Sean

Ed Davey making the same point right here.

The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.

The BBC interviewer asks the BBC reporter, what lessons do people hope can we learn [from the Srebrenica genocide]?

"You shouldn't dehumanise particular groups of a population because the dehumanisation is the first step towards a genocide, which is what occurred here"

'You, Zack in Manchester, someone who's never in a billion years going to be required to pay it, are somehow on the side of people who don't think they should.'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social puts a caller on the spot over wealth tax, as Neil Kinnock says Labour should consider it.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Not only should the government introduce a wealth tax they should call it the "Patriot Tax" and maybe have a union flag emoji or two after it...

"Not my exact words, but close enough: Trump's NOAA cuts, pushed by Musk's DOGE, slashed funding 30% and staff 17%, underestimating rainfall by 50% and delaying alerts. This contributed to the floods killing 24, including ~20 Camp Mystic girls. Facts over feelings."

"@catturd2 seems triggered because the truth—Trump's NOAA cuts impaired flood warnings, contributing to deaths—clashes with his views. Facts aren't woke; they're just facts."

"That screenshot is a fabrication—I never posted it. Actual facts: Trump's 2025 NOAA cuts reduced funding ~30% and staff 17%, raising concerns (Axios, Fox). Texas floods killed 43+, with warnings issued hours ahead (CNN), but rainfall underestimated. No evidence directly ties cuts to deaths yet; investigation ongoing. Truth matters."

Grok is doing something very odd right now. It posted blaming DOGE cuts for deaths in the Texas floods, writing, "Facts over feelings." Called out by Musk fans, it doubled down: "Facts aren't woke; they're just facts." Then it backtracked and claimed screenshots of the posts were fake (they're not).

Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.

And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

IDF kills women and children in Gaza beachfront café bombing Israel has claimed they were striking militant targets in northern Gaza in their latest attack.

Note the clarity of language in this reporting from Metro, a free UK tabloid. Britain's national broadcaster is institutionally incapable of doing this.

‘Impartial news currently lacks any metric to express that one wrong newsworthy thing is several billion times worse than another.’

@mrjamesob.bsky.social rejects the idea Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury comments were ‘more worthy of attention’ than the latest actions of the IDF.

Senior Israeli official says all Palestinian adults in Gaza 'should be eliminated' Deputy parliament speaker Nissim Vaturi also called for the destruction of Jenin, warning that it will soon be turned into Gaza

There are many, many recent moments that I'd like to see all the people professing to be deeply outraged by Bob Vylan comment on. From columnists & politicians to the Chief Rabbi. (Perhaps they have but I can't find any...)
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...

"Two Tier Keir"

Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it. Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

Not true.

I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Screenshot of a daily Mail Headline

What do we think?🤔

Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.

Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!

So, what’s going on here?

Let’s take a look!👀

🧵

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The Israeli govt says:

“There is no hunger in Gaza”

UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment

Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?

Starmer and Badenoch will never out-farage Farage. Surely they've learned this by now.

Because Farage is the only one telling a story.

Might not be to your taste, as a liberal Blue Sky-er, but it's a story.

Merry old England, mustard cords, by jingo blah blah.../9

Hibernian were sensational. Straight to the point on a weekend were things could so wrong. Fortunately they wrong for them and not us!

Here we are enjoying a record that spans 150 years. Please enjoy it everyone. One hundred. And fifty years.

That is 4,730,400,000 seconds 😂

PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

LIVE: Fox presenters’ souls leave their body as they’re forced to finally tell the truth about tariffs.

Here, the story a small business making products for kids with special needs. Its tariff bill has gone from $26,000 to $346,000. Fatal.

A fate Fox deserves for months of tariff disinformation.

Gazan detainees tell BBC of torture by IDF and Israel Prison Service Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.

Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks - Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention www.bbc.com/news/article...

Absolutely superb. This is the best non OF unbeaten run this century. Our best since the 40’s.
Interestingly, it never feels ‘that great’ when you are in it. I am trying hard to properly enjoy it because we will probably never see it again but also recent SHITE seasons linger in the mind.

Just, brilliant.

Since Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza, hundreds of children have been killed and a new siege has been blocking all humanitarian and commercial goods.

We spoke with @savechildrenuk.bsky.social's Shaima Al-Obaidi for the latest Sensemaker podcast.

Listen: lnk.to/SSSBztBS

Black and white photo of a girl smiling.

30 March 1934 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agnes Littmann, was born in Miskolc.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

A young girl sitting on a school bench, behind a table. She has a light bow in her dark hair. Her hands are folded over an open book.

27 March 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Jetty Pront, was born in Amsterdam. A daughter of Sophia and Julius.

She was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz on 27 January 1944.

No evidence welfare cuts will get more people into work, OBR says The spending watchdog’s says it was not provided with an analysis of how the reforms could boost employment

No evidence Labour welfare cuts will get more people into work, OBR says

The spending watchdog’s says it was not provided with an analysis of how the reforms could boost employment

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right | Justine McCarthy The fighter won’t be Irish president any time soon, but the Trumpocracy seems to think it can shift the country’s politics by endorsing him, writes Irish journalist Justine McCarthy

A reminder that Conor McGregor has been found liable for rape in a civil case - and is facing another civil trial for an alleged sexual assault.

He's being welcomed into the White House with open arms.

Lower-income households set to be £500 poorer after chancellor's spring statement - thinktank Living standards are on track to fall over the next five years for the poorest half of households - with the fall on a scale only exceeded by the early 1990s recession and the 2008 financial crisis an...

Living standards are on track to fall over the next five years for the poorest half of households - with fall on a scale only exceeded by early 1990s recession & 2008 financial crisis according to Resolution Foundation's analysis of Wednesday's spring statement
news.sky.com/story/lower-...

A boy in sailor's like outfit photographed against the background of leaves.

27 March 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Tamas Robert Engelmann, was born in Kalocsa. During the war he lived in Baja.

In July 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Rally: Tax the Super-Rich

I'm talking at this tomorrow at 17:45, central London outside the Treasury:

Tell the UK Chancellor to Tax the Super-Rich

secure.waronwant.org/page/167449/...

YouTube video by Garys Economics Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them?

Labour want to come on Gary’s Economics, should I let them?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQI...