One thing I'm struggling with is that I've seen images in the Epstein files that unambiguously show men abusing children and not a single one of those men has been arrested. How can the FBI get away with ignoring this?

This is good because McSweeney is clearly a total snide, but also because, yet again, Starmer is not making the decision, underlining his lack of agency. Which means he can't stay in post much longer either

Breaking:

The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics.

Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Being reported by several sources now as being between LFC & Chelsea. I don't know him but want us to finally beat Chelsea to a target

The veteran broadcast journalist Michael Crick, who had been highly critical of how the party had conducted itself over the preceding two years when selecting candidates, responded with palpable anger and disbelief to the spate of last-minute resignations and rushed-through selections. Railing against a process effectively run by a 'ruling group around Morgan MoSweeney;

Crick commented that it will go down, I think, as one of the most disgraceful episodes in modern Labour Party history... Traditionally, 'm a Labour right-winger. I regard myself as a bit ofa Blairite. I won't be voting Labour in this election??

Everyone knows very well that Crick is correct and that this entire thing was a cruel, idiotic shitshow that could not possibly have succeeded without 100% media complicity. And yet again: nobody can now speak openly about this without incriminating themselves, their colleagues and their bosses.

National March For Palestine End the genocide Hands off Gaza Stop arming Israel 12 noon Saturday 31 January Russell Sq to Whitehall

UNISON stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

We will push for Israel to be held to account for its crimes — and organise to end our government’s complicity in them.

Join us tomorrow. I’ll be speaking at the end of the march ⬇️🇵🇸

Anybody who accepts to serve on the board with Netanyahu, confirms they have absolutely no respect for international law and no interest in peace. The whole thing should be dead in the water now

But how will he find time outside of his principal role as chief advocate for Israeli football hooligans?

Interesting use of the word "cancellation", even more interesting burying the why of all this right at the bottom of the article: This MP is the vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel and visited since the genocide began.

Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial.

I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.

Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.

This looks to me like a special “If a Libyan militiaman you’ve been allowing and maybe helping to travel back and forth to a warzone then blows up a lot of children at a concert in Manchester, a two-line excuse will prevent any further official scrutiny of your actions” exemption.

We may be doomed, but so are Labour

New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.

🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.

🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.

54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.

Read the full results here.

Riiiight. But didn't he think he should separate himself from friendship with Epstein even after he was convicted for child sex trafficking? And he's still not apologising for that!

Heard similar on Radio 4 this morning. Was really, really odd. Talking about accusations of fraud involving Somalis. Not sure what - at all - had to do with ICE shooting a woman did. Felt like classic 'some say it's rainy outside, others say it's sunny' faux impartiality • kevruth.bsky.social @kevruth... • 1h Why's BBC R6 news explicitly highlighting ethnicity of local Minneapolis councillor talking about woman shot by ICE? Can't see any reason his Somali heritage is relevant. Same time repeats trump lies re 'self-defence' despite footage showing otherwise. Another eg @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

They always gave the position of the people in power, no matter how ludicrous it might have been, counterposed against people saying what’s actually happening. This just looks especially bad now, because the people in power are so very obviously malignant liars and fascists.

Coote given 9 months SUSPENDED SENTENCE for making indecent images of children.

English law is a JOKE.

The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.

The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base

Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent

There we go. That there’s a headline.

An apology from John Rentoul 'My sympathy goes to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in the attacks' Saturday 14 November 2015 10:59 GMT I wrote a post on Twitter last night that I regret, and for which I apologise. I suggested that Jeremy Corbyn might say that France had brought the Paris attacks on itself. I ought to know the danger of spending too much time on Twitter, and I make no excuses. I apologise without reservation to Mr Corbyn, to my colleagues and to readers. It was a stupid and offensive thing to say, especially at that time, and I am mortified by it. My sympathy goes to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in the attacks.

@JohnRentoul I have deleted a tweet from yesterday which said the claim that England denied Scotland PPE was untrue. After the Scottish govt’s clinical director said it was “rubbish”, some evidence emerged that suppliers were saying it 2:09 PM · Apr 15, 2020

JohnRentoul tweet Aug 6 2021 A personal apology to @Jon_Trickett. Please retweet. The apology is an image with text "On 7 May I published a tweet about Jon Trickett MP which described him as “A Labour MP – a Labour MP – who thinks it’s clever to use a slogan implying support for murdering police officers”. I based this on a tweet in which Mr Trickett used the ‘Kill the Bill’ slogan. I accept that Mr Trickett was not condoning violence against police officers and that he was using this phrase to reference his opposition to the Police and Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. I accept that my tweet was wrong and I sincerely apologise for the distress and upset that my tweet has caused Mr Trickett.

a screenshot from Decker vs Dracula - master codebreaker Kington (Gregg Turkington) looks satisfied as a Breaking News VNN caption reads "Dracula Neutralized"

I can help you out with that John mate

Business Insider The Richest MPs based on income Aug 3rd 2017

#6 John Redwood £196,097.19p.a #7 Was Jacob Rees-Mogg, btw

Huh, curious

the darvo government

'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood

'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting

'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves

'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson

Sam Altman speed running a preventable global mental health crisis while melting the planet and setting up financial markets for the biggest crash since 2008 demands way more coverage than it’s getting imho 🧵👇

And she's since been rewarded by Starmer with a seat in the House of Lords

The government claims it wants to stop small boats crossing the Channel, yet its new policies will make it harder for refugees to bring their spouses and children safely. This will push more women and children onto dangerous dinghies.

I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.

This is the guy who thought making asylum seekers live in a barracks in Inverness was too good for them and that they were too close to the city centre

The most incessant racist faction in British politics takes this message to be "racism works" (It has shifted politics + policy)

(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).

These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard

Wife of complete nut, Lord John Mann