Zack Polanski has challenged PM Andy Burnham to treat wildfires as a national emergency by calling a COBRA meeting. Now Fire Brigades Union calls for funding, equipment and support but No 10 continues to play the crisis down. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
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Every single time I walk down the prom at Birkenhead these days (which tbf isn't often since it became such a shithole) I see cyclists trying to use it and having to turn back.
So a Pogrom then? Or just a Race Riot? Attempted Lynching?
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6d agoBBC report on violent disorder in Thetford, Norfolk. A lot of effort to balance here re violence & anti-immig protest. What report describes violence targeting people's homes: whether the "alleged asylum seekers" are being misidentified or not is beside the point www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just added the book I'm reading to Goodreads and apparently I already got 40 pages in back in 2015 and then gave up, giving it 1 star. Zero recollection of ever reading it and it's quite good. This happens all the time on Letterboxd too, I wonder why I bother consuming media.
This is Joe Kerrigan, EIGHTY SEVEN years old, he just swam across the Mersey then someone threw him his stick so he could walk to the finish line! Inspirational!
It's the cross river swim today! Get down to Monks Ferry for around 2pm to see the superhumans arrive!
This is fun. Loads of function in MS365 just don't work in Chrome anymore, no error message of course just no action on click, only solution is move to Edge. I see you, Bill Gates, in those Epstein files...
Awesome! More regeneration* in Birkenhead! *taking everything good and shutting it down forever leaving a gaping hole
Wes Streeting has been made Defence Secretary. In his released correspondence with Peter Mandelson, he said: “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes.” Journalists should ask him: 1) Does he stand by that? 2) What legal obligations does the UK therefore have?
As places I think I love Belgium and Spain equally but my mate was drinking Leffe tonight so allez les mecs
Bluesky gets stick on Twitter for being full of wet liberals but I'm not seeing the same levels of hysteria over the absolute fuckwitted idea of Count Binface over here so I might make the permanent switch
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is on right now in FACT and you really really need to go see it even though it will never explain the name or mention Kurt Cobain even tangentially
Wirral Line completely cancelled. No ferries anyway, even though they haven't served Woodside for 4 years anyway. I triple dare @lcrmayor.bsky.social to show his face right now in Hamilton Square
Seeing as there'll likely be plenty of government jobs up for grabs soon there sure are plenty of Labour MPs getting their staff to fluff up their Wikipedia pages this week...
I have no specific opinion on this tool but I *would* like it if govt press releases didn't sound like they've been written by a tipsy Buzzfeed editor who missed the second half of their Metaphors 101 class
Regulating children is not the same thing as regulating social media platforms. Seems very important to distinguish between the two. However, social media platforms tend to be run by powerful billionaires, so easier to go after the kids instead.
Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 2mo agoAs govt is going to ban social media for kids, then they should also: - invest in youth clubs and social spaces where young people are welcome - put some actual money into libraries - mandate that secondary schools supply offline learning resources - implement effective regulation
You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 2mo agoHenry Nowak murder's has highlighted the debate on whether UK police are anti-white
So if you look at London on Google Streetview the little "pegman" you drop onto the map is... Dua Lipa
Tom Holland is fucking adorable, listening to the Amy Poehler podcast and kicking my heels here
I'm not a big fan or anything but this banning of Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur is fucking outrageous
FFS. In the name of "safety" they're going to dim or turn off the street lights on the dock road when it's less busy. Councillors like Dan Barrington have no concept that people exist when they're not being the wheel of a car. Helmets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streets near Everton stadium get new 'smart lights'
The project is expected to deliver up to 30% energy savings over the next 10 years.
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So on Friday night I was stuck in Liverpool Central for 40 minutes while all the trains to the Wirral were delayed then cancelled. Gave up and got the bus home. Next day, charged 2x max fares - £25 because I tapped out at Central.
This is insane! How many more cases of Labour electoral fraud are out there? Bunch of cheats
The Mill@manchestermill.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: Five arrested following Mill investigation into Tameside Labour
I know it's trendy to hate Palantir and OpenAI these days but let's not forget just what a piece of shit Microsoft is mainly for putting out fucking useless products that keep breaking and take up all my time to fix
