Are we sure this entire leadership isn’t some sort of performance art / elaborate experiment?

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 10h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 20h ago

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

Don’t think you have to be Grant Shapps’ biggest fan to see how incredibly absurd this is

Liam Hoare 🇺🇦@liamhoare.com · 11h ago

It doesn't say much for the Conservative Party that this is the quality of candidate who wants to stand for them now—and that they're willing to defend his selection.

Going to blame the economic climate for all the terrible work I do from now on

Rolling Stone UK@rollingstoneuk.bsky.social · yesterday

“The current economic climate has resulted in lower than expected ticket sales” www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/trains...

Price change in Tesco school uniforms after 46 years: Trousers: ⬇️ £1 Shirts: ⬇️ 49p Jumpers: ⬆️ 25p And that's *nominal*. Loss leaders and all that, but that's still incredible.

Old UK Print Ads@oldukprintads.bsky.social · 2d ago

Aug 1980: Schoolwear ad from Tesco (+Grey Polyester/Viscose Trousers; Polyester/Viscose Trousers; Sanforised cotton Denim Jeans; Acrylic Zippers; Acrylic V-neck Pullovers; Polyester/Cotton Shirts; Ribbed Polo Neck Jumpers; White lace-to-toe Sports Shoes; Black Plimsolls, and more)

I recognise the specific context here but “Please, I need my car to meet criminals” is a very funny plea for leniency.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Author Lynda La Plante banned from driving for six months

July marks the first consecutive twelve month period where wind generated more electricity than gas in the UK...in every single month. In the last decade, wind generation in the UK has more than doubled, pushing first coal and now gas out of the mix.

This is why blanket cynicism about politicians favours the worst among them. It’s the enemy of rational scepticism.

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2d ago

According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.

Excellent. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Gianni Infantino: Wales first nation to withdraw support for Fifa president

Wales become the first nation to publicly withdraw backing for Gianni Infantino's bid to continue his leadership of Fifa.

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I think the message politicians need to get is that these people will never be satisfied. Small Boat crossings could be 0. They would still complain. Stop trying to get them to vote for you and focus on those who actually will.

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d ago

Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…

Okay, now tell us the bad things about The PM’s plans

Lenin is this but, through a series of unbelievably unlikely events, he made It to phase 3

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4d ago

reading a book about the Russian revolution, something I know fairly little about, and have to say that I'd not appreciated the extent to which Lenin kept randomly hiding around and sending angry letters to everyone still in the capital, like a cross between an angry penpal and Where's Wally

The tax retention news is so big it has overshadowed some of chunky stuff in the press release that complements it and fills out the devolution strategy pursued by the new PM. Some initial reactions by me and some @centreforcities.bsky.social thinking below to get you started 👇

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is a great move:

In our latest press release we take an early look at the July stats: just how dry has it been? bit.ly/45xyDEF

Actually quite angry reading this. I know it’s a bit passé to talk about “why don’t politicians crack down on people not using headphones on the bus” but I think we do need to reckon with platforms that incentivise people to completely disregard the norms of civil society and get away with it.

TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using Meta 'smart glasses'

The "content maker" published videos of encounters with young women and a female Sikh shop worker where he talked of a plot to "breed out the white race".

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I don’t think you get to make the call on what’s “harmless banter” from a man who goes round secretly filming people and acting like this, BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Odyssey merch is getting out of hand

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m

"Renewable energy generated 52.1% of the UK’s electricity in 2025, exceeding half of total generation for the second consecutive year, according to government statistics." www.renews.biz/other-news/u....

Fair play to Aleksander Ceferin. He stood up to the Super League and won and has now - very quickly and with no prior warning - assembled a full boycott of FIFA. Very impressive.

Absolutely incredible scenes in Wales during the early days of the pandemic www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 6d ago

Tried to explain to my kid what travelling abroad was like in the pandemic and it started “well there was this guy called Grant Shapps,.. every Thursday before your holiday he would post on… this thing called Twitter… his personal account… then you’d cancel your flight”. And you just sound MENTAL.

The minute Infantino rescinded Balogun's red card should have been the end of Infantino

Host the anti-world cup in Avignon, you cowards.

Sky News@news.sky.com · 6d ago

European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off

All those often slightly tenuous 'What the Starmer government achieved' lists that did the rounds should be replaced with just one big bullet point: Halved Foxton's profits. Ought to be enough to get the dear departed PM up into the pantheon alongside Clem. www.cityam.com/foxtons-hits...

Foxtons hits out at Renters’ Rights Act as profit halves

London estate agency Foxtons has hit out at the Renters’ Rights Act after seeing profit slip amid an already "challenging" market.

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Working on Aeroplanes for the RAF. Yes those planes are not staying in the sky if I’m the one fixing them.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Incredible film. Loved it. Christopher Nolan has done it again #theodyssey

UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup and the Club World Cup Because the non-profit FIFA wants to hand over influence to private investors There are 55 members in UEFA

UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing Feud

UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.

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EuLolgy.

You can see what happens to crucial services / jobs when this isn’t considered. Nursing numbers collapsed after they withdrew the bursary. Shouldn’t make it so difficult for someone to retrain if they want to pursue a different career, or if they lose their job.

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · last wk.

I think, in general, we devote too much time to debating 14-21 education and not enough time to life time education/training/retraining.

Great stuff as always from London Centric. What a massive coincidence that only the AC in Privately rented flats just happened to work. Councils need to come down like a tonne of bricks on stuff like this too.No idea why the maximum fine is £40,000. Should be a ban from being able to rent places out

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · last wk.

You’ve probably seen @peterwalker99.bsky.social’s story on the London flats where the temporary accommodation residents had their air con turned off in a heatwave; we had a look at what’s going on and who is responsible. www.londoncentric.media/p/air-condit...

There is no longer any choice. We have to see a full UEFA withdrawal from FIFA. Private investment has absolutely no place in an organising body which has a moral duty to both remain neutral and be fully accountable. Infantino is a blight on the game and completely unfit for the role.

World Cup: Uefa furious at Fifa plan for private investment in tournament

European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

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