In a world of constant misery I have some surprisingly good news: Benylin tastes nice again! Decades ago they replaced the sugar in our childhood favourite with nasty bitter-tasting saccharine, but a recent bottle I bought has actual sugar and glucose!

Trump's pathetic sanctions against Iran are an open admission that America lost the war. How incredibly embarassing and humiliating for the world's supposed superpower to look so weak. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/w...

The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

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Wow, I knew Starmer was thin-skinned and incompetent, but I didn't know he was that much of a narcissist too! Hopefully the book will serve as a warning to future PMs. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library

The former PM and seven of his ministers have added to the collection, which began in 1931.

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Cofnas is a racist who think eugenicist Jews like himself have "high intelligence", and "blacks" have low intelligence. Given he was fired from Emmanuel College for racism, and he lost a legal action over his dismissal, the real question is why did the University of Ghent employ a known racist?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university

Good. Let's hound this Nazi fuck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university

Nathan Cofnas says he is being investigated for discriminating against the late Cambridge professor.

bbc.co.uk

Awkward: the money donated to Reform by Cottrell and Harborne, who are both linked to Tether.bet, may itself have been the product of illegal gambling. The Gambling Commission need to investigate this potentially criminal activity. www.thenational.scot/news/2647362...

Gambling Commission urged to investigate allegations against Reform UK donors

The Labour Party has called on the Gambling Commission to investigate alleged unlicensed activity linked to Reform UK donors ...

thenational.scot

Under Sturgeon it was £124,550 on a caravan - under John Swinney it's £98,442 on a luxury trip for him to watch grown men kick a ball. Which SNP abuse of Scottish people's money is worse, I wonder? At least they got some money back for the caravan! www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politic...

John Swinney racks up £95k taxpayer-funded bill for jolly to the World Cup

Exclusive: The Scottish Government finally snuck out its expenses for sending the First Minister and Maree Todd to the World Cup, and nearly £100k of public money was spent on this junket.

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Fun fact: I tried a GCSE maths test paper this morning and got 40%😎

Again, I can't believe how little coverage this is getting: Trump has basically sacked the judge in his BBC defamation case, and replaced him with a loyalist Trump appointed mere weeks ago! This is massively, MASSIVELY corrupt! www.law.com/dailybusines...

Trump's Pick for Broward Judge Now Oversees His BBC Lawsuit | Law.com

U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Jeffrey T. Kuntz is now presiding over President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation. Ku...

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So having failed in the US and facing fraud investigations over their Trump-like "charity", they're hoping to weasel their way back into royal life. radaronline.com/p/prince-har...

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: The Full Story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Charity Scandal Shame — From Claims of Fraud & Bullying to How 25 Staffers Have Deserted Couple

Sources claimed the Sussexes could possibly face an investigation of their foundation over financial discrepancies.

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Utterly outrageous - judge who ordered Trump to hand over financial records for the BBC trial is taken off the case, and it's handed to a judge appointed by Trump himself only months ago! And he's called Kuntz, which is apt! The USA is literally a banana republic! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Judge swapped in Trump's defamation case against BBC

A judge who was recently nominated by the US president to serve in Florida's federal court will now preside over his $10bn defamation case against the BBC.

bbc.co.uk

The UK is in no position to complain, because this is exactly what we've done with EU citizens in the UK, and it's exactly what we did to the elderly Windrush generation.

Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 3d ago

At last some Swedish politicians are asking questions

I'm just waiting for the wave of middle aged white men to start insisting Erin Pattison is innocent and it's a miscarriage of justice. Or perhaps not, because unlike Lucy Letby she's not young, blonde and attractive? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Erin Patterson appeal: Mushroom murderer's trial undermined by hotel mix-up, court told

Erin Patterson's defence team appeal against her conviction for killing relatives with a beef Wellington laced with toxic mushrooms.

bbc.co.uk

Utterly outrageous - judge who ordered Trump to hand over financial records for the BBC trial is taken off the case, and it's handed to a judge appointed by Trump himself only months ago! And he's called Kuntz, which is apt! The USA is literally a banana republic! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Judge swapped in Trump's defamation case against BBC

A judge who was recently nominated by the US president to serve in Florida's federal court will now preside over his $10bn defamation case against the BBC.

bbc.co.uk

Those Brexit benefits keep on coming! Britain doesn't have the capacity to check the safety of foods coming through our borders, tho when we were in the EU, our neighbours would do it for us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreak

Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.

bbc.co.uk

A lot of American kids are going to get sick and die. That's not my concern. My concern is a rapidly replicating virus will mutate, producing more deadly strains resistant to the current vaccine. We had the chance to eradicate measles completely, but stupidity won out.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 4d ago

US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.

Good evidence-based study of why rent controls are a bad idea. They're good for insiders already renting, but bad for literally everyone else. They discourage mobility, inflate costs for new renters, and are proven to reduce overall supply of rental properties. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoT7...

Why do 90% of economists oppose rent control?

YouTube video by Money & Macro

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Suzie Wiles looks like a deluded nursing home resident who's escaped her carer so who knows, maybe it was her he was messaging?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump's chief of staff

Downing Street has declined to comment on the security breach, first reported by Politico.

bbc.co.uk

Wow, even back in July, an overwhelming majority (69%) of REFORM VOTERS said Nigel Farage is "sleazy". And yet they still support him and vote for him! yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Treason doesn't improve with age.

We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

goodlawproject.org

Really good article about the actual biological reality of sex and gender, which I'll keep under my belt for next time someone uninformed tells me "it's only male and female, that's just biology"! theconversation.com/what-happens...

What happens when someone’s chromosomes, sex hormones and body don’t align?

Biological sex isn’t always simple.

theconversation.com

Let's follow the money in Reform's criminal laundering scheme: - Criminals and oligarchs pay cash to Cottrell - Cottrell funnels "donations" to Tice and Reform via his mother - Reform dispenses money to shell companies owned by senior Reform insiders - Where does it go from there?

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 5d ago

📌 ICYMI — Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders — Max Colbert Exclusive: Electoral Commission filings reveal payments to companies run by Reform activists, donors and a former party chairman

There absolutely needs to be a public inquiry into the behaviour of the media in the Jason Arday case. Hounding one man in a racist witch-hunt is utterly unacceptable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Calls for public inquiry into Jason Arday media 'witchhunt'

Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been "hounded" by the media and pursued relentlessly.

bbc.co.uk

Reform UK Ltd vows to ban gremlins, leprechauns and other imaginary troublemakers. Seriously why do the media give their nonsense the oxygen of publicity?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens

The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.

bbc.co.uk

Shame on Broadcasting House presenter and alleged BBC "journalist" Paddy O'Connell for thinking 30% of Cambridge profs are black. He demonstrates how far the right wing mind virus has infected BBC news!😡

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6d ago

Presenter: [The argument was put that DEI advanced people not on merit] Woolley: "There are 975 Professors at Cambridge. How many do you think are black? Paddy O'Connell: "Its a fair question you're asking me. So I am going to say 30%" Woolley: "I tell you: less than half a per cent"

Over 24 hours ago I reported this leak to Thames Water. 28 hours on now and it's still gushing water. Lucky there aren't water shortages ...

Nigel Farage announces monkey butlers for every British citizen.

Irritated Llama@irritatedllama.bsky.social · 6d ago

More contrarian bollocks to distract from the 5 million quid.

Reform are already notorious for hating immigrants, brown people and religious minorities, now they want to wipe out disabled people. Just like the Nazis! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system Pip

The party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip.

bbc.co.uk

It's not Cambridge University who has "serious questions to answer", it's the British and American right wing media who hounded him into suicide. Press reform and Leveson 2 are long overdue: Burnham must do something before the Epstein classes kill someone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...

Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings about his life story and his work.

nytimes.com