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Congratulations to Mark Carney and the Liberal Party on their election victory. The bond between Europe and Canada is strong — and growing stronger.

“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and above all, we have to take care of each other” - Mark Carney

“Congratulations to Mark Carney on your election victory. The UK and Canada are the closest of allies, partners and friends. With your leadership, and personal ties to the UK, I know the relationship between our two countries will continue to grow” Prime Minister Keir Starmer

NEW: It looks like A LOT of Eagles have BOYCOTTED the White House visit. Go Birds! 🦅👏 Apparently missing: Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, Brandon Graham, Darius Slay, Nolan Smith, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, CJ Gardner-Johnson, Zack Baun, Nakobe Dean, Isaiah Rodgers, Jalyx Hunt, Josh Sweat.

1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵

Spain and Portugal are at a standstill The blackouts seem to have been caused by extreme temperature variations Fun fact - extreme temperature variations are caused by climate change

Elbows up! Canada Strong. 🇨🇦

Lib Dems continue to zero in on their anti-Trump message, reacting to Canadian election Ed Davey says:

Glorious. Beautiful. Game changing. Wake up with a song of joy in your heart.

NEW: Carney secures historic win. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre even lost his seat in Carleton. Trump‘s colossal ineptitude has saved the progressive movement in Canada & is close to reuniting the economies ties between the UK & Europe. Remind him every day. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺

UK Election Officials Are Not Keeping Any Records of How Many Overseas Donors Are Bankrolling UK Politics Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Choose wisely Canada. We don’t want a second North American fuck up.

Happy #sophiefromromania after play date with Juno…

The government's benefits cuts, two-child cap and freeze in Local Housing Allowance are all *false economies*. They don't save money. They merely push spending into different parts of the budget, while causing untold suffering. Cruel, perfomative and pointless. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

The best colloquial word that I’ve ever come across for duct tape is the Finnish jeesusteippi. It means “Jesus tape” (because it saves you)

It used to be a newspaper

Yvette Cooper on #r4today echoing Trump’s racist characterisation of asylum seekers as criminals & specifically rapists. We are on such a dangerous path towards the same deranged, fascistic nightmare as they are seeing in the US - all justified by hatred of migrants & refugees.

NEW: Photos capture West coast container ports lying idle. Two photos but one story of tariffs & collapsing deliveries from China. The left is Seattle-Tacoma. The right is Port of Los Angeles today, normally the busiest port in the US. Both lie empty. Usually the scene before the shelves empty.

This might be the gayest thing I have ever seen. And I once saw Eartha Kitt perform "Cha-cha heels" and "Where is my man?" at G.A.Y. Now watch it a second time and note the little white hotel slippers.

A quick walk with Uncle Si - @sociabledog.bsky.social - before he heads off after a short stay. As ever both we and #sophiefromromania have loved seeing him

A truly stunning result for the Canadian Liberal Party. Mark Carney (with a lot of help from Donald Trump) has secured one of the greatest comebacks in electoral history. Liberals are up seats but so are the Conservatives. NDP rout. Libs likely a minority and will have to work with others.

One of the world’s leading scholars on genocide, William Schabas, on Monday denounced Keir Starmer and David Lammy for refusing to label Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. “These people are hypocrites… They do not interpret or apply the Genocide Convention in a consistent manner.”

🔥 What a title! "Trump wanted a trade war. Now America is losing it" Ironically, it was Trump who said: “When you start a war, you got to know you can win.”

A Tesla Cybertruck had to be rescued from a river after its owner appeared to believe Elon Musk’s claim that the electric truck could “serve briefly as a boat”. “Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren’t too choppy."

Western media outlets repeatedly fail to even cover genocidal statements by Israeli leaders. That's despite these statements revealing Israel's genocidal intent. This is known as 'lying by omission' 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/bomb-gazas...

Champagne with breakfast for everyone

The massive blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula in the dark today appears to have been sparked by the unexplained disappearance 15 gigawatts of power from Spain’s electricity grid.

