Be it depression or mental health or whatever condition you have chosen to hide, stop living in fear, take control & try to have more joy than not. You can thrive. jamesak.blog/what-happens-wh… #Depression #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MH #MentalHealthToolkit #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

okay I guess I have to talk about Péter Magyar here. Let me just start with saying, in a very unladylike way, that you guys seem to have zero clue what happened in Hungary in the last two years, you completely miss the point, and you're a disappointing bunch. Let's go.

Btw, the names of the two DOGE staffers who were deposed and are on camera casually saying that reducing a deficit was more important than human lives, even though DOGE actually helped increase that deficit, are Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh. We’re not saying their names enough.

Peston’s analysis follows a now familiar pattern when it comes to Keir Starmer. The framing is rarely neutral. It begins not with the principle at stake, but with an implied weakness. The reader is invited to see the Prime Minister as either naïve, overly legalistic, or politically cornered. That lens then shapes the rest of the commentary. The central issue was whether the United Kingdom should permit the United States to use British bases, including Diego Garcia, at a moment when America was arguably the initiating force in a conflict with Iran. The reported advice of the Attorney General was that doing so before any Iranian retaliation would place Britain on questionable legal ground. That is not a minor technicality. It is the difference between participating in an unlawful act and acting in collective self defence. To portray adherence to that advice as political timidity or diplomatic miscalculation is to invert the argument. If Britain claims to uphold international law, then it cannot suspend that commitment whenever a powerful ally demands expediency. Law is not an accessory to be worn in peacetime and discarded in crisis. It is also misleading to suggest that this was some uniquely British hesitation. Germany and France adopted similarly cautious positions. Neither signalled blanket support for immediate participation in a conflict whose legal basis was contested. That places Britain within a broader European posture rooted in prudence and legality. This was not isolation. It was alignment with major allies who took the view that international law must frame action from the outset. The suggestion that Starmer “alienated” Donald Trump also deserves scrutiny. Alliances between states are not personal friendships. They are institutional, strategic and enduring. A refusal to act outside legal parameters is not hostility. It is sovereignty. If the American administration were to respond by withdrawing tariff arrangements secured through negotiation, that would reflect a transactional approach in Washington rather than a failure of statecraft in London. As for the apparent shift from refusal to later cooperation, the distinction is neither cosmetic nor contradictory. Once Iran retaliated against regional allies, the legal character of the conflict changed. Collective self defence carries a different basis in international law than participation in a first strike. Recognising that distinction is not inconsistency. It is constitutional discipline. There is also a broader point that is underplayed. Public opinion in Britain remains cautious about further military entanglement in the Middle East. A Prime Minister who insists on lawful justification before committing national assets is not necessarily weak. He may simply be reflecting both the law and the electorate. The easy narrative is that in moments of crisis leaders must privilege realpolitik over principle. The harder truth is that once principle is abandoned in favour of expediency, it becomes far more difficult to invoke it later. If international law is dismissed as inconvenient when allies breach it, then it loses moral force when adversaries do the same. One may disagree with Starmer’s judgment. But to suggest that fidelity to legal advice is folly misunderstands the very order Britain claims to defend.

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It's not opening hours that are killing pubs, it's the prices. theguardian.com/business/202…

At some point in life, you have to decide what you stand for, what your values are. If you are fact-led, you can't be impartial about the continued killing of children. #IStandWithGaryLineker @GaryLineker

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It appears Israel has used ceasefire to replenish, repair & rest, and resumed large-scale airstrikes on Gaza. Without a rigorous peace plan, Putin will do the same with Ukraine. theguardian.com/world/2025/m… #PoliticsLive #c4news #skynews #Newsnight #itvnews #bbclaurak #ridge #LBC

Bless. Reform grassroots true believers finding out the party was only a vehicle for Farage promotion. Should've learnt from Brexit Nigel never delivers on the fantasies he feeds you. #Farage #RupertLowe #PoliticsLive #c4news #skynews #Newsnight #itvnews #bbclaurak #ridge #LBC

