Andrew Donkin

Well today marks #30years for me with @coopuk That's me the day after I found out I'd got the job at what was described in the interview as "the sleeping giant." And that's my son James @donkey8390 on my knee. I'm proud to say that he works for the coop as well...

During the Vietnam War, Donald Trump received five draft-deferments: four for education and one for bone spurs in his heels. His father Fred, although he was of draft age during World War II, also did not enlist or serve. Trump’s paternal grandfather, Friedrich, was born in Bavaria in 1869. He deliberately avoided mandatory military service by emigrating to the US aged 16 in 1885. At that time, military service was compulsory for young men in Germany. Seems like Trumps always chicken out. #TACO

Putin: 73 years old Trump: 79 years old Xi Jinping: 72 years old Khamenei: 86 years old Netanyahu: 76 years old Narendra Modi: 75 years old All these leaders have lived their lives and are now destroying world peace and the future of coming generations. The world needs young leaders.

BREAKING: Senator Kelly just unloaded on Trump, calling out how Trump was bragging about his "tallest building" on 9/11 and writing birthday cards to Epstein while Kelly was doing heroic, patriotic things. "The President and Hegseth will not silence me."

Just caught up on this. Superb from @campbellclaret

Trump would hate if you shared this today.

First Democrat that posts this wins the primary

The utter irony of Putin and Trump meeting soon in Budapest to jointly seal Ukraine’s fate should not be lost on anybody. This is the very same city where the US, the UK, and Russia came together 31 years ago to give Ukraine ironclad assurances that its territorial integrity would be respected and protected within existing borders in exchange for giving up a third of the world’s nuclear weapons (to Russia!). Ukraine trusted the US, trusted the UK, transferred all its nuclear weapons to Russia, and joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Within 20 years, Putin effectively ripped up the Budapest Memorandum, ignored Russia’s pledge, and invaded and annexed Crimea. In 2022, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine finally removed all remaining doubts about Putin’s imperial greed. If treaties and agreements between countries are to be trusted, the US and the UK must stand by the original Budapest Memorandum and give the Ukrainians everything they need to push Russia out of Ukraine, as President Trump said he would do before taking Putin’s latest call. It is the only way for Ukraine to get its territory back and put an end to this brutal invasion. If the US and Russia continue to ignore the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, how on Earth can Ukraine be expected to have any faith in yet another Budapest memorandum signed in the same city between Russia and the United States? They can’t.

"Love how Prince is hidden in the dark before his solo; like he is the secret weapon to make this song into a banger." "Who's seen this an ungodly amount of times over the years, and STILL gets the chills when Prince strolls out to conjure up spirits?" While My Guitar Gently Weeps performance at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction is and will always be one of a kind. Watch how Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison Prince create something incredible to honour George Harrison at the 2004 Induction Ceremony.

"She gave me a kiss and said, 'I'm glad you got that out of your system.'" Watching his famous Battle with the Militant Left speech, Neil Kinnock becomes emotional, remembering his wife Glenys, who passed in 2023. @lewis_goodall

Jimmy Kimmel returns with unfinished business over Trump’s birthday letter to Epstein

Ade is 100% right

Please watch and share this 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸 President Macron, "Naively, we have entrusted our democratic space to social media controlled by American entrepreneurs or Chinese corporations whose interests do not align with the survival of democracy" "Children are exposed to harmful content, fueling mental health and behavioral crises among youth" "Public spaces encourage emotion over reason, negativity over positivity—driving extremes" "Algorithms amplify this for profit. Our democracies were not designed for this" "If we Europeans do not reclaim control of our democracy, in ten years, those exploiting this infrastructure will have won" "We will become a continent of conspiracy theorists, extremists, and noise" "If we believe in democratic order, we must put science, knowledge, culture, education, and learning at the center" "We must protect our youth and regulate social media with the same standards as democratic spaces: no hidden or fake accounts, equal responsibility for published content" "Otherwise, racism, anti-Semitism, and hate will triumph. Europe can rebuild a 21st-century democracy—but it requires action"

Best advice I never took was when I was 30 and on a massive career fast-track: You cannot cuddle with your career on a lonely night when your life is on the decline. Invest as much time on love and family. Sounded twee then. At 62 and near retirement, I now know it's 100% true.

This is actually a good statement from Bernie Sanders Worth the watch

In June 2025, Democratic elected official Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with their dog, were assassinated by a Trump supporter Trump did not lower the flags to half-mast He did not attend their funeral President Biden, on the other hand, knelt before their coffins

The BBC are constantly fawning over Farage's every move despite Reform only having four MPs. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

Why am I sticking with Labour? The potholes have all but gone; three more dental surgeries are once again taking NHS patients; I can once again get a doctor's appointment; ambulances no longer routinely take 12 hours to arrive. And I don't miss the daily MP shenanigans.

I haven’t really wanted to post anything since the passing of my father. My heart has hurt too much. I’m gonna keep this short because he certainly hated long rambling speeches. He was so many things to so many people, but I was so lucky and blessed to be apart of a very small group that got to call him “Dad”. My heart is full of so much sadness and sorrow, but also so much love and gratitude. I got 14,501 days with that man and I know that is such a blessing. I think this quote best describes my father. Hunter S. Thompson once said: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body... but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a ride!’” That was my dad. He lived and he lived his life fully. I love you dad.

Dear all companies, ever. The second i see “Get a quote” instead of “This is the price” I keep looking elsewhere.

This is Patty Hartman, a 17 year veteran of the Justice Department. She was fired on Monday. She is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. You must hear her words for yourself.