Ian Thompson

KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge as demand soars Wingstop, Burger King, and others have walked away from an industry commitment to avoid using fast-growing chickens

Never felt better about being vegetarian. The monstrous practices of these companies should shock the consciences of everyone.

KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was young, my story would be very different

TV representation like having a deaf character in Peppa Pig is vital, writes National Deaf Children's Society CEO George Crockford.

YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take Mark Kermode reviews Melania

My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥

“It’s like somebody making a documentary in which Eva Braun feels sad about war while Hitler invades Poland”

This is not a movie review, this is an act of resistance......

You’d prefer Nigel Farage and the repeal of the Employment Rights Bill, fewer welfare benefits, and support for Putin?

The Labour Party is passing impactful legislation whilst walking an economic tightrope. Pissing it all away with factional infighting is classic Labour.

These misogynistic posts are depressingly horrible

Revolution Bars to enter administration with 2,200 jobs at risk The pub and bar group has blamed government policy for its issues as it searches for a buyer.

Revolution Bars to enter administration with 2,200 jobs at risk - all blamed on Rachel Reeves, with no mention of company debt, younger people drinking less, etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage We don’t always agree with the US government and in this case we certainly don’t. These tariffs will hurt us. If Greenland is vulnerable to malign influences, then have another look at Diego Garcia. Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey Trump is targeting us for standing with our allies, and the best you can do is ‘we’ll agree to disagree’? Pathetic. You can always count on Farage to bootlick for Trump rather than stand up for Britain.

No mention in The Times of the £3.5 billion debt that Morrisons is managing - easier to blame it all on Rachel Reeves

“What the hell kind of Christian is this guy anyway?”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

What happens when you ask teenage girls what they want in parks?
They tell you.
They ask for places to sit together, to feel safe but not watched, to be active without competition and to connect with nature.

They are not unrealistic. They are just not usually asked.

Always ask.
#MakeSpaceForGirls

Eurasia Group | The Top Risks of 2026

top risks 2026 is officially out

after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:

Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..

Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...

Five - for the final?

#Strictly

The judges never take the scoring seriously in the Strictly final. It’s there last day at school, there votes don’t count and they don’t care

'Analytics history' - there is so much to write about and share The history of football analytics often focuses on expected goals and the 21st century, but decade after decade through the 20th century brought insight

There are far too many interesting football analytics papers that I want to read. From the 1980s. And from before that, if they were actually accessible.

This is the blog I've rewritten the most, and is still so short of doing the subject justice.

www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/analytics-hi...

A heavenly cheese merits a good cracker or bread, but there’s adding quince, honey, chutney, etc, just spoils the cheese

But do people in UK want poorer schools and hospitals, reduced defence and lower pensions?

WaterAid has launched the driest Christmas dinner ever - a dehydrated festive feast with shrivelled-up favourites like turkey and stuffing, but missing one vital ingredient - water. It’s a powerful reminder that nearly 1 in 10 people lack clean water close to home. Everything starts with water.

Ah well, no holidays in New York or Disney

#F***Trump #USA

Well done Iceland, BBC please stop being spineless

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

Spineless response by BBC

COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.

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These are our six campaign pledges - the things we will do next year if we manage to add 1,000 new members. They were chosen by our readers because they’re things we believe will make Manchester better.

Share them and join the campaign 🙏

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I watched him play once and his close control at speed and ability to wrong-step defenders was unbelievable

Ben Houchen says no to a tourism tax for Teeside, turning down potential income of £1
#whovisitsteesside

It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs