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We banned tobacco advertising because smoking kills . Fossil fuels kill too – 5.1 million people a year according to one study in the British Medical Journal . It's time to ban fossil fuel ads , just 13 days left to sign my petition govpetition.uk/700024

Heavy traffic this morning in the Kingdom of Kent

Concerns about the election of populist figures who could exploit the position for personal gain should not deter the Government from proceeding with a vote on a directly elected mayor for Dublin, according to Mayor of Limerick John Moran

I’m on a list of cures for centrist dads 😂

US historian Stephen Hahn tells Matt Frei that Donald Trump is "hoping to have a real confrontation which might allow him to declare a national emergency and then rule truly as an autocrat." Read and watch:

Tony Blair calls for radical reset of climate change policies in major intervention

I was on All in the Mind talking about ADHD this morning - you can catch up with it here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Garda Representative Association has threatened to withdraw cooperation from the policing operation for Ireland's EU presidency next year

Bruce Fanjoy- the man who defeated Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre the Conservative leader who until a few months ago looked certain to be Canadian Prime Minister now no longer even an MP.

One of those stats that always gets me when I see it... Norway's soverign wealth fund owns 1.5% of *all* listed shares.

I’ve found a bowl to live up to.

The trial of 58-year-old Richard Satchwell for the murder of his wife in Cork eight years ago, has heard that he claimed she died after attacking him with a chisel, and that he buried her in a grave in their sitting room.

Viktoriia Roshchyna died in Russian custody after reporting on secret prisons. Earlier this year, her body was returned to Ukraine without a brain, eyes or larynx, according to a new joint investigation.

How, how, how is it possible for someone to make this? The Veiled Christ carved from a single block of marble by Guisseppe Sanmartino in 1753 More pictures and details here. www.museosansevero.it/en/the-chape....

At the gym we scoped out, looks good, bit further away than the old gym. Feels a bit grittier, I like it

The breakdown of relations between China and the US has prompted Beijing to shore up existing friendships, and seek new ones.

"The letter went out - Keir Starmer unfollowed me on Twitter - and I got no response from Rachel Reeves, none whatsoever.” Sacha Lord, a long-time Labour donor and major name in the UK’s hospitality business, on why he feels abandoned by the party

Words To Live By Number 220

With Carney, Canada now changes utterly in its world positioning. He will turn Canada away from Trump and back towards UK, commonwealth and Europe. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🙌 Canadians, join European Movement Canada —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...

Just discovered the Slaves Wreck Project via a link on IG (there is some good stuff on there if you sift enough). Fascinating and so sad. Painful to read when you know you had an ancestor on one of those ships, a man or woman who never went home. IG link here www.instagram.com/reel/DGyYN2U...

1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵

What it's gonna be like when I go down Wetherspoons tonight.

Jeremy Vine stops sharing cycling videos because trolling and abuse ‘got too bad’

Cheltenham Poetry Festival is battling to sell tickets - such a great line up - I am there on 9th May - tickets available www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The Kingsmill families said they have been "completely vindicated" by a Police Ombudsman's report into the IRA atrocity in south Armagh in 1976.

Top spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the Ukrainian president of avoiding a direct response to the Victory Day ceasefire.

Keir Starmer's spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny that his Government lobbied on behalf of Donald Trump to get the 2028 golf Open championship hosted at his Turnberry golf course. "I wouldn't get into specific conversations," he says.

The Alabuga factory in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan is a major supplier of drones for the Russian military, producing as many as 200 Iranian-style Shahed drones per month that are then used in the country’s war on Ukraine.

Sugar tax changes: The drinks that could be affected by the new levy www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

Congratulations to Bruce. Obviously disappointed. We heard again and again from voters that the Green vision resonated with them, but that I ‘didn’t seem to know my party’s policies’ and ‘hadn’t been to Canada since 2021’.

Fantastic £5 purchase

Well I suppose someone has to be last - arrived early for my 10am appointment at the Moorfields oncology clinic but found around 40 people had arrived even earlier. Had eye tests and scans but still waiting to see doctor at 1245

Their carcasses and faeces are also important to the ocean.

Man suspected of carrying out Leeds crossbow attack, which left two women injured, dies

Could Trump cancel the next election | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian | Fourcast youtu.be/0KfjonSlFEI

Is there a Cabinet split brewing? Despite the Treasury appearing to support an EU mobility scheme, @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social asks Yvette Cooper about it four times and fails to get a straight answer.