Mark Carney- “Who’s ready to stand up for Canada with me, and who’s ready to build”

"People asked me if I thought Giuffre ‘was in fact a fantasist’. Someone who’d made her story up. All that changed this weekend. A dead victim was somehow a believable victim. And it made me feel 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺." ✍️ @maitlis.bsky.social articles.globalplayer.com/7giK6UH1ESfe...

UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration 👏 The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...

In Moonfall (2022) a NASA guy reports that the moon has entered an elliptical orbit. And his boss, the director of NASA, is like, 'In ENGLISH please???'

I also spoke with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro following the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula. We will work together to help restore the electricity system and reassure citizens. Because energy security is crucial for the EU.

BREAKING: Mark Carney's Liberal Party wins Canada election

I spoke with Pedro Sánchez about the power outage in the Iberian Peninsula. I reaffirmed @ec.europa.eu's support in monitoring the situation with national and European authorities and our Electricity Coordination Group ↓

Mark Carney’s Liberals win Canada’s crucial election and set to form minority government

Lee Anderson implies @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social is part of a grooming gangs "cover up". Phillips: "I wonder how many victims of grooming gangs he has sat and held hands with in court, how many he's gone round to their house in the morning to get them out of bed and get them to a courtroom." ~AA

💥Canadian Tory leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his own seat!

Damn. Never really thought of this before.

NOW it’s Twitter, fuck yeah, the people accusing a performer of seeking attention by posting on social media and advertising an upcoming livestream have arrived. Yessss Bluesky has the juice!

Something very frustrating about the modern media environment is that a huge event like the Spain and Portugal outages are handled like a major entertainment opportunity by News sites. Making it difficult to get concise facts and summary. You´d really miss old twitter

Israel is sick. And the world must stop it.

If Britain and Europe are to devise their best response to Donald Trump, they badly need to come together. That will require more ambition on the British side and more flexibility from the EU www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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

A few thoughts about Vladimir Putin's three-day May ceasefire.

If someone has a list of all 400 this would make the most amazing read-along book group

Reform UK challenged to give details on donations after £2m mailshot campaign Liberal Democrats say voters need to know sources of funding for Nigel Farage’s party before local elections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

He's such an utter tit I felt compelled to change the soundtrack

Britain and the EU are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.

European leaders today warmly congratulated Mark Carney on his election as Canada’s new prime minister, hailing the result as a boost for transatlantic relations in the turbulent age of US President Donald Trump.

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. 🧵

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 doesn’t sound like Russia’s ready to end the war. One Russian paper today: “A ceasefire doesn’t mean we abandon our objectives anytime soon…it’s possible N.Korean soldiers will play a part in routing Ukraine's army.” Plus, Sergei Lavrov’s (long) list of conditions. #ReadingRussia

🔴 Mark Carney's Liberal Party wins the Canadian parliamentary election www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Before the world wakes, the birds are already singing… This week, we’re celebrating the dawn chorus at its peak. 😍 Each day, we’ll be spotlighting a few of the voices, building up to #InternationalDawnChorusDay this Sunday 4th May. Who'll be getting up early with us to catch the magic? 🎵

🚨 BREAKING: The mega power outage in Spain and Portugal threatens to last 10 more hours. Read the developing story here: ow.ly/ce9150VIRn9

Three months ago Canada was heading for a total loser far-right Prime Minister but then Trump started piping up and he's hated in every other country in the world so instead Canada gets to be ruled by their very own Starmer. It's the better outcome. And all thanks to Trump!

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.

This is a reminder of the extraordinary Trump effect on the Canadian election.

I'm going to guess "zero". The closest Reform MPs have come to a court case involving male violence was when one of them was in court as a defendant. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

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

Great article - You help "left behind" areas by helping the nearest big city. Our problem is the relative economic weakness of our big cities outside London.

‘Gimmicky and populist’: Reform’s ‘Doge’ cuts won’t fix bankrupt councils, say experts Nigel Farage’s move to mimic Elon Musk is cause for alarm, warn unions and local government chiefs inews.co.uk/news/experts...

