Alice Woolley

Morning Star attacks Starmer for slavish backing of Trump. Daily Mail attacks Starmer for not supporting Trump.

I’d say he’s got it, bang on!

Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

Putin gets:

High oil prices,
Loosening of sanctions,
An EU that's weaker politically and economically,
An Iranian client state that's even more dependent on him,
A US military rapidly depleting its smart munitions,
A global surge in anti-Americanism.

Quite a haul. Even Israel can't match it.

This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.

Listening to this is two minutes well-spent.

ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

Britain is in a deep structural economic hole thanks to austerity, Brexit and global shocks that is nearly impossible to get out of. It is rather unfair to expect government to reverse those long-term drags on national prosperity, but it needs to start explaining to voters why we are where we are.

I tend to keep quiet about The Wire because I could never understand what was going on even though I’m practically half American 🤭

@michaelspicer.bsky.social has a brilliant take on this type of programme:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjnm...

President Trump has expressed his disagreement with our decision not to get involved in the initial strikes, but it is my duty to judge what is in Britain’s national interest. That is what I have done, and I stand by it.”

Go Keir
Stay strong

#iranwar

"We are not neutral. We are supportive to Iran." - Andrei Kelin, Russian ambassador to the UK.

Kelin is one of the harshest mouthpieces of Russia's confrontation with the West. Kelin never speaks by his own accord, he transmits the Kremlin's position.

Mick Lynch defending the PM and even Gove backing the PM decisions 😳😳
Jeez maybe I was too hard on myself saying EVERYONE seems to be a bit mad.
Maybe there is hope.
Maybe.

I hate agreeing with Zack Polanski, who has very odd views about a lot of things. But he is right about this

Might take that one to the hairdresser for my next cut

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

www.ft.com/content/ac77...

‘If Trump were purposefully doing Russia’s bidding, it is hard to see what he would be doing differently’. A 48-minute speech worth hearing #Epstein #Russia #Trump

Donald Tusk » @donaldtusk • 3h The war in the Middle East continues and chaos is spreading. Oil prices are going up. Washington may lift sanctions on Russian oil. Who is the real winner here?

There is almost no difference between the UK and French positions on Iran. But Macron's approach has been broadly accepted by French media and the opposition - except for the extreme left. The parallel with the UK is interesting.

Your Brexit made us irrelevant
Your Brexit ensured our isolation.
Your Premiership bought shame to our nation. Breaking international law and moral and ethical corruption.

This PM is giving us back our dignity, relevance and integrity.

Shame on you, you lying, putrid, bag of piss.

Beautifully put!

So, Johnson, Farage, Badenoch, the Telegraph… howl about the UK being “an irrelevance on the world stage”.
Remind me again who decided to isolate us with a strategically and economically idiotic Brexit, relying on a trade deal with the US to save us from exactly the kind of weakness they now bemoan.

Any journalists who have leads on Farage in any shape or form, please pass them to John Sweeney for his book.
#JournoSky

<chuckles> cc @adamcsharp.bsky.social

Trump has all the money, all the power, all the attention, and all the bombs in the world.

But were he to live for a thousand years, he'd never have this.

And it must eat him up.

How absolutely excellent, tra la!

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Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’ Head of government-commissioned review says adult social care is held together by ‘sticking plasters and glue’ England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. Louise Casey said the country faced a “moment of reckoning” over its failure to effectively and fairly meet the needs of Britain’s ageing population and rising numbers of people with chronic conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. Continue reading...

Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’

This is a great article and got too little attention when it first came out. @propublica.org is doing amazing work.