The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment [Unofficial]'Stakes couldn't be higher for Andy Burnham as Farage desperate to trip up Labour's wannabe saviour'
Strange QuarkJust finished (re-)reading The History of the #Runestaff by #MichaelMoorcock
I love his 1960s British pop-culture references, but I don't get all of them:
• Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl, Rhunga are the #Beatles
• Chirshil is #Churchill
• Bjrin Adass — #BrianAldiss ? Why is he the Singing God?
• Jeajee Blad — #JGBallard
• Jh'Im Slas — Jim ??
• Aral Vilsn — #HaroldWilson
Wilson is father of Squeeze(?) and Balance of Credit. I need to look up the specific events of c.1968 to see what he's referring to.
JACK STRAW: 'Labour MPs are panicking over election drubbing - I have this sensible advice'
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDThe #BiafraWar, aka #NigerianCivilWar, was fought with little regard for civilians, with Nigerian leadership using (& defending) starvation as a tool of war; two million died. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, PM #HaroldWilson lied about the scale of British arms exports to #Nigeria.
History TodayThough #HaroldWilson’s government rejected US requests to send British troops to Vietnam, Britain did not stay out of the war.
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https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/britain-vietnam-war-and-special-relationship
Jonathan EmmesediI was tempted to post a simple "Ignore Tony, follow Harold!" message to Starmer, but as this article suggests, Wilson's "keeping the UK out of Vietnam" story is not quite that straightforward.
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/britain-vietnam-and-special-relationship
#Iran #USUKRealtions #VietnamWar #HaroldWilson #SpecialRelationship #LBJ #LyndonBainesJohnson
WenSo two sad individuals who manufactured excuses for war get together to criticise Starmer, but I suppose Blair has the distinction of determining his lie and sticking to it. The incompetents in Washington still appear to be arguing over the ‘correct’ untruth.
I am suprised Colonel Bonespur can bear to salute the coffin of and Amercian soldier killed to divert attention from Epstein though.
http://archive.today/2026.03.08-003148/https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/keir-starmers-iran-help-too-late-says-trump-as-tony-blair-joins-criticism-q8dght9c5
#War #Blair #Trump #Starmer #Iran #Murder #Lies #Incompetence #UkPol #HaroldWilson
The Japan TimesKeir Starmer’s collapse exposes Labour’s deeper crisis of purpose and argues that the party needs a new governing philosophy modeled on the activist, security-minded liberalism of Britain’s early 20th-century reformers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/13/world/uk-needs-more-than-new-pm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #keirstarmer #uk #morganmcsweeney #labourparty #davidcameron #liztruss #margaretthatcher #tonyblair #haroldwilson #winstonchurchill
'Lord Mandelson's underpants photo was last straw but his story is far from finished'
Lifestyle | The Guardian US‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/18/pretty-birds-and-silly-moos-the-women-behind-the-sex-discrimination-act #Womeninjournalism #Industrialaction #Women'ssuffrage #MadeinDagenham #Lifeandstyle #HaroldWilson #Feminism #Politics #Society #Women #Women #Media
