*wearily* 'Surely this will get people asking about Cognitive Decline if I can't even work out what is in a picture'

Good thing, as an American, he has no idea what football is

Lisa Nandy appears to be haunting me from a 1969 edition of the Guardian...

Oh this is sad but also what a way to find out

You don't always have Bluesky open? Amateur.

Absolute murder here, Thomas.

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

Happy Praying Mantis Appreciation Day, to all who celebrate…

CHILD PRAYING MANTIS: Dad, who are we all praying to exactly?
DAD PRAYING MANTIS: Depends which religion you belong to
CHILD: So not all people follow the same religion?
DAD: No, son… we’re in sects

I know this is me still mourning a long dead world but it does feel remarkable that, not that long ago, British papers on the right would have run editorials and columns arguing that Hungary showed that only a solid, reliable centre-right party could defeat dangerous populists, but now? [crickets]

I've joked before that Anas Sarwar has lost the Mandate of Heaven but genuinely if you lose the Ultimate Scottish Labour Poster you might as well suspend the campaign and resign as leader now

There is still a niche for conservatism without that being first and foremost about who goes to which toilet.

Impossible to deny his powers of posting

*Captain Kirk voice* 'GANEEEEEEEESH!'

'Beleaguered President shares messianic visions while economy continues to free fall'

Less objectively important, I do hope Matthew Goodwin - who is due to speak in Hungary today - is having a really wretched time.

That book really pressed a lot of people's buttons.

Let's be havin' you, Viktor Orban.

Matt Goodwin is having such a terrible year to date. Almost makes you believe that the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice.

Good evening Tom

Orbán turns out to be more of a democrat than the U.S. president and a nontrivial number of GOP candidates.

Orban called Magyar to congratulate Magyar - and admitted defeat to his supporters. It's over. Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party wins with such an overwhelming victory that he has two-thirds of the seats in the parliament and can undo Orban's autocratic legalism!

A number of British academics and ex-academics just lost a potential pay cheque.

Somewhere, De Gaulle's ghost is shedding tears of pride.

First fuel protests take place in Northern Ireland with threats of further blockades A small convoy of lorries and farm machinery took part in a protest in Co Tyrone on Saturday afternoon against rising fuel prices.

Known far-right are aggressively promoting 'fuel protests' in the hope of a far-right shut down, which hauliers & farmers' orgs have distanced themselves from in the North.

'Speaking on Friday, the main groups representing farmers & hauliers in Northern Ireland distanced themselves from the plans.'

Wow, can't believe these Hungarian election results!

A rat, it seems

i think people have forgotten that vance is quite possibly the least experienced person to *ever* serve as vice president of the united states

Fuel protests in Ireland, which were organised online incredibly quickly, have been hijacked by the far right? A lot of the main organisers are actually far right agitators? Colour me shocked

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