One of my favourite wines 😢😢😢

⛈️ Des orages supercellulaires donnent de fortes chutes de grêle dans l'Yonne, ici à Chablis. Une catastrophe pour les vignes... (© Daniel Etienne Defaix)

Oh dear, Day 2 of new post-Brexit border checks and the government’s IPAFFS has crashed.

EU imports have to be logged on IPAFFS to clear customs.

Went down 2 hours ago. Until it’s up again there are 2 options: 1) wave all lorries into UK. 2) send them to a Border Control Post.

This is dangerous and daft.
Defra, which oversaw the salmonella and BSE cluster-thingies in the 90s, is conflicted.
Saying we cant see evidence of it, so we are not testing makes no sense.
It went undetected in the US for months before it was spotted..
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Total daily abuse of the ‘purdah’ by a Govt which continues to make new announcements every day as if there aren’t any elections - There isn’t a rule they aren’t willing to break Why isn’t the Cabinet Secretary stopping it?

This is going to backfire *spectacularly*.

(Now with working link)

🚨 COME ON #TeesValley - we MUST #BinBen and STOP him from profiteering from our region.

It's so close, one final push and he's gone!

Don't be a victim of his corruption!

#TeessideResistance #TeesValley Mayor #ToriesOut663 #HouchenOut #ToriesUnfitToGovern

The Civil Service Union FDA has just applied for a judicial review of the Rwanda scheme, due to it compelling civil servants to break international law and the civil service code.

They accuse the Government of acting in a 'cowardly, reckless way' which endangers their members.

Hello? Police? I'd like to report a murder.

Exclusive: Tory council splashed £54,000 on Mayoral chauffeur in same month it declared bankruptcy mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

As former #DeputyChairman of the London #Conservatives , GLA/Parliamentary Candidate for the #Conservatives - I'm backing Sadiq Khan for #Mayor of #London . He is the best person for the job. Please get out & vote The Labour Party on May 2 for Sadiq Khan & The Labour Party Assembly Candidates.

Another example of gratuitous cruelty by Israeli armed forces.

I don't think I've come across a single piece of Tory propaganda with 8 falsehoods in it before...

Did you know there are 2 Rwanda schemes not 1?

RW media are desperate not to mention it. (To their credit the BBC have several times.)

Here's the difference. I've labelled the 2 schemes 'Uncontroversial' and 'Evil'.

Yesterday's deportation was under the Uncontroversial scheme.

Labour at very senior level need to advise Cabinet Secretary and all Permanent Secretaries that all government Comms during recent purdah period will be assessed for evidence of breach of civil service code, and that all government Comms in run up to election will be held to

Just think about this for a minute, Tory Mayoral candidate joins Islamophobic and conspiracy-ridden Facebook group - a day after the crank site has been exposed. Susan Hall is not fit for office! theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

At #PMQs today, Rishi Sunak said “this week we’re cutting taxes by £900 for everyone in work”.

This isn’t correct, for at least two reasons. (1/5)

Catherine West: The Tory candidate for mayor of London, Susan Hall, is actually a member of the 6 Facebook groups... that are full of islamophobia, antisemitism... & the worst bit... death threats to Sadiq Khan... will he investigate..

Rishi Sunak: No

#PMQs

These are not just migrants, they are asylum seekers who have not had their claims processed. They are potentially being deported to a country which is unsafe for asylum seekers but which Parliament has said by law is 'safe'.

And clearly being used for party political purposes

38 troubles inquests have been shut down by the Legacy Act today. The most callous form of politicking. The Act is not about reconciliation, or victims. It is about protecting armed forces, and the role of state actors in the murder of civilians. It is morally repugnant.