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Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow.

Read the full story below. 🖇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

I made this point in the other place. MOTD always talk 100% of the time about the opposition. Same against Liverpool

Ishould begin with an apology. Last month, I described Robert Jenrick as “the most shameless man in parliament”. His office complained at the time, but I was stubborn and refused to back down. Well, it’s never too late to say you were wrong. Robert Jenrick is not simply the most shameless man in parliament. He is the most shameless man in Britain, the most shameless man on Earth. Quite possibly the most shameless man in history. It is not simply that Jenrick has no shame. He is like a black hole for shame, sucking in the embarrassment of people around him. Which will be quite handy in his new party, Reform. Nothing became Jenrick’s time in the Conservative Party so much as the leaving of it. For years he had eased his way up the greasy pole, switching positions when necessary, a heating-seeking missile for whichever pose could help him advance, poster boy for the importance of self-belief over ability or integrity. And finally he was undone because he forgot to pick something up off a

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

Why is @economist.com regurgitating articles from May 2025?

Great BBC stat: Port Vale now off the hook for most league places between FA Cup giant and their killer (117 V 108). Even better is that the last non-league side to eliminate the holders was in 1909... and it was Crystal Palace. They beat Wolves, who won the 1908 final at... The Crystal Palace

The wrong score

Excellent bit of journalism to avoid mentioning that there are now 12 more private schools than there were in 2024.

It's interesting that Russia withdrew all of its personnel from Venezuela exactly 14 days before Trump's invasion. China didn't withdraw their personnel. Cuba didn't withdraw theirs. Just Russia.

It is almost as if someone called Putin to warn him what's up as part of a quid pro quo.

Not almost.

This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...

I did hope that @fesshole.bsky.social would be 100k followers for the new year, but Christmas miracles didn't happen and it's only 99.9k

Game in 3 acts: injured Esteve 0-2; so good and the better team for 70 mins; £100m subs v Ashley Barnes

Strong performance but eff me you won’t get 2 easier chances in the PL than the 2 we missed. Worry is that if we can’t win that one when will we win? Hopefully on Tuesday but there’s a big gap now. At least we’ve stopped the rot

It is and it is not

Tresor at 6

The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier' Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations

In part 2 of my @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation, I reveal how the 'BBC bias' memo - written by a Trump-aligned lobbyist whose firm was paid up to a million by pro-Trump donor tech giants - was politically biased and reliant on pro-Trump partisan sources bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...

Even I thought this was one of mine!

That’ll buff out no problem

🔊 'Just the sheer volume, right? I mean, 15 billion exposures to paid scam attempts every day just on Meta's platforms. It’s a lot.' On the Reuters World News podcast listen as we discuss a Reuters Special Report on how Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads reut.rs/47EM8mI

Ask a stupid question…

You know why people aren't having kids?

Its stuff like this really

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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I remember Burnley Blackpool being a running battle, nothing good natured or harmless

🚨 These are not even the worst, but cant show ones reported to the police.

The far right think they’re winning. They’re wrong!

We are the firewall. Join my fight against the far right. ✊🏾

Are you with us, or with them? #ButlerBlocks

Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems.

Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.

A key attack line in the next few years coming from Trump/MAGA and Reform is that university teachers (lecturers/professors) are poisoning the minds of young people, brainwashing them into leftist thinking. Make no mistake, this is a pretext to defund the sector. 1/n

It never ceases to amaze me how few people understand the laws. Easy to scream corruption but the reality is this league is brutally hard