Full solidarity with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt - at absolute minimum the EU needs to activate a blocking statute NOW to protect her and others like her.

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post to yell at the poors to quit whining and work harder.

PETER HITCHENS: The truth about 'saintly' Ukraine is now clear. So let’s be rational rather than emotional about ending this terrible war. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

There has been a most British story in Tunbridge Wells over the last week. Last weekend, the entire town had its running water shut off. We were told a bad batch of chemicals had been delivered to the water treatment facility and there would be no water for a few hours while a

Ending the right to a jury trial for thousands of cases will ‘destroy the criminal bar’ lawyers say bit.ly/4ps8krR also I hadn’t realised the automatic right to appeal a conviction is to be ended - it will need court approval in future

Belgium is a convenient whipping boy in this. The truth is (Politico fails to explain) that De Wever asked for months that other EU members share the financial/legal risks of the "frozen assets as collateral" plan. They refused, again and again. This is all of Europe's doing.

Police state in process

So far Starmer’s assisted suicide bill has circumvented: —The electorate (nothing in manifesto) —Ministers (banned from speaking) —Experts (excluded by Commons committee) —MPs (urged to vote yes so Lords could fix it) —Now Lords (told they are filibustering if they scrutinise)?

Onshore wind applications are becoming corporate land grabs where turbines are thrown up just to claim taxpayer-funded constraint payments. No grid capacity, no community support, no local benefit. That’s why we’re saying #NoMoreOnshore

King Charles condemns "Russian aggression?" But doesn't condemn his Paedophile brother. His Paedophile Uncle, vast Asian rape gangs in the UK? The priorities of the British elites are clear for all to see.

Thatcherism has failed They wanted deregulation and less tax, they got it They wanted public services privatised, they got it And here we are 40 yrs later… - Working families in poverty - Public services in disarray and more expensive Turns out the market doesn’t know best

The real reason Spain is trying to exclude Israel from Eurovision: (Image correction)

Freeport’s reality.

Reluctant as I am to engage with Thatcherite ideologues on this site, this isnt "how the world works". In fact 1945 -1979 the bottom 50 percent had 25% of the 'wealth' and the top 1% had 6%. The idea was to improve from there, not get worse. x.com/DanielPriestle…

Funny that

Sitting in a car making weird wee preachy videos, raging about the lies they unquestionably believe because they've bought into a toxic ideology that doesn't promote rational independent thought. Sorry Bardell but that particular role's already been filled 🤭