Joanna Whitehead

Prince Andrew to be completely dismantled by 2026 so he's just a glass jar of spare buttons. Buckingham Palace have confirmed the jar will be kept in a cupboard at Sandringham and will only be taken out for special occasions such as Remembrance Day and fixing Camilla's favourite cardigan.

it is not possible to have fewer than 30 you’re all full of horse shit I am being lied to and gaslit

didn't her lot just misspell "Britain" all over their merch?

(They did) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A Pink-footed Goose walking across short green grass, caught mid-step with its head turned slightly to the side. Its pale belly contrasts with darker brown head and barred grey back, while its bright pink legs and feet stand out vividly

Oh! A Pink-footed Goose is waddling through your feed. How very silly. 💗

The museum’s floor has a gradual slope. Our displays reference life and death. There are mannequins.

A simple, haunting poetry in this information from a medical musuem website.

The PPE scandal is far from over | Good Law Project The Tory VIP lane was a high road to cronyism, says Henry Marsh.

Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.

Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4

Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.

And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

BBC News - Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Women’s Market, Liverpool, 1989s-90s, photo by Tom Wood.

President Trump said that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. nyti.ms/3W2Jz8p

Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds

I'm tired www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.

100,000 trans people & allies march through London without threatening or making anyone feel like it is a no-go area.

Media: crickets.

100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.

Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.

The Times following its US sister paper with "transgender ammunition", one of the most ridiculous things I have seen yet out of these people.

Another brilliant piece by @erininthemorning.com whose work you should absolutely follow and support

We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.

"To call for 'continuing his work' or to praise how he 'practiced politics' is to erase what that work actually was: a relentless campaign of hate directed at LGBTQ+ people, racial and ethnic minorities, and anyone who refused to fall in line"👈 www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-no...

Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.

But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.

"The Outright International report said that rises in discrimination against minorities had come hand in hand with growing authoritarianism: 'In 2024, as in previous years, LGBTIQ communities and other marginalised groups were among the first casualties of these anti-democratic attacks.'"

Dutch parliament votes to criminalize gay conversion therapy Therapy practices meant to “cure” homosexuality are set to become punishable by law. A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, voted in favor of a bill by D66 and the VV...

Dutch parliament votes to criminalize gay conversion therapy

Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings Lords amend planning bill to include protections for wild animals, including bird-safe glass and swift bricks Hedgehog highways and bird-safe glass could become requirements for all new buildings as members of the House of Lords push through amendments to the government’s planning bill. This may cause a headache for ministers, who have tried to avoid burdening developers with laws on nature measures such as “swift bricks”. The new Lords amendments include mandated provision for these nesting boxes, which campaigners say are crucial for the survival of the threatened species. Continue reading...

Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

This poet didn't know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them

Tyneside native Rowan McCabe went door to door around the UK to write personalised poems for the people he met.

Loved writing about the incredible work of the team behind Medical Detection Dogs for @theipaper.com - a small charity doing big things 🐕🐩🦮🐕‍🦺🐶

"We will police the streets and not the tweets" says Nigel Farage, who previously demanded the police arrest a comedian for making a joke about him

The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Kemi Badenoch’s ‘free speech’ conservatives have banned Byline Times from their party conference despite Badenoch’s repeated commitment to “fight” for free speech and a free press

The common denominator in every place where birth rates are dropping is women’s increased access to education.

a big mistake we made was computers *should* be refrigerator sized and live in special basements, not ride along in everyone's pocket like an evil Jiminy Cricket

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

This is such a marvellous idea borne from a tragedy. £25 for a life inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...