Marina Hyde analyses it rather better than does Lucky. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/reform-candidates-nigel-farage-makerfield-prime-minister ..everything that went wrong for … (View Post)

Is Trump cultivating pond scum in Washington, via a corrupt contractor, synecdoche or metaphor ? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool (View Post)

Can't footballers just learn to speak without moving their lips to circumvent that rule ? Team ventriloquism coaches are surely on the horizon. (View Post)

Just as well, since the RAF can't. Up to now we've had to rely on the US. History made in the skies✈️ For the first time, a French A330 MRTT has refuelled an RAF Rivet Joint, showcasing the… (View Post)

That's not really the point. The RAF only had probe and drogue refuelling capacity, but several of its (US supplied) aircraft can only be refuelled in the air by boom systems. If the U.S. furthe… (View Post)