Professor Christopher Painter

The last time we saw hunger deliberately engineered by a state on the scale we're now witnessing in Gaza was in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1930s. That puts Netanyahu on a par with Stalin.

Interesting how Farage invariably engages in acts of provocation and claims that are then firmly refuted when parliamentary recesses are taking place, so he can't be held to account for his reckless behaviour.

Couldn't be expressed with any greater clarity.

Trump demands total immunity no matter how much he abuses the powers vested in his Office, yet wants a former President who treated that same Office with integrity and respect to be prosecuted!! Suppressing #EpsteinFiles

Resident doctors will struggle to elicit much support after recent pay awards and with their dodgy arithmetic about how far pay has fallen in real terms. Indeed, both patients and fellow NHS staff are likely to be furious over further disruption @TheBMA theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

"...a study by the Sutton Trust located men's professional cricket in the top 10 professions for independent school attendance, tied with the news media on 43%." @_PaulHayward Talented, fearless, honest: the real Ben Stokes offers a ... share.google/usbHi4hk1sYddr…

As a result of his performance on @bbclaurak on Sunday, we have #noideaFarage. More to the point, the few ideas he has had proved catastrophic for the country.

An admirable exposition of why Starmer's style of governing has so far paid more dividends on the international than domestic stage @andrewrawnsley Starmerish diplomacy earns global respect – but Britain r... share.google/XaJVj7U0ZtZg77…

Wherever there is a lobby for exploitative, extractive sectors of the economy, there you will find Reform accordingly positioned - along, increasingly, with Badenoch's Conservative Party.

#Dispatches Trump: Moscow's Man in the White House @Channel4. Maps multiple connections over a long period. But still no definitive explanation for a pattern of behaviour consistently favourable to Putin. Maybe there is none - instead, just many disparate compromising threads.

Putin has virtually wiped out a generation of young Russian men (with thousands of North Koreans thrown in for sacrifice, too). All in pursuit of neo-imperial dreams. This is what autocrats do - as they hide away in their bunkers at the slightest threat to their own longevity!

The previous Conservative Government used up virtually the whole fiscal firepower of the state, notably by irresponsible cuts to national insurance in a failed bid to claw back support in time for 2024 general election. That's why the public finances have become so problematic.

Not exactly in accordance with all the apocalyptic headlines we keep seeing - and with a general election still four years away (hence need to treat seat projections, based on current polling, this far ahead with the heaviest dose of scepticism).