Jon Bloomfield

How far the Tories have moved. Impossible to imagine Badenoch or Jenrick saying that.

Enough there to keep the brain ticking.

To state what is obvious to anybody except Israel's apologists, this is a good argument for withdrawing diplomatic recognition of Israel, since the Israeli government/elite/Parliament have *explicitly* rejected a two-state solution and do not recognise Palestine's right to exist.

Thank you.

Are you watching Rupert Lowe, Matthew Goodwin, Konstantin Kisin? Your theories took a hell of a beating!

Re-reading this. Published more than 30 years ago. What it tells us about what’s happening in the world today makes it an extraordinary work.

One does not simply... rewrite the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

😅😅😅😅😅...😭

England in the semi-finals and Manchester United’s infamous five – Football Weekly Max Rushden is joined by Lucy Ward, Jonathan Wilson and Philippe Auclair as the Euro 2025 semi-finals are decided and Manchester United try to move on unwanted players

New edition of @footballweekly.bsky.social now live, with Lucy Ward, @jonawils.bsky.social and myself under the benevolent auspices of @maxrushden.bsky.social, talking Euro2025, Mbeumonomics, MCO, football's Golden Section, Pickles and Mr Wilson's latest opus.
www.theguardian.com/football/aud...

Should the Gestapo Be Allowed to Disappear Political Dissidents? It Depends Whom You Ask.

Spot on.

The word is 'shoot'

‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him

Miss this king

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Tony McNally obituary Other lives: One of the organisers of ‘green shows’ in Birmingham in the 1990s

My friend Tony McNally died last month. He had been at the forefront of environmental campaigns across the Midlands for four decades. A relentlessly cheerful campaigner, always uniting the widest coalition of participants. Below is The Guardian obituary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A return to tariffs, Taco or not Trump’s focus on the goods of the past is ridiculous. What matters is competitiveness in the future

"Have these people no shame?"

Martin Wolf lets rip at the "foolish" and "wicked" US tariffs

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The emerging nationalist International.

Starmer refuses to rule out extending freeze on tax thresholds The freeze means people risk being dragged into a higher tax band if they get a pay rise.

Good - given govt's promises on income tax/VAT/NI/CT, freezing thresholds is the least bad way to raise revenue across the board.

[And why is BBC using hopelessly slanted language like "millions of people dragged into paying higher rate tax"?]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎉 In less than 48 hours, we'll be kicking things off at Keele University for the eighth annual Byline Festival.

A one stop shop for those passionate about the big issues of our time. From press reform to confronting the far-right, from climate to social media rabbit holes.

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It can be done.

Not a surprise but shocking all the same. When will Blair be asked about this?

Another terrible failure of integration...

Boosting foreign students must be part of the industrial ... As the UK’s fourth largest export industry, universities are a missed opportunity in the government’s plan

observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Mamdani on "globalize the intifada": "That's not language that I used. The language that I used and the language that I will continue to use to lead the city is that which speaks clearly to my intent, which is an intent grounded in a belief in universal human rights."

He wrote a similar hysterical piece about Birmingham a while ago full of dodgy data.

Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Simple and clear from @willhayward.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Max Americana: Trump’s bombing of Iran opens the door to ... New world order being established by US president’s unilateral interventions may give carte blanche to his rivals

Max Americana. The new world order. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

The anti-Trump camp was in disarray. How has No Kings managed to unite it? | Emma Brockes A new slogan has offered a non-partisan rallying point – and last weekend, protests overshadowed the president’s weird military parade, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

On the vital importance of simple, unifying slogans. One for all progressives to remember. @emmabrockes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity The US once held Netanyahu back. Israel’s attacks on Iran prove that restraint has gone

Gloomy and grim. Welcome to today's world. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

At our event last Saturday, host of Westminster Hour, Ben Wright, spoke to attendees at our event, CHANGE: HOW? A Decade of Radical Renewal, for BBC Radio 4!

The Government might want to look away now👀

Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition But it’s here, and will destroy American science

"Everything points to an effort to effectively destroy U.S. science — not gradually as part of a long-term plan, but over the next year or two." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/nobody-exp...

British values aren’t colour-coded | The Observer Immigration and identity are important subjects, but racialising them is not the answer

Perceptive and clear as ever. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...