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‘This has been a good week for Keir Starmer’ - @steverichards.bsky.social rightly praises the PM for keeping Trump at arms length… x.com/steverichard...

Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if UK excluded from Made in Europe rules Reports of carmaker’s warning come as lobby group says EU proposals could damage £70bn cross-channel trade

Remind me again of the ‘sunlit uplands’ of Brexit… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Heady days at New College, was there myself at the time.

Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and 'talk down Britain' over dinner Nigel Farage is set to dine with Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort as the crisis in the Middle East escalates - with Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey questioning the Reform chief's patriotism

More Lord Haw-Haw than Winston Churchill isn’t he? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

‘Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth’ - they’re as mad as the mullahs aren’t they? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Telegraph censured for story of fictional family’s struggle to pay school fees Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on banker who did not exist

Just a reminder not to believe a word you read in the Telegraph…
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m....

It's bone-chilling the way Trump, Hesgeth et al are behaving like school kids playing a video game. They are devoid of decency, empathy, intelligence and humanity.

Clocks go forward at the end of the month then go back to the 1950s if Farage ever becomes PM.

We should be grateful that Starmer is doing what he can to keep us at arms length from Trump’s trigger happy neocons.

While you were sleeping - Labour convincingly retrieves a council seat it previously lost to Reform here in Durham.

‘Best way forward’ for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer PM defends decision not to join initial strikes by US and Israel and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situation

Let’s at least be thankful it’s PM Starmer - not Farage or Badenoch. For all his faults he’s not a total Trump lackey. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Two key Sunderland figures to be awarded the Freedom of the City next week Next week will see two prominent city figures, who’ve done much to enhance life in Sunderland, awarded the Freedom of the City.

Congratulations to @paulcallaghan.bsky.social on being awarded Freedom of the City of Sunderland. Honestly can’t think of anyone more deserving 👏👏👏
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...

NE ‘newspaper’ spreading panic and looking for clicks…

Baffling how that woman is still regarded as some sort of saviour.

Absolutely.

Listening to Louise Casey on #r4today describing adult social care policy and provision as ‘horrendous’…Yes we knew. What to do? She says she’s ‘trying to work it out’…Her report is due in 2028!

Trump threatens to halt trade with Spain over air base access Trump lashed out after Spain barred the US from using its military bases to carry out strikes on Iran.

Trump’s bullying knows no bounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey Brexiteers, how’s that sovereignty stuff going?

Well…Trump is no Roosevelt is he? Stupid twerp!

Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence

Watching Dirty Business? It never stops, does it? Thatcher’s legacy - like the waterways - is toxic…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The oldest habits are the hardest to break David.

John Knight obituary Disability campaigner at Leonard Cheshire whose mischievous personality brought a fresh perspective to the charity

Inspirational disability campaigner John Knight - insightful obituary by @brindled.bsky.social….
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Trump doing his best to increase Starmer’s popularity then?

Any idea when sore loser, Goodwin, will stop whining?

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

‘England is the only country apart from Chile where water, a natural resource, is owned by private companies for profit’…Thatcher’s legacy still haunting us…
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Trump says ‘likely more’ deaths of US troops to come before Iran conflict ends Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties

He lies about why he started it; he fails to get agreement for it; he doesn't say what victory will look like; and he has no idea how, or if, it will end. But he knows more people will die... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Wow! His ego has been mortally offended hasn't it?

RAF airbase in Cyprus hit, two more drones shot down as Cooper defends decision to allow US to use UK bases for Iran strikes – UK politics live Foreign secretary confirms strike on Akrotiri base but says it ‘simply not true’ the UK is being dragged into an Iraq-style conflict

It’s possible to accept the case for UK involvement whilst feeling deeply disturbed at being dragged into Trump’s slipstream..
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Needless to say this is photoshopped from Grimes. Reform’s deputy leader of Durham County Council - you could weep!

In other news on this surreal day…