Simon S

We did report yesterday that Iranian AD was reported to have shot down a US/Israeli jet. There are more reports confirming an F-15E Strike Eagle with the U.S. Air Force crashed early Wednesday during a strike mission over Southwestern Iran.
Still no confirmation which ideally is wreckage photos

Sri Lanka assumes control of Iranian navy vessel, president says, amid fears it could become latest US submarine target
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First Draft: 🤬 Is This the Worst-Run War in US History? Trump and his administration are improvising a major conflict in the Middle East, as Democrats keep winning in the 2026 redistricting war that is immensely backfiring on the GOP.

“privately, Trump has voiced extreme unease about how the rising American body count “looks,” and few officials close to him believe he has tolerance for a protracted quagmire, sources with knowledge of the matter tell me” - Swin for Zeteo’s First Draft morning newsletter. Have you subscribed yet?

Nigel Farage has positioned himself as the person who would lick Donald Trump's butthole the most.

Donald Trump is the most hated foreign politician in the UK (except for Netanyahu).

Do you really want to be the USA's slave?

If not DONT VOTE REFORM.

Well would you look at that

Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him “PT Barnum.” This is how Z responds.

Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje

Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".

Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.

There's no reason for Iran to attack NATO nation Turkey—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it.

There's no reason for Iran to attack a UK base in Cyprus—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it.

Now Azerbaijan has been attacked. Iran denies involvement.

I think this is Israel.

"The decision of the Netanyahu gov to act, drove America to act - as a supporter of Israel, I still find that very troubling".

Senator @markwarner.bsky.social says the US pursued "a war of choice" in Iran, and Trump can't expect allies to "to fall in line".

Stephen Miller, American psycho The Minnesota bloodbath was all his idea. For now, he’s safely in the White House – but one day he could make a very useful scapegoat

The Minnesota bloodbath was all his idea. For now, he’s safely in the White House – but one day he could make a very useful scapegoat

✏️ Nicky Woolf

BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on Iran and the Middle East

He says he will not give in to 'pressure' and will 'stand firm' in his principles

Starmer also insisted he 'stands by' the decision not to join the initial US strikes

It is clear now, when people like Richard Tice complain that immigrants to the UK are scroungers who don't want to contribute to the economy, he is talking from personal experience - of his girlfriend - Isabel Oakeshott.

Tories have got a hard on for war with Iran, thank goodness they are are not in power.

When #Farage says "free at the point of delivery", can we all agree that it's a euphemism?

What it actually means is this: #NHS funded by public money and delivered by private companies.

It also means people who can afford it will need to buy insurance, with public money taking up the shortfall.

Via Politico Influence today: "Reform UK [has] banked a further £3m donation from billionaire crypto investor Christopher Harborne.

"[It] comes after the former Conservative donor handed Team Farage a whopping £9m in November last year — the largest-ever cash donation in British political history."

``` 12m 12.10 GMT Mahmood: Hard right government would not be restrained by 'values like ours' The home secretary says that without “restoring order to our borders,” Labour will allow a populist right-wing government to seize the narrative. She says: “When fearful people turn inwards, their vision of this country narrows and their patriotism turns into something smaller, something darker. And ethnonationalism emerges. The idea of a Greater Britain gives way to the lure of a little England and other voices. Voices to the far-right take hold. If the left does not secure our borders, the hard right will be given the chance to try, and they will not be restrained by values like ours. In a thinly-veiled attack on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, Mahmood warns that “they will pull up the drawbridge, those who have been here for decades legally with settled status will suddenly hear a knock on the door one night, bundled into the back of a van … and deported from this country that they have made their home”. She then criticises Green party leader Zack Polanski for being “on the beaches of France, helping migrants on to small boats”. ```

So Darth Mahmood's pitch is actually:

'We have to be rather nasty to immigrants and asylum seekers, so as to prevent the Tories and Reform from being much nastier'.

Excuse me while I go and vomit.

@darrenpjones.bsky.social @torstenbell.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social

Can I refer you to Ben Wallace and his band of merry Tories. Pick-pocketing the tax payer to fund Brexit. This should read - Britains embarrassed by Tory policy decisions.

#PoliticsLive
If Kemi Badenoch and Ben Spencer were in charge, British soldiers would be coming back in body bags.
Utterly irresponsible codswallop coming from the Tories.

Government isn't responsible for the delays at check in at Muscat Airport which meant the pilot had exceeded his hours and couldn't fly

I've come to the conclusion that Kemi Badenoch thinks being in opposition means you have to oppose everything the Government does. There are times, like now, when the opposition has to grit its teeth and give the Government support, especially where national security is involved.

Kemi Badenoch says the point of having nuclear weapons is that you must use them before they are used against you? No. The point of having NWs is that they deter other nuclear powers from using them against you. Fundamental. Robinson fails to point this out. #r4today

Farage: "We want to scrap postal voting except for people who genuinely need it."

"Didn't you vote by post at the last election?" Nigel

Farage: "I did yeah.." 🤦
#UKPolitics

Badenoch thinks the UK should have shot down the archer who fired at the bases that we’ve placed in other countries. Problem is we don’t know where the drone fired at our Cyprus base comes from #R4Today

There was a time when all political parties, regardless of policy or ideology, respected International Law. What Bedenoch has done this week is show that she and her party of left-over Tories, have no respect for International Law, no respect for international commitments or international courts.

Starmer has the power to tackle the right wing media who whip up hatred.

Starmer has the power to speed up the asylum processing system.

Instead he prefers to mimic Reform.

And it should always be a last resort within a legal framework and with a UN mandate whereas Badenoch would do it on a whim.

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.