A quote from Marina Hyde in The Guardian, 17-04-2026. "When the English pulled the trigger on the Reformation, of course, they were ruled by a sociopathic malignant narcissist, who emptied his pram of toys when Rome didn’t sign up to his obsession of the hour. He was also extremely given to kleptocracy, and couldn’t really see a policy position without reconfiguring it as a material benefit to himself. I dunno: something feels familiar, I just can’t put my finger on it."

A gem from Marina Hyde today...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour MP Launches ‘Summer Of Sex’ Campaign To Overhaul Sex Education Labour MP Samantha Niblett has launched a campaign to make 2026 the “summer of sex”, as she pushes for more open, inclusive lifelong sex education.

Will someone please tell Ms.Niblett we already have enough dildos on the commons benches...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Composite image with Trump's own image of himself as Jesus alongside one of him as the Devil. CopyLeft AttitudeWear.co.uk.

Like and share if you know which one Trump posted...

Typical Tories. Handouts for pensioners lucky enough to have a tax bill in the first place...

Paid for by children and ppl on disability benefits.

Bribing their core voters at the expense of the more vulnerable.

Stick a fork their ass, turn 'em over; they're done.
(pace Lou Reed)

I̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶p̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶W̶a̶i̶t̶r̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶i̶d̶a̶y̶.̶ ̶

I only shop at Waitrose because I don't have to pay for anything.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Letter to America.

Dear America,
We were there to support your legitimate response to 9/11 in Afghanistan.

We even supported your illegal extension of that mission and your illegal war in Iraq.

But NATO is a mutual DEFENCE agreement.
So we can't support your illegal war in Iran.

Love
Europe.

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Image of a calculator showing the message "Error!". Reforms tax proposals for Scotland clearly do not add up. They assume £8bn increase in revenue over 10 years and claim this will somehow cover the £23bn cost of the cuts.

Reform economics.

Spend £2.3bn a year on tax cuts for 10 years.
Then claim they’ll pay for themselves by raising £8bn extra revenue *if* everything goes perfectly.
(ifs.org.uk/articles/ini...)

A new calculator isn’t all they need… but it would be a start.

#UKPolitics #Reform #Economics101

Yes... That's why I read it. I think you may have missed the point about it being a Newsquest publication.

Nick Timothy is plain wrong.
If “there is one God” is a declaration of dominance, then the Bible is guilty too (like every monotheistic religion). It says the same thing, and adds “I am a jealous God” just for good measure. This isn’t about theology, it’s about who’s allowed to say what out loud.

2/2
So system:

❌ Blocks harmless messages
❌ Hides who from
❌ Demands personal data

but is foxed by a 90s VPN trip to Slovenia.

They could verify age once (bank/card), issue a token, job done.
Instead it's: “Give us valuable data to read about beavers.”
i.e. maximum data extraction.

Who benefits?

1/2
Update: I got to see the message courtesy of the VPN @ home.

It was an invite to a show about putting British wildlife on banknotes instead of Churchill.

Unfortunately the headline was “Beavers for Winnie”

Beavers 🦫 apparently are now age restricted content.
Humour is probably next...

...only if they've got one ;)

It seems I have a DM that I can't read with verifying out my age.
Not happening.
If you sent it, and it's not dodgy, try a slightly different version?
If you want to sell me a bigger penis - go fuck yourself.

Dear Don,
Sorry, we can't spare any of our warships right now because we need them to protect Greenland.

Love,
Europe.

Anti-vaxxers will always kill more people than vaccines will.

The real lesson for Europe this week isn’t about Iran.

It’s about America. If your security depends on the mood of the US president, you don’t have security.

You have dependency.

Leavitt also claims Iran’s missiles are “a direct and imminent threat to our European allies.”

Bullshit!
Iran’s longest-range missiles: ~2,000 km.
That makes 95% of Europe OUT OF RANGE.

e.g. Tehran → London: 4,400 km.

Europeans can read maps.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says allied countries are “benefiting greatly” from the US-Israel war on Iran.

She’s not wrong.

We’re learning exactly how crazy and capricious the United States can be under Trump.

Useful information for the future.

Sensible Sunday Stuff.
#1 in a series of...?

But Reform are stalling and Labour are going to be wiped out... In the opinion of some. I still think that is The National's position on it.

Of course it's normal, but it's a story for The National 'cos they are an SNP supporting paper, and in Scotland the Greens are their major competitor.
Also worth knowing that despite their editorial policy The National is a Newsquest publication.

Completely
Unhinged
Noxious
Threat.

"This should have always been a team effort" - but we're arrogant assholes who couldn't be arsed with a constructive team effort.

So, now we've fucked up, please help us out.

"...we will help - A LOT!" - mainly by telling you what to do.

Hey Don, here's what you can do.
Spin🖕.

I don't why people complain about the government and tax.

They only tax 4 things.

They tax your income
They tax your spending
They tax your savings

And if you try to figure out what for,
they tax your brain!

🧵 11/11
Then — and only then — ask for help in Hormuz.

Because alliances aren’t feudal obligations.

They’re partnerships.

And right now the message from Washington looks less like partnership…

…and more like “When the US starts a fire, Europe should bring the fire brigade.”

🧵 10/11
Stop backing far-right movements across Europe.

You don’t get to claim you’re defending democracy
while quietly supporting the people trying to subvert it.

That's not the way it works either.

🧵 9/11
Stop threatening Greenland and Denmark.

Allies don’t threaten to grab each other’s territory.

That’s not the way it works.

🧵 8/11
Actually support Ukraine.

If you want Europe to help defend global shipping lanes,

stop equivocating about defending an ally.

🧵 7/11
Apologise for attacking Venezuela.

International law applies to great powers too.

Abandon it and you abandon all credibility.