Then they should rule the 11 plus exams are cruel too. Educational system in the North needs complete reform.

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Can’t see this government lasting much longer, and you will get Farage PM to finish off what he started with Brexit.

Growth forecast for 2026 (%):

🇲🇹3.8
🇵🇱3.5
🇱🇹3.0
🇭🇷2.9
🇧🇬2.7
🇨🇾2.6
🇸🇪2.6
🇸🇮2.4
🇭🇺2.3
🇪🇸2.3
🇬🇷2.2
🇵🇹2.2
🇩🇰2.1
🇪🇪2.1
🇨🇿1.9
🇱🇺1.9
🇱🇻1.7
🇪🇺1.4
🇳🇱1.3
🇩🇪1.2
🇧🇪1.1
🇷🇴1.1
🇸🇰1.0
🇦🇹0.9
🇫🇮0.9
🇫🇷0.9
🇮🇹0.8
🇮🇪0.2

Autumn #ECForecast → link.europa.eu/chqHjN

Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

5 dead in Dundalk crash. What is the point of Ireland’s Road Safety Authority? Another quango overseeing worsening conditions they are supposed to improve. Well paid, well connected and well pensioned people ticking boxes. @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

Yes but that’s been the excuse not to fund @irishdefenceforces.bsky.social

This is what the brilliant but brutal @infiniteguff.com believes I resemble: A hairy, grumpy, gloomy, four-fingered preacher of doom. If you've read For & Against a United Ireland & like it, you can vote for (or against) it in the @irishbookawards.bsky.social: www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/for-...

It’s weird when NI plays England, both the National anthems are God Save the King. It’s a bit Fr Ted.

More illegal fly tipping resulting in fears of toxic waste run off into the nearby River Cherwell, near Kidlington
An organised crime group is suspected.

The tip is estimated by the BBC to be 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high appeared in the span of 1 month.

apple.news/AKuooST2hSp6...

Any data on curtailed wind farm energy?

Imagine ireland was invaded again and allies offered only non lethal support. Why do we expect so much more from others than we can give?

I would laugh my head off of NI played a match in Dublin.

Staunch unionists: from sneering at Irish roads and economy to sneering at democratically elected head of state.

Angry old man angry with everyone

On the facts: the Jan 6 Committee found Trump the “central cause” of the insurrection; aides’ testimony backs it. Panorama’s substance aligned; the cut removing his lone “peacefully” was an editorial error, not defamation. 11/12

www.congress.gov/117/chrg/CHR...

New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths: 'Our current safeguards are not enough' "This report paints a clear picture."

New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths 🐋

NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Irish government is paralysed, at least @leovaradkartd.bsky.social recognised the economic potential green tech offered Ireland and Europe but then very little. Solutions exist, off the shelf but they are gathering dust

Would-be Reform candidate was jailed for involvement in £14m drug gang Martin Shipton An Independent councillor who is chairman of a football club and says he wants to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Parliament was jailed for three and a half years for his involvement...

An Independent councillor who is chairman a football club and says he wants to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Parliament was jailed for three and a half years for his involvement in a gang that grew cannabis plants worth £14m ✍️Martin Shipton

Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro: “I ordered the militarisation of the entire country starting at 4pm by land, sea, and air.”

7/ Why is Trump bothering to intimidate the BBC with the threat of a €1 billion libel suit?

Because the BBC has a very large audience in the US, where it is trusted considerably more than all major US news brands.

Truthful reporting is anathema to autocrats.

President Michael D Higgins leaves Áras an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President) today after 14 years as President of Ireland (1/2)! 💚

Why can't the BBC just be more impartial towards President Trump, like GB News, says Nigel Farage.

GB News:

The words that spring to mind when I think of Michael D. Higgins: erudite, intellectual, dignified, inclusive, sincere, fervent, jovial, moral.

We have been so very fortunate to have him. Go raibh míle maith agat, Michael D, you have done us proud.

A graphic showing Paul Givan and text saying: PAUL GIVAN NO CONFIDENCE VOTE 58% of MLAS VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN GIVAN But because Unionists voted against it, it does not pass 47 voted no confidence in Givan (People Before Profit, Alliance, SDLP & Sinn Féin) 33 voted against the motion (DUP, UUP & TUV) THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY

Certain cross-community & minority protections were understandable in 1998, but for votes like this now it just stunts democracy

To remind you, Paul Givan unilaterally decided to order schools in NI to discriminate against trans kids because he couldn't be bothered waiting for the Equality Commission. Then he went on a trip to Israel.

The three pillars of the UK: BBC NHS and the Post Office. All under threat. By the English

Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.

He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.

The President’s term of office ends at midnight.

⁦‪@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social

I’m fed up with Labour politicians feeling they have to cosplay the far right. By all means, let’s have a serious debate about migration, but without dehumanizing migrants, or uttering facile soundbites. 😡