I’m so happy. My 12 year old just said “Caecilius est in horto”! @nataliehaynes.bsky.social

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre loses his seat. Was he taking advice from Liz Truss?

The Trump Effect. Kind of like King Midas except that everything he touches turns to shit.

BREAKING: Downing Street says there will be no extra money for NHS and teacher pay rises, and that any increases beyond the 2.8% already planned will have to come from cuts to existing budgets, setting up potential for strike action

A massive blackout in Spain and Portugal today left customers and businesses without means of electronic payment, brutally exposing the risks of completely moving away from cash.

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.

incredible polling chart from Canada

If you feel like you need this handy guide as a reminder, I can draw one for you. www.worldofmoose.com/products/isl...

oh no but we all have so much to live for

Bread knife - a quick wipe with the kitchen roll and away it goes. That’s all it wants. That’s all it needs.

10-hour power cut in Lisbon. Delicious birthday dinner of cheese-board and wine. Much cheering when power was restored…

Time to get those legs summer-ready 🪒

really enjoy the whole "oh young people can't afford bars or restaurants" chat - girl neither could we! I drank cans of strong cider outdoors in all weathers until I was about 20! I only started going to dinners in my late twenties! if you want to go out you can, money/spaces aren't the issue!

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

Poilievre is 1600 votes behind in his own seat, with 31 of 266 polling areas still to report. www.thestar.com/politics/ele...

Spain-Portugal power blackout could last up to a week due to ‘rare atmospheric phenomenon'

[solemnly] your mum could serve briefly as a boat

Sir, Do you think it possible that on this occasion that the Roman Catholic Church will take up the proposal made by your resident threnodist some time ago - that the next Vicar of Rome should be called Pope John Paul George And Ringo? PAUL LEYLAND (Poem from issue 439, October 1978)

Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’ Polling for TUC suggests measures could lure voters back from Reform, Greens or independents, but finds low awareness www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

Asked my gym what their toilet sitch was with regards to the Supreme Court debacle coz allies owe it to our trans siblings to only frequent trans-inclusive spaces where possible and they said "er, well, we have one toilet and everyone is welcome to use it". Oh yeah, forget my gym was a shithole.

I think it’s great that the Trump regime is removing all illegals from the US, & returning the country back to its legal owners - Native Americans. It will be a tight squeeze in Ireland when about 35m Irish-Americans colonials return home. Scotland & Germany will have to fight over Trump.

Just a sky full of claws. Probably nothing to worry about.

The reverse Midas touch.

How it started/How it’s going.

this is...................................good? Temu is bad? it's good that it's no longer cheap? I am not commenting on the wider trade wars, but I will not weep for Americans who can no longer kill the planet in order to buy cheap trinkets?

Brief Encounter They only meet for a few weeks each April, but they more than make up for their absence

Canadian broadcasters called the country’s election for Mark Carney’s Liberals, completing the mother of all political comebacks for the centrist party. For PM Keir Starmer, that means another ally on the world stage. London Playbook has more 👇

Have the people who demand that everyone they follow follows them back tried good posting…?

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...

Did the full post-winter leg shave in anticipation of the upcoming fine weather and disturbed a family of shrews, three stoats, and an IRA flying column on the run since 1920 that was hiding somewhere below my knee

Yes this is completely wrong. Every bit of quant and qual shows people are far more worried about small boats than legal migration for work/study.

'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.

🍁 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

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...

via @tombaldwin66.bsky.social "when I walked around one of the constituency’s more well-to-do areas last week a woman told me she was backing Labour for the 1st time because of what the reputational damage of having a Reform MP 'might mean for our property prices' www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

One good thing about ‘having to work’ on Sunday night (not that giving a Jane Austen talk in Somerset feels much like working) is finding myself in a dewy buttercup field on Monday morning.

Food inflation rises to its highest level in almost a year www.cityam.com/food-inflati...

A fine tribute to a comedic masterpiece (and one of the reasons I became a medieval historian) All hail Python! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...