I can’t claim any conflict expertise but it seems to me that this retaliation by Iran following Netanyahu’s attack on the embassy is more “being seen to do something” than an escalation

The use of drones which take hours to get there is more theatre than threat

Hope I’m right

Just re-listened to “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush

The best song about a work of fiction

Show me better - you can’t

Dear Coronation Street you do know that you need evidence to remand somebody in custody charged with murder?

This response from Sharon Osbourne to Amanda Holden is as good as any you will read this weekend, or any weekend

I’m being asked by several media outlets what the Crown Prosecutor would do with Angela Rayner’s “electoral roll” allegation which is ALL the police are investigating

Based on what’s in the public domain

Nothing

This from Liz Truss’ biography is a thrilling snapshot of what we can expect
Lettuce see

American footballer, comic actor yes

But 0J Simpson was a domestic abuser held liable for the murder of his ex wife & her friend & turned to armed robbery later in life

Tice’s Reform party sacked a candidate whom they didn’t know was already dead

No further comment necessary

LBC lbc.co.uk/news/reform-uk…

Let me wish everyone #EidMubarak
I hope it’s a peaceful and joyful one
Keeping in our thoughts those that can’t celebrate

I know it’s also the 335th anniversary of King William III and Queen Mary II being crowned, but events sometimes coincide & we didn’t do it deliberately

Arizona Supreme Court just ruled that the state's 1864 law banning abortion at any point by penalty of prison is enforceable.
This was made possible by Trump ending Roe v. Wade
The War on Women continues

EXC - Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons tells #Newsnight govt plans to build more jails “utterly bonkers”, saying even if they spend £4bn on new places, they can’t spend fast enough to keep pace with rising jail population - currently at 88,926 (full capacity Eng & Wales 88,890). 1/

NEW INVESTIGATION: We looked into the tragedy on February 29 when over a hundred died while awaiting aid in northern Gaza. We found evidence that casts doubt on the IDF’s version of events. 1/5

Zahid Mahmood Gianluca Mezzofiore Eliza Mackintosh Ibrahim Dahman

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It really make you think..

What a pair of…

Fox News even suggested that the 4 minute #Eclipse2024 was exploited by traffickers!

As Jon Stewart rightly points out, the traffickers could just wait for nighttime

Literal tears running down my face the second and third time I watched this omg. And the comments :

4 years ago I awoke to learn my brother Umar did not. Covid got him
He died at home because the hospitals were full & Govt had stopped community testing as they didn’t have enough tests
We had to carry his body out of the house in a body bag while my mum watched
We won’t forget

'My father passed away...my mother was wrongfully convicted.'

Jasvinder Barang took over her husband's Post Office after he died, she was one of the first #PostOfficeScandal victims to have her convictions overturned #BBCBreakfast

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I’m more concerned about national security implications of Tory MPs sending pictures of penises, billions gifted to Tory donors for dodgy PPE, millions avoided in tax by Ashcroft, Sunak, Rees-Mogg & the owner of the Daily Mail & cash for honours than £1500 tax owed by Rayner