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"... I think this shows that Keir doesn't even understand the problem, never mind the solution." - unnamed Labour MP 🤷🏽‍♀️ BBC News - Sir Keir Starmer makes Gordon Brown an envoy as he seeks reset after Labour election losses - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Keir Starmer makes Gordon Brown an envoy as he seeks reset after Labour election losses

Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses.

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This #USA war in #Iran illustrates an Igbo (Nigeria) adage: "He who pins another to the ground stays down with them, and can only get up when they release their victim." It's a typical 'failing to plan as a clear plan to fail.' Daft! www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/p...

Analysis: Trump is trapped by his own strategy as he grapples for an exit in Iran | CNN Politics

If words won wars, Donald Trump’s Iran conflict would have ended long ago.

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In 2024, Kier Stammer was handed electoral victory on a platter of gold, making him believe he could treat Labour voters as his wishes by blindly courting Reform voters. But now it has backfired in the local elections. Will he learn? 🤷🏽‍♀️ #LocalElections #UK #KierStammer www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Election results 2026 live: Follow the vote counts and reaction

Labour suffers a historic loss in Wales as Reform wins more than 1,400 English council seats and Greens make gains.

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What a functioning democracy ultimately depends on is not just the holding of elections, but a set of rules and institutions that no single person can simply override. #Democracy #USA #Governance #Leadership globaltapestry.substack.com/p/what-makes...

Image of the Statue of Liberty overlaid with the text What Makes The United States So... Democratic?

Finally the devil met his match in Satan after underestimating him - I'm sure both are men/masculine so 'him' fits naturally - and now nothing is Strait again.

“Donald Trump is a wounded political animal. There’s no fading away for this guy. The more damaged he gets, the more reckless he gets and he is...” - Larry Jacobs, Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from running again, he may feel he has nothing to lose

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As the saying goes, "Nothing is new under the sun" ish. 🎉 Nigeria late 90s, that'd be me with a child tied on my back with wrapper to go to the market, fetch water, cook etc. That child is now a brilliant 29y.o. woman with a successful career. #MenMother www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...

Photographer hopes to track down man and baby captured in candid black and white photo in Derbyshire cafe during the 1980s

A photographer who captured award-winning images of a young man and a baby in a Buxton cafe is hoping to track down the people he photographed almost 40 years ago.

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The Pope says, 'BRING IT ON!' 💪🏾💪🏾 “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth... ” 💯 share.google/WC5kMixk3IPj...

Pope says world ‘is being ravaged by tyrants’ as row with Trump continues

The pontiff has been a vocal opponent of the U.S. and Israel’s military operations against Iran, and Washington’s attempts to portray it as a religious crusade.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Prime Minister of the UK is always quick to condemn individuals demeanours such as the case of #Kneecap, #KanyeWest, #Antisemistism. Yet his pal Trump is threatening genocide - comparatively deadlier offence on humanity - and Kier Stammer stays schtum. Such a weasel! #Iran #Trump #USA #Israel

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The irony of imposing 'justice' through wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure and the deliberate infliction of suffering and death on civilian populations leaves one wondering what justice these self-declared righteous Christians are talking about. #Iran #USA #Trump #Israel

Oh my! I love this. Thank you, Waitrose. "As a responsible employer, we never want to be in a position where we are notifying families of a tragedy because someone tried to stop a theft. Nothing we sell is worth risking lives for." #Equity #LivesOverWealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories urge Waitrose to reinstate worker sacked 'after tackling shoplifter'

The Waitrose employee says he was dismissed from his job after 17 years for trying to stop a theft of Easter eggs.

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This verdict by #CAF is sloppy and smells of corruption. How did a decision based on clear rules in the quoted Articles 82 and 84 end up taking two months to reach? 🤯 #Africa #Football #Morocco #Senegal #AfricaCupOfNations www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Afcon 2025: Morocco declared the winners after Caf overturns final defeat by Senegal

Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat by Senegal.

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1/ Three years ago, we completely changed the way we review and publish research articles. Today, we’re taking a look at how it’s going and what’s next. buff.ly/aHwYNIE

Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 6mo ago

Here; 2026 dates of most LGBTQ+ Pride events in the UK - and some in Ireland. Find your local, join and stand up for #Equality. Alert:⚠️ @weareukblackpride.bsky.social UK Black Pride is missing #PrideIsAProtest www.caffersart.co.uk/pages/pride-...

Pride Events UK 2026 | UK LGBTQ+ Festivals Calendar

Discover the ultimate UK LGBTQ+ festivals calendar with 2026 pride events across the UK including Brighton, Blackpool, Brighton & more. Searchable database and UK Pride map so you can easily find the ...

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Congratulations @elife.bsky.social! PKP is thrilled to be among your partners 🤝 PKP's Juan Pablo Alperin (@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca) shared a bit about our partnership: forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/elife-and-... @wellcometrust.bsky.social does this --> #SustainOpen #FOSS #OpenAccess #AcademicSky

eLife and PKP partner to develop free open source tool for journals to produce high quality JATS XML

Thanks to a generous grant from Wellcome, eLife will continue to invest in open infrastructure to facilitate communities around the world in adopting sustainable open publishing, including partnering ...

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eLife@elife.bsky.social · 6mo ago

1/Today, we’re pleased to announce Wellcome funding that will support a new initiative – eLife Pathways – in building an open and collaborative ecosystem for alternative approaches to scholarly communication buff.ly/P28V9If?utm_...

"What does Trump expect from a handful of European frigates that the powerful US navy cannot do?" - Boris Pistorius, Germany's Defence Minister🤣 Sometimes, your own self-sufficiency can bits you in the butt. 🤞🏾 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis

European leaders are hesitant to help Trump secure the Strait of Hormuz, but they know inaction on the Iran war is not really an option.

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"The “win” in war is not as it is in sports: a score does not declare the victor after a previously agreed duration." - @cnn.com #Iraq #USA #Israel #ImposedDemocracy #Misunderstood #SelfInterests www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/m...

Trump may be unable to end the war he started with Iran, even if he wanted to | CNN

A war that is “won” but also “not finished yet.” An “excursion” that requires Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” President Donald Trump’s rhetorical knots fit well with his style of dictating America’s...

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Reading my first Danielle Steel in over a decade: 'A Mother's Love'. She's gently but intricately woven domestic abuse in, as a real - and not fictional - issue. This line got me: "The goal at the shelter was to break the cycle that kept the women trapped in abusive relationships forever."

Wow! Just learned something new while attending a friend's British citizenship ceremony in Manchester. That Emmeline Pankhurst was also a Registrar of Births and Deaths [in Manchester]. L #Women #PublicService #CivicDuty #EmmelinePankhurst