Guy Stallard

Normally when someone is this deluded, you'd ask them to name the president to see how far they're really gone

Well

Left: President Trump, "Try finding wind farms in China, there aren't too many of them"

Right: There are 10,066 wind farms in China (operating, announced, construction, and pre-construction)

Not yet! It also has to be said that progress comes in fits and starts - she’s still very scared of lots of things, including wide open spaces

#SophiefromRomania had her most sociable day yet - after surprising us by hanging out with our lunch guests she submitted to a tummy rub in the evening when local friends came round

The NYT had a report yesterday that he and advisers badly miscalculated Iran’s response. But I do believe the overarching aim of this term is to smash everything down so it can be rebuilt in the image of his Far Right backers,

Macron: “i do not believe that profound changes of regime or political systems can be achieved solely through bombardments.

“However, if the objective is to neutralise ballistic capabilities or a navy, that can be done within a matter of weeks.”

during the oil/gas crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraime it was striking how some right-wingers tried to gaslight the public into believing the *biggest* problem with their soaring bills (at the time) was green levies rather than the oil/gas price going through the roof

Brexit made me special

@rolandmcs.bsky.social was this intended by Farage/Johnson as a win

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.

Still, I'm sure Izzy and Ticey had a great weekend cooing sweet nothings and racism into each other's ears as the bombs dropped nearby.

This is an incredible book.

Good call, time to revisit it

Tim Marshall highlighted this in Prisoners of Geography

One for you @rolandmcs.bsky.social

NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, hostess, said when interviewed “moi is superbe at holding les fêtes. Moi greets moi’s guests avec les barky barkies (très cordialement), moi’s conversation is très proper fascinante et moi lets them pat moi. Moi expects to be written about in Tatler et Le Gardien.”

This is utterly amazing she has come so far

Very much so from Trump

NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, football watcher, said when interviewed “ moi is triste about Chelsea doing le winny winny mais Wrexham proper rocks”.

NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, girl with Welsh roots, said when interviewed “moi did l’early wakey wakies as moi was excited about le match entre Wrexham et Chelsea. Mes parents told moi le match was plus tard. Moi is très proper bon at doing le sleepy bobos. Moi decided to do more sleepy bobos.”

Sophie dog on a sit down strike

“There is a cat in there and I’m not moving,” #sophiefromromania announced

Never go full Ministry of Truth

Time for a change: British Columbia decides to keep daylight saving time permanently Most residents of Canadian province wanted change for years – Trump’s unneighbourly rhetoric helped seal the deal

this sounds like absolute chaos: BC will be on the same time all year round (that's fine) but also individual "municipalities" will be able to decide not to and will continue to put the clocks forward and back. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The competence issue matters because what is at stake here is not, as many commentators claim and, no doubt, some political activists and voters hope, that Labour need to respond to the by-election defeat with a ‘lurch to the left’. Setting an immigration policy which is fair, rational, and consonant with economic and demographic needs is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. Operating an efficient and humane asylum process is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. Making a clear distinction between immigration and asylum policies is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. To think otherwise is to cede the idea that these are somehow ‘extreme’ propositions and that the policies of virtually zero immigration, mass deportation, and the near-total rejection of asylum seekers advocated by Reform and others are the ‘norm’ or ‘moderate’.

As @chrisgrey.bsky.social says, rejecting Mahmood's plans would not be a "lurch to the left" but simply about restoring a basic level of (economic, political and administrative) competence.

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/real...

Wow in case you missed this @samfr.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social @rolandmcs.bsky.social @columnist.bsky.social

Yep. Vast numbers of refugees created by this madness. None of them will get anywhere near Israel or the USA. We (Europe) will bear all the costs, every penny. And Trump whines about us not paying our way!

Stephen Fry: “I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism”

Laura Kuenssberg: “You would use that word?”

Stephen Fry: “Oh absolutely. It’s a cult of power; and power only speaks to power”

#bbclaurak

The UAE has struck a desalination plant in Iran in response to Iran’s attack on its own plant, Israeli media reports. If confirmed it would be the first strike by UAE on Iran.

If critical water infrastructure is now considered a target, the suffering is going to be immense.

Some personal news...

Iran basically declaring war against the middle east region.

How long before the declaration is reciprocated?