Jan Manners

Chaos in Washington The new Private Eye is out now.

New IMF forecasts tell you 2 things about UK economy. Firstly, the British economy has proved resilient in face of the Iran conflict: IMF have UK growth as joint second fastest in G7 this year (forget forecasts, in hard data we’ve seen the fastest growth in G7 so far this year)

What most Americans know about EVs is propaganda from the fossil fuel industry mortified at the prospect of loss of their leading source of sales. Now that millions of electric vehicles have been on the road for a decade or more, we have the data to check in on how their batteries are holding up.

SpaceX market cap $2.1tn Microsoft market cap $2.8tn SpaceX revenue ~$20bn Microsoft revenue ~$300bn Incredible.

That Oxford education really shone through

Farage looking to stoke another summer of 'Farage Riots'. He's now openly competing with Rupert Lowe for leadership of the Far Right.

Man, this is gonna be an expensive way to wipe my ass.

Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...

THE SHINING (1980) recreated in Lego renders. