Donald Trump says the war in Iran is "very complete" – but has the president panicked because of the soaring prices of oil?
He wanted to reassure the markets, but instead appeared at his most "downbeat, dispirited and exhausted" yet
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Reeves: Brexit has not been good — we should align more with the EU. The Times, 13 March.
The damage to our economy, our lives, and our country over the past decade speaks for itself, and it's positive to hear Government ministers admitting that leaving the EU was a mistake. However, we must look to the future rather than the past; aligning isn't enough.
In partnership with TfL, we remain committed to my 2041 target: that 80% of all journeys be made by walking, cycling or public transport, and that all deaths and serious injuries are eliminated from our roads.
Graphic with a blue sky background and a cycle shelter containing parked bicycles on the right side. Large black text at the top reads ‘19,566’. A small yellow box with black text reads ‘NEW’. Below it, a green box with white text reads ‘CYCLE PARKING SPACES’. On the left side, smaller black text reads ‘More places to leave a bike.’ and ‘More confidence to choose cycling.’ The foreground shows a road with white line markings
Cycling in London is reaching new heights. Daily journeys surged 12.7% in 2024–2025, with 1.5m trips now taking place each day.
To support this, we’ve delivered nearly 20,000 new cycle parking spaces across the capital. More infrastructure and security to keep London moving.
With our funding, London’s boroughs have delivered huge changes to make our streets safer, greener, healthier and more enjoyable for pedestrians and cyclists of all ages.
This week, we announced a further £95m investment.
See what’s been achieved since 2022 ⬇️🧵
Crypto billionaire no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact.
He lives in Thailand, given £12m to Reform UK.
Farage pushes for wider adoption of cryptocurrency, promised to cut tax on crypto.
Another example of the super-rich buying power/influence, shaping public choices.
So very apt
Trump brings further massive shame on America, again supporting Russia in its illegal war on Ukraine.
I don’t know how Americans live with themselves…particularly the 70 million + who voted for him THREE TIMES, not to mention those who did not bother to go out and vote to stop him.
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
Tony Blair’s presumably unintentional illustration of his own epic vanity & the weapons grade hypocrisy of the Mail etc…
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“There is no superior race.”
“There is no chosen people of God.”
“It is neither the United States nor Israel.”
“The chosen people of God is all of humanity.”
President of Colombia - Gustavo Petro
Florida
I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.
Somehow the U.K. Gov thinks Palantir software is OK to use in Defence, police and the NHS.
Donald Trump's unhinged 24 hours as he gives bizarre Iran answer and goes full white supremacist
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AI chatbots had “assisted in planning assassinations of named elected officials on both sides of the aisle”.
“Political violence is already rising. When AI starts providing tactical guidance to attackers, it becomes a direct threat to democracy.”
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Trump Defends Wearing Fruit Hat, Samba Dancing During Dignified Transfer
Trump Defends Wearing Fruit Hat, Samba Dancing During Dignified Transfer https://theonion.com/trump-defends-wearing-fruit-hat-samba-dancing-during-dignified-transfer/
💔The Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region - before and after Russia’s war. Russia is a terrorist state!
The Iranian regime was wobbling during the protests. Trump could have financially/practically helped opposition figures. It might actually have worked, but he never gave a damn about Iranians. The most effective & least dangerous path to regime change was blocked off by his lack of empathy.
The Emperor's New Shoes
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves plans help for poorer households as war in the Middle East pushes up energy bills
The chancellor says the Treasury is drawing up options to tackle soaring gas and electricity costs when the current price cap ends in June
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Absolutely Rachel Reeves 👏
The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
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If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one.
My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil.
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Rachel Reeves declares tonight: “Brexit has not been good for our country, for growth, for prices in the shop.”
Correct, if almost 10 years late.
But she goes on to say we voted leave and “that ship has sailed”.
Why, when the disaster is now apparent to all, should we accept “that ship has sailed”?
On Elon Musk's firm being approved by Ofgem to supply energy to British homes, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey:
"Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence.
"Elon Musk is a threat to our national security...We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.”
"In his drive to consolidate power and create a public spectacle, Trump has established a more dangerous version of the imperial presidency.
"By plunging the US into an open-ended war against Iran, Trump has reached the zenith of his imperial ambitions."
Trump admits that Russia is helping Iran to target US forces, but he clearly doesn't care.
Trump doesn't care about US lives, or about democracy.
For him this is all just a game between "big men" gangster tyrants like him and Putin.
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This is just the latest example I've seen, but it is really bleak how much political content on social media these days is being sponsored by dark money interest groups and how many content creators have been willing to take the cash and keep quiet about it.
