Emma-Jane

Never fails to amaze. Mass delusions

From YouGov

15-18% of Britons reckon they could score a penalty against an England goalkeeper, 7% think they could take a point off Serena Williams, 2% believe they could win a bout against a sumo wrestler.

There has got to be a way that every 40 + woman can download ‘Give me HRT’ / ‘Seeing Red’ and tear-up the hit parade, crash Spotify and all roar it together! Riot Women #RiotWomen

The world's richest man funding the far right in the UK? Via FT

@theguardian.com

"I would go as far to say he was the architect."

Emily and Jon on their revelation that Tony Blair has been a pivotal player in the Gaza peace plan - much to the chagrin of civil servants.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey!

From YouGov

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

Well #sophiefromromania ran further and faster than she ever has before but she still couldn’t catch a dog called Bibi..

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

Israel refused to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya in the recent prisoner swap, labeling him “dangerous” — though he did nothing but serve as a devoted pediatrician. Even after surviving an assassination attempt, he kept treating Gaza’s children until the moment of his arrest.

You forget Mr. President / imbecile you were still president on January 6th and therefore responsible for your secret squirrel FBI agents secreted on Pennsylvania Avenue

Aid starts entering Gaza as preparation begins for captive swap Ceasefire deal stipulates that 400 trucks will enter the strip daily

Aid trucks have begun to arrive in #Gaza, as #UN agencies prepare to dramatically scale up deliveries as part of a ceasefire deal which stipulates that 400 trucks will enter the strip daily

www.middleeasteye.net/news/aid-sta...

…

The inimitable Diane Keaton - R.I.P

Come on Vicky it’ll be just fine #Strictly

Francesca P. Albanese United Nations Special Rapporteur “The lack of pressure on Israel to release the thousands of Palestinian hostages says a lot about what Peace that lays ahead, for the Palestinians. There cannot be peace without justice, human rights and dignity of ALL. Palestinian lives matter

magnificent orator, a true democratic socialist, a statesmen, a good man and the best prime minister we never had. A must and perfect listen - you will cry and feel Lewis’s starstruck admiration #NeilKinnock

A magnificent orator, a true democratic socialist, a statesmen, a good man and the best prime minister we never had. A must and perfect listen - you will cry. #NeilKinnock 🌹

Private Eye saying the unsayable

These are the names and faces of the 254 Journalists Killed in #Gaza

@jasonhickel.bsky.social ‘Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for’

White House Accuses Nobel Committee Of Playing Politics After Trump Bid Fails The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

when a 79-year-old man whines about not winning a prize, you know there's something wrong with him

www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

Great that Israel has agreed to allow in the aid it wasn't blocking.

Israel has given the green light to the United Nations to begin delivering aid into Gaza on Sunday, according to The Associated Press

That’ll be a no Mr. President

Trans activists vandalise FiLiA feminist conference in Brighton The Bash Back action group said it vandalised a Brighton conference venue ahead of the event.

Wes Streeting condemns intimidation, & vandalism at Women’s rights FiLia conference

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Farage will 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 be defeated through practical achievements people can see - cutting waiting times, building houses...

We need articulate politicians to expose Reform to the light.”

Neil Kinnock on how Labour keeps Reform out of government.

Craven, timorous, weak little man.

#Trump on #NobelPrize: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

This map of Palestine was issued by National Geographic in 1947.

We need a new word for stupid

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.