Jake Richards MP I’m a barrister. My first jury trial of 2026 is not taking place on Monday because of a lack of court. Yet more than 30 courts locally sit unused on Monday due to funding cuts. This is what caused the backlog – not jury trials.

Trump would have to do something really bad, like spray paint a plane, before Starmer will condemn him.

NEW: At least 40 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians, local official says - NYT

He gave the list. Cuba, Colombia and Mexico. Doesn’t mean he is going to do it, but he threatened to.

Fascinating that y’all don’t want the mayor to talk about international affairs when you all asked him about his views on Israel 10,000x during the campaign.

I won’t share the posts as I don’t want to be sued for libel, but the high profile people on here who say they are left wing but claim Israel is the evil power behind all and every shitty act need to be treated with suspicion.

Totally bizarre, haven’t fact checked, but this is a GoFundMe that I would contribute to. express.co.uk/news/politics/…

The gangster state that is the USA is quite something to see

Who could have guessed that this would be a thing

Booked with Ryanair (as the only choice for the times we need) and they put me with assistance away from my 89 year old MiL with assistance and my husband at the front of the plane. Their staff can deal with MiL but they won’t thank us.

She’d better be careful she isn’t kidnapped

In case you do not know. Israel bombed Lebanon more than 9 times today...last of which was an hour ago bringing down a residential building in the industrial area of Saida city with 3 martyrs so far and at least 10 injured.

Why are Fujitsu still winning government contracts when they have contributed NOTHING towards the compensation to victims of the #PostOfficeScandal. This disgrace has dragged on for far too long. The Post Office, Fujitsu and the government are taking the piss. #BBCBreakfast #GMB

I have found that young people don’t fear meningitis like we used to, as it’s not an illness they see very often, and that’s because of vaccines.

FACT CHECK: Kemi Badenoch said "we are spending ALL our money on welfare". Welfare represents around 24% of Government expenditure. If you exclude the State Pension that drops to around 12%. Did Nick Robinson correct her? Don't be silly! #r4today BBC Radio 4 Today

But tell me again how it's disabled people's paltry benefits that are the problem ...

Boring history is boring but the Americans didn’t save Europe from the nazis.

We can’t go on like this. In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary. The right calls this “wealth creation”. It’s wealth extraction. Time to tax the rich. High Pay Centre highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-20…

That light is genuinely an abomination