Dermot O’Riordan

“You need to vote for us to stop Reform” is hardly going to work as a campaign slogan when you won’t even criticize a Tory MP proposing things more extreme than Reform (or Enoch Powell, or the BNP), and won’t stand up for the families such proposals threaten.

That’s a real shame. I’d pay a reasonable price for an Apple Watch version

You must have reached a threshold of popularity to trigger them. I get obvious bot accounts following me but, thus far, not spamming me

Cow-berg

No pun intended?! 😏

It’s fine. Not as “timeless” nor as classy as Swiss railways clock
But I’m biased as have one on my wall

Is that different to the large flocks of, similar looking, parakeets spread all over London?

And why does it need to be measured twice a year?!

Sounds like a he’s of one mind with @dreadships.bsky.social on the beauty of naval vessels.
Bonkers stuff

Starmer: “Controlling migration is a reasonable goal- but if you throw bricks and smash up private property that is thuggery…if you incite violence that’s criminal…if you graffiti on a Chinese takeaway telling them to go home, that’s not pride that’s racism.”

I always try for a right hand side window seat if flying into LHR

What an amazing and dignified man. Outrageous what he has to deal with. And it’s probably even worse for many others who aren’t in his position

That’s stunning. Where is it kept?

Why have the faces of others in this photo been blurred by the BBC? Genuine question

And 9-1=2!!

Alt-Text game pretty evenly tied between @dreadships.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social

Have done exactly that. It’s exhausting that they come back every blooming year. That ballot paper with a ridiculous number of candidates would otherwise be unmanageable. Shame it’s come to this as I’m mildly uncomfortable with having to vote for the organisation’s preferred candidates

More traditional swanning around

Researcher Trump cited to warn about Tylenol says pregnant women can still use it

Even author of study used by Trump to warn about Tylenol said pregnant women should still consider the medication

In my mind the verb “to swan” involves movement. Lovely pic, either way, however you describe it

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

Sadly, I have less faith in the great British public. Labour making such a hash of things they’re not giving people who feel that they and the country are not doing great any reason not to give chancer like Farage a try. Which would be a disaster but non-negligible chance of happening

Was mesmerised by the dancing. Hadn’t seen this clip before. And yes, the tailored suit looked amazing

We're not racist, we just happily went to the racism march, organised by Britain's top racist, and if prodded will very quickly say racist things informed by our extremely racist world view. But you gotta believe me, we're not racist.

This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise

I'm sick and tired of the whole, we have to "understand" them "we have to appeal to them". No, we need to confront and challenge them. This isn't about class or economic circumstances now. It's about racists controlling the narrative and everyone else pretending they aren't what they are, racists 3/

Are majority of population racist, of course not. Most actually support immigration and providing asylum, or just don't care, but we have reached a stage where racists are treated as the norm and told "there there it's okay to be racist". We need to call them out and stop apologising for them. 4/

The whole team – from the cleaners to the consultants – are dominated by migrants and the children of migrants. Many people out there know this of the NHS, but until you see it for yourself, it remains a kind of abstract statement.

If the UK started 'sending 'em home', the NHS would literally stop.

I don't think Peter Mandelson is PM's biggest problem. The biggest problem is not standing up to the literal violent racism on our streets, supercharged by the richest man in the world, and threatening the very fabric of our society. If he and so many commentators can't see this, we're truly lost.

Am a recent convert to genuine pleasure that is the Harwich-Hoek v H ferry. By “driver unaccompanied” are you referring to the many articulated trucks that are loaded on board with no cab/driver? Have these gone up?