Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts Deputy leader’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton Intelligence

For those of us eager to get “Stuppence” out…

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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Forget the “ridiculously stupid” bit - concentrate on what it really is - evil www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Mandelson fiasco started with an obsession for appeasing and fawning to an evil president. That was the scandal - as is fact that we are no nearer to dealing effectively with that evil.

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Sycophant? Surely some mistake?

I was already worried about Trump’s mental decline—it just got worse In the past week alone, the US president has depicted himself as Jesus and picked a row with the pope

“let’s not pussyfoot around talking about his “erratic” or “unpredictable” behaviour: all the signs are that he is positively unhinged”

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Senior Tory MP claims knife crime went up by 72% in London.

In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.

JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’ Catholic vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after pope criticized the White House over the Iran war

No, of course going to war is not a “matter of morality” …..
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This is Christina.

She is my 93 year old father-in-law’s amazing carer. She flew back to her native Hungary to vote in today’s election - and get Orban out.

This evening’s news is excellent for democracy and bad news for both Putin and Trump. Christina will be delighted.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

JD Vance hasn’t had a good weekend - my heart bleeds

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Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yet

Every right minded church, whatever their denomination, should be spreading this message - there has been far too much silence

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More than 500 people arrested at Palestine Action protest in London Arrests and detentions took place at first mass demo since group’s ban was ruled unlawful by high court

The stupidity of #YvetteCooper and #ShabanaMahmood festers

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With God on our side – Iran War Briefing #35 Chris Bambery argues that the religious zeal of the Republican right in general, and Pete Hegseth in particular, add a terrifying dimension to US war aims A constant narrative about Iran is that it...

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“Israel’s allies allowed it to kill tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza with only muted protest, undermining their statements of support for a rules-based order. The pope and a Hollywood actor offered the clearest indictment of Mr Trump’s threat this week”

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“The most powerful man in the world does not have the mental capacity to do the job. And we have to stop behaving as though he does”

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It’s more than that - so much of was said and done over the last 2 weeks has steered clear of flags and other prejudices & ricalries and has tried to reflect a spirit completely opposite to the things pursued by despots and billionaires - a glimpse of what is still possible and truly valuable

Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price | Jonathan Freedland It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be hollow, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

“ security will never come by force alone, ultimately Israel will have to reach an accommodation with its neighbours”

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Both doctors and the government are handling this strike badly – that’s why there is no end in sight | Polly Toynbee With the BMA making ‘impossible’ demands and Labour responding with Trumpian threats, negotiations are stuck – and it’s the NHS that will suffer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

“The Royal College of Emergency Medicine reported that during some of the strikes “everything works better than usual” in A&Es when specialists instead of juniors see patients”

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Cherry blossom and balloon #RodboroughCommon #Stroud

Savaged by a sheep

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Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

“Europeans don’t get a vote when Americans decide whether or not to repudiate a tyrant and restore their constitution. The only democracies they can save are their own, which they must do together”

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(2) As an on call manager in the 1990s I regularly placed patients in private beds.

Even Bevan wasn’t able to keep private enterprise out. GPs have been running businesses for the whole lifetime of the NHS. Hospitals had private wings and consultants can forego some of their £147k full time earnings to engage in private practice.
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Your life in their hands ….

Iceland chain offers job to man sacked by Waitrose after confronting shoplifter Richard Walker, Iceland’s chair, says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500

I take it that #Iceland doesn’t have policies for gross misconduct?

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When I get abused just for dancing, it shows how far hatred of politicians has gone | Stella Creasy Concern over MPs’ competence is one thing, but this is silencing opponents’ voices by character assassination, says Labour MP Stella Creasy

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And I suspect Farage would not understand the concept of gross misconduct in the workplace

Nicola Jennings on Artemis II reaching the far side of the moon – cartoon Astronauts will venture deeper into space than any humans before, breaking the record for maximum range from Earth just as a total solar eclipse awaits

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I wonder what those sweet 11 year olds are looking at online?

So much to think about today