I've always refrained from attacking indy parties in public, we have an entire Scottish media for that, but I shed no tears for the demise of the Alba party, one of whose supporters told me "I wish you'd died instead of your dog," after I declined to back it when it was launched.
A group of boys watching a girl, who looks uncomfortable at their attention
Last week in Parliament, UK Feminista and Jess Asato launched the 'System Change' report for schools: a blueprint to move from reacting to sexual abuse to preventing it. By Jenny Rhodes
#IWD2026
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It’s now almost 2 months since Nigel Farage was scheduled to appear on #bbclaurak as part of her Leaders Interview but pulled out due to being “under the weather”
He’s currently in America supporting a foreign president over his own country
'Anti-trans protesters' harrass Green MP Hannah Spencer
Thugs is what they are, thugs who beat women, pretending to protect them.
Truly awful fire at Glasgow Central Station.
Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.
Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.
The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.
The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.
THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.
I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. It’s so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And it’s not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBC’s homepage.
When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.
🚨 How about that: more evidence that #EpsteinDidntKillHimself in addition to Dr. Michael Baden’s statement that Epstein’s injuries—including a broken hyoid bone—were a sign of strangulation.
Prison guards discussed cover-up of Epstein’s death, inmate tells FBI
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“By removing trial by jury, Keir Starmer & David Lammy are abolishing the ultimate guarantee of independence in our criminal justice system, & are placing extraordinary, unprecedented & untrammelled power into the hands of whichever politicians come after them”
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Trump's weekend just got absolutely wrecked — South African President Ramaphosa called out his racist policies as an "ambush," former presidents slammed his attacks on democracy, and Gov. Walz outplayed him completely.
Read why the resistance is winning:
Exclusive to Private Eye: HOW DARE I RESIGN?
By Peter Mandelson
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1021, February 2001.
Arrest the goddamn president
I am so tired of this classless, clueless embarrassment of a president.
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
Labour has dangerous plans for NHS Scotland & would introduce privatisation by the back door. Meanwhile Reform UK is hostile to the very concept of free universal healthcare. Only an SNP led Scottish Govt will protect NHS Scotland from the private sector.
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Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?
I’m just curious if any of the disgusting juvenile delinquents making the ridiculous war glorification videos for the White House ever served in combat. Or even served in the military at all.
The recommender: Jeremy Deller, artist, wearing a red jacket
The Recommender: Jeremy Deller
Ahead of @laugharneweekend.bsky.social, the Turner Prize-winning artist shares his cultural highlights
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1/3 I'm writing a book about Nigel Farage for Headline.
Some of his pals are blanking me.
Is it because after I reported on the killing of a Polish man in Essex in 2016, he said that I had caused him "more misery than any other in 25 years in politics"?
Do get in touch: johnsweeney.co.uk
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"If it's true that the Iran war will mark 'Jesus's return to Earth', as US forces have been told, at least that would suggest there was some kind of plan" Stewart Lee on Armageddon
New Stewart Lee column.
'“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. To be honest, I preferred Jesus when he just healed lepers, made a small amount of fish feed more people....'
Picture of Farage from GB News website with the caption For GB News's funders, £130m is a small price to pay fro vast influence
GB News, the channel of “reactionary rage bait”, has released its latest accounts showing a £22m loss for 2024/25 (and a £131m total loss since launch)
Yet another demonstration that there’s no shortage of funds on the right of British politics, writes @writesbright.bsky.social for the Nerve
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Copy of the analysis of U.K. spending and tax referred to in the article
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A great article in The National today from Ciaran McKenna.
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What could possibly explain the intensity of Western interest, over the past century and more, in this region?
