The Government’s Mandelson papers out today.
It’s a test for open government. Will they be easily searchable? Will the whole set be available so journalists/researchers can analyse themselves?
Or will it be stitched up like a kipper? Crap search & no downloads?
The Iran oil crisis has proved Ed Miliband right on green energy. But households still need more help | Mathew Lawrence
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
Who do they represent? Themselves.
Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman missed NINE votes in Parliament last night, all because they had a more important Reform UK rally on the Isle of Wight.
They think they are too big to do their job.
Reviewed Louis Theroux’s Manosphere on Netflix. The question for all women - not just the ones in the film, who’ve decided to play along - is what we do when they want to put us back in the bedroom and the kitchen and call it ‘femininity’.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-t...
The US has burned through over 1,000 Patriot interceptors ($4 million each) to stop an onslaught of Iranian drones ($20k to $50k each).
Using my last gift link from Bloomberg, which is doing some of the best reporting anywhere on the war.
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Why are you the only person saying this.. that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the first day of the war …
FYI this is NY Times reporter Shawn McCreesh
Now is not the time to Reward Trump's bad behaviour with a state visit.
Why would the US target a girls' school in Iran? Possibly because it was next door to a missle base which was part of the US strike, the maps used were a decade old, and 90% of the military persennel who make sure no civilians are targeted, have been laid off by Trump.
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#BBCNews - Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides - why do they still control his money and secrets?
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Hereditary peers are to finally go, although some will be offered life peerages.
This is hilarious.
Also, completely enraging.
Rubio "on Meet the Press" said if he were in Havana's government, he'd be concerned. That's not diplomacy. That's a threat. From the United States to a sovereign nation. Not only is that a violation of our own Constitution; it's a violation of international law. #sheshed
Man if you all are not listening to @David_J_Bier then you are missing out. Dude has all the receipts
Some of the most important threats to democracy do not make the biggest headlines - especially (and understandable) given the new war in Iran. This 4 min update looks at actions weakening the rule of law, reducing oversight, expanding executive power, and making voting harder.
youtu.be/DzHg-TbhdfQ
UK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective.
It is because govts succumb to pressure from corporations and hobbyists. How many legislators on industry payroll?
Game of impression management. Exceptions manufactured to create ineffective laws.
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
The United Nations Human Rights Council has found the deportations and transfers of Ukrainian children are large-scale and systematic in nature and are carried out as part of an organized policy of the Russian Federation. They constitute war crimes.
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keep in mind that, for years, orban has been waging war on 'foreign influence', shutting down NGOs & universities & taking over state & private media.
this is hypocrisy on steroids & highly telling abt orban's version of 'sovereignty' (which is simply code for personal power)
Israel for the third time this week bombs Lebanon with banned white phosphorus.
This is another war crime!
Big rise in UK employers losing migrant worker licences after Home Office crackdown
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I explained a while ago that it would be impossible to say anything about Trump’s Iranian ‘adventure’ with absolute certainty. I’m sorry, I was wrong. He will *never* do anything that genuinely upsets or angers Vladimir Putin. Whether in Iran, in Ukraine or even in the USA. It is his only constant.
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
“We have some incredible artists performing and using their platforms for positive change.”
Trans Mission is TONIGHT ✨🌟⭐
https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/09/olly-alexander-cis-people-care-trans-rights-27283312/
When Robert Jenrick was Housing Minister, he rolled out a “Green Housing Revolution”:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
It includes Heat Pumps, reducing fossil fuels, solar, preventing climate change etc.
He’s now pretending he’s Mr Reform anti-Net Zero.
#BullshitBobby
But according to Farage we cannot afford this green crap, and he will stop it to get 25p off fuel.
Farage is a poisonous clown who will do nothing but bring (more) destruction to the economy & fabric of society, and it is beyond time the MSM make that very clear to "people with genuine concerns".
