Nicole

18 years here. Have more knowledge of the region than you. Never thought it couldn’t erupt hence why I’ve been arguing against all those people who just want to attack Iran. Been here 18 yrs it’s my home. But thank you so much for your concern

Honestly the bitterness towards Uk citizens in Dubai is disgusting. Left and right . FUCK you all

Ok this is getting more regular now that night has fallen. Very loud booms

Not in Dubai. Abu Dhabi

Yeah Abu Dhabi has the base so I’m sure worse but crap it’s a bit real now. Not sure if the Boom was shooting something down or a sonic boom by fighter jets

Ok getting a bit scary now. Sat at a golf club and here a jet (s) scrambling I think and then a pretty large boom above our heads

Shelter in place issued by UK embassy

#dubai

LOL

Look at his face! 🐶

Can’t believe I am grateful and need to thank Elon Musk

Its doubly galling because Starmer and Labour have (and not without reason) spent years insisting Reform curious voters should be respected and taken seriously. Then with the Greens they're all "LOL you've been taken in by those nutters, U morons, don't be daft." Its playground level ignorance.

Had a similar exchange at a Reform UK rally in Lincolnshire last spring making a podcast. "I'm waiting for my husband... You'll need to speak to my husband about that..."

This brilliant

Slava Ukraine

Some European leaders starting to use Bluesky! Why not ours? @uklabour.bsky.social

Hooray for more European national leaders posting on bluesky!

Oh I’m so sorry, I had no idea that the feels had left this earth. Super cute new addition tho!

Great piece

These same right wingers hopping accounts wanting an illegal war in Iran are the ones that will never let labour live down our involvement in an illegal war in Iraq! Yet most of them supported it at the time. Fuckety Fuckers fuck off… says me in Dubai hoping the booms are fireworks

Doesn’t look great for Blair’s policies there? I don’t get it, the economy was growing? Any ideas. I get since the financial crisis but this is from 97

Yet again all the right wing accounts howling on Twitter about Starmer’s stance on allowing the US to use RAF bases to bomb Iran is not reflected in the views of the British public… at all. That site is so unrepresentative @yougov.co.uk

Again, it feels insane how little attention is being paid to this. The build up to Iraq was months long, in the open, full public debate. This stuff is currently below Toy Story 5 on the BBC website.

Trumps tariffs ruled illegal by Supreme Court!

BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.

BBC Breaking News! Andrew Mountbatten- Windsor arrested for suspicion of misconduct in public office

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

And I agree about Amazon but if taxes on Amazon were lower here they wouldn’t be offshoring profits to countries like Ireland.

Why does the Republic of Ireland have so much surplus cash? The Republic of Ireland is predicted to have a €65.2bn (£56.3bn) budget surplus by 2027.

It’s not just the payout from Apple. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not sure I agree with this. We have the lowest taxes on median workers for a very long time (not enough for the services we want) and there is some argument for lower taxes on companies. Ireland ran a huge surplus and was literally handing out goodies to citizens last year

Interesting view in the FT. What do you think? Will it work?

That’s because it’s on BBC4 not channel 4 :) Was on yesterday I think