨

Ofcom will investigate TalkTV's transphobia AND climate misinformation
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Trump's 'Stone Age' threat comes from Curtis "Generak Strangelove' LeMay's quote on North Vietnam. "My solution to the problem would be to tell them frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression, or we are going to bomb them back into the Stone Age." from autobiography.

Trump's 'Stone Age' threat reminds me of Gen Curtis "Strangelove' LeMay's quote on North Vietnam. "My solution to the problem would be to tell them frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression, or we are going to bomb them back into the Stone Age."

Trump latest: US president fires attorney general Pam Bondi Donald Trump has sacked Pam Bondi as attorney general, White House officials have said, following frustration over her handling of the Epstein files. Follow the latest on this breaking story.

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Good to see the latest meeting minutes of the National Estate for Nature group (Jan 2026), whose members own ~11% of England - in which they reaffirm their commitment to publishing estate management plans by April. Hope to see them out imminently! 1/

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UN experts call for investigation into Israel’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon <article data-history-node-id="437265" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-experts-call-investigation-israels-targeting-journalists-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-experts-call-investigation-israels-targeting-journalists-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN experts call for investigation into Israel’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">UN experts condemned Israel’s killing of journalists and urged for an international independent investigation after three Lebanese journalists were targeted on Saturday.</p> <p>“We denounce strongly what has now become a standard, dangerous practice of Israel to target and kill journalists and then claim, without providing any credible evidence, that they were involved within armed groups,” the experts said on Thursday.</p> <p>“Journalists carrying out their professional duties in armed conflict are civilians and must not be targeted or made the object of attack,” the UN experts continued, highlighting that this “constitutes a serious violation of international human rights and humanitarian law and a war crime.”</p> <p>On 28 March, Israeli forces killed two reporters, Ali Shoeib and Ratima Ftouni, and cameraman Mohamed Ftouni in Lebanon while they were reporting on the war.</p> <p>The only evidence produced to justify these attacks was what Israeli forces have now admitted was a photoshopped image of Ali Shoeib.</p> <p>At least 259 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israel since 2023, including 210 Palestinian journalists in Gaza and 14 in Lebanon.</p> <p>UN experts say this is part of an effort to “silence reporting on Israel’s current military action in Lebanon, and shut down news coverage of war crimes committed, just as it did in Gaza."</p> </div> </div> </article>

UN experts call for investigation into Israel’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

MattGPT's defence that the peer reviewers of his book are anonymous is all fine and well if you are published by an academic publisher and therefore have stringent and independent review process. It is not alright when you self publish. He was once a experienced academic so he knows that.

This is a cautionary tale of letting ChatGPT do your research and writing for you, if ever there was one.

MattGPT is going to stick.

Today would not be a good day for Nigel Farage to reveal the source of the £850,000+ cash his partner paid for the constituency house as it would be buried in the weight of other breaking news.

Have you asked Claude AI to transcribe for you?

No Peace Without Reparatory Justice: Barbados Poet Esther Philips Message to UN General Assembly YouTube video by United Nations Caribbean

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Dough-faced blonde man with perfect teeth

BBC Question Time is now pretending Reform UK member and Trump-supporting political activist Tom Skinner is a mere celebrity to get him the “neutral” slot on the panel.

Joint Press Release: The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Joint Press ReleaseThe Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of JerusalemPalm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israe

“This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land…from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.”

Please let me know if the likes of Danny Kruger & Nick Timothy say anything about this…

Needless to say, Ofcom has so far ignored my request for an interview with Grade (or literally any senior exec) for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

London's first homeless addiction detox centre set to close

A detox centre in London that helps homeless people overcome addiction is set to close over £1m funding shortfall despite homelessness crisis.

MASSIVE numbers on the Together march against the far right today.

Right to Roam has been marching with the Folk Against Fascism bloc - Morris dancers reclaiming rural English traditions from the far right

The countryside is for everyone!

Jon Passant of @status.news says a line was crossed by these words. I'm inclined to agree.

www.status.news/p/brendan-ca... [no paywall]