Look at that baby’s little face.

Russia now making war on babies’ day care centres

#RottenToTheCore
Cowards.

The CrowdStrike Debacle is a Warning We have engineered social systems that are hyper-optimized, super efficient, but incredibly fragile. It's a mistake—and unless we fix it, we will careen toward much worse, utterly avoidable disasters.

Last year, it was CrowdStrike. This week, AWS. We are engineering critical social systems that are completely contingent on single points of failure. It’s designed fragility and it produces catastrophic risk—all because it’s marginally more efficient. We are foolishly careening toward disaster:

Yet another dismissive, party-political answer by the PM at PMQs.

The disparity between the UK's wealthiest and poorest is growing every day, with millions struggling with cost of living.

When will the PM accept that the problem in our country is inequality, not immigration?

UK Russian interference case heads to 'Europe's Supreme Court' THREE former MPs have lodged a case with “Europe’s Supreme Court”, accusing the UK Government of failing in its duty to protect elections from…

Pleased to be part of this hugely significant legal challenge. The Boris Johnson Govt first suppressed the Russia report & then refused to act on it. As evidence mounts of Putin’s hybrid warfare, it’s vital that we can be confident in the robustness of our democratic systems

🚨 PMQ's 🚨

PM: "I think four councillors in Kent have just been suspended for bringing the party into disrepute."

"I mean, that is, bringing the party into disrepute is quite something for a party whose Welsh leader accepts Russian bribes to spread Putin's propaganda."

Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane.

Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!

+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!

They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.

Must listen

158. Baroness Hale: The Supreme Court, Boris Johnson, and the ECHR - Alastair Campbell How did it feel to take on then Prime Minister Boris Johnson when Baroness Hale ruled his suspension of Parliament “unlawful”? Why does the Trump administration present such a threat to the internatio...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with former Supreme Court president Baroness Brenda Hale. The woman who ruled against Johnson shutting down Parliament she is worth hearing re law here and in the States. Worth an hour of your time

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This Government is threatening to blow our carbon budget just to fuel Heathrow’s greedy business model.

Instead it should be listening to the people who want their bills cut, their water in public hands, and their homes made safe and warm.

Far be it from me to say it’s men who are the problem, but…

A J L Partners poll of 5,000 16-40 year olds shows a widening gender divide in the UK.

Men aged 16-25:

Reform: 31%
Labour: 24%
Green: 14%

Women aged 16-25:

Labour: 27%
Green: 25%
Reform: 18%

Given where public opinion is already on 'rigged system' i suspect the impact is most likely to be on debates around the economy, wealth, inequality and big business

Under appreciated about rise of the Greens is the biggest impact is likely (at least for now) less seats they win and more how policy & political debate has to shift in response. Farage’s parties had huge impact on centre of gravity long before becoming real contenders for power

One of the worst was selling off council homes. This was supposed to create a “property owning democracy” but when homes were sold they went into the hands of private landlords or became massively unaffordable to ordinary people. Result: lower home ownership & massive housing benefit bills. #RipOff

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy What is the UK’s true debt emergency?

There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about.

While Rachel Reeves obsesses over government borrowing, 4 million people are unable to afford the basics of life without debt. That's the real debt crisis.

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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama

The Teesworks story as told by Private Eye reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama in which public money and public assets have been shockingly exploited and public trust completely eroded.

We need a full, independent investigation. 👇

Disappointed in Labour (again) but very relieved to see this scandal gathering pace when it felt like hardly anyone had noticed it on Monday. Fair play to @sundersays.bsky.social for highlighting it tirelessly.

Who will teach Trump not to behave like a baby? His state visit to the UK would have been comical if it wasn't so worrying

“Trump’s state visit to England was everything a needy child could wish for,” reflects Sheila Hancock.

Bringing up Brexit won’t save your Budget, chancellor… By now pinning the UK’s economic woes on the damage done by leaving the EU, and therefore Nigel Farage, Rachel Reeves is playing a clever game – but don’t raise your hopes that we’re on our way back i...

'In some ways, this is a quintessentially British outcome. Brexit is becoming a bit like the weather. Something we moan about with quiet, understated resignation'. www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...

Honestly, the mainstream media reaction to Zack Polanski entering the elites’ own conversation space…

…with widely-held public opinions…

…tells you everything you need to know about why our mainstream media is a closed shop, broken, and no longer fit for purpose.

#politicslive

Exclusive: Labour Anger Erupts Over Party's Response To Katie Lam Immigration Row "What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.

Senior Labour figures have expressed dismay at the Party's "cowardly" and "incompetent" response to Tory shadow minister Katie Lam calling for legal migrants to "go home".

"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.

Age of the charlatans Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that

Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that

✏️ @moisesnaim.bsky.social & Quico Toro

Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr

New from @empirepoduk

THE END OF THE BRITISH MANDATE, 1948:
The Creation of Israel & the Destruction of Palestine
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How is it taking them this long to work this out?

Are there any “moderates” left?

Difficult to understand how ‘moderate’ Conservative MPs et al can remain in the party.

The draft legislation is crackers. It would fail immediately if we stayed in the ECHR but it disappears the human rights act. if passed after that it would involve mandatory loss of ILR for up to 400,000 people + refusal of 2-3 million others, though without no credible means to identify or remove

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Prince Andrew and the political economy of privilege

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