great post + comments

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

Good, as @rolandmcs.bsky.social would say, morning

Definitely published a week too late

Wait have you got km2 and square miles mixed up? USA is 9.8 million square kilometres says the internet…

this is all so exhausting

Reminder.

I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them

What an appalling take from Reform

Are these from the paid version of the Allister Heath headline generator app?

A humorous commentary on April 1st suggesting it's the only day people critically assess online information.

Sooooooo true!🤷‍♀️

Wasn’t this one of the policies made up in the back of the car during The Thick Of It?

Must admit this wasn't on my "Future of China Ghost Cities" bingo card

Great Insight. As each New Dawn Fades you see areas that were a Wilderness at night go through an Interzone and become a Candidate for busiest district in the city (etc.)

As long as they don’t put it to a public poll which delivers TownyMcTownfaceton

With a small ceremony featuring a local dignitary and a red ribbon

Knowing that Sam's humour is drier than a dry Martini served during Prohibition in the Mojave Desert, that's a great piece. Although I'm sure most of the readership just looked at the headline and drew their conclusions.

Very true - I notice this whenever I visit the UK

Though wouldn't surprise me if it's Reform who get invited on to next week's Question Time...

Can you tell everyone who posts on LinkedIn?

Excellent read

18 degrees in northern China during Spring Festival 😲

The only time I left my wallet in London (on a table, in a pub) it contained 3 concert tickets for that evening, as well as plenty of cards and cash. My two friends did not look happy with me... but like the other stories here, all turned out well when I realised an hour later and went back for it

Great set of replies to this post about experiences of losing things in London

Ask the Experts: Does Rising CO2 Benefit Plants? Climate change’s negative effects on plants will likely outweigh any gains from elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

I decided to read the piece. It’s absolutely, insanely, wrong. And as for the statement on it being good for crops - here’s all you need to know:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-...

20 press-ups surely?

Brilliant piece.

Oooh can’t wait to read this one

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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The Daily Telegraph: making readers permanently angry about everything