Alexander Armstrong, 'How many Conservative MPs rebelled against the smoking ban? 165 either voted against or abstained.. And several of these MPs have been shown to have direct or indirect connections to tobacco interests' #HIGNFY

Ian Hislop, 'Oh really Alexander'

Paul

Second, what this tells us is that the EU values its own unity much more than it does trying to improve relations with the UK. If it was the latter, they would not have published now, as they'd have realised it put Labour in an invidious position 2/6

Please send £5000, I am trapped in a country with some bad people.

.The Green Party is fully committed to restoring the Erasmus programme, which gave such brilliant educational opportunites to so many young people.

Freedom of movement is not a threat - it's a blessing.

Sad that Labour has turned its back on something so valuable.

slashing welfare so we can afford tax cuts, apparently. We’re entering the realms of parody now

If it isn't about Westminster why is every Tory relying on it to prove what a top bloke Rishi is? Also our travel infrastructure is utter rubbish and youth unemployment spiralling.

Decency and common sense have finally prevailed in Congress by providing aid indispensable to Ukraine. Americans can always be trusted to finally do the right thing even if sometimes arriving a little late on the scene. God bless the United States of America. Thank you President Biden !

In the immortal words of General Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett: 'That is what is so brilliant about it. Doing precisely what we have done before is exactly the last thing they'll expect us to do this time'

I'm very confused now. The Commission asked the Council for a mandate. The UK has rejected an offer. Was there an offer? Without mandate? It seems there's a lot of preemptive asking and rejecting...

Well said Anand Menon — how have we been at this for eight year and still unable to manage the absolute basics??

“Utterly depressing”, indeed. Via Lisa O'Carroll

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Ian Hislop, 'Conservative MP Mark Menzies asked for money from local donors to be put into his own account.. Thank goodness he wasn't fiddling his council tax for a small amount.. Then it would be a proper scandal' #HIGNFY

'Last time he was in trouble it was for paying a

So you remove our rights, put housing beyond our reach, make it obvious our hard work only enriches a few at the top, impoverish our environment, trash our futures, and profiteer through the worst pandemic in a century...

... then punish us for having poor mental health?

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Desperation alley: Tory Trumpite no hoper, Susan Hall, cuts Khan’s lead in London mayoral race - from 25% to 19%. Fleet st loves a horse race even when there’s really only one horse. Tories botched their selection process and ended up with a donkey

Brexit Britain explained in a single sentence…

According to folklore, bluebell woods are places of enchantment where fairies gather. Known as 'fairy flowers', picking or stepping on a bluebell was believed to be dangerous because the fairies would hang their spells on the flowers.

#FolkyFriday

WOW.

History Dr. Timothy Snyder just completely debunked and embarrassed Marjorie Taylor Greene after she kept pushing the narrative of Nazis in Ukraine.

“On the question of Nazis, I’ve written two books as a historian about Nazis and the holocaust. On the question of Ukrainian

Johannes Vermeer (also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age.

View of Delft, c. 1660–1661

“...the tale of a politician with a simplistic mindset and a reckless temperament who should never have reached the top of British politics and whose ministerial career culminated in personal humiliation.”

📖 Book of the Day: David Gauke newstatesman.com/culture/books/…