JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

Only kids who are members of Hitler Youth.

Lol

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Essential reading before you hear Farage attempt to lecture Labour over Rayner's taxes.

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

Don’t be surprised if Trump seems particularly incoherent today. His instructions were probably clearer in the original Russian.

The best use of facial recognition cameras is for old people watching TV:
"Isn’t he the one from that film?"
"No, you’re thinking of whatsisname. But the woman is in that other thing."
"The one we don't watch?"
"No, she's younger, and this one's blonde."
"David something!”
“Who?”
“The tall one.”

I went to London today and it's unrecognisable. Gone are the cheerful Cockney chimneysweeps and flying nannies of my youth, replaced by terrifying people of different ethnicities and women wearing trousers. Roaming cannibal suffragettes. Giant bears. Tigers. Is it time for my medication?

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.

1 in 2 builders were born overseas.

1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.

1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.

1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.

1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

The UK would be screwed without them.

The guidelines for making puns about Yorkshire are decided at a top-level summat meeting.
#YorkshireDay

100%. The Israeli government is disgraceful, but the ‘no evidence’ bit and the wilful failure to acknowledge Iran’s stated goal to destroy Israel, its funding and arming of evil militias and its sponsorship of terrorism makes this post just look silly.

Fascists attack universities because the totalitarian need for control is threatened by the power of education to free the mind. Ignorance is the lubricant of obedience.

Take out Nicholas Parsons?

Elon Musk is relying on a power centralising autocrat to shield his state-supported businesses from EU rules that protect open competition and free markets.

He’s also positioned himself as an unaccountable and supreme central regulator of his own government.

This is pure projection.

Whenever Trump makes a rambling, incoherent statement it’s not necessarily because he’s suffering from dementia. It’s often because the text gets garbled in translation from the original Russian.

Nigel Farage says there's nothing wrong with Elon Musk donating to Reform UK.

Here's what he said about European born, US-based billionaire George Soros donating to UK and European human rights and pro-EU groups.

"This is an organised attempt... to undermine nation states, to undermine democracy".

photo of a car that’s being processed in photoshop. The bumper (fender) is within a crop marquee.

Looks like it’s going to be a bumper crop

Just as I thought.

Richard Tice in 2018 on George Soros' donation to UK political groups:

"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"

Richard Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK:

"If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."

Good thinking. ⬇️

Young Erwin was fond of his cat
Which was friendly and fluffy and fat
It was sealed in a box
With plenty of locks
But it also was not. Fancy that!

I now unmask you as…my father-in-law.