There are times when the British political-media class is incomprehensible.
This is one.
Why are commentators discussing Starmer & Mandelson while ignoring what was already reported in September 2025?
Peace Treaty between russia and Latvia (1920):
"russia recognizes the independence of Latvia and forever renounces all sovereign rights in relation to the people and land of Latvia"
Twenty years after signing,russia annexes Latvia
That's what it means to negotiate with cannibals
(@alyonapopova)
At this point, all illusions that Trump’s America would help Ukraine have dissolved. But most people don’t realize how deeply the current administration is steeped in pro-Russian sentiment and activities.
Here’s a quick look. Trump administration and their pro-Russia or anti-Ukraine positions:
While generation from fossil fuels has occasionally fallen year-on-year in the past, Ember says this is the first time it has happened due to the structural shift towards clean power, rather than due to economic crises or other one-off events www.carbonbrief.org/clean-energy...
Reform UK Candidate Runs Firm Hired by Sanctioned Pro-Putin Bosnian Serb Leadership - Byline Times
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House retrofitted with straw mats, waiting for plaster
straw mat insulation (double layer) retrofitted house before plaster
I love straw matts. It's a no-brainer to produce and use them everywhere as affordable and performant insulation. The machinery and raw material is really inexpensive. Hungary:
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Michael Crick • @MichaelLCrick X.com In two to three years time, when Starmer and his government are no doubt deeply unpopular, I hope we in the media will ask ourselves: "Why were we so supine during the long 2024 election; why didn't we hold Labour properly to account while we could, and ask more probing questions, and explore their records, rather than give them such an easy ride?"
I think we can see the reason for this is the same as any number of abysmal scandals at all kinds of major British institutions: Nobody wants to go lifting rocks because of the very high risk that moving one of them will send a geyser of scalding hot corruption leaping two hundred feet into the air.
It’s as shocking as knowing about the vast sums that the criminal Trump Family enterprises are making.
No surprise at all.
Is there more information/more confirmation if this really reflects what happened?
But diplomats and analysts warn that Starmer may already have missed his opportunity for a grand pivot to Europe. Time is running out, both for negotiations and also to show voters any real economic benefit from closer links to the trade superpower across the English Channel. EU officials openly doubt Starmer’s ability to deliver, as he fights to stay on as prime minister and Nigel Farage’s poll-topping Reform UK party vows to tear up any “reset” with Brussels. “We have a list of 10 priorities that are far higher,” says one diplomat from the bloc. In Westminster, the question is whether the prime minister’s overture to Europe is a serious effort to inject fresh momentum into talks with Brussels or merely a tactical move to placate Labour backbenchers increasingly frustrated by his timidity on the issue.
IV. The UK has to change, ultimately. Otherwise there is nowhere else substantial for this to go
V. European bandwidth is limited and the UK is proving complex. It needs to be easier to deal with. It also needs to drive the reset process, not wait for invites
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Cracking article in the FT and really good summary of positions.
Some quick points
I. It is probably too late for Starmer, but is it too late for Labour
II. Rhetoric has changed in the UK, but UK politics has yet to catch up
III. Equally though, is the rhetoric representative of anything real?
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Racoon RFK JR, has his worm-like penis removed by AOC.
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In the background, the operation of Russian occupation air defense systems can be heard. There are reports that the drones flew over a building located three kilometers from the oil refinery.
At night, Syzran in the Russian Federation came under drone attack. Eyewitnesses in the city captured footage of UAVs flying over residential buildings.
Chris Mason is indeed a tossed. However, the Mandelson story absolutely needs to be pressed because it is yet another indicator of the dodgy dealings that politicians routinely engage in. Cronyism is fine if an old mate has done you a favour, no matter how many times he has disgraced himself.
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I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
Please don't share.
Iran - “Until the United States ends restrictions on full freedom of movement of vessels from Iran and to Iran, the Strait of Hormuz will remain under strict control and the situation will stay as it is."
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Sorcha Eastwood with a Q for the PM "What was it about the twice disgraced paedophile adjacent self styled prince of darkness that you found so attractive to put into this job?"
Starmer is the frontman for a faction Mandelson was a key part of, he wanted the job, so he got it
So China & Tesla don’t steal all the headlines, Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group) quietly put 5,000+ electric trucks into real-world deployment, logging 100+ million zero-emission miles over the past five years.
Not under Geely. Not hype. This is happening. EV trucks are scaling everywhere, all at once.
New research warns the Atlantic Ocean’s key current system (AMOC) is weakening faster than expected, with models now pointing to a ~42–58% slowdown by 2100—pushing it closer to a tipping point that could trigger irreversible global climate disruption.
Overnight and this morning, occupied Donetsk was subject to drone attacks. Explosions were reported. #Ukraine
The Tuapse oil refinery is still burning after renewed Ukrainian drone attacks on 20/04. #Russia
Shock! Horror! Israeli soldier photographed behaving badly!What about the thousands of others never brought to justice?
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Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue
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Didn't your Jon Sopel write this about Mandelson's appointment? 👀👀
First saw this story over on Threads, and people really, really, really did not like anyone correcting misinformation about their misreading of the story. We seem to be moving to some sort of post-reality where people just want fake stories that reinforce their beliefs.
