Entropy Increases

With friends like these: Britain's quiet hand in the Iran campaign - AOAV Britain has not fired a shot at Iran. But its bases, its jets and its diplomatic cover have made America's campaign possible.

Starmer spoke a lawyer's truth. Britain, he said, had agreed to a “specific and limited defensive purpose”. It’s a formulation that sounds modest until one recalls that America’s stated objective is the destruction of Iran’s capacity to launch further ballistic missiles. @iainoverton.bsky.social

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

One of the funniest things to come out of this are the brits who won’t leave Dubai even as it’s being bombed. One influencer adjacent guy went on a live stream on his balcony and said he’d rather be killed by Iran than go back to Wigan

What they’re basically saying is that Starmer and the UK isn’t allowed to operate an even moderately independent foreign policy outside of the United States. That is both ahistoric, wrong and weird for people who constantly tell us how sovereignty is what matters most.

One of the worst massacres I can remember

Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social Wonderful slip by Rachel Reeves in her statement to the Commons. The 'changes We promised' morphed into the 'promises we changed. 12:43 PM Mar 3, 2026 Everybody can reply

Rare bit of [unintentional] honesty from the Labour Party

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

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Gas and oil prices soar and shares tumble as crucial shipping lane threatened Markets react as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies and concerns grow over how long it will last.

The economic consequences of Donald Trump are not proving to be very impressive
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An infographic titled "The Chemistry of Mulled Wine" explores key chemical compounds in holiday ingredients. It features a central wine bottle surrounded by seven panels. Each panel identifies an ingredient, a key chemical, a molecular structure, and a brief description. Featured pairings include: orange (limonene), lemon (citric acid), sugar (sucrose), wine (ethanol), cloves (eugenol), nutmeg (sabinene), and cinnamon (cinnamaldehyde) for aroma and flavour profiles.

It's #NationalMulledWineDay (no, I don't know why it's in March of all months), so here's a look at some of the key chemicals in this warming drink's components: www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/16/m...

#ChemSky 🧪

YouTube video by Iain Overton So it's war again, my boys

"From the Gulf’s boiling sand
To the thin red parliamentary stand,
It’s profit painted as a noble plan.
So it’s war again, my boys."

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TRUMP SKEWERS KEIR Dithering Starmer is pandering to Muslim voters by not joining my Iran blitz, slams Trump as war of words escalates Harry Cole, Editor-at-Large

Speaking to The Sun, Mr Trump said: "It's very sad to see that the relationship is obviously not what it was." Asked about accusations that Sir Keir is pandering to Muslim voters for political reasons, the President said "it could be." Just days after Labour's defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election that saw accusations of religious bloc voting, the President added the embattled PM "has go his own difficulties." "The people of the UK, who I have a great relationship with, who I love, are sorry to hear it also... I don't get it. But you know what? I just... I wish him a lot of luck." Speaking of Britain, Mr Trump said: "It's also not such a recognisable country. I mean, you look at what happened over the last period of time and it's very different.

Note here that this isn’t Trump accusing the British government of anything. This is the Sun telling Trump that Sir Keir is pandering to a particular ethnic group and inviting him to agree.

Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour X.com This from Speaker Johnson seems now to be an official US administration explanation for why it went to war. Rubio has also said the US had to act preemptively to prevent US casualties. Israel was going to attack regardless so the US would then become a target. Netanyahu told Fox News this allegation was ridiculous, and Trump made his own decisions. Iran was rebuilding its nuclear program. He said "This is going to be a quick and decisive action, and we're going to create the conditions first for the Iranian people to get control of their destiny to form their own democratically elected government." So regime change. an objective ruled out by Hegseth. Day 4 and Operation Epic Muddle as to why the US went to war continues. Josh Rogin • @joshrogin .9h Speaker Johnson after receiving a classified Iran briefing says essentially that Israel dragged Trump into the war by threatening to attack Iran: "Israel was determined to act in the...

Netanyahu does not have magical Hebrew-beams that he uses to ensorcel and compel US officials, and it’s wrong and dangerous to pretend otherwise. By all accounts, he personally is charmless and repellent. Nobody has forced the Trumpers to do anything they didn’t want to do here.

Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options | Rafael Behr None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Sorry, no: these excuses are open to people who made some effort to resist and speak against America’s insane wars, against the increasingly open fascism and racism, against its genocide, against Trump himself. These excuses are not available for Sir Keir, who has tried to play along throughout.

Extraordinary crowds as a mass funeral procession begins in Minab, Iran for the 165 school girls & teachers killed in the US/Israeli school strike on Saturday.

Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is now baked in.

(🎥 Alireza Akbari)

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.

Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.

Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.

These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?

Does anyone really believe that?

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

We have listened to the voters of Gorton and decided to do the opposite of what they want.

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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

Ellie Chowns asks the PM if he'll publish the legal advice the govt received on the initial US/Israel attack on Iran.

Keir Starmer says no, he won't.

Paul Mason * @paulmasonnews • 3h He's a joke y "UK Politics UK © @PolitlsUK • 3h WATCH: Zack Polanski says Keir Starmer is dragging the UK into "another illegal war" "We must immediately withdraw permission for the US to use UK bases... we need to think about our own national security"

I’d love to laugh at Paul and say “LOL well let’s see what the public thinks about this!”, but the grim truth here is that it doesn’t matter what the public think. Narrowly in favour, overwhelmingly against: we will get the same shit regardless, because no part of this is up for debate.

This government would sell your children to US tech companies if Trump and Thiel told them to

Wild to say this after years of carnage in Gaza and bombing a school in Iran

This is Gus, Duke, and Owen. Owen is blind, but that does not stop him from enjoying some quality TV time with his friends. 12/10 for all (IG: crittersbykate)

When your media outlet broadcasts provable falsehoods to a worldwide audience without challenge, you are engaging in propaganda.

$300 million mistake

That's the same cost as 25,000 Head Start slots

Look forward to the war coming home in your wallet, really soon.

Three US fighter jets ‘mistakenly' shot down over Kuwait CENTCOM says three fighter jets 'mistakenly shot down'. Kuwait investigating cause of incident.

CENTCOM says three fighter jets 'mistakenly shot down'. Kuwait investigating cause of incident.

I’m going to have to turn my phone off for a while here before I give myself PTSD. I’m not sure I can remember anything worse or more dangerous than this, and all of it because the US president, personally, is a demented imbecile.

Do I understand correctly that after shooting down three of our own planes and murdering 50 schoolgirls, our Secretary of De- excuse me, War, bragged about there being no rules of engagement?