Yiannis

True, but let's be honest, it's not because of the EU, we very much voted for that (again, and again...)

Which countries have been strong armed into joining NATO? Please list below

Also, the idea that Russia was worried about NATO expansion is for the birds. They just didn't want Ukraine to join the EU, that's their red line, the idea that countries might look to an alternative that isn't a feudal gangsterland.

How do you oppose the expansion of a voluntary defensive alliance? Countries have to apply, of their own accord. And I say this as someone who does believe we need an alternative (militarised) European structure to replace NATO.

Beautiful discourse for a Sunday, instant classic

The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.

Comment says "this may be the worst thing that has happened to Charlie's Kirk this year."

Laurence Fox wrote a song about Charlie Kirk, and this is the only comment on it.

Great piece, love how he lives his politics by actually doing stuff in his community rather than pointless social media gestures.

I wanna know how he managed the cork

Yeah that's the one. Seemed very out of line with his usual positions on this stuff.

"His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse."

BREAKING

Prince Andrew will no longer be a Prince of the United Kingdom.

In an extraordinary move, Buckingham Palace has announced that the King is stripping him of that style.

Presumably, he will now be known as Andrew Windsor.

The Palace also stated he has been ordered to leave Royal Lodge.

Tell you what, Rory Stewart having a go at Ed Milliband over net zero wasn't on my bingo card.

Missed it at the time when that meme about "something about yuor job normal people don't know" so here we go:

Trade publications very often have much higher journalistic standards than your average national politics desk.

First decent argument for a wealth tax I've seen tbh

I mean... LOL, but would also 100% watch

All relatives that aren't cousins are uncles and aunties. As are the neighbours, and the village oldies too. It's how it is.

This is one of the few proper anglo-protestant / ROW divides. Insignificant in many ways but it's funny because she'd be referred to as aunt in Greece as well for instance, and something I had to explain to my partner when we visited my family back home.

"war is bad, so it should stop. Vote for me"

I wish people who talk this kind of nonsense would skip the foreplay and just say how they envision this ending if we stop supporting Ukraine and how that would benefit anyone but their own bizarro version of "anti-imperialism"

I let me curiosity win and watched this word salad take, and now so must you

Obviously elections are won by appealing to people who would never, ever vote for you. Or, even better, people who don't really exist but did in the 70s.

Catching up with Mamdani's endless bag of ingenious tricks, like "not being a fucking freak" and "liking the place I seek to govern and the people likely to vote for me". One has to wonder if he's missing a trick by not hopelesslycampaigning to win over people who despise him instead?

This is obviously a bullshit story, but given I've seen a few on Bell lately, looks like someone has it out for him?

Every time I see a clip of Mandani I'm taken back by this genius trick that he's come up with: "talking like a normal person". Amazing what it can do for your comms when you don't sound like a weird automaton.

It's quite painful isn't it

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire . ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .

Mood

Car designers, I beg you: just because a car is electric, it doesn't need to look like an electric shaver. Other aesthetics are available.

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

Please... In the Balkans everyone can bribe politicians, here it's only reserved for corporations, the very rich and foreign oligarchs, we are not the same

They genuinely don't know what it says, bloody hell