James on Jersey

Putting this together was actually a HUGE amount of fun.

Feel free to share it - here or on whatever platform and with whichever friend or family member you think would enjoy our vibe and the gorgeous community we have become.

Now we just need those cows to start jumping over the moon again and we'll be sorted 🫖🇬🇧

Shouldn't you have tagged @sturdyalex.bsky.social to at least allow him a right of reply? The fellow is a highly intelligent analyst of European politics and all round good bloke who never shys away from a good discussion.

I understand that Britbox can be accessed internationally. It delivers a "best of" from ITV and the Beeb.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

No one eviscerates the Tangerine TACO like Lawrence O’Donnell.

I'd add to this the paucity of talent on the right. Sure, they can really talk the talk but rarely can they ever walk the walk and then without much grace.

I do hope you've established a Spanish drum ensemble called "El grupo del hombre azul" in your new home

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• Re your article (Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform, 3 May), the insistence of this Labour government on responding to the perceived threat of Reform by aping it on the issues where it is strong is utterly mind-boggling. I don't think any electable party will be more anti-immigration than Reform. The portion of the electorate for whom immigration is the one issue they care about won't be persuaded to vote Labour by it pledging to reduce asylum applications from international students. It's a ludicrous idea and, at best, only serves to reduce the distinction between the two parties. In reality, Reform is weak on almost every conceivable area: the economy, the NHS, Donald Trump, Brexit... the list of vulnerabilities is almost without limit. Yet the government chooses to engage on the only ground on which Reform is sure-footed. It's utterly bizarre. How is a party with five MPs, fewer than 800 local councillors and no actual policies allowed to dictate the agenda in this way? Richard Repper Frome, Somerset

V good letter in The Guardian on Labour’s flailing hopelessness in the face of Reform.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.

On the upside, if he's over there he's not over here...

Thanks, I must have misread it

Insightful analysis of the impending conclave. Hopeful too.

Nice to see the good guys show their heads every so often

There’s a lot of people fighting for freedom against authoritarians and dictators all over the world. It’s easy to lose sight of them. In Tbilisi, Georgia, protesters are out on the street for the 143rd night as they fight against an election stolen by a Putin-backed party.

Wonderful writing and a harrowing story. An unexpected LOL moment woke my wife so now I'm in trouble...

Happy bday, I turn 55 tomorrow and have similar questions. I shall have to visit my local ancestral site, the Faldouet Domen.

Quite shocking for HM Opposition to take the side of a foreign gov't, over their own parliamentary colleagues being detained and turned away by Israel.

A most basic test of loyalty and solidarity, yet the Tories somehow managed to fail it.

Cries of "shame". Quite right. ~AA

hmm, our biggest import from the US is pharmaceutical drugs, do we have British/European alternatives? If so, bring it on, if not, erm....

I think everyone has known this for about 8 years now.

But many Americans don't seem to care.

A good question with fascinating comments that really highlights the huge difference between this place and Twitter.

Imagine how different the comments would be were the same question posted on Twitter.

Is she related to Jeff Goldblum?

They should go ahead and get this implemented straight away.

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?

Like if you do
RP if you really do

Trump, the self-styled 'master negotiator', has removed any leverage for Putin to come to the table. The only possible conclusions are either/some combination of a) he's actually a terrible negotiator b) he's indifferent to what happens to Ukraine c) he wants Russia to win.

Trump treads fine line between striking a deal and blackmailing Ukraine Donald Trump has paused US military aid to Ukraine, days after his very public row with its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Its not treading a fine line. Its outright blackmail

news.sky.com/story/trump-...

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...