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Facebook reminds me that on this day in 2017 a woman turned to me in the veg section of Sainsbury's and said "hopefully now we've left the EU we can have loose carrots that aren't wet"
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Facebook reminds me that on this day in 2017 a woman turned to me in the veg section of Sainsbury's and said "hopefully now we've left the EU we can have loose carrots that aren't wet"
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Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys take home full-size trophy
Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys take home full-size trophy
The cup paled into comparison to the grand old trophy presented to the winning boys football team.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys take home full-size trophy
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A year into Trump’s second term, the U.S. is still without a surgeon general. If Casey Means is confirmed to the role, she would bring an anti-institutionalist theology to bear on the nation’s health, Rina Raphael argues.
America’s Would-Be Surgeon General Says to Trust Your ‘Heart Intelligence’
Casey Means thinks improving health is a spiritual project.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A year into Trump’s second term, the U.S. is still without a surgeon general. If Casey Means is confirmed to the role, she would bring an anti-institutionalist theology to bear on the nation’s health, Rina Raphael argues.
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Iran’s central bank is using vast quantities of a cryptocurrency championed by Farage according to a report. One of the major shareholders is also Reform's biggest donor - but he seems somewhat tetchy about it even being mentioned.
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Iran’s central bank is using vast quantities of a cryptocurrency championed by Farage according to a report. One of the major shareholders is also Reform's biggest donor - but he seems somewhat tetchy about it even being mentioned.
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I’m gonna be fair to Labour and say this is true.
We got solar panels and a battery 2 years ago and our current dual fuel bill is £100/month vs a UK average of £200 for a similar sized family.
So it’s literally cut our bills in half.
We got solar panels and a battery 2 years ago and our current dual fuel bill is £100/month vs a UK average of £200 for a similar sized family.
So it’s literally cut our bills in half.
This will get massively overshadowed today and as ever the devil is in the detail, but is should be one of the best things Labour has done. It has the potential to improve the lives and finances of millions of people.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
'A national project to turn the tide': Government unveils £15bn Warm Homes Plan
Long-awaited plan aims to help millions of families to cut energy bills by installing solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, and insulation
www.businessgreen.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I’m gonna be fair to Labour and say this is true.
We got solar panels and a battery 2 years ago and our current dual fuel bill is £100/month vs a UK average of £200 for a similar sized family.
So it’s literally cut our bills in half.
We got solar panels and a battery 2 years ago and our current dual fuel bill is £100/month vs a UK average of £200 for a similar sized family.
So it’s literally cut our bills in half.
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Peak Dutch politics is having five or six significant far right parties in parliament and thinking: “you know what we need? another far right party”
Geert Wilders’ PVV had 26 seats in the 150-seat parliament.
Seven of them just quit to form a breakaway party, led by Gidi Markuszower - previously arrested for carrying a gun in Amsterdam and labeled a security risk by Dutch security services
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Seven of them just quit to form a breakaway party, led by Gidi Markuszower - previously arrested for carrying a gun in Amsterdam and labeled a security risk by Dutch security services
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Opstand tegen Wilders: zeven PVV'ers beginnen eigen fractie
Zij hebben zich in een fractievergadering uitgesproken tegen de koers en het beleid van de partijleider.
nos.nl
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Peak Dutch politics is having five or six significant far right parties in parliament and thinking: “you know what we need? another far right party”
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This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
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France and Norway say no to join the Trump Peace Board for Gaza.
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
The US president’s global club was endorsed by the security council on a false prospectus and seems aimed at displacing the United Nations
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
France and Norway say no to join the Trump Peace Board for Gaza.
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda?
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda?
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
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Might now be a good time to revisit £200bn spending on a Trident programme entirely dependent on the US?
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Might now be a good time to revisit £200bn spending on a Trident programme entirely dependent on the US?
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"I get to be Chairman for life. Oh, and you have to pay me $1 billion. But if you don't join I will invade something."
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
"I get to be Chairman for life. Oh, and you have to pay me $1 billion. But if you don't join I will invade something."
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Thatcher wrote in her memoirs: “I was to have many disputes with President Mitterrand in later years. But I never forgot the debt we owed him for his personal support throughout the Falklands crisis.”
