Sun and Mail publishers examine claims against journalist Dan Wootton theguardian.com/media/2023/jul…

Good old South West Water always dependable, always reliable, always crap.

Highest water bills in England, customers living under a hosepipe ban since last August and this morning dumping sewage into huge swaths of if not most of Cornwall and Devon. Ho hum.

Decent idea which is, sadly, pretty rare these days

Very clear today that Elon Musk has destroyed @Twitter as a source for breaking news. It’s a total mess. Still, good for the newspaper sites!

If you love @PrefabSprout 's classic album Steve McQueen ('Two Wheels Good' in the USA) please check out the production commentary and reminiscences by myself, Martin McAloon and Wendy Smith Wendy Smith buzzsprout.com/699262/1307652…

And still no party dares advocate the position that has the support of the plurality of the electorate.

Remarkable piece in The Times by James Marriott. Suggests I stop articulating the anger felt by millions towards Boris Johnson & client journalists who enabled him because it is proving so popular. Anyway, here's James's boss Tony Gallagher, the ex-editor of the Sun & Telegraph.

The Sun paid for a big UK poll on net-zero but forgot to report the key finding

Maybe they didn't want you to know that there's HUGE, cross-party public support for net-zero?

65% support net-zero
19% opposed
+46 net support

+23 net support (Con 2019)
+72 (Lab)
+72 (LD)

Not surprising but entitled, literally pathetic and an insult to her constituents

Interesting take on why libertarians are mostly men
mattbruenig.com/2015/10/24/why…

There is a mechanism government can use to show mercy to woman convicted today for having an abortion - it’s a royal prerogative and was last used in 2020. If you think Abortion is healthcare and not a criminal matter ask your MP to join me urging the lord chancellor to act.

The average prison sentence for a violent offence in England is 18 months. A woman who had an abortion without following correct procedures just got 28 months under an 1868 act- we need urgent reform to make safe access for all women in England, Scotland and wales a human right.

Grotesque barely covers this. What on Earth was the CPS thinking?

🌊🔥THIS IS NOT F*CKING FINE 🔥🌊
either.

Like the:
🌊🌡📈Record Sea Surface Temperatures
🌍🌡📈 Record high air temperatures
🧊➡️💧Record low sea ice extent.

All happening globally the same days.

What was quite clear to some the past 3 years, is now clear for all to see.😔

'Overall, there is almost no ice over 4 years old remaining - it now comprises just 3 percent of the total ice cover... ...contrasts starkly with the late 1980s when 30 to 35 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s ice was older than 4 years.'

End of winter update: nsidc.org/arcticseaicene…

No need for sound. This is what cocaine looks like.

🚨Robert Jenrick admitted in a Written Answer slipped out while Parliament is off for Easter that there are no legal routes to come to the UK to claim asylum, or to make a claim for asylum from abroad.
theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2023…

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data).

• about 300,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 660,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,240,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,640,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice…

It's about voter suppression and it's crude and blatant as Armando Iannucci says.

I’m genuinely not sure Trek has ever been better than we’re seeing in #Picard season 3 and I’ve been watching my entire life. Terry Matalas and crew are doing something very special here