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Spain to Trump: "Spain opposes this catastrophe … governments are there to improve people's lives … not to worsen them .. it is absolutely unacceptable that leaders who are incapable of fulfilling this task use the smokescreen of war to mask their incompetence $ line the pockets of a select few."

Under a Reform UK government, only British citizens will be able to vote. FARAGE: Letting non-British citizens vote in UK threatens democracy

Farage and Reform are bad losers.

Their failure to secure the seat was down to the vast majority of voters roundly rejecting their hate because Gorton and Denton is a progressive place.

68% of voters in the constituency voted Green, Labour or Lib Dem.

Don't let them use lies to twist the truth.

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

THIS.

Weird game never seemed to get into second gear against a decent Burton side. One worldly, one GK error and one route one. Wonder where we would have been if Duff and Lowe had been at AP at the start of the season? Remaining games are tough to say the least #keepthefaith #playoffs #wycombewanderers

A U.S. official said American military strikes on Iran were underway.

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran?

Me neither.

Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

Thoughts are with Chris Mason at this difficult time

Hannah Spencer, newly elected MP for Gorton and Denton, said: "Because working hard used to get you something.

"But now, what does that get you?

"Instead of working for a nice life, we're working to line the pockets of billionaires."

Ahh nothing to see here but Dominic Cummings, spouting pure Putin/Kremlin propaganda, while wishing the death of British citizens.
Brexit making more sense now?

BREAKING: A wonderful speech from Green Party's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Congratulations!

We are the laughingstock of the world because of our moronic and psychotic president. Deservedly so.

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

Strange performance for must win if we want playoffs game. 1st half Henderson majestic. 2nd half 2nd place all over the pitch. Duff changes the game with subs & Lowe with one goal one assist looks like the forward we’ve been missing all season. Gonna be an interesting end to season #wycombewanderers

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Surely the case that never have so many colluded in the enrichment of one man at their own personal cost, a part of the nation that has been collectively brainwashed into believing that record-breaking corruption is the way a rich nation must be run.

People who spew anti vaccine crap should be prosecuted by their victims.

It would quickly shut them down.

UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.

"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...

It doesn’t really matter *why* Trump’s desire to destabilise & divide Europe precisely mirrors Vladimir Putin’s - whether kompromat, self-interest, naked bigotry or something else l. What matters is that Europe treats both regimes like the enemies of progress & democracy they so clearly are.

Just going to leave this here

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

The ‘good old days’ is just a euphemism for when there were less ethnically diverse people in the ‘good old UK’

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.

This is the President of United States in 2026 confirming he’s a racist. No denying it. A stain on humanity.

Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.

Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed

Starmer is an awful Prime Minister. No political nous. A Leader without followers.

Been training with club for past month. Sounds like he couldn’t get another club and we couldn’t get another winger. Be amazed if his contract is longer than end of season.

Nail on head - this is so good