Defence Secretary John Nott: “In so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies”.
Defence Secretary John Nott: “In so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies”.
Untrue, of course. UK got lots of support, and never asked for military intervention. But it's not the South Atlantic Treaty Org. At US insistence to avoid colonial wars, NATO only covers Europe, N. America, and the Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer. e.g. Hawaii and Guam aren't covered, either.
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Thatcher wrote in her memoirs: “I was to have many disputes with President Mitterrand in later years. But I never forgot the debt we owed him for his personal support throughout the Falklands crisis.”
Defence Secretary John Nott: “In so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies”.
Defence Secretary John Nott: “In so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies”.
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The very stable geniuses of British politics should not be allowed to forget their sycophancy towards Trump.
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The very stable geniuses of British politics should not be allowed to forget their sycophancy towards Trump.
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"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace".
It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.
It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace".
It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.
It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.
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... gives him a personal veto and - of course - control over its money ($1 billion from each permanent member. He picks the rest for good behaviour).
It's a Trump Organisation private members' club, disguised as an international peace initiative.
It's a Trump Organisation private members' club, disguised as an international peace initiative.
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
... gives him a personal veto and - of course - control over its money ($1 billion from each permanent member. He picks the rest for good behaviour).
It's a Trump Organisation private members' club, disguised as an international peace initiative.
It's a Trump Organisation private members' club, disguised as an international peace initiative.
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It makes no provision for the size of the Executive Board, nor does it prevent the Chairman from being a member. Effectively, Trump would be entitled to name an EB comprised just of himself as the Chief Executive. The only thing within the non-executive members' power would be to leave.
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It makes no provision for the size of the Executive Board, nor does it prevent the Chairman from being a member. Effectively, Trump would be entitled to name an EB comprised just of himself as the Chief Executive. The only thing within the non-executive members' power would be to leave.
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Trump's "Board of Peace" isn't an international organisation; it's a personal fiefdom.
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Trump's "Board of Peace" isn't an international organisation; it's a personal fiefdom.
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Significantly, only a unanimous vote of the Executive Board can remove the chairman (Trump). Guess who appoints & dismisses its members?
"(a) The Executive Board shall be selected by the Chairman...
(b) Members of the Executive Board shall serve two-year terms, subject to removal by the Chairman"
"(a) The Executive Board shall be selected by the Chairman...
(b) Members of the Executive Board shall serve two-year terms, subject to removal by the Chairman"
January 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Significantly, only a unanimous vote of the Executive Board can remove the chairman (Trump). Guess who appoints & dismisses its members?
"(a) The Executive Board shall be selected by the Chairman...
(b) Members of the Executive Board shall serve two-year terms, subject to removal by the Chairman"
"(a) The Executive Board shall be selected by the Chairman...
(b) Members of the Executive Board shall serve two-year terms, subject to removal by the Chairman"
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Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency's East Jerusalem compound reut.rs/4pLWWGA
Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency's East Jerusalem compound
The act was condemned by the agency as a violation of international law.
reut.rs
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency's East Jerusalem compound reut.rs/4pLWWGA
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'Don't support your own leader, support the foreign leader who wishes you harm.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the Daily Mail columnist who would 'take Donald Trump, warts and all, over our hopeless lawyer of a PM'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the Daily Mail columnist who would 'take Donald Trump, warts and all, over our hopeless lawyer of a PM'.
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
'Don't support your own leader, support the foreign leader who wishes you harm.'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the Daily Mail columnist who would 'take Donald Trump, warts and all, over our hopeless lawyer of a PM'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the Daily Mail columnist who would 'take Donald Trump, warts and all, over our hopeless lawyer of a PM'.
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He also says that during a recent meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, the US representatives said they didn’t want to take sides on the Russia-Ukraine war.
from live coverage of Davos in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
from live coverage of Davos in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump ‘crossing red lines’ says Belgian PM after US president warns ‘there can be no going back’ on Greenland – Europe live
Belgium’s PM says Europe is ‘at a crossroads’ and 80 years of Atlanticism could be drawing to a close
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 PM
He also says that during a recent meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, the US representatives said they didn’t want to take sides on the Russia-Ukraine war.
from live coverage of Davos in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
from live coverage of Davos in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
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Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States