"Labour has taken a blow. But Reform UK has been shown up. When tested, their movement offers nothing but grievance, paranoia and imported culture-war nonsense. No answers. No humility. Just blame. And this is why Farage’s behaviour matters beyond one by-election."
'Stop looking back in anger, Nige. Manchester didn’t want to put their life in Trump's hands.' - The Mirror
This #CalvinAndHobbes comic was published by Watterson in 1993. I've inflation-adjusted it for 2026.
#BanCars #FuckCars
How war makes kids grow up angry: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/27/how-war-makes-kids-grow.html
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Chris Madel, a defense lawyer who had been running for governor of Minnesota as a Republican,
said he had decided to end his campaign
because he had become outraged by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
The operation “has departed so far from the stated goals that it is simply a disaster,” Mr. Madel said
If you’re calling your representatives this morning, and they aren’t answering and their voicemails are full (which happened to me this morning) you can look up the numbers for their regional offices in your state and reach them there.
#today I wrote up a set of answers to a UK government consultation on 'Energy Smart Appliances' https://www.gov.uk/government/consult…
Darnold 'shut a lot of people up,' Macdonald says https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47731790/seahawks-laud-sam-darnold-3-td-performance-nfc-title-win
The Trump administration appeared to acknowledge on Monday that its investigation into
the killing of a Veterans Affairs nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents this weekend
was limited to a “use of force” review meant to establish whether government employees had violated training standards.
Such a move, disclosed in court filings, would represent a much narrower inquiry
-- focused on tactics and conduct
-- than one that would examine whether federal agents shoul…