Looking at the stars
@lookingatthestars.bsky.social
Artist, Green party member, electoral reform supporter, old git. Boycott Israel now! Remember, it worked on apartheid South Africa. Check every label. You probably don't buy their espionage software or blood diamonds, but you do buy fruit and veg.
Well, that's the most perturbing experience I've had in a while. I was idly scratching an itchy inner corner of my eye with the (gently rounded) leg of my specs, when it disappeared up to the bend into the socket. I guess I could now do the nail-in-the-eye trick. But I promise I won't. Ugh.
What a pity the Commons is in recess. Burnham would have had much more fun with neo-Nazi parking policy than BadEnoch could have had with the government letting prisoners run wild and free
BadEnoch attempts to justify a former neo-Nazi candidate by saying that standards aren't as high for council roles. She has gone so far beyond the 'stop digging' threshold that she might as well now plough through the earth's core and aim to emerge on Bondi Beach leftfootforward.org/2026/08/kemi...
Kemi Badenoch says former neo-Nazi candidate should be able to stand as a councillor but not an MP
Badenoch made the comments after former MP Luciana Berger said there should be 'a bar when it comes to standing for public office'
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'Boozy' Lowe may be a sot, but he's not stupid. He knows that Farage's future hangs in the balance, and that Reform has no credible leader-in-waiting. He sees an opportunity to unite both swivel-eyed loon parties around his crapulous leadership www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rupert Lowe’s ‘olive branch’ to Farage piles more pressure on Reform leader
Restore leader has countered charges he’s splitting the right while showing his party is a very real obstacle for Reform
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I reckon #WWE Oba Femi owes Goldberg a steak dinner for his 'OBA' chant
I wasn't sure whether this was a genuine olive branch by boozer Lowe until I got to the last of his preconditions for collaboration, 'The exclusion of former Tory ministers from any Tory cabinet'. Then I knew it was just a wind-up. Funny, though. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rupert Lowe urges Nigel Farage to work with Restore Britain
Lowe says the two should put ‘personalities and our past disagreements aside for good of the country’
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When the next cinematic rentavillains are Israeli, then we know the propaganda bubble has burst.
Gianni Infantino is yet another victim of the Trump family's Medusa touch. Everything they turn their hand to turns to shit. news.sky.com/liveblog-web...
FIFA row: Wales withdraws support for Gianni Infantino's re-election next year, Sky News reveals
The Football Association of Wales has told Sky News' sports correspondent Rob Harris that it is withdrawing support for Gianni Infantino's re-election. It follows the loss of confidence in the FIFA ch...
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Powerful essay on the origins of the Israeli lobby and its widespread and malign influence on US politics. It's just as true of the UK, of course; and I dare say, many other countries as well. It must be recognised so that it can be ended www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton
Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history
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All Trump and Hegseth have let is a Diana BB gun and a few Roman Candles left over from July 4th www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to 'rapidly' making deal
The US president's message came amid media reports that he was planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend.
bbc.co.uk
What has happened about Farage's mobile? The one he claimed was hacked by the Russians? I know that Labour kindly reported it to the police, after Farage forgot to do so, but has there been any progress since? Are Farage's godawful sandy slacks still on fire?
It was always going to happen. Farage was safe when he was sniping from the sidelines and was being given an easy ride by press & media: but he's now front and centre and his finances and allegiances don't bear scrutiny. His fox is shot, and with it, Reform's chances spectator.com/article/brit...
Britain has made its mind up about Nigel Farage
55 per cent of Brits say Farage is ‘doing a bad job’, but break that number down further and you will see how dire the polling is for him.
spectator.com
Israeli Zionist racism laid bare. And despite the BBC's mealymouthism, this genocidal intent is not at all unusual www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
bbc.co.uk
Serms to me that US Attorney Jeanine Pirro perjured herself when she publicly claimed that multiple witnesses saw Olympian David Hearn vandalising the Washington Algae Pool. It reflects terribly on Todd Blanche's ability to control and manage the DoJ news.sky.com/story/charge...
Charges dropped over alleged reflecting pool vandalism as damage blamed on 'flawed installation'
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington turned green because of an algae bloom following a "rushed and botched" installation of a new lining, court documents said.
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I can't pretend to any expertise on the politics of footie, but surely Infantino is toast. After his defenestration, will his next move be to buddy up with Trump and middle east oil money, to create a big money competitor to FIFA? Doomed to failure, too, I suspect. news.sky.com/liveblog-web...
FIFA row latest: FIFA staff 'deceived' by Infantino over World Cup plans, chief operating officer says
Gianni Infantino's senior adviser has quit over moves by the FIFA president to sell off stakes in the World Cup, Sky News can reveal. A second official has now said FIFA staff were 'deceived' by Infan...
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Reform: an inclusive party, if inclusivity includes including outright racists www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reform UK councillor charged after alleged racist social media post
Northumbria police said post by Glenn Gibbins, who was reinstated to the party after internal investigation, referenced Nigerian people
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Whilst I have reservations about insulting people's appearances, I have to admit that calling Kash Patel a 'Googly-eyed Kremlin bitch' is both poetic and apposite: he *is* a googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA
Nigel Farage: bought by sleazy crims to propose laws to make the wealthy establishment even richer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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Social care is one of the most intractable issues facing the UK, & Burnham is right to seek cross-party consensus - any solution will have huge cost implications. Badenoch's reason to send the shadow health sec seems legit - maybe Burnham should shift the date? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix one of most intractable issues he faces
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Comprehensives 2.0. I've got no beef with that if it's funded well enough to work. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market
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Gunther von Hagens' kitsch carny sideshow acquires a new exhibit: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81
Controversial anatomist’s body ‘will definitely be plastinated’ in line with his wishes, a spokesperson said
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Boy George's Morrissey moment: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again
Culture Club singer sings ‘I stand with the Jews / I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human’, in song defending Israel’s response to Hamas attack
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Lidl's own bakery bread is objectively twice as good as all the other UK supermarkets, and no more expensive. Why are Aldi, Asda, Booths, Coop, Morrisons, Sainburys, Tesco and Waitrose unable to match them?
Let me get this right: Burnham's government agrees to let US planes land and refuel in the UK en route to Iran, and the US displays its gratitude by imposing new tariffs on the UK
The cat regards it as a sacred duty to use her tray the moment I have changed the litter.
Trump is merely a symptom of Republican moral bankruptcy. He's just a shark, governed by instinctive greed. He has no real choice; he's just a predator. The real evil resides within those who enable and empower him. The only way to save the US is to demonstrate that their corruption leads to jail.
Google: I really, really don't want effing Gemini AI asking me to turn on voice commands in the latest Google Directions update. It's an affront, and you know it.
#WWE Oba Femi's strut has turned from a signature entrance to a millstone in short order. It's silly. And no monster should walk in looking silly.
