On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made a series of claims about the BBC's coverage of events in Gaza on Sunday. We've looked at the claims - and the number of misrepresentations and untruths that they contained. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9…

Facts are stubborn things. Since the beginning of this year, the Russian army has carried out attacks against Ukraine using nearly 27,700 aerial bombs, almost 11,200 Shahed drones, around 9,000 other types of attack UAVs, and more than 700 missiles, including ballistic ones. And

I've largely refrained from posting on Gaza because I had nothing to add. But this piece by Jeremy Bowen, one of the most respected journalists globally, is essential reading: BBC News - Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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It’s nine years today since the UK flunked the National IQ Test, and still no sign of any politician doing anything to repair the damage wreaked on the arts.

Mentioning United Utilities can anyone explain how a company can double its profits in just one year, from £170m to £355m, and yet is still be allowed to increase prices by a whopping 32%? Yet again it's the customers who get played and the regulator Ofwat sits back and allows

Breaking my Twitter exile to make this message very clear. Over the weekend, pathetic little tweeters used the serious security incident at RAF Brize Norton to attack an officer for her gender & career. As one of very few female ex-mil MPs ever, I wanted to call this out 👇

If this is true, it's a bit bonkers. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

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A superb appointment.

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Publishing fake, AI-generated images of Auschwitz is not only a dangerous distortion. Such fabrication disrespects victims and harasses their memory. If you see such posts, please don’t share them. Instead, follow the official Auschwitz Memorial, where every name, every photo, and

Macron "The British people were sold a lie about immigration. Populists said Europe was the problem but for a decade now Brexit itself has been the problem as it did away with the legal framework for the UK returning migrants"

Time to speak out in praise of vaccination and against the anti-vaccination crowd who will kill millions of innocents. observer.co.uk/news/opinion-a…

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I love Neil de Grasse Tyson - a hero for our time when willed ignorance and stupidity rules.

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Whoever needs reminding: the Convention on Human Rights is one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation, following one of its greatest tragedies. For us to leave it would not only undermine all our own rights and freedoms, it would be a completely immoral abdication

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