Simon Fellowes

@archer_rs @simon_schama And the press corps move on.

This is farcical Trump claiming he recently met the 92 yrs old Mr. Toyoda, founder of Toyota in Japan who agreed to invest $10 billion in the U.S. for a new factory Toyoda died in 2023 and Toyota says it is not investing anything and has no idea what Trump is talking about.

No surprise after going all in on Reform’s bogus claim of ‘family voting’ in the Gorton by-election, no mention of it in the news headlines on Radio 4 Today. Robbie Gibb has got the BBC producers in a lock. #r4today

@campbellclaret And the Right Wing Press remember.

Who would have thunk it? Farridge and Matt Badloss talked a lot of conspiracy theory Islamophobic nonsense when they just, er, lost? Wasting police time anyone ?

WHAT A BANGER FROM FLORIAN WIRTZ 🚀😱

BREAKING: French Senator Claude Malhuret TORCHES Trump and his alcoholic, drug-addicted administration on the floor of the Luxembourg Palace: "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction!" This might be the greatest MAGA takedown of all time. Nobody was spared... "A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health," he said, referring to RFK Jr. Malhuret's comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It's said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump's case, he's building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames. "A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces," Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. "An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security," Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar. "A Turkish proverb says 'When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, it is the palace that becomes a circus," said Malhuret. "His fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since the creation of the Board of Peace, Trump has triggered more military strikes than Biden during his entire term." "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction," he continued. "Bomb more to win more." This is how the world now sees the American president: as a pedophile desperately exploiting his role as commander-in-chief to obscure the fact that he preyed on children with his long-time pal Jeffrey Epstein. "There isn't a single country where Trump did not take advantage of the situation to enrich himself without ever forgetting his family. A Boeing plane offered by Qatar," he said, referring to the $400 million jet that Qatar "gifted" to Trump. "Investment in all Gulf projects or elsewhere. Stock market manipulation that only a few insiders benefit from." "Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused here an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests." Rarely have we heard such an exhaustive yet succinct distillation of the Trump administration's rampant criminality and incompetence. By focusing on individual Cabinet members and what makes them uniquely unfit for office and then expanding the aperture to the broader patterns of corruption and malignancy, Malhuret delivered a master class in political messaging. Every mainstream outlet in the U.S. should be running this speech to show Americans what the world thinks of our leaders. Since they won't, make sure to like and share to spread this far and wide!

@NoAlphaLimits You should get out more.

🚨 THE DOMINOES ARE FALLING. IN MONTHS, NOT YEARS. Here is the playbook for the rest of 2026. Screenshot this. Come back in December. Step 1 ⏳ Ceasefire announced in April. Strait of Hormuz opens. Trump declares victory. Headlines everywhere. Step 2 ⏳ "Talks continue." Markets rally. Everyone exhales. Step 3 ⏳ Sell in May. Smart money exits. Retail holds the bag. Step 4 ⏳ Re-escalation. Strait of Hormuz CLOSED again. Oil spikes past $120. Step 5 ⏳ Threat of nukes. Not a bluff this time. Carrier groups reposition. Step 6 ⏳ Market nukes. Circuit breakers triggered. $3,000,000,000,000+ wiped in a week. Step 7 ⏳ Ground invasion begins. Troops that "came home" go back. Casualties mount. Step 8 ⏳ China hints at Taiwan invasion while the US is buried in the Middle East. Step 9 ⏳ North Korea missile tests. Three fronts. One military. Step 10 ⏳ BTC drops below $50,000. Crypto winter 2.0. $900,000,000,000 in market cap GONE. Step 11 ⏳ Buy signal Q3/Q4. Blood in the streets. Generational entry. Step 12 ⏳ Printer goes BRRR. Emergency rate cuts. Fed capitulates. Step 13 ⏳ War ends. Not because of peace. Because of midterm elections. Step 14 ⏳ Bull market starts. The people who bought the blood become the next millionaires. The ceasefire is Step 1. Not the end. Everyone celebrating in April will be panicking by July. This is EXACTLY what happened in 2001, 2008, and 2020. THE SAME SEQUENCE IS PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW. Bookmark this. Screenshot this. Come back in 90 days.

This is the most brilliant thing ever made. Yes, including Shakespeare.

And now we go to the daily Henry Zefferman bash the Starmer government slot. #r4today

@FlipLondonTours Ratio of boys to girls very different back then.

The Music Machine, Camden, 1979. Later The Camden Palace and now Koko

It is difficult to accept the basis upon which these so called facts are presented. In modern times, the two most demonstrably unsuccessful Prime Ministers this country has endured are Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. No other Prime Minister, including Sir Keir Starmer, approaches the scale of those failures. What has followed is a narrative constructed and sustained across major broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Sky News, and GB News, alongside sections of the wider press, the persistent chorus of voices from within the Conservative Party, and the influence of Reform UK. Within that narrative, criticism of Sir Keir has been constant from the moment he assumed office. That scrutiny stands in stark contrast to the latitude afforded to his predecessors, particularly at times when serious errors were made and rules were plainly disregarded. The effect is cumulative. A narrative is repeated, reinforced, and amplified until it presents itself as established fact, regardless of whether it withstands scrutiny. It is this constant echo that many have grown weary of, particularly when it appears so plainly unbalanced in its application. It is not unreasonable to conclude that such imbalance reflects editorial inclination rather than objective assessment. A Labour Prime Minister does not sit comfortably with certain proprietors or institutions, and that discomfort appears to shape the tone of coverage. Yet one fact remains beyond dispute. Sir Keir secured a decisive electoral mandate, a landslide victory that confers both authority and responsibility. Those who supported him expect that mandate to be honoured through steady and effective governance. To date, there has been no failure of the kind so readily alleged. What we are witnessing instead is the noise of political transition. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party finds itself diminished, its relevance increasingly in question, and its future uncertain. It would therefore be welcome if sections of the press returned to the task of reporting events as they are, rather than seeking to shape them into something they are not.

@AntiToxicPeople If this is his main attack line he’s done.

He is just such a deeply sick piece of garbage. Every molecule.

Wow! Mo to leave at the end of the season ❤️

Reflection of the uselessness of modern journalists: with all the scandals surrounding former Govt insider Morgan McSweeney - has anyone managed to nab a single interview with him. Anyone??

@optimistictory Tell them you left your phone at home.

Dear restaurant owners: We all hate the QR code menus. Stop. -everyone

Basically Israel is invading and occupying Lebanon much in the same way Russia invaded the Eastern states of Ukraine back in 2014, and once again the world seems preoccupied with other matters.

@HadleySheley @atrupar Or killing the schoolgirls.

@atrupar Oh. So the same thing, Obama got Iran to agree to without bombing, getting American troops killed, or putting the oil and gas market in complete disarray.

COLLINS: You said there's many points of agreement with Iran. Can you give us a few? TRUMP: Like 15 points COLLINS: That Iran has said yes to? TRUMP: They're not gonna have a nuclear weapon. That's number 1, 2, and 3 COLLINS: They've said yes to that? TRUMP: They agreed to that

Not sure there’s much point in diplomacy being conducted online. Put the bastards in a room next to each other and broadcast them talking would be my suggestion. In a couple of years from now we won’t even be able to trust that.

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice! Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

@CattardSlim For a second I thought the word on the big pink balloon was ‘spunked’.

Maga events always just look like office parties, because they have no real friends left.

What strikes me about The Matthew Collings paintings in his show at Margate is how similar they are to the drawings made by children living in the Gaza refugee camps.