Adrian Littlejohn

Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree? The president's vision of Iran's future could meet fierce opposition, writes chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

So, rather than have their leader chosen by a small cabal of murderous religious lunatics, the people of Iran might now have him personally selected by Donald Trump instead.

Isn't democracy a wonderful thing? 🤮

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

CEFC with Ray Davies - The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset - BBC Electric Proms, The Roundhouse YouTube video by Crouch End Festival Chorus

For me, The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" might just be the best three-minute pop song ever written.

This glorious version features its composer, Ray Davies, and the Crouch End Festival Chorus.

Enjoy! ❤️

youtu.be/zSP9qCMqh34?...

The @greenparty.org.uk is the future, Reece. I'm convinced of it.
And I love that their latest MP is, in the most positive way possible, an ordinary person. A plumber, who felt she had to apologise to her customers because another job had come up! 😄👍

215,000 members! ✅✊
It seems I’m not alone in whom I’ve put my trust to take us forward out of the present mire.
#HopeNotHate
join.greenparty.org.uk

I've already reposted this calm and reasonable response from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. But honestly...

Shabana Mahmood is a *Labour* MP. What happened? What has changed her, and what changed Labour?

I was once proud to be a member. Now I'm a Green. And I didn't leave Labour. They left me...

A brilliant letter from a Party leader who genuinely cares about the plight of humans struggling to make their lives even remotely palatable, to a Home Secretary who once shared the same sentiments.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social… I salute you!
Shabana Mahmood… what happened to you? 😱

Well done for bringing this to wider attention, Reece. And of course to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being, like you, a concerned and compassionate human being!

Bravo both of you!

Or at least, move matches in the US to Canada and Mexico! 🤣👍🏻

(And publicly ask him to return his ridiculous FIFA peace Prize...)

Old photo: wonderful Yorkshire! Hardraw Force has a vertical drop of 100ft, the longest of any above-ground waterfall in England.

Just listening to the cricket semi-final.
And being reminded that, if a country *has* to have a national anthem, we must have the most pathetic, feeble, forelock-tugging subservient pile of crap in the civilised world. 🤮
And that's without the later verses that Scots, quite rightly, object to... 😡

South East Water faces £22m fine for supply failures The firm was unable to cope during high demand, Ofwat says, leading to

This relates to problems in 2023. South East Water reported an operating profit of £35.9 million for the *six-month* period ending Sept 2023.
£22m is peanuts to them.
Privatisation of water services was a ruthless, cynical act of vandalism. It should be reversed...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Devastating? They haven't been able to get rid of so much of the damn stuff in one day for ages... 😂👍

Good old @privateeyenews.bsky.social 🤣👍

Runrig - Running To The Light YouTube video by tomtt47

For my money, the absolute best song, by one of my very favourite bands.
And I was at this concert - Runrig's 30th anniversary show, on Stirling Castle esplanade in August 2003. A memorable evening!

youtu.be/tUhxXxuAshA?...

Starmer and Badenoch clash over UK's response to Iran conflict and defence spending - live updates The prime minister defends his decision to refuse the US access to UK military bases for initial strikes on Iran - a move Donald Trump has criticised.

Well... If there's any British political leader whose position is under threat, it won't be the Prime Minister, at least for now.
But after this catastrophic demonstration of utter ignorance and failure to 'read the room', I wouldn't give much for Ms Badenoch's chances!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that | Polly Toynbee The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

I know Proportional Representation isn't the 'sexiest' of subjects. But this article is as good an explanation of why it's an urgent need as any I've read.
Labour took almost two-thirds of the seats on one third of the votes in 2024. We can't risk Reform doing the same.

share.google/m7rOBvuIZdHd...

Well said, Reece. I don't doubt Starmer's motives were noble, but so were Neville Chamberlain's ninety-odd years ago.
Knuckling under to a bully never works, never has. It just smooths the path for them.

2 feet 3 inches, IIRC 👍

Trump says Starmer is 'no Winston Churchill' over Iran strikes Sir Keir Starmer had refused to grant the US permission to use the Diego Garcia military base.

Yes, and you're not George Washington or Abe Lincoln either, pal...

You're a combination of James Buchanan's incompetence and Warren Harding's corruption. With added degrees of arrogance and stupidity that are all your own.

Go to hell... 🤬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Old photo: Built for the line in 1866, locomotive No.2, Dolgoch, is still in service on the Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd.

Since an overhaul in 2023, the 'Old Lady' has been sporting her more traditional dark green livery.

That would take less of a hack and more of a miracle...

Unbelievable! As Bryan says, it's just about possible to remember when The Telegraph was a serious newspaper of record.

Now, so long as they're criticising a left of centre (just) government on the day, what they said the other week is irrelevant.

Juvenile clowns...

EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Become a GB News Member and get a free Farage: Talking Pints Glass Show your support for The People's Channel with your free Farage: Talking Pints Glass

Trust me, the very last thing I'd want is a pint of what #Farage talks! 🤮

And anyway, the millionaire of the people drinks expensive red wine when he thinks the cameras aren't around...

share.google/EqXIJzBa8ZDP...

Trump's Iran endgame unclear after mixed messaging on war aims The US president laid out some of his objectives on Monday, but made no mention of what Iran's future might look like after the war.

It's not an "unconventional messaging strategy".

It's a senile buffoon, who changes his mind every few minutes, sending young men to fight, as he was once far too cowardly to do himself... 🤮

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A smart and skilful politician who never makes gaffes.
Is what she'd tell you...

This remarkably stupid woman has always had difficulty understanding what other people say.

Now she barely seems able to understand what she's saying herself...

If you're not on the side of international law, whose side *are* you on?

Disgusting...

“Trump is disappointed with Keir Starmer”

Trump has just spent the last 12 months taking the piss out of our war dead, threatening to collapse NATO, aiding and abetting Russian aggression, and angling to invade a European country’s sovereign territory.

And he wants us to help?

He’s off his tits.

Nigel Farage 'trying to rig' election rules in Trumpian 'sore loser' move Nigel Farage is accused of trying to 'rig the rules' in elections with Trumpian plans to restrict who can vote and ban postal votes after defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election

'Writing in the Mail on Sunday Mr Farage claimed the Greens’ victory "was the most glaring example yet of what happens if we’re not careful about the impact of mass immigration"'.

Or to put it more clearly 'People with brown skin shouldn't be allowed to vote'... 🤮

share.google/kkniUM431F14...

And STILL they come!
#HopeNotHate

Join.greenparty.org.uk and be that change.