The United States is sending a 79-year-old man with a limited vocabulary, whose face is painted in orange pigment and hair is indescribable, to Alaska - which he thinks is in Russia - to speak with Vladimir Putin. It's being reported that he's making the trip to discuss the

🧵 On this day in 1977, Lewisham came together to batter the National Front. The Battle of Lewisham proved that when people take a stand, racists run. We need that again because the bastards are back. This is REAL working class history. This is how we beat the far right 👇🏼

Girl left unwatched by agency worker at psychiatric unit was unlawfully killed, inquest finds… In P4PP & miles away from home… *This is about individual & systemic failure & NHS commissioning✔️ **& we r paying £s for it✔️ ***Make it make sense✔️ theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

LONDON HAS FALLEN !!! On the Circle Line Tube just now when a pregnant lady gets on. A large BLACK man IMMEDIATELY gets up in a THREATENING manner and in an INTIMIDATING voice suggests to the lady that she take his seat. THIS CAN'T GO ON !!! WE ARE LOST !!!

I’ll just leave this right here.

Gavin Newsom: “You can’t work with him. You only work for him. I’m not gonna work for Donald Trump. UCLA’s not gonna sell their soul like Harvard or Brown or Penn or Columbia. Shame on all of them. We’re gonna fight like hell.”

The best Troy on film.

New RCPsych guidance on Providing Reasonable Adjustments - for mental health employers rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care…

Nearly 1 in 4 employers still don’t provide the adjustments disabled staff need. Our new guidance offers 15 practical steps to change that. Let’s build inclusive, thriving workplaces. 👉 rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care…

A nice piece in The BMJ on a very special psychiatrist, leader, educator and mentor*: Dr Suhana Ahmed bmj.com/content/390/bm… *and mum Royal College of Psychiatrists rcpsychLDN West London NHS Trust

Reform UK are defending a seat in Doncaster this Thursday. A reminder that Samuel Booth resigned because he is a farmer and didn’t have the time to do that and be a councillor. This by-election was avoidable and he should not have stood. A waste of taxpayers’ money. Another

“That’s the stuff of which revolutions are made.” Historian AN Wilson says the revelations made about Prince Andrew in a recent biography threatens the existence of the monarchy itself. @HugoRifkind

Morning People 🌹 Never forget who opened all these migrant hotels. Jenrick, the Tory Immigration Minister, was so tough on borders, he tried to book more asylum hotels! Trust Conservatives on migration? Only if you believe in fairy tales. #BBCBreakfast #r4today

After a decade of funneling billions to hotel donors you are now the brave savior? Your own policies created & profited, while small boat crossings tripled on your watch Nothing says fiscal genius like creating costly problem & then campaigning against it #bbcbreakfast #r4today

No word...#Gaza 💔

‘You don’t have a right to inherit money from mummy and daddy that you did nothing to earn.' @Lewis_Goodall suggests hiking inheritance tax to 100% in order to reduce income tax and 'incentivise work.'

Pictures of starving children in Gaza are 'fake' claims former Israeli general

I challenged this. Robustly. Do watch:

I’ve successfully prosecuted 1000s of rapists There are 35m+ “unvetted” men in UK This is a sexist/misogynistic culture 1/4 of women are raped/abused Millions of UK men rape/abuse women & girls If you’re ONLY talking about the minority that are black/brown, then you’re a racist

Columbo confronts Donald Trump about the Epstein Files