Karen Thompson

Or maybe he just made it up on the spot. Hard to tell. Department of State and military must be having nervous breakdowns over all the wars he seems keen to start. How do you do diplomacy under those conditions?

Honestly can't imagine what Trump is up to. He must know any attempt to throw the Gazan population out and build Maralago V2 there can't ever succeed. Even if the international condemnation doesn't finish it, the potential for ongoing terrorism and conflict there would stop any serious investment.

Yes, am a middle aged working class woman whose parents chose a popular name for in 1972. I get grumpy because I have low estrogen and I complain when I think something is wrong. Hilarious.

This is why the Tories keep getting back in and f**king things up. Because the centre and left can't bloody put the country above their own petty and ideological differences. Labour and anyone who doesn't want to see a Reform government in 2029 need to sort this out.

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

Unbelievable - this press conference is deranged. Just shocking.

@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social Why is it important the police investigate the Sun/Harry case. Because he wasn't the only victim - just the one big enough to fight back. Millie Dowler's family couldn't. Millionaire actors couldn't. It's not just about Harry.

Not forgetting @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social of course. Equally if not more brave to hang in there for this admission and apology.

Am so impressed by Prince Harry - the backlash of media poison he & his family have endured has always been obvious punishment for his actions against journalists & tabloids. He could have toed the line & walked away & most people would have given the venom unleashed & financial risk. What a man!

All this and yet all the energy is on debating whether Musk threw an offensive salute. I have to give it to them, they are absolute masters at using trolling to suck the energy away from serious scrutiny of what they are actually doing. Eye on the ball people!!!

Am depressed by yesterday's events in Washington but focussing on their outlandish language and gestures is EXACTLY what they want and doesn't help persuade people to stop supporting them. Critique what they do and don't play their distraction game. It doesn't work and you can't win it.

All the hoohaa about Neil Gaiman. And the learning point is that amiable, talented, right on men can still be sexually predatory. Most women already know this.

Hostility to home working is driven by one thing the big land/property owners fearing loss of rental income. Expect the same hostilities from the usual media outlets to the new renters bill.

I won't stop loving Good Omens because Neil Gaiman turned out to be yet another predatory man.

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

I would go further. Make internet companies operating in the UK subject to same regulations as old media. Unfair they aren't subjected to same statutory scrutiny as TV, Radio and print mediums. Enforce hard with fines based on percentage of profits/income.

If we, in the UK, don't get on board with building a while new generation of council houses, prepare for trailer parks, high homelessness and stunted social mobility.

The global rush from oligarchs, politicians and journalists to kiss Trump's orange arse is vomit inducing. More importantly it's really weird and not normal for them to do this. They didn't do it for any other US President.

Kier skewered Badenoch in #pmqs but she won't care because most people won't hear the full exchange - she got her ridiculous sound bites in and that is what will be edited and used on socials.

Dead cats and chaos. Focus less on what shit they talk/tweet and focus on what they actually do.

Well we wouldn't have had any idea if we had relied on either social workers or the NHS to tell us about it. We lost Dad in 2023 but I won't ever forget how difficult the so called "system" made it for my parents and wider family.

Time for the industry to change training to tackle this, the changing employment market and the massive inequality of access to the profession. Apprenticeships and better regional youth theatre/young people's companies supported by NPO theatres and TV/film companies should be introduced.

This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.

Had lots of visits from useless social worker whilst Mam was struggling to look after my Dad (Parkinson's and Dementia). He never once mentioned it. Was a family friend that told us about it and Dad easily qualified. System needs changing.

Thank f*** we have a decent, intelligent and professional PM right now. Really impressed with Kier this morning.

Lesson for global multi billionaires (and indeed anyone) from this whole Elon Musk episode - always have someone in your life that can tell you you are wrong, being an arsehole or ill.

Elon Musk is showing all the characteristics of a bipolar mania episode. The difference between him and any other person with a mental illness is he owns a global platform and doesn't have anyone in his life who can intervene.

And how they avoid discussing how it's about class and misogyny is telling. This has always been about treating working class girls as worthless rather than making special exceptions for particular racial groups.

I honestly believe that the UK should put all internet content accessible here under the same legislation/regulations that the TV and print media have to abide by. It's all gone far too far now.

Ok. Finally had the last straw visit to X. New Year's Resolution - get over Twitter....it died a while ago. X is like watching an evil zombie version eat sanity and reason.