🚨It would be extremely damaging for the Government to come away empty-handed from the UK-EU summit in May. "43% to 14% - so three times the number - expect the government to be pursuing a deeper relationship with Europe rather than with the US." @pimlicat.bsky.social 👇

Doctors condemn Supreme Court ruling on trans women as ‘scientifically illiterate’

👏"Even in Clacton, it's popular." A UK-EU youth mobility scheme is supported by a majority of people in every constituency in GB, by all kinds of voters - and it's one of the few things the UK can bring to the negotiating table. @pimlicat.bsky.social at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee 👇

Sycamore Gap trial: Men filmed themselves chopping down iconic tree in ‘moronic mission’, court told

🔴MI6 Hero Oleg Gordievsky, Whose Death Was Announced After His Burial Sergei Christo offers a personal tribute to the Russian defector John Le Carré once described as "the real thing" open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

No criminal charges will be brought over death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson

🔴 LATEST | Trump’s first 100 days marked with lowest approval rating of any US president in decades

Where is the heat coming from this week? 🌡️ A broad area of high pressure is currently positioned over the UK, leading to sinking air that warms as it descends. Combined with prolonged sunshine, this is expected to push temperatures up to 29°C in southern areas by Thursday ☀️

My favourite ways of saying “your zipper is undone” from five other languages… 5. Your post office is open (Hindi) 4. The fairground is open (Danish) 3. The window to society is open (Japanese) 2. The Gate of Heavenly Peace is open (Chinese) 1. The pharmacy is open, and the doctor asleep (Spanish)

🍁 It really cannot be overemphasised just how DONE-AND-DUSTED this Canadian election appeared, as recently as four months ago. Cons were 25 points ahead. Libs were in a battle for *second* place with NDP (who ended up losing official party status last night). Never seen anything like it. #ElbowsUp

"The youth mobility scheme involves short term stays with visas - so by definition it is utterly different from freedom of movement." @anandmenon.bsky.social on the strangeness of government repeating its 'no return to freedom of movement' line in the same breath as discussing youth mobility.

Russia’s two largest lenders, Sberbank and VTB, reported a sharp increase in delinquencies on mortgage and unsecured consumer loans in the first quarter.

The Government has confirmed that the start date for pension auto-enrolment is to be delayed from 30 September 2025 to 1 January 2026

Just saw a headline that said salmon have become more confident after being given anti-anxiety medication and found myself saying “well that’s the last thing we need”

That’ll do pig, that’ll do

‘You’ve got two choices: reality or delusion.’ ‘Does Keir Starmer have no choice but to butter up Donald Trump?’ asks @mrjamesob.bsky.social.

We are in the middle of a power cut. Wish you were here.

Congratulations @mark-carney.bsky.social on your election victory. London and Canada are proud partners with shared progressive values and strong bonds between our people and economies. I look forward to building on this relationship in the years ahead.

‼️"The real risk for the UK is bobbing around mid-Atlantic tethered to precisely no one, while they're doing bilateral deals or tariff wars with one another. And where does that leave us?" For a deal with a reliable partner that brings real growth, we need to prioritise the EU. @pimlicat.bsky.social

Trade is about trade offs. "It is very clear that they [the US] want to sell their agricultural products into the UK, and we often hear about chlorinated chicken and hormone beef...that is that trade off." @pimlicat.bsky.social on what Trump may demand in a UK-US trade deal 😷👇

Beneficial alignment of standards does NOT cross Starmer's stated 'red lines' of no return to the single market, customs union or FoM. "It's about removing as many of the trading barriers and that friction at the border that SMEs particularly are struggling with." @pimlicat.bsky.social 👇

I still occasionally find forgotten records deep in my collection that were purchased in PVC sleeves. The terror before you take it out and inspect it. atlasrecords.co.uk/blogs/all-ab...

The hunt has begun for the cause of a massive blackout across Spain, Portugal and parts of France that halted trains, bank machines and traffic lights, in one of Europe's biggest ever power system collapses

The trial of Richard Satchwell for the murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, is under way at the Central Criminal Court | Follow live

Israel is sick. And the world must stop it.

Resorted to looking at X during the outage. Man alive it's rubbish these days. Just right wing whining and shitty ads.

There are still tickets left for the Comedy Charity Game - May 10th, 3pm, Chesham Utd - it'll be memorable. And cheap. www.cheshamunited.co.uk/alex-hornes-...

#RecipeOfTheDay is a gift for the lazy, exhausted or time-pressed cook: that old favourite, Slattern’s Spaghetti! www.nigella.com/recipes/slat...

UK businesses now have to test products twice to sell into the EU. The extra paperwork created by post-Brexit red tape could wrap around the world 15 times. This, as @pimlicat.bsky.social explains, is why mutual recognition of conformity assessment would be a huge step to reducing trade barriers👇

Angelo Becciu, an Italian cardinal convicted of embezzlement and stripped of his privileges by Pope Francis, has confirmed he will not take part in the conclave to elect a new Catholic leader

The more middle-aged men insist that Meghan Markle makes them cringe the less inclined I am to find her cringe. Like, sorry she didn't just stfu forever. Or make her living the RIGHT way, sponging off the taxpayer for her entire life.

