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Britain is struggling to find fresh political direction The United Kingdom’s 'Left' needs to look to the European Union for big ideas

"In Scotland, the SNP has a big idea. It’s called independence, but it too needs a core philosophy that can show voters what sort of Scotland is on offer post-Union."

#Holyrood2026

Done.

What an absolute.... *

It’s well worth a few minutes to do this. The great replacement conspiracy feeds racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobic and ultimately antisemitism. It’s wild mental gymnastics but these are the lies the far right push to further agenda in removing human rights. The most vulnerable groups first.

Ahead of the Second Reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill, Post Office Horizon victim Jo Hamilton OBE has written to David Lammy expressing her opposition to the Government’s plans to curtail the right to trial by jury

BREAKING: Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones confirms the first tranche of the Peter Mandelson / Jeffrey Epstein documents will be published to Parliament this afternoon after PMQs

We should have VAR in politics... the minute of absolute denial should result in an immediate replay of their statements... followed by a tour of/service in a war zone.

Nigel Farage's Humiliating Iran U-Turn Should Be a Lesson for Keir Starmer By sticking to the correct and popular position on Donald Trump's Iran war, the Prime Minister has now forced his political opponents into an embarrassing reversal, argues Adam Bienkov

📌 ICYMI — Nigel Farage’s Humiliating Iran U-Turn Should Be a Lesson for Keir Starmer

By sticking to the correct and popular position on Donald Trump's Iran war, the Prime Minister has now forced his political opponents into an embarrassing reversal, argues Adam Bienkov

NHS executives are having secret meetings with Palantir, while the doctors who actually make the NHS work are protesting.

We need to get Palantir out. If you want to be a whistleblower message email hw4fp.uk@protonmail.com, or say no to Palantir 👇
https://goodlaw.social/78a31e

Imagine the horror we would all be facing if Sunak, Truss or Johnson were speaking of behalf of the United Kingdom at this time.

Regardless of politics, policies and u-turns, at least we have someone with higher level of competency on the world stage than all 3 of his predecessors put together.

Thrilled to be working with @channel4tv.bsky.social on a new documentary on Keir Starmer's govt. It'll examine how he became the most unpopular PM on record and how the seeds of the unpopularity were sown long ago. And whether he can recover.

Out end of March!

www.channel4.com/press/news/c...

Revealed: Shop where Glasgow fire started had not registered to sell vapes or paid business taxes A Ferret investigation has found there was no registration to sell vapes at the Union Street premises in Glasgow where a major fire started - and we can reveal the name of the company behind the shop.

Looks like the vape shop where the Union Corner fire, in Glasgow, started was unlicensed and the owners tax-dodgers...

Unfortunately... nothing.

The jarring underscoring, along with the robotic twirps and beeps over dialogue mean I can't enjoy any of it.

Oh for the days when we had subtle underscoring that didn't ruin dialogue.

And before anyone says... subtitles are an aid, not a substitute 😞

#HearingImpaired

😆😂

Oooh yesss!

Cancer death rate in Britain down by almost a third since 1980s Huge improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment have driven the fall, Cancer Research UK says

Cancer death rates down by 33%

Prostate cancer death rates only down by 11%, despite much improved testing diagnosis and treatment accuracy

Drugs like abiraterone merely delay, not cure

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Orbán, Putin and Trump threaten European democracy Zsuzsanna Szelényi on rigging the Hungarian elections

Interesting to hear from Hungary‘s Zsuzsanna Szelényi.

Zsuzsanna knew Orbán when he was a liberal back in the 1980s (WHO KNEW?!) as communism tottered, and has documented his transformation into a conspiracy theorist and thug.

nickcohen.substack.com/p/orban-puti...

There's a gargoyle in most cathedrals, but things run better when you don't make them Archbishop.

'The era of Sturgeon and Salmond is over. We have work to do, and that work goes on.'

👏❤️

A reminder that Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the entire Conservative-supporting press have spent the past week lambasting Keir Starmer for not joining the Iran war.

Here's what has happened since then to public opinion

I always think some sort of transaction is happening for some of these incidents - cash or alternatives.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking... that there can't truly be that many of these monsters floating around 😞

Green Party say 'Hannah Spencer won't be silenced' after Manchester violence Hannah Spencer, Gorton and Denton's newly-elected MP, was ushered into a police car amid the unfolding chaos

So concerned about ‘protecting women’ they intimidate women they disagree with. Bastards

I’ve had worse abuse off the anti trans ‘woman protectors’ than all the anti-abortion zealots. It’s just an excuse for misogynists to abuse women and then they can feel righteous and paternalistic about it.

👍I raised formal complaint with BBC - gap of 4 hours in detail and imagery. Subscription sites had live feeds as did other publications with subscribe or see adverts.

This really was a significant failure by the beeb and I look forward to their response (or usual blurb avoiding the point).

👏Absolutely spot on Mike.

Mainstream press had a substantial role to play in keeping people safe at outset of pandemic in 2020 - they failed miserably. That's when/why I started supporting Byline Times.

Trump and cronies think they are in a Marvel movie - everyone I know refuses to play along.

I’m livid with the mainstream press and their support of the US-Israel war -

It’s unrepresentative of UK citizens. It only represents the rich gung-ho Epstein class.

I’m more determined than ever to build the citizen journalism alternative.

Join us —> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...

an elderly woman is sitting in a chair with her hands folded . Alt: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair, closing her eyes and putting her head in her hands.

I am so tired of wishywashy people with no backbone or grit to just roll their sleeves up and solve problems.

Yatter, yatter, yatter and more yatter... and we still haven't moved forward.

So, so tired...

Hertfordshire farmer baulks at £40k cost to remove dumped waste He says he cannot afford to clean up the toxic waste dumped illegally on his land.

Cheeky sods attempting to give council the land🤬it is a problem for the Duchy to resolve.

Far too many farmers having to bear the cost of fly tipping and council enforcement. Some poor souls have had to resort to crowdfunding.

Stop/catch the fly-tippers.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The history of Glasgow’s Union Corner — from Victorian landmark to inferno

The historic Union Corner dome, adjacent to Glasgow Central Station, collapsed in an intense fire last night after standing for 175 years

We look back 👇

Mary Wollstonecraft painted in 1790-91.

In 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women were rational beings deserving the same education as men. Bridget Cotter tells us how this idea still needs to be fought for,

eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!