I swear to God, I did not see this turn happening in US politics. Its like MAGA has been taken over by a secret cabal of cat-overlords.

Presse könnte besser sein für die Tories

The Deputy Mayor of Corfu accidentally smashed an Easter pot over an unsuspecting tourist’s head. See you next year?

This is interesting. The Home Office has quietly started publishing data on how many migrants have been *prevented* from crossing the Channel.

Feels like govt does not think it's getting enough credit for interceptions and work being done in France.

'Could be worse'.

Watching Braverman talking to Laura Kuenssberg & going thru what Andy Street told me last night in Birmingham shortly after his defeat, you see the battle for the soul of the Tory party coming into view. Braverman: “change course” Street: party must remain ‘moderate, inclusive, tolerant’

Ayuso reagiert auf die von Sánchez angestoßene Debatte über den Zustand des demokratischen Diskurses, indem sie ihn einen Hurensohn nennt.

La titulitis española llegando al extremo

Accidental honesty by Braverman

Really interesting story. IF AI controlled aircraft can basically do all the flying now--imagine how much better they would be in a decade. Why would anyone then go to huge expense to build a new generation aircraft with a pilot? Its worth considering. theaviationist.com/2024/05/03/af-…

Amazing stuff.

'If you're in a hole keep digging', advises Suella Braverman

BREAKING: Labour’s Richard Parker pulls off shock victory in West Midlands, beating Tory incumbent Andy Street by a whisker, sources say.

Huge blow to Rishi Sunak - this was one of two mayoralties Downing Street had hoped would help turn round losing narrative.

Toni Kroos gewinnt in dieser Saison die Liga, die Champions League und die Europameisterschaft. Und dann macht er Schluss. Mark my words.

The U.S. strongly condemns the attack today from Rwanda Defense Forces and M23 positions on the Mugunga camp for Internally Displaced Persons in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is essential that all states respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“He owns this now,” one rebel said. “They got what they wanted. Let’s see how it turns out.”
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To give some context to this figure, this would mean Russia has suffered more fatal casualties in Ukraine than the U.S. suffered in every war since 1945 and the Soviet Union suffered in Afghanistan; combined.

An absolutely staggering amount.

Just to be able to rebrand them deadbeats unworthy of collective defense after they meet the original benchmark.

The taxi driver did what

»Mit seinen 1,98 Metern baut er sich ganz dicht vor der zierlichen Frau auf und brüllt sie minutenlang von oben herab an.«

Die Dämonen des Friedrich Merz sind diese Woche auf dem DER SPIEGEL-Titel.

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Are the Tory rebels giving up?

After Ben Houchen’s victory the air is coming out of the balloon

“It is off ramp”, a Tory rebel source tells me. “Rishi is now going to own the election. He gets what he wants. He is going to lead us to oblivion.”

Another: “we're off to the pub'

Source close to Sadiq Khan says they're 'really worried' about the result in London which they still expect to be 'really close'.

Worth saying the final YouGov poll gave him a 22 point lead over Susan Hall. Would be the worst polling fail in history if she manages to somehow win