3 words for your Tuesday?

At some point deep into the 20th century, in the back corner of the garden, our apple tree and next door’s hawthorn decided on a merger.

There could be more trouble ahead for Trump if he can’t keep his supporters on board.

Thanos fell in love with a dog in the park today. He couldn't get enough of this guy. Basically spent half an hour treating his dick like it was a champagne fountain and then trying to hump him. The owner told me all male dogs are like this around him. He's a kind of gay doggie Jesus.

❌ And... It's WEEKEND NOTLIST time 📝 Which of these is to be MOST avoided and why? 🎥 Anything that DOESN'T deserve to be on the list? 👇 Let us know below... 💩 Suicide Squad (2016) 🤢 Alien: Covenant (2017) 🛑 Moonfall (2022)

💥"Trade is voters' top priority at the upcoming UK-EU summit, above defence and tackling migration." Read the full breakdown of our latest polling with @yougov.co.uk here: bestforbritain.org/april_2025_poll_uk_eu_relationship_reset @pimlicat.bsky.social at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee👇

In Chinese folk religious beliefs, neglected ancestors become hungry ghosts, unleashing misfortune and environmental destruction.

Another new discovery! Myself & the fab archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social spent the past year writing a kids book about the Stone Age (out in July!) and, due to constant stream of new research, we had to rewrite it FIVE TIMES!! Amazing field to work in www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/04/o...

Here are the books I chose as highlights from Huntingdon library

It’s time to add Canada to this picture... Bravo Canada strong! 🇨🇦🇪🇺

Arrivals to America are down on last year - with people changing their holiday plans due to the toxic atmosphere and changing immigration policies @jamesrball.com reports 🔗 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Exactly this. 🔥 “US aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaos.”

Say what you will about Donald Trump, but destroying the career of the absolutely hideous Pierre Poilievre is extremely funny. Kudos!

"Let's not forget that the government's stated number one ambition is to get growth." And deep alignment with the EU on goods & services could deliver up to 2.2% GDP growth - substantially more than is on offer from a US trade deal. @pimlicat.bsky.social at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee👇

'At risk of going all Craig David on you: He could sign a trade deal on a Monday, tear it up on Tuesday.' @mrjamesob.bsky.social considers if Keir Starmer really has a choice when 'trade deals don't matter' to Donald Trump.

Spanish electricity grid operator REE has said its preliminary assessment had ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the nationwide power outage that hit most of Spain and Portugal yesterday.

‘Co-ordinated smear campaign’ – Kneecap says footage has been ‘exploited and weaponised’ over dead Tory comment www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

🇨🇦 Over to you, Australia. 🇦🇺

Wrote this last May about the lessons a Starmer government should learn from Labour’s three-time election winner Sadiq Khan. One year on and it’s fair to say that not much here has yet been learnt www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-lesson...

As I said in my review of "Get In" - Uxbridge was when I started worrying about McSweeney's strategic nous. samf.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

Even if you find cricket massively irritating, I would recommend you watch the highlights of Vaibhav Suryavanshi's innings in the IPL yesterday (after a 15 second advert). Smashing international bowlers around the park, breaking records. HE JUST TURNED FOURTEEN. www.skysports.com/cricket/vide...

We're chuffed that the Taskmaster team were recognised at the BAFTA craft awards at the weekend. Thanks @bafta.org! youtu.be/ai4vCBG3ih4?...

It's great when you google tips to improve your dodgy back and all the advice says avoid too much sitting down and also too much standing up. From now on I will be attempting to hover in mid-air. Will report results as I have them.

A stone slab with engraved Japanese characters was dug up during repair work at a kindergarten in the southern town of Korsakov.

Time Machine. I can draw this for you as a cartoon www.worldofmoose.com/products/tim... And it's also available as a T shirt! www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Ti...

Canada election 2025: Mark Carney declares victory for Liberal party www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

Keith mate. Quality not quantity.

Why Mark Carney’s victory matters to us One of Trump’s key achievements in his first 100 days as President is helping Mark Carney win a surprise election, a move that could undermine his own tariff war, ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston explains www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

Roses are red Does this rhyme with scone?

"He's not going to be played for a fool." Former deputy assistant to Trump, Fred Fleitz, tells Matt Frei the US president will walk away from negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine if Putin doesn't start co-operating. Read and watch:

Russia-Ukraine ceasefire must be ‘unconditional’ – Starmer www.channel4.com/news/russia-...

It's been a long time since I've used a scale ruler as a scale ruler, but I still use it as a straight edge. #worktools