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The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass. As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.

Shame used to be a thing. "The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass. As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Inject that uber-woke net-zeroist rejoinerism straight into my veins

I'm taking a punt here but going with the guy who appointed someone nicknamed the "Prince of Darkness" claiming he had no idea that he was a wrong un' and they should all move on and support him regardless.

Oh for a time when PMs weren't spineless nerks and took responsibility for their actions.

A Labour MP tells The House’s Sienna Rodgers McSweeney’s resignation will mean “full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism”.

Which sounds good to me, but is also very telling of the beliefs of the faction McSweeney championed.

Did you know… 🤔

#OnThisDay 100 years ago, William Bateson, first director of the John Innes Horticultural Institution, died on 8th February 1926.

Bateson was an important, sometimes controversial figure in the history of genetics. He coined the word “genetics” and Mendel’s theory of heredity 🧬

Uhm, I don't know how to break this to some people, but using a betting site as a gauge for who could be the next PM is about one step above using the paper fortune tellers we made at school to say who liked who.

Labour's structural position is bad (terrible inheritance etc + unwillingness to grasp certain nettles) but has been hugely damaged by an obsession with winning over people who will never vote for them, based on a misread of the 2024 election

A post by Roxane Gay that discredits Trump's claims that a "staffer" posted the racist photo of the Obamas.

Truth.

"It's been an honour working with Morgan McSweeney for many years," Keir Starmer says. "He turned our party around after one of its worst ever defeats and played a central role running our election campaign. It is largely thanks to his dedication, loyalty and leadership that we won a landslide majority and have the chance to change the country. "Having worked closely with Morgan in opposition and in government, I have seen every day his commitment to the Labour Party and to our country. Our party and I owe him a debt of gratitude, and I thank him for his service."

Right Prime Minister, this is an opportunity to dig us out of a hole for you appointing someone nicknamed "The Prince of Darkness", make it clear that you totally disavow McSweeney and blame him.

Gotcha.

How is Starmer so bad at this?

A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.

Francesca Lollobrigida: Francesca Lollobrigida ha vissuto sin qui una stagione ampiamente al di sotto delle aspettative nel percorso di avvicinamento verso i Giochi Olimpici di

My body wasn't responding. I was scared, I cried, I thought to quit sport"

Italy's speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida, who won gold today at the Winter Olympics, suffered for months for the effects of a viral infection, possibly mononucleosis

www.oasport.it/2026/01/fran...

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

Sort of extraordinary that there is only one obvious precedent for a prime minister winning a landslide election victory and then seeming like toast just two years later … and it’s the election *immediately* before this one.

I think on this occasion just an accurate reflection of a dynamic that should never have existed, tbf.

Yes! I was just discussing this with my autistic daughter recently: small talk is making friendly noises to humans.

We autistic people tend to get caught up in the content (do I answer honestly to “how are you doing?” etc.) and feel pressure—and viewing it instead as a script to be performed helps.

Reform’s former Deputy Leader of Worcestershire County Council Councillor David Taylor resigned from the party live on BBC Politics Midlands.

Family Of ICE Agents Explain How They Really Feel About Their Relative's Job

Time to warm up.

Labour made a very deliberate choice to abandon progressives in favour of chasing Reform voters by pushing their ever more hostile and divisive policies attacking marginalised groups, including migrants, trans and non-binary individuals and disabled individuals. That wasn't on the previous lot. 3/

One of Labour's many, many problems is that despite some of their supporters shouting about how they have only been in power for x amount of time, it is the things they are doing in power which are losing them support more than the things they aren't. That's not on the previous government. 2/

The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.

Swansea woman wrapped in wedding dress in body-in-suitcase murder When the body of an unknown woman is found in a suitcase, forensics step in to solve the mystery.

The Reach-ification of BBC News: top story this morning is this report on a murder from 2009, newly published with a garish headline just to promote a true crime series on iPlayer.

If you wanted to design an organisation to kill journalism, you would create something very much like Reach.

Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.

When they say he has let his boss down, I guess they mean Mandelson.

don't buy sad-face McSweeney upset that he's "let his boss down".
The last most cynical operator that infiltrated Downing St. was Mandelson.
Letting him go "on his own terms", missing the opportunity to sack him, will be the final act of sad weakness by Starmer, a historically doomed Prime Minister

Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

It speaks to a commentator (and commentariat) desperate for psychodrama.

Olympic committee: New transgender policy consensus reached across sports A proposed new consensus between sports leaders across the globe about gender policy would be a first uniform criteria.

Major problem the IOC face here is that banning trans athletes doesn't "protect" anyone. We have already seen GCs hound cis women athletes because they didn't look "feminine" enough. Not to mention how much evidence shows trans athletes don't have an advantage.
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...

YouTube video by Undeniable: The Planetary Emergency Network So Bill Gates is a climate denier now?

My how the doom flies! Another week, another episode of our #DoomScrollPatrol podcast! Hottest year in 125,000 years and Bill Gates is hopping on the denial/delay train of doom? What? youtu.be/6UWS3E76f1k?...

Trump, You Ignorant Fool I’m a climate scientist, you’re a halfwit insurrectionist, and cold weather still happens on an overheating planet

Trump still thinks cold weather means climate change is a "hoax." Here's my response...
substack.com/@climatehuma...