Getting some quotes for solar panels. Feels like it's probably the right time given...everything
I didn't realise this but with a PV diverter you can get the sun to heat your water (even with a gas boiler), which feels like a good way of further reducing dependence on gas (until we get a heat pump)
Hand-painted by the volunteers, with love. We will never forget them. ❤️
AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.
After all the embarrassment over the Florsheim shoes gifted by Trump the cabinet have all rapidly transitioned to different and more appropriate footwear. 👞👞🎪🤡
Got this through my door today.
I was in.
They didn’t ring the bell.
They neither ‘missed me’ nor ‘wanted to hear my views’.
Fancy making this negative guff your calling card.
#ChooseHopeNotHate
Breaking: Government just confirmed will apply new laws tackling tax avoidance schemes to tax ‘finfluencers’ - protecting millions who have lost money or been fined following their advice.
Expect a knock from the taxman if you have been ripping people off with your financial clickbait. #trueLabour
Watching members of the Trump administration try to ignore or absolve the Kremlin’s malign involvement in the Iran war is quite something. Russian military advisors are on the ground there providing targeting data against US forces and Russian components feature in both Iran’s missiles and drones.
"Whatever problems Keir Starmer’s Government may have right now, facing an effective leader of the opposition certainly isn’t one of them."
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
This is Summit. He is a friend to pretty much everyone he meets. But has a special soft spot for the little critters who stop long enough for him to say hello. 13/10 (IG: bakerbarnes)
Sir Anthony Hopkins. The big boss of our golden ticket retirement village.
This is Reedy. He’s so happy to share his favorite part of the day with you. 13/10 (TT: runreedyrun)
🥶 @danneidle.bsky.social's experience brings home the whopping costs of defending libel claims at an early stage – a major chilling effect on free speech. Today’s ruling is a welcome win but it also highlights the need for much stronger and wider #Anti-SLAPP legislation in the next King’s Speech
🚨A historic breakthrough today for the fight against #SLAPPs as for the first time ever, the High Court has formally branded legal action as a #SLAPP, throwing out a “spectacularly inflated” £8m libel claim against @danneidle.bsky.social who reported on a barrister’s role in a tax avoidance scheme
Where was Farage’s closest aide and Reform UK Welsh leader Nathan Gill heading when he was arrested for taking bribes from Putin’s pal Medvedchuk?
To a Kremlin sponsored conference in Moscow, to talk about the role of crypto currencies in politics
The warnings are there for us all to see
DON’T MENTION THE WAR!
#NigelFawlty
Oh my god.....I can't breathe!!!🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🐾🐾🐾
@cheshiredoglady.bsky.social
#BigAndy
Well I never, it's Nigel Farage...
'I never said Brexit would be a success'
'I never said we would cut Council Tax'
'I never said we should join Trump's war'
Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbán, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign"
From @financialtimes.com
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A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme.
Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
Really?
NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.
Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)
You can have the best armed forces in the history of the world, but if you are an incompetent criminal without a plan, you can still lose a war, and rather quickly.
NEW: Keir Starmer has asked new Ethics and Integrity Commission to tighten financial disclosures, lobbying and business appointment rules. There will also be a review of national security vetting process following Mandelson case.
We've won the UK's first ever SLAPP suit - acting for @danneidle.bsky.social - and made some really important law protecting the right to call out barristers whose misconduct facilitates aggressive tax avoidance.
⚖️💥 WIN 💥⚖️
We have successfully defended award-winning journalist @danneidle.bsky.social from an ‘oppressive’ claim which tried to silence him – but the law still needs reform
https://goodlaw.social/5w7w
BREAKING: “Just hanging about. That’s how she described our pilots in the region. They have been flying sorties in 7 of the 10 countries in the region night and day, taking out incoming strikes, protecting the lives of others whilst risking their own”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center
A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big
hmm
The EU's Ursula von der Leyen: “Returning to Russian fossil fuels in the current crisis would be a strategic blunder.”
“We are exploring subsidising or even capping the gas price.”
Badenoch said if she was prime minister HMS Dragon would have left a week ago. Presumably with its doors hanging off and with no weapons onboard.
