Electing this guy twice is really bad. But the real reason the US cannot be trusted is that it has been unable to impeach him.

Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty.

The Tories and Reform UK voted against.

Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life.

market people are fucking hilarious you could tell them the moon was discovered to be made out of rare pokemon cards and they'd boost trading cards stock 90000%

OMFG

Free speech is not hate speech

Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom This publication sets out this government’s vision for a fair, tolerant and decent country and the steps we are taking to tackle threats to social cohesion.

Protecting what matters: the government’s social cohesion action plan, published today
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IEA projections for slower and faster growth of data centre use shown as relatively small in context of world energy uses

I have been waiting for @hannahritchie.bsky.social to run the numbers on this question:

What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...

How lessons from Iraq are shaping Starmer’s Iran response Operation Epic Fury is a US military operation. It will not be possible for the UK to exert any significant influence in planning.

theconversation.com/how-lessons-...

Wanted: a new Blair Labour needs a theory of capitalism.

I disagree with things in this interesting piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social , but his core contention is right: the modern Labour party lacks a theory of how modern capitalism works. And that's a major problem for a party which seeks to manage a capitalist economy
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdil...

“Do Your Own Research” — How the Rabbit Hole Actually Works If you spend any time in American politics right now, you’ve heard the phrase:

Do your own research?

My latest on Substack.

open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...

Public service announcement: the M11 southbound is closed. Like, very closed. As in a carpark. Been sat here for an hour already.

Opposition is up +10 across 4 parties, including Cons, but not Reform voters, whose outlier status increases as a result

Wow wish we had a landmark piece of legislation that helped to fund transit, weatherization, and energy alternatives so that a volatile fossil fuel market didn't impact our households so much right now

An act to reduce inflation, if you will

I can relate.

Duck tetherball! Giving our residents food in novel ways is just one of the methods we use to provide them with mental stimulation and enrichment.

♻️ The Big Plastic Count is here! For one week starting today, thousands of people will be counting every piece of plastic packaging they throw away. Together, we’ll uncover the true scale of the UK’s big plastic problem.

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How The Iran War Is Turning Into A Global Crisis YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics

Going LIVE @therestpolitics.bsky.social special episode on Iran - 230pm UK time

So many angles to explore

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FxX5...

I’m briefly in India. This is a facile observation, but Americans have barely scratched the surface in understanding how the rest of the world is reacting to this war. It’s already an Iraq War-style disaster in the global imagination, underscored by the thuggishness and caprice of the Trump approach

Any time soon they'll be embracing 15 minute cities

How the Iran War is Turning Into a Global Crisis | LIVE

Join Rory and Alastair as they break down all the latest developments on the Iran war: the new Supreme Leader, surging oil prices, and why this conflict is so dangerous for global stability.

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Link in the replies 👇

I understand that there is now a major effort under way in the UK government on aligning regulations as SPS talks progress. Here is some evidence.

Presume some challenges within - eg aligning with EU checks on inbound products may clash with some trade deals

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has called on the Prime Minister to cancel the King's scheduled state visit to the US in April:

“At a time when Trump has launched an illegal war that is devastating the Middle East and pushing up energy bills for British families, it’s clear this visit should not go ahead."

Cor, sure would feel great right now if we were self-sufficient in renewable energy, and laughing at all the rubes reliant on global oil supplies. We'd have a bit of a swagger in our step today.

Itä-Suomen luonnosta halutaan Venäjää vastaan vihreä muuri – laajoja suunnitelmia vireillä Itärajan seudun luonnon ennallistamista edistetään ensimmäistä kertaa ministeriötasolla.

A Finnish government study, to be published in May, will outline a plan to “build” a “Verdant Wall” along #Finland’s Eastern border by #rewilding and restoring natural habitats, especially marshlands, as barriers to invasion. Win win win!

#biodiversity #defence

Just gonna re-up my Friday article in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, in which I say Keir Starmer has probably got it right on Iran: defend and counterattack to protect UK interests, and stay well out of the rest of it.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...

Duckboards over a peatland towards a forested island.

The eastern Finland peatland restoration planning progressed to the ministry. Wetlands are useful for defence, climate mitigation and restoration benefits various species, including the whitefish in adjacent rivers.

#RestoreNature

“The postwar order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” —
New: @katemac.bsky.social & I
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

Ministers are discussing the possibility of intervening to protect the public against soaring household energy bills if the Middle East conflict drags on.

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, is understood to believe that prices cannot be allowed to rise substantially.

An image of a phone with text saying: A safer digital childhood - we’re launching a national conversation to gather views and drive action to keep children safe online

Have your say in the Government’s social media consultation

There are a consultations for everyone, parents and carers of young people aged 21 and under, children and young people (10 to 21).

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