Martyn Norris

That Dem consultants told Gov. Walz to stop calling them “weird” still has me miffed.

I sometimes wonder if we just named "soft power" something like "tall turgid thrusting power" would these guys have been more in favour of it and thereby less self undermining.

Heating oil prices have more than doubled in the UK since war broke out: that’s 4.5m people living off gas grid, no they haven’t all got Agas, and in places like Cumbria and Scottish islands that’s a lot of anxious pensioners. (Difference with post-Ukraine is oil as well as gas spiking this time)

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Delighted to learn that man of the people Matt Goodwin is dating… the features editor of Tatler

Strong west country showing here.

Does this explain why a primary school was lethally obliterated twice?

My people! Nice work

The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence [FREE TO READ] As missiles streak across the region, unfazed residents insist they ‘know who protects us’

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’

No notes.

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Hegseth: "We are only four days into this and the results have been incredible."

- Middle East engulfed in regional war
- 11 countries attacked by Iran
- Oil & gas prices skyrocketing
- Strait of Hormuz now a conflict zone
- Terrorism threat raised across the world
- No sign of Iran regime collapse

Hey, remember how we let a nazi near-trillionaire annihilate the US state capacity? I know it was a whole year ago, but it turns out that this has consequences beyond "murdering 14 million people by ending USAID" (which apparently no one cared about).

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

The problem is a number of UK politicians are bypassing the tabloids and going direct to source to also aim for a US audience for social media engagement

The main reason UK energy prices are so high is not net zero but the fact the price of gas still sets the price of electricity. Breaking that link should be the priority.

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

UK launches operation to support thousands of Britons in Middle East Officials are understood to be working on plans to evacuate British nationals, should airspace remain closed.

What's happening in Dubai bolsters the argument taxes should be based on people's nationality, not just their country of residence (ie the US model).

If Brits living abroad can expect to be airlifted out by virtue of being British, they should pay some tax towards that.
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date: can you take off your work gloves

Jim Henson: they have names

Death toll from elementary school attack in Iran rises to 85: Report The number of people killed in a strike at an elementary girls’ school in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, has now risen to 85, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. The number could not be immediately verified.

Your tax dollars at work

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

As a working class person i find it incredibly offensive

Obliterate it again? I thought he did that last time he was President. I mean, he definitely said he did

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

Just remembering the time a Tesla owner hit a bump which breached his battery creating a back to the future moment where the car accelerated to 88 miles an hour before hitting a wall & incinerating the screaming owner. All of this was recorded by the car.

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I wasn't going to drink tonight but there are things to celebrate

“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it”

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

I have no particular knowledge nor interest in Palantir, but as a public procurement lawyer looking closely at the public domain documents about the MoD-Palantir contracts, there is something concerning going on.

Two successive high value tenders without advertisements or competition?

Really?

I’m having a day on par with Ice Cube’s good day, Andrew Mountbatten arrested, got a fantastic hair cut, my megadrive arrived through the post, I got some new underwear that fits and looks good, I’m having Nachos for tea, and Westminster Council dropped the parking ticket due to improper serving