"Why haven't you sold them already?"

The only time I ever really think about retiring is when I look forward to spending the whole fortnight at the Crucible at this time of year.

Wow. They’re so thick it’s almost impossible to credit.

One of the very best.

Daily U-turns, whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed, are reckless.

Transit through the Strait must remain free of charge.

The EU has reached the political agreement to widen our sanctions regime to also target those responsible for breaches to freedom of navigation. (1/2)

That is spectacular. Badenoch’s brain always struggles to keep up with what her mouth is saying and that was a beautifully clear demonstration.

Disgusting

Virginia voters deciding on redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress

#VoteYesVirginiaToday

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When Trump talked about ushering in a "new golden age," he was talking about a new golden age for his family's pocketbook.

Good. It’s easy to forget that climate change denial & shilling for fossil fuel companies provided a template for Tufton Street, Brexit & pretty much every egregious example of persuading populations to vote against their own interests. The story of Don Pearlman should be taught in kindergartens…

Starmer’s handling of the vetting story has somehow become a bigger problem for Starmer than the vetting story. Extraordinary.

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

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Unbelievably, Keir Starmer can now be compared to Boris Johnson The Prime Minister was once a man with a reputation for integrity and decency

It is preposterous and honestly rather shameful for Starmer to act so upset over the Mandelson affair. He is basically attacking Robbins for doing precisely what he wanted him to do inews.co.uk/opinion/unbe...

This👇🏼takes the BBC’s Pro Reform campaign to another level it’s fcuking unacceptable - here is how to make a complaint, I will

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

No one can become a billionaire without becoming weird & anti-social. We should just accept that & pass policies that prevent anyone from accumulating that much money.

Ex-oncologist and one time UKIP candidate turned conspiracy theorist Angus Dalgleish is standing for Reform UK in local elections in Sutton, just months after the party supposedly distanced itself from his claim that covid vaccines gave the royal family cancer.

And you can complain to the BBC here:

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Netanyahu claimed last week that Magyar invited him to Hungary.

Today Magyar said that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary:

“I made it clear to the Israeli PM — we will not back down... If a state is an ICC member and a person who is wanted enters that territory, they must be detained”

Well that’ll be Brexit. And rightwingers being told by their money men that there’d be votes in it for them.

Voting Reform is the equivalent of voting twice for Trump.
It is an act of pure ignorance, or racism, or both.
And, as we all know, it leads nowhere good.

Please god UK. Do not let that happen. Learn from our mistakes. Learn from America’s mistakes.
Just get your shit together.

The feeding frenzy over the racist vote is beyond sickening.
And reporting on the proposals of mass deportations without any explanation of the many horrendous impacts is not journalism. It’s just dog-whistling.

Is that notable? Tories and Reform have been competing to be the most cruel and racist for some time now. And very depressingly, Labour has chosen to join in.
What would be notable would be to have the media scrutinise these grim proposals or to have a govt that explained why they’d be so damaging.

Reform said they would pay my energy bills. They haven't Residents of winning street in Nigel Farage's fuel giveaway stunt complain they have missed out on prize

In "bears crap in the woods" news.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

Let's ask the insider traders...
- BBC finally reporting on this.

BBC News - The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
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Well I've just paid £1400 for a tank of heating oil that used to cost £650, so I think it must be a 'pope needs to stay out of theology' day.

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

Update on the most moral army in the world.