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To be fair, it’s what every political party says when not in office. We said the same thing about Johnson and Sunak in successive local elections in 2022-2024.

Somerset councillor rejoins Tories after defecting to Reform Alistair Hendry, who represents Burnham-on-Sea on Somerset Council, says he "acted in haste".

What a mess 👀

"A councillor who defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives rejoined the Tories in the same week."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7955ee0v30o

Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

Well said Kurds! It would be nice if the US could just leave the world alone. Deliver on your “America First” policy and stay home. Thanks.

I’m a Brit and all I heard was “no new wars” and “America First”. I knew it BS but I did not expect him to break both promises so fast and so brazenly. Wild!

I don’t remember Trump campaigning on Americans needing to make financial sacrifices for foreign wars. bsky.app/profile/atru...

2/2. Although our unemployment numbers are going up, the numbers of those who are “economically inactive” has fallen and so the number of people in work has remained fairly static. Do you have a measure that tracks “3”?

1/2. In the UK, we have 3 different sets of data: 1) those in work; 2) those on the unemployment register: and 3) those who are “economically inactive”. This categories include those who are of working age but not seeking work because they are long term sick, stay at home parents; students; carers.

Documents in the Epstein files explain exactly what is going on - from Brexit and the toppling of Theresa May all the way through to the rise of Reform and the American funded organisations trying to destabilise *liberal* European governments, including ours.

MAGA embrace: Europe’s nationalists head to Washington Right-wing populists from across Europe are converging on the U.S. capital, where Speaker Mike Johnson is headlining a s

We don't want MAGA policies here in Europe but a growing right-wing network is trying to make it happen. That's deeply worrying.

https://www.politico.eu/article/maga-embrace-europes-nationalists-head-to-washington/

It’s the most incompetent and disgusting American administration I have lived through.

Very good overview article with data and calls to action from @Simon Rosenberg. Please read and share #trumpeconomy #iran #economy #epstein

The consequence of a national newspaper falsifying a story to destabilise government policy should be that paper no longer existing.

Is there any point having regulatory bodies is the bigger question. How much do we spend on them? What impact do they have? What good have they actually done?

Reporting on Iran: How to cover total warfare Alan and Lionel explore the challenges of reporting on fast-moving conflicts

Press regulator IPSO to the Daily Telegraph: “Tell us how you came to publish an apparently fictional story.”
Telegraph; “No, it’s confidential!”
IPSO: “Oh, ok. Sorry to bother you”.
All in this week’s Media Confidential www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...

Yeah but Obama. 🤪

Texas primary exposed GOP scheme to rig the 2026 midterms | Will Bunch Conspiracy theories, confusing rules, and right-wing judges: A Dallas voting fiasco is a 5-alarm fire for U.S. democracy.

@willbunch.bsky.social Must read on the threat to democracy that what happened in Texas represents. The president will do anything to steal this election. We can’t let it happen!!!!

It’s about time Hungary was sanctioned by other EU members.

Not sure the US can handle much more of this 'winning '.

Spain paid a heavy price for joining the Iraq war - 200 killed in the Madrid train attack in 2004. No wonder they have taken this position. They have paid their dues and more some.

Remember what happened when Spain joined the Iraq war? Nearly 200 killed in the Madrid train bomb attack in 2004. And Spain was again attacked in 2017 with the bomb in Las Ramblas, Barcelona. They have paid their dues already.

A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump? As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable – or unwilling – to speak against the US preside

Sánchez is right to stand up to Donald Trump. Europe can’t rely on him.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/pedro-sanchez-spain-european-leader-take-on-trump

Exactly - Europe can't rely on the US.

George Monbiot: "What we see here is Donald Trump acting as he always does, as a global chaos generator."

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India is not happy either. The “warship” that the US sank was part of a peacekeeping exercise organised by India. The US withdrew from the exercise last minute. The ship would have been unarmed and known as a non threat. The US therefore stands accused of the unlawful killing of its crew.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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We lost Durham council to Reform in LE2025. They have done a very bad job since. This is us winning back a seat in a ward as a result. So the message is that when people get a taste of Ref running a council they say “no, thanks”. We got hammered in a different by-election this evening to Ref, so 🙃

Awww. Short lived 😭