Tony Blair's former political director @johnmct.bsky.social l “It’s a political crime — why appoint Peter Mandelson under any circumstances? Staying in Epstein’s house while he was in prison disqualifies you from public office.”
Trump tacos again and extends the ceasefire, and look what Iran says about his extension:
“The extension of the cease-fire by Donald Trump has no meaning. The losing side cannot set the terms,” Mahdi Mohammadi wrote in the social media post.
Iran knows it already won the war!
Trump knows he’s lost this war. That’s what an indefinite ceasefire means. He just doesn’t want to say it out loud. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/trump-know...
America seems to have lost its mind.
No war, no peace, Strait closed.
Trump has decided on an indefinite ceasefire *with a continuing blockade of ships* as his latest move
This mayor will be the blueprint for American mayors all across the country.
#Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk:
Thirty-five million Russians have no toilet at home.
On the one hand, Russia demands recognition as a "great superpower," claiming the right to redraw state borders by force and impose a new sphere of influence⤵️
Taco
Trump and his sons have enriched themselves by over 4 Billion dollars since he came into office
This is by FAR the most corrupt administration ever
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
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A Horse Chestnut greening up for Spring in the Gosford Pleasure Grounds in East Lothian
#thicktrunktuesday
Paris #photography #blackandwhite
Farage pays only in illegal crypto from Thailand, and only to his old friends.
You may disagree, but if the heads of our military don’t trust Trump to be in the Situation Room because he’s erratic, unfit, or dangerous…HE SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT!
Emerald Isle
Starmer’s handling of the vetting story has somehow become a bigger problem for Starmer than the vetting story. Extraordinary.
NEW | On an odd choice…
WHY DID BBC BREAKFAST GIVE REFORM UK A SPECIAL GRAPHIC?
A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/why-did-bb...
Night ✨🌙 has fallen upon Stonehenge 🏴
The Mandelson affair was survivable. Keir Starmer’s explanation for it may not be. It is a parable of his premiership and its wider problems- that the explanation is always process, not politics.
Piece from me on the limits of process politics
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Sunrise this morning here in Glastonbury.
Nigel Farage Slammed Over Reform UK's 'Cruel' Plan For Mass Deportations
It would see ICE-style officials on the streets of Britain.
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"I would have won Vietnam very quickly," Trump just said.
He's out of his mind. We need to get rid of him before he kills us all.
Authentic portraits of Charlotte Brontë was drawn by George Richmond in 1850
Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.
Did you enjoy Jane Eyre?
Her first #novel was rejected, and the next one changed #literature. She had to hide behind a man’s name, Currer Bell, because a woman writer in the 1840s could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.
⏰📚💙📚🎧📚🖋️ #books
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says no Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan for negotiations with US, despite "baseless" media reports.
Sorry to post this for those who abhor seeing this kind of news about wildlife. But while we are collectively agonizing over the state of our nation, the state of our planet is probably the more urgent news.
"This is an important thing to think about."
