John Lydon

There's something deeply undignified about this

G’wan lad!

Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

Warrington: Reform councillor defects to Conservatives John Roddy says he was told the area's financial issues were

He's not alone. The former Reform councillor below wanted support from the party with what should have been an open goal against local Labour and was effectively ignored. (Warrington's attempts at 'commercialisation' have failed miserably).

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

America is Disintegrating Because of a Dangerously Mentally-Disturbed President This was Predictable and Preventable—Indeed, We Predicted It and Tried to Prevent It

America is Disintegrating Because of a Dangerously Mentally-Disturbed President
bandyxlee.substack.com/p/america-is...

as a constant-yet-fluctuating disaster, which for most people mostly happens in the news, but if you work in a related field it's changed everything, and at any time the effects can randomly devastate someone you know or somewhere you live,

this presidential administration is weirdly like COVID

OK, the Gorton and Denton by-election, I have some thoughts!

Let's take a look at some of the FACTS and burst a few of the more ridiculous takes doing the rounds

But first up, can we acknowledge just what bad losers Reform are?!🤣

Right, let's get started...

🧵 1/

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

The thing which worries me the most is this.

What is the point at which the US and Israel will consider that they have achieved their goals?

They have already established overwhelming military superiority, and can stop Iran's nuclear programme at will. 1/3

Spanish PM Sánchez on Trump's threat to end trade:

"We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and contrary to our values and interests simply because of fear of reprisals... We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional & moral strength of our country."

Am sticking with my bet that the right is reading this wrong and that the majority of voters are not at all unhappy Starmer has upset Trump by holding back from a war whose purpose and end game no-one seems able to define.

People are seen from above gathered around nearly 100 freshly dug graves awaiting the slain children to be placed in them.

Today’s child burial scene in Iran.

Horror.

(📸 Ary Jeay)

MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says Ipsa cites rising abuse and constituency workloads as reasons for above-inflation increase of 5% from April

MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says.

This should be accompanied by a total ban on second jobs, which in most cases is a corporate bribe. Must end all conflict of interests.

Being a MP is a full time job. MPs must act exclusively as MPs.

That's what sovereignty looks like to the international right - poodling to an American authoritarian.

This is an, err, interesting take on parliamentary democracy from the leader of a major party.

It's too defeatist to be eternally cynical about politics and politicians, but you do have to wonder in whose interests the government actually governs.

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

Even diluted, mimicking some of Reform's rhetoric and turning that into policy and legislation is not going to prevent the worst possible outcome at the next GE. If anything it makes it more likely. This isn't about hating Starmer or lies. It's about not wanting to see Farage do a Trump to the UK.

Labour has to change course or the UK can look forward to Trumpism.

@sjwrenlewis.bsky.social with the analysis:

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, drive, and ride public transportation along the low-traffic streets of Bilbao, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/h speed limit signage and road markings.

Thanks to Bilbao, the debate is shifting on urban speed limits. Once seen as radical, 30 km/h policies are now being adopted across Europe, simultaneously boosting health, safety, livability and efficiency; without crippling mobility. To the contrary, as slower traffic can often mean a faster city.🔚

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

this is what they said it would be like under socialism

I’m half a century old and I’ve been told by The Great And The Good for all of that time that Iran represents an imminent threat to my life.

It’s been 50 years guys, and I’m still not seeing any imminent threat to my existence from Iran.

New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social

"Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity"

findingspress.org/article/1575...

But if working people didn't have to give a big chunk of their money to banking, insurance, car and oil businesses just to be able to exist in society, what then? It's like you want to make Global Capital sad, Tom

And they still struggle to see how Gorton & Denton went against them.

Obscene.

Remember when parties who lost elections used to be like "This is a strong message from the electorate and we will listen and learn and change" rather than "Fuck everyone who didn't vote for us, you're all extremists trying to destroy Britain"