Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

What point is the Conservative Party making with this? If a man of almost eighty dropped his papers in front of me I would be the first to help pick them up as I hope most would. So if the point the opposition is making is to praise politeness on the world stage it’s a point well made👏

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The 31-month sentence for Lucy Connolly for a tweet has been the subject of fierce media coverage.

Here I set out a balanced explanation of this sentence and how, had she not followed good legal advice, the sentence could have been even heavier.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Understanding the sentence of Lucy Connolly

Had it not been for competent legal advice, her sentence could have been far harsher

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

“We presently have a system under which the DVLA relies upon drivers to self-report, hand over their licence and stop driving when they've been told by a qualified healthcare professional that their eyesight is not to the required standard. This inquest has shown that simply doesn't happen."

NEW: Trump caved.

‘What we are witnessing are not the collapse of the institutions of American democracy, it is the collapse of the culture of democracy… and it can be seen on this side of the Atlantic too’

Lord Sumpton - hardly a bleeding heart liberal- incredibly worrying on state of democracy

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:

Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

“I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism”

Stephen Fry

Who made this 🤣

I don't think I have ever read a sentence funnier than "tickets are now commemorative".

Yeah. You should frame the ticket you bought for $500 on craigslist, to a thing that you were excluded from. Because it is the perfect summary of the grift that is MAGA.

I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear ⁦Keir Starmer about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.

Politico: 'Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who uncovered the grooming scandal in Rotherham, has “put the record straight” about Musk’s wild claim that the PM was “complicit in the rape of Britain” during his time as DPP. “It was Starmer who changed the rules to make more prosecutions possible” he said

Make no mistake. Every politician, pundit & online grifter amplifying Musk's dangerous lies will be aware of this intervention by now. Make no mistake, they are choosing to mislead the public & politicise the suffering of victims in the shameful pursuit of political advantage, attention & clicks.

“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer

Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."