Good Grief! All Kemi had to do was say that hes probably not a good candidate and tell the LA to end his candidacy. The story would have died inside 24 hours.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h ago

I know she's incapable of ever admitting she's wrong about anything, but even I'm surprised that Kemi Badenoch has chosen this particular hill to die on

If UK had any sense they'd build a new airport next to Ashford International train station & downsize older airports. Connection to London via train is 35 minutes. Plus direct connection to Paris. Pollution impact would be minimised as rural site near coast. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport

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I like Liew, but this: "Whether Ceuta was an accidental security lapse or a deliberately engineered event is actually beside the point." is bonkers. No Jonathan, a weaponised hybrid war attack on Spain which cost 70 lives is not beside the point. If we cant face the truth of it, we cant solve it.

I'm not Corbyn's biggest fan but its grimly amusing watching the same members of Conservative Party go out to bat for someone jailed for antisemitic attacks/harrasment of Jewish politicians...who attacked Corbyn for supporting colleagues for far minor incidents. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor

Tory leader praises Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s ‘contrition’ but says she has higher thresholds for MP candidates

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Watching The West Wing Series 4 Episodes 15-16 Where President Bartlet & team wrestles with intervening in an ongoing genocide. The US finally decides to intervene when death figure reaches an unbearble figue. That death figure was 15 000. Felt like crying. Drunk 3 beers & went to bed at midnight.

Todays 18 to 30 year olds are even more pro EU than 18-30 years olds in 2016. Its simply a matter of time before we rejoin & Brexit reversed. The only question is: Will it happen in 2030s or will this stretch out till the 2040s?

FIFA SOLUTION Each country’s FA receives $8 million grant every 4 years from FIFA. The big rich countries dont need it. Why not make this $4 million but $12 million for countries with GDP per capita below $12 000 per capita? This will assauge poorer FAs & be equitable. & Infantino goes.

There are actual clips of Abdul saying he's a capitalist. Abdul is basically center-Left. Wants medicare for all & stopping overseas military adventures/aid which dont serve the US. If you're a registered Democrat and disagree with that platform you share more in common with MAGA than liberalism.

"The art of the new deal every Monday".

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · yesterday

The US Treasury secretary signalled Washington and Tehran could reach a deal over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, sending the oil price 4 per cent lower ft.trib.al/zRclmJ6

I knew Rod Liddle a bit 80s/90s when we were younger. London-Media land was alot smaller then. I found him pleasant, liberal even a bit soft left. Met him again a few years later & his alcohol consumption took its toll. He had become a pissed old hack, a rent-a-quote idiot & a groper of women.

Well this is intersting. Infantino appealing to Trump for help. I suspect Trump will skip this now Infantino cant deliver the billions he promissed thru the criminal investor scheme.

QUESTION Why is Boy George still a supposedly respected celebrity in public life when he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 months in jail for "falsely imprisoning an escort by handcuffing him to a wall and beating him with a metal chain"?

The USA is now adopting Putin's "Hybrid war" tactics of weaponising migration into Poland, against Spain. If you are sitting at your laptop spouting stuff against Spain's treatment of Moroccan migrants you are literally doing Trump's work for him.

Interesting timing. Interesting location. www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco...

Morocco names new highway in occupied Western Sahara after Donald Trump

US president says it is a 'great honor' to give his name to the road in occupied territory

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BREAKING UEFA getting serious on oppossing FIFA. No more diplomatic speech. UEFA now accuses FIFA of "enrich themselves and their friends." We are reaching endgame now. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Further UEFA statement on FIFA plans

Europe's football website, UEFA.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and...

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Temperatures in Germany now exceeding 40 degrees in some places. This is less med levels as Saharan.

Karsten Schwanke@kschwanke.bsky.social · 5d ago

Neue Allzeitrekorde an 20 DWD-Stationen - Ohlsbach (40,2) in BW über Werl (NRW, 39,1), Hiddensee-Vitte (35,8) bis zum Leuchtturm Kiel (33,4).

One thing both remainers & Leavers oft miss: The Brexit 2016 era is over. A generation has almost passed. 2016 seems painfully close to some people but for under 30s They literally dont care, many dont even even remember 2016. 10 million voters ready to vote rejoin. Who's going to convince them?

Haley Stevens needs to never stand for the Democrats again. This is awful politics. This is going to levels even Trump doesnt go.

One thing both remainers & Leavers oft miss: The Brexit 2016 era is over. A generation has almost passed. 2016 seems painfully close to some people but for under 30s They literally dont care, many dont even even remember 2016. 10 million voters ready to vote rejoin. Who's going to convince them?

The literal definition of a w*nker: Just an awful person. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Charley Hull refuses to apologise after £100,000 scratchcard prank on caddie

Charley Hull, who was two under after her first round, said: ‘I think people need to lighten up,’ while Atthaya Thitikul leads on -7

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Daily Telegraph finally to treat climate change with the seriousness it deserve.

Andy Burnham is not "Manchesterism" you need to read up on...but the German bundesländer system. Could it be that Andy is a secret reader of German political economy planning - one hopes so....! www.ft.com/content/160a...

Andy Burnham to give English mayors share of income tax from 2028

New prime minister accelerates former chancellor Rachel Reeves’ efforts to move power away from Westminster

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Infantino will know when the game is up when South American countries start coming out against his scheme... ...because they all really want Infantino's scheme to work, so if they come out agiainst it, its merely for reputation sake as they know its over.

Like Eastern Europe in the late 1980s... ...things that seemed implausible just 2 weeks ago, are now happening everyday. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Burnham calls on Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign over World Cup sell-off plans – UK politics live

The prime minister says that the current Fifa general secretary is ‘the wrong man to lead the organisation’

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Unexpected consequence of the success of Christopher Nolan's Odessey film? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sainsbury's agrees to sell Argos for £120m

Under the terms of the deal, Argos will still operate in Sainsbury's shops, sell Habitat products, and offer Nectar points.

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Term: "The Dirty Streisand Effect" A form of corruption so disgusting, blatant & insulting that it creates so much attention that it is impossible for even previously complicit & corrupt people to ignore.

I sometimes wonder what Cadbury's founder - the Quaker John Cadbury a champion of temperance and opponent of "indulgent practices" - would have made of Cadbury's obssesion with marketing Cadbury Flake as "oral s*x in chocolate form".

Richard Wells@slipperyjack.bsky.social · last wk.

...I think he’s also partially inspired by Denis Lavant’s nimble devil in Jonathan Glazer’s superb (rejected) Cadbury’s Flake advert... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uxn...

Unexpected consequence of the success of Christopher Nolan's Odessey film? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sainsbury's agrees to sell Argos for £120m

Under the terms of the deal, Argos will still operate in Sainsbury's shops, sell Habitat products, and offer Nectar points.

bbc.co.uk

Andy Burnham is not "Manchesterism" you need to read up on...but the German bundesländer system. Could it be that Andy is a secret reader of German political economy planning - one hopes so....! www.ft.com/content/160a...

Andy Burnham to give English mayors share of income tax from 2028

New prime minister accelerates former chancellor Rachel Reeves’ efforts to move power away from Westminster

ft.com

BREAKING Senior members of FIFA starting to resign. Not only to safeguard their reputations but also as with dictatorships because they sense if a few of them do so loudly the leader will be forced out. www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/infant...

Infantino's senior advisor Cordeiro resigns following proposal to sell FIFA stake

July 31 : Carlos Cordeiro, senior advisor to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigned with immediate effect on Friday in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup, calling the plan "a bad...

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