Ethan Sutherland

BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours is a lifeline for consumers facing scams, rising bills, and bad service. Now it's under threat. We can't let them axe this vital public service or hide it online where vulnerable people lose access. Please add your name to save it: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-execu... I'm all for punishment and rehabilitation (if possible) but not televised bloodlust revenge, and not for public (including children's) viewing.

BBC News - Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It's not going to happen though is it? Headcase Hegseth thinks that it's ok for the public, including children, to see a man die from multiple close range bullets. Not even the USA is that stupid.

I do think neither Badenoch nor Farage have faced the political consequences they should have for their knee-jerk calls to join a war that has turned out to be a disaster. Had either been PM the UK would be even more enmeshed in this quagmire, and I think that should be discussed more often.

BBC News - 'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Thanks to this courageous man and those passengers and crew who came to his aid, I feel more optimistic for humanity today.

BBC News - Controversial Orange Order march to go ahead for first time in nearly 30 years after late night drama www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The long tradition of sectarianism in Northern Ireland. We worry about AI? - let's hope this isn't in its training.

BBC News - UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Ya think?

BBC News - Flight disruption: Airlines criticise air traffic control over second glitch in a month - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Is this Russia. Would they tell us if it was?

Hey Piddington, "Now Is Not The Time". Cheers from Scotland.

news.sky.com/story/bonnie... Very sad news. Bonnie Greer was an admirable person. We need people like her.

Trump talking about AI. The irony.

BBC News - Can Trump really pay $5,000 to every American adult? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hey BBC News, just call it what it is, a bribe and stop fucking about.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in... I'm so sick of Reform

maps.app.goo.gl/ygFM2Kh6tzgo... Huge pollution incident on the south side of Lake Ontario.

America to be renamed The Republic of Gilead.

news.sky.com/story/google... Google, weak, weak, weak. Grow a backbone.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... Nepal-Tibet floods: China suspends rescue efforts at border due to risk of second flood. Are collapsing glaciers into meltwater lakes now more likely due to climate change?

So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BBC Artworks, The Guitar Story. Is that it? Prog Rock "something had to give" in one sentence. Then the celebration of punk and its minimisation of musical and technical talent for half the episode. Give over FFS.

This article below is WHY Ian Dunt is such a good journalist. He has absolutely nailed it about Starmer's government.

BBC News - Israel confirms soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed and opens criminal investigation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Query to the headline writers; is it reasonable to infer that Hind's death, along with the others, is somehow connected to the IDF's firing into the car?

BBC News - Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Limiting childhood vaccines". Let that sink in. Maybe you Americans deserve Trump after all but your children deserve so much better and it's your fucking responsibility.

Failed politicians shouldn't become unelected, unaccountable law makers for the rest of their lives. This is a fundamental principle of democracy. The House of Lords is a relic long past its sell by date.

This aged well!

Fascinating to hear that Jackdaw is needed to supply 6% of the UK's gas supply. In 2014 Westminster told us that oil and gas in the North Sea were more or less exhausted and worthless. They couldn't have been lying, could they?

Today I deleted my 'Discover' feed because I'm sick and tired of a relentless stream of Trump and American bullshit. I used to take the family from Scotland to the US July 4 celebrations in Florida, New York and California. Last time was 15 years ago when I detected the change. Haven't been back.

www.howtogeek.com/stop-buying-... Here's a wee controversy just to get away from politics, wars and climate change. Full transparency, I'm in the CD camp!

The reflecting pool is EXACTLY the correct metaphor for the USA. If the decent, thinking people of America want their country back they're going to have to Drain The Pool.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Burnham wins a comfortable majority. Good. But beware the creeping undercurrent of the 19,000 who voted for Reform and Restore. The country's problem is what is in the heads of these people.

Can't recall a recent video that better captures Trump's essence. Misogynist goon sweatily belches out egregious lies to a woman reporter, insults and berates her when she asks for evidence, then storms off in anger, all while his spray-tan slowly slides down his face.

Truth!

We think we know what the obvious threats are but it's the ones creeping up behind us that might cause the biggest problems.

Anyone, that is, ANYONE, who is still on X, should be ashamed of themselves. They enable Musk's far-right, unhinged incitement to hatred. It's rampant in the USA, but we can smell it here in the UK.

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

Fossil fuels. We used half and kick started our technological civilisation. If we fully use the second half we destroy our atmosphere. It's as simple as that.

The SNP has been betrayed by a selfish, self-seeking idiot of a man. Nicola Sturgeon has been betrayed by one man, her husband. The personal pain of betrayal is hard to imagine.

>88,800 now. 🚀 Lovely. I think we’re going to do it.

Just one line in the entire BBC coverage: "Climate change is believed to play a large role in such hot spells as this." One line. And apparently climate change is only 'believed' to play a role. Wilful ignorance. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Why should anyone vote Burnham when he appears to be scared of Reform voters. He’s spent the last 2 yrs slagging off Starmer for not being brave enough. 🤷‍♀️

Wes Streeting calls Brexit exactly what it is, and the UK needs to rejoin asap (which can't be very soon - the Europeans aren't as gullible as Brexit supporters). Burnham and Starmer can't bring themselves to see it yet. Idiots.

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

Edinburgh

Put aside AI, can we just have some I in this world.

So, now that there's a majority for independence in Scotland when SNP and Scottish Green seats are combined, it's well past time to get going.

Tell Trump to hide under a desk or lock himself in a toilet. Or just tell him to man up and take one for the Second Amendment.

I tend not to go with conspiracy theories. My reality is, I don't care what happens to Trump and his minions, live or die. I also accept that the feeling is entirely mutual.

I’m so upset with this idiot