Prof. Robert Pape:
"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".
Keir Starmer refused in the Commons yesterday to agree to a parliamentary vote on UK military action over Iran.
He said this “convention” applies only to “offensive” not “defensive” use of force. 😂
"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again".
Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means.
Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down.
news.sky.com/story/greens...
"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
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This is an attack on our fundamental rights, and another divisive, scapegoating policy that tears at our communities and solves nothing. It must be reversed.
Everyone deserves the chance to settle, rebuild and put down roots, not face a life in limbo.
https://bit.ly/4rIVW7P
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
02.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 13237 🔁 4223 💬 130 📌 163Your 3-minute guide to today’s asylum policy changes
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🎥The Economic Consequences of War in Iran.
My first data dive on the extraordinary events in the Gulf.
On chokepoints, oil/gas giants and the reason a drone strike on a plant most people have never heard of thousands of miles away could plunge Europe back into energy crisis
youtu.be/KRaNainwk5k?...
The government's consultation on children's online safety - including social media, AI, and phones in schools - has now opened:
gov.uk/government/c...
I encourage children and young people, their parents and carers, and anyone with an interest in young people's wellbeing, to take part.
Anyone here fancy getting a team together for our social club #ncfc themed quiz night?
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Due to drone attacks by Iran, UK media are now covering RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus, from where the RAF conducted over 600 spy flights for Israel during its genocide.
Analysis last year by Prof Des Freedman found no MSM investigations into Akrotiri.
www.declassifieduk.org/uk-media-are...
DOES ANYONE know whether the correct termi- nology is 'World War Three' or 'Third World War', or are both acceptable? A quick reply would be appreciated as I work in insurance and need to make sure the 'Claim Rejected' letters are word perfect. Steve Crouch, Peterborough
From @vizcomic.bsky.social
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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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'US-Israeli air strikes killed at least 85 people at a girls’ school in southern Iran, Iran's judiciary said.' - France24
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@doubledown.news
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Denied! #ncfc
28.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Booked Gibbs for complaining to the linesman that he was prevented from taking a quick throw-in. Then gave Ali Ahmed offside, when he was clearly onside by about two yards. Clueless. #ncfc
28.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That win is so massive you can see it from space. #ncfc
28.02.2026 14:44 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Here we go again.
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Hilarious that I got sent this meme by someone on Bluesky, forwarded it to some ministers, and now it’s in The Times
Don’t let anyone tell you Bluesky doesn’t have influence ✌️
Sad news about Rob Grant. RIP.
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Football Collectors' Fair at The Forum.🔰
A must for any football fan, whatever team you support. Sunday, 22nd March. 10am - 4pm in The Atrium.
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On the Stall City 🟨🟩 #NCFC
Maybe.
27.02.2026 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Actually, that's better than I expected. A six-week gap puts him back in the squad with about four games still to play. #ncfc
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Apologies to all of Hannah's customers!
Something exciting is happening. Be a part of it ⤵️
"I really want to encourage more people from backgrounds like mine to get into a system that has always shut us out."
Hannah Spencer MP: plumber, plasterer, parliamentarian
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Labour know if they can't win, they'd rather Reform win.
Why? Because they'd rather have the odious Goodwin in WM than a sharp, articulate working class woman like Hannah Spencer.
Hannah reminds them of what they once were - the voice of the working class.
That voice has been silenced by Starmer.
Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,
Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?
I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...
