Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court.

It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.

People want stories instead.

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something.

Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.

From a constitutionalist perspective the mad thing is that Congress could stop this at a stroke.

The presidency only has tariff-setting powers as provided for by Congress. And Congress can take those powers away.

But the Republicans in Congress would rather this happen than to do something.

MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.

Meanwhile:

So while Trump banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office, a reporter from Russia's state-owned news agency TASS was allowed in to cover his attack on Zelensky

On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

Zelenskyy speaking in an interview with Fox News issues his thanks to the American people.

“You helped us to survive”.

But he stands by his words with Trump/Vance.

“We have to be honest. And nobody wants to finish this war more than us”.

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Trump has now asked Elon Musk to examine US defence spending. Elon Musk’s companies have multi billion dollar contracts with the Department of Defense and are seeking more. The BBC’s Today Programme just reported the first part, without mentioning the second. Unacceptable

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The Conservative party is now using the grooming gangs scandal to raise money for itself.

A reminder that Kemi Badenoch's spokesman admitted yesterday that she hasn't even bothered to speak to any of the victims, and doesn't see the need to.

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

"I can assure you that the entire time that I was in Cabinet, this was never discussed"

Speaking to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social, Ex-Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries discusses the Tory Party never launching a national inquiry into child grooming gangs during their time in government

#Newsnight

Nigel Farage, sitting with Reform UK MP James McMurdock who was jailed for attacking his girlfriend, says assaults on young women are out of control.

Our tribute to Kevin Nolan, our Charlton Athletic match reporter who has died aged 87, is led by Peter Cordwell, his old editor at the SE London Mercury newspaper. #cafc