Jonny

Love it. He was somehow insufferable enough already before this latest crassness.

#Cycling anybody recommend men's thermal leggings with arse padding? The choice is vast and confusing. Nothing too pricey. Thanks.
#Portobello ride pic this morning.

March 4th - Edinburgh

Scotland protesters visited the Sheriff’s Court in Edinburgh to hand a letter to the Procurator Fiscal’s Office demanding that the terrorism charges against peaceful protesters be dropped immediately.

Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

Yes pricey af but even if you shell out the quality seems questionable. Not sure if there are good alternatives (don't like Rangers) ...

Looking at #DocMartens 8 hole and what a disappointment. The leather reminded me of ... laminated thin cardboard. At £170 that's an eyewatering profit. Think I'll be sticking to my 25 year old pair.
Such a shame for such an iconic brand.

China spying arrests raise awkward questions about Labour Party links Sir Keir Starmer’s government is trying to deepen economic ties with Beijing

Ooft! Joani Reid claimed: “I am not part of my husband’s business activities.” However, two of her husband's consultancy businesses gave her consultancy business interest free loans with no fixed repayment terms.

Loved this, proper adult telly. Can't wait for the rewatch.

Um, I think the Scottish Government is rolling this out, no? The Scottish Greens may have been instrumental in the initiative.
I'm a big fan of ScotGreens but this messaging is misleading.

Happy to be corrected and delete.

Pedro Sánchez, on the US and Israeli attack on Iran: ‘No to war, we are not going to be complicit’ The Spanish prime minister responded to Donald Trump’s threats of a trade embargo: ‘Some will say that this is naive. What is naive is to think that violence is the solution. Or to think that blind and servile obedience is leadership’

Pedro Sánchez, on the US and Israeli attack on Iran: ‘No to war, we are not going to be complicit’

🔊 Gooood Morning, Viet .... Iran.

Himself on those, first lot he was prescribed gave bad leg pain, esp at night. Changed to another variant/brand and fine. He was accidentally prescribed the first type again later on, leg pain back. So blacklisted at pharmacy. All ok otherwise.
Good luck getting it sorted.

All Europeans will pay the price for their leaders' reaction to the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran this weekend.

European leaders (all except Pedro Sanchez) have now accepted the end of international law.

The consequences of this will be felt not for weeks, not for years, but for decades

Ths headline misleading. Each country's response is about Iran's strikes on other countries. Little to nothing is noted about their response to the US/Israel attacks on Iran.
Warped reportage.

Says everything about mainstream media in the West.

Nothing to see here: Ex-Amazon UK boss to lead competition watchdog Experts described the decision to appoint Doug Gurr as the head of the CMA as “very positive” if you are Big Tech

Nothing to see here: Ex-Amazon UK boss to lead competition watchdog

Instead of taking on board that people don't want his kind of vicious, divisive, unhealthy politics he's doubling down on the language and trajectory of the far right. A whiff of Starmer's death rattle.
Vulgar and undignified.

Indeed. How to alienate voters in a nutshell. But what's more disturbing is the now familiar scaremongering and hate language as a political tactic generally adopted by the far right, and now ... Labour. What a disaster for Starmer, and of his own making.

If it takes a resounding defeat to register you've not been listening and serving the people you've failed in the most important part of your job. Labour have moved so far from its founding principles to court right wing fringe politics and bigots. A change that brought this fully deserved defeat.

Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case Migrant workers alleged they were subjected to abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory for Dyson.

This is why Dyson backed Brexit. Because he hoped it would mean workers rights and human rights being decimated so he could use workers as a commodity. Dyson has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by 24 migrant workers, who alleged were subjected to forced & abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory

Interesting that nowhere in this piece the political party of the NS government or its leader responsible for these cuts is mentioned ... Or am I missing something.

Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.

Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.

The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government

A senior MoD official helps shape defence strategy, then joins Palantir.

Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender.

No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.

One burning question is for each case was the PM fully onboard with the strategists plans and goals or somehow compromised/duped into going along ...?

Is Starmer an absolute clueless fool I'm beginning to wonder. McSweeney oversaw the radical shift to the right, massive leaching of Labour support, dramatic fall in Starmer popularity, and all the while paved the way for far right government.
Disgraceful idiotic statement.

Labour past and present fully bought into this sickening corrupted cronyism. So far removed from the original founding principles it is unrecognisable. Labour are finished, and by their own hand.

Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in

Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files

more to follow

www.ft.com/content/c950...

Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department

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Read this to understand the deep & dark hinterland behind the speech & why Vaclav Havel’s concept of ‘living in truth’ is the guide we need right now
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Like the hand on head composition, so evocative.

Sure they'll be in your list but the Al-Fatih mosque is well worth seeing. Also a Bosphorus boat trip. A bit off the beaten track but Kumkoy on the Black Sea is lovely and lots of good beach walking.