Doods

Trump is jealous of Putin. He fancies his own bit of neocolonialism.

Sadly, the charge of intellectual incuriosity appears not to be a charge that would give Kemi Badenoch a moment’s pause.

NON STOP UPPER CASE MUST BE OLD THEN.

Still does not mitigate Bidgate’s disgraceful union-busting.

i have never been nostalgic for the past before i was born and reading history only reinforces this. running water is good. not losing children to preventable diseases is good. human beings not being property is good.

We were told Reform UK did not have the resources to investigate their Russian infiltration, but they do have for this ?
Funny old world.

Headline on The World at One just now:

"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".

Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?

Oh, a picture of King Donald on it. Just the encouragement the rest of the world needs.

No thanks. Don’t fancy paying $100 for a walk in the park.

Regards, the rest of the world.

Only America would charge you $100 for a walk in the park.

International tourists ? Trump is doing all he can to make sure they choose Canada. Or Mexico. Or anywhere else.

Best part of a Thursday morning.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Actually Sophie Okonedo. But I didn’t make it to the credits.

No idea what Adversarial Poetry is but it sounds darling.

Small print on signs at a tram park and ride hid the fact I could get clamped I followed the obvious signs but an enforcement officer had to point out a notice on the back of the entrance sign and it cost me £140

Small print on signs at a tram park and ride hid the fact I could get clamped

It would be so much better if they lost the dreadful, insipid music, and not even Juliet Stevenson can overcome the pisspoor script.

I really wish I liked this, but it is spectacularly annoying.

‘Alaric is a legend.’

OFFS!

I await The Hitchens Preferred Option with some interest.

Essentially then, the Conservative Party would only exist in the House of Lords. That will put the Party and the whole system in a very strange place.

Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news? On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press

I also write about how little the floods have been covered in national newspapers, and how appalled I am that the Prime Minister has said nothing to the people of Monmouthshire directly. Please read and share. www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...

Reform are normally part of the furniture on the Laura Kuenssberg show, but are conspicuous by their absence this weekend, and from the media rounds in general

Nothing's happened has it?

#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
#NathanGill

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

None of today’s podcasts can be arsed covering this. Not the Spectator, New Statesman, News Agents or even The Guardian. For left and right, the Johnson government being a disgraceful mess is not even information any more.

Donate to Help Dick Gaughan in seeking to retrieve his music, organized by Colin Harper This is a crowdfunding appeal to raise legal fees to test the claims b… Colin Harper needs your support for Help Dick Gaughan in seeking to retrieve his music

A reminder, the GoFindMe page is still there.

www.gofundme.com/f/aatux2

Richard Hawley calls his music “a league away from most things in any genre". Rufus Wainwright says he was “so lucky” to work with him at an impressionable age. One of Billy Bragg's most famous covers came about because of him. But have you heard of Dick Gaughan?

YouTube video by Pivot to AI Vibe nuclear — let’s use AI shortcuts on reactor safety

I've been studying nuclear energy and weapons for decades and worked on systems architecture projects for utils with heavy NRC involvement because of nuke generation assets. So this video by @davidgerard.co.uk about more tech industry madness made my eyebrows curl: youtu.be/PW9lusiwMz8?...

Everything Ronaldo does seems designed to further enhance the legacy of Lionel Messi.