A priest once told me this in confession and it changed my life

Said this before but I’ll say it again. Just one lifetime ago in the UK, our grandparents/parents could buy a home, buy a car, have 3 to 4 children, take annual vacations, and then retire… all on one middle-class salary. What happened? We had same day GP, ambulances within

FIFA peace prize, you say?

Sychophantino

Exclusive from Patrick Maguire Ed Miliband is likely to be the Labour membership’s preferred choice to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, according to polling that reveals the scale of unhappiness at the party’s grassroots The energy secretary has the highest

Praised Israel’s use of US weapons: “You used them very well.” Green‑lit strikes on Iran Sides with Russian aggressor Threatens military action in Venezuela Hints at “taking” Greenland Deploys national guard on own people …wins FIFA peace prize.

BIDEN GETS REAL AWARDS President Biden has been awarded Germany's highest honor, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit at a ceremony in Berlin

NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read — Keir Starmer’s days aren’t filled with meetings about leadership challenges or budget controversies. It is Ukraine dominating his agenda. — Europe now faces its most difficult moment as Trump’s new peace push sees Russia’s war enter a decisive

David Cameron Conservatives David Cameron is a decent man who might have been a historic figure in bringing a great party into C21st century. Yet, like Neville Chamberlain, he’ll be remembered for a single catastrophic misjudgment. “Pure failure” was my assessment when he departed. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/43047…

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It’s outrageous for schools not to require children to read whole books. Shame! Shame! Give children books!

The base of the Democratic Party is Black people, particularly Black women. Black people have not abandoned Joe Biden. They know he was one of the best and most capable presidents in nearly a century. No candidate who bashes Biden will get the support of the Democratic base.

The Observer interview with our Prime Minister in full, really good piece by Rachel Sylvester 🌹👇🏻observer.co.uk/news/national/…

At a moment in American politics in which Trump has very low approval ratings, Democrats are winning elections, many predict a blue wave in 2026 & a Democratic president in 2028, and a solid majority of Americans support NATO, it would be imprudent to get too fatalistic about

Your reminder that since World War 2 Europeans - from Spain to Denmark - have fought and died in defence of the US and in US initiated actions, but not the other way around. You have to be very ideologically determined not to remember it

The flood ripped his mother away, but this man pulled the tiny cub from the water and then

“Behind every pass there must be a thought” - Dennis Bergkamp

⭕️ Nigel Farage isn’t being “flushed out”. He’s being exposed. A £9m donor, and now serious allegations from his school days and let’s be clear: this wasn’t just “racist abuse”. It was terrorising the children of genocide survivors. Multiple former classmates say he shouted:

As a reminder, Trump went to Moscow in 1987, came back, and immediately paid for a full page ad in the New York Times calling for withdrawing from international alliances. Once you’re in the KGB’s grip, you never leave it.

“The Americans are being played,” British historian Sir Antony Beevor told Sky News. He says Putin is manipulating the White House and views Trump as a “useful idiot” advancing Moscow’s goals, especially on Ukraine.