Oh no!!! This is gonna disappoint a lot of twitters…

I’ve said before that the most surprising thing to me about Americans’ reaction to the Trump era has been the relative indifference to flagrant corruption. I didn’t expect it and I don’t understand it. It’s the deadliest poison they’ve injected into the Republic’s bloodstream.

Gaza: Thousands of men, women and children dead. A place in ruins. And now a ‘new Gaza’ land grab with chairman Trump delivered a corporate launch at WEF Davos. A monstrosity built on the same site of destruction and mass deaths - with Tony Blair on the “board of peace”.

A dark, dark, future lies in front of us. A future where you can receive a phone call presenting you with an ultimatum; to be killed in your car with your family or to get out and run only to be chased and killed by a drone controlled by a psychotic teenager sitting in a bunker

Israel never had the slightest intention of honouring the ceasefire.

Oh. Haven’t seen any of the right wing commentators shouting about this news…

If there is one crucial lesson to learn from Hungary, it is this: You cannot defeat an authoritarian populist with a fragmented opposition. If you want to win, you must swallow your pride and unite behind a single candidate

The soul shudders at the depravity, the inhumanity, the sheer evil of obliterating villages and structures that have stood for thousands of years.

Authoritarians always hide their darkest secrets until the moment their regime collapses. Now that Orbán is out, the books are finally wide open. Finding out the sheer scale of the corruption and outright treason over the last 16 years is going to be incredibly satisfying

I honestly don’t know why this is better than terrorism. They bombed a residential building 1 min before the ceasefire. The Israeli government dropped bombs in central Beirut without warning as people were doing school pick up. Over 1 million people have had to flee their homes

The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

'I felt I was a monster': IDF soldiers talk about the 'moral injury' – and the silence haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

This dude says he’s no longer Catholic because the Pope won’t take Israel’s side. Sounds like he wasn’t Catholic to begin with. You gotta understand, none of these people in positions of power are religious. They use religion to control you.

It's not "weird", mainly because Matt GPT's book isn't, and never has been, "the No.1 paperback in Britain" overall, but also because he's posing in front of a "New Books for 2026" hardback display while promoting his paperback, which isn't available in hardback. The week that

I grew up in a world where most people could read, unemployment was low, the internet was confined to a single room in one’s home. Now Big Tech seeks to end literacy, abolish the arts & destroy most jobs, all so a few people can be rich. We could have had such a beautiful world.

Can we please (BBC) stop talking about 'deals' and 'bargains' and use 'treaties', 'accords' etc. 'Deals' works for building hotels or buying up companies, not for the affaires of state. This is precisely why Trumpian diplomacy is such a farce.

Absolutely crackers.

Stop praising Orbán for not attempting a coup. He only stepped down because Magyar's win was too massive to steal. He rigged the constitution, captured the institutions, and used state media to his advantage. He did everything he could to destroy democracy, and he failed

London is gorgeous this morning

I am deeply saddened by the recent escalation of attacks against Ukraine, which continue to afflict civilians. I express my solidarity with those who are suffering and assure all the Ukrainian people of my prayers. I renew my appeal for weapons to fall silent and for the path of