Rosalie Chapman's call to rejoin the EU is a must watch - one of the best speeches by a young person 👏 "Years ago, the people of this country made a choice" "A choice that has left us isolated, diminished and weaker than before" "To those who voted leave, I say this. You were lied to" "Not just misled, not just misinformed. Lied to" "Do not forget the promises emblazoned on buses and broadcast in campaign ads" "Promises of £350 million a week for the NHS" "Promises of trade deals so plentiful they'd fall in our laps" "Promises of an economy unshackled from EU bureaucracy" "Promises of falling migration, promises of sovereignty restored, and promises that Britain would reclaim its place as a leader on the world stage" "Every single one of those promises was broken" "And today we bear that cost" "They will tell you that this country was broken and they fought to fix it" "The reality is they broke it and now we have to fix it" "If you voted to regain sovereignty, instead, you got borders that have never been more porous" "If you voted to cut migration, instead you have a doubling of net migration since 2016" "If you voted for 350 million pounds a week for the NHS, instead you have an NHS in crisis, understaffed, underfunded and overwhelmed" "Ambulance wait times, the longest on record" "Cancer care, the longest on record" "If you voted for bold new trade deals, instead, you got five new trade deals, dwarfed in scale by the unparalleled access we once enjoyed with the European single market" "If you voted for a trade revolution, instead, you got a trade collapse" "If you voted for a booming economy, instead, exports have plummeted, small businesses are suffocating in paperwork and industries like fishing, once the poster child of Brexit, are being decimated by domestic tariffs and quotas" "If you voted for a Great Britain, you were left with a little Britain" "Ladies and gentlemen, this is not sovereignty, this is not controlled, this is not opportunity" "Let's call it what it is, a total national tragedy" "By 2035, Brexit is predicted to have cost the UK 300 billion pounds" "That is not a distant abstraction. It is a fiscal black hole that will impact every community, every classroom, every hospital bed in this country" "The pound has plummeted, our exports have fallen by 15% and foreign investment is slipping through our fingers" "40,000 jobs in London lost" "2 million jobs nationwide lost" "These are mere statistics. Until it's you" "They say that Brexit hasn't changed much, but tell that to the single mother in Manchester skipping meals to feed her children, as the average person is 2,000 pounds worse off than each year" "Tell that to the small business owner in Birmingham, a steel parts manufacturer struggling to survive" "After losing European clients and facing regulatory chaos that has crushed his trade" "Tell that to the cancer patient in Bristol whose life saving treatments has been delayed because the NHS is short of 4,000 European doctors" "And tell that to the young graduate in Liverpool stuck in a dead end job because opportunities to work, study and live abroad evaporated" "These aren't just numbers, they are lives disrupted, dreams deferred and futures stolen" "Brexit has robbed a generation of its future" "My generation" "Your generation" "Our generation" "The Erasmus scheme scrapped" "Horizon Europe funding scrapped" "And let us not forget the most personal loss of all our rights as EU citizens" "The fettering of our freedom to live, work and thrive across 27 countries. Gone" "Now we have less rights than no thank you than our parents enjoyed" "And that is atrocious, because this isn't just about economics" "It is about identity" "It is a debate of hearts and a debate of minds" "Brexit has not only shrunk our wallets, it has shrunk our role in the world" "And we have lost a seat at the table. Instead of leading, we are following" "Instead of shaping the global agenda, we are reacting to it" "Instead of being a voice of authority, we are a nation on mute" "Nobody mentions the UK anymore" "We have made ourselves irrelevant. Members" "These are not my words" "They're Sir Richard Dearloves, the former head of MI6, and he could not have put it clearer. Irrelevant" "He could not have put it more alarmingly irrelevant" "And now, Brexit has not just failed, it has been rejected" "Rejected by Brexiteers and rejected by remainers" "Even Marine Le Pen, the firebrand of French Euroscepticism, has given up on Brexit, admitting that leaving the EU is a surefire path to disaster" "And the British people know it too" "Polls after poll tell the same story" "Out of 233 polls conducted in the last three years, 200 and thirty show majority support for rejoining. And here's the most damning fact of all" "Just one constituency, one constituency, one Constituency out of 632 thinks Brexit was the right choice" "I will concede, however, that the EU is no silver bullet that will terminate all our sorrows, or a shining beacon that will fix every mess. No members" "The EU is not perfect and it never was. But it is better" "Better together in trade, as part of the largest economic block in the world" "Better together in science, where collaboration knows no borders" "Better together in security, where unity strengthens our defenses against petty tyrants and expansionist dictators" "And better together in spirit, where shared challenges are met with shared solutions" "This is not the time to cling to the isolationist fantasies of a little Britain" "It is time to live up to the true meaning of our name here in a bold Britain, we embrace our fellow Europeans, rejecting the suffocating confines of xenophobic rhetoric" "Where in a brave Britain, we embrace our global responsibilities and forge alliances that champion unity, we're in a Great Britain" "We are not shackled by the weight of our past, but are propelled by the promise of an open, outward looking future" "So what would this look like? Simple" "There would be another referendum, not necessarily this year, not necessarily in two years, but at some point in our future" "Voters would receive a fact checked information booklet with details about the vote, what it would mean and accompanied by by party positions" "And those who are skeptical, let me say this" "A strong Britain needs a strong Europe, and a strong Europe wants a strong Britain" "So members, if you seek a more prosperous economy, if you seek a more welcoming country, if you seek more personal freedom, reopen your hearts to Europe, members, reach out your arms to Europe, members, unclench your fists to Europe" "Because before long, and no doubt within our lifetimes, the arguments which are being traded tonight will be played out before the country as a whole" "So if there is anyone who doubts Britain's desire to re enter the eu, who still wonders if the dreams of unity are alive in our time, and who questions whether hope can triumph over the bitterness of our past, let tonight be that answer" "I beg you, members, vote to rejoin the European Union" "Thank you"

If, in the unlikely event, Boris Johnson has been booked for Celebrity Big Brother, kudos to the #CBBUK booker for landing the nation's biggest clown. #CBB #BBUK #CelebrityBigBrother #PoliticsLive #c4news #skynews #Newsnight #itvnews #bbclaurak #ridge #LBC

As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”. The man is a fraud