A lot of the policies that are supposedly only supported by ‘the far left’ were centrist policies 10 or 20 years ago. Don’t tell us we’re militant leftists for wanting functioning public services. We hold the middle ground.

“Things Can Only Get Better” by D:Ream is drowning out Rishi Sunak’s speech calling a general election.

The collapse of the Conservatives is a combination of their biggest achievement, Brexit, turning out to be a disaster built on lies, and because Boris Johnson culled the party of its wisest heads to promote his sycophants, who were not fit to govern.

Iain Anderson, "I can no longer back the Conservative party because their sums don't add up any more.. There's a £12 billion gap.. And nobody can explain where that money is going to come from" "I think that Keir Starmer is absolutely right.. I know that beyond this general

WOW! Everyone should listen to this superb maiden speech from newly appointed Prisons, Parole & Probation Minister James Timpson in the House of Lords today What an absolutely inspired appointment this is👏👏👏

Excellent tips! Read to the end for the tip about the little bell.

6 Secret Ways Britain Interrogated Wartime Prisoners During WW2 (a unique thread) Throughout the Second World War, Britain employed a range of techniques to glean intelligence from POWs. Let's explore:

Wow! Yale Professor Timothy Snyder’s clinical opinion about Trump’s mental illnesses is something everyone needs to watch:

Chuffed to announce that our Independent SAGE website has been revamped and made more accessible/searchable, and generally more swish! Huge effort led by the brilliant Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social. We hope it serves as a useful resource both looking back, and forwards. independentsage.org

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Trump guts the Aviation Safety Committee and this accident happens. Trump gutted the NSC Pandemic Unit and COVID happened. Coincidences? I think not. Trump shouldn’t be in office. He has terrible judgement, leadership and decisions making abilities!

Some in Germany were awake

President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather — but not in his life or what he achieved in it. No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass. 1. Thread or whatever

Something you might want to consider reading… washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Paid maternity leave around the world

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ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Nathan Gill wasn’t some outsider, he moved with Farage from UKIP to the Brexit Party and then Reform UK. When a man that close to the core admits to 8 counts of bribery linked to Russia, it’s not a footnote, it’s a pattern. Silence isn’t journalism.

Have you ever wondered what it was actually like to land on the beaches of Normandy in 1944? Ken Ward, a German Jew now fighting for Britain, landed with his squadron on Gold Beach on 7 June 1944, D-Day+1: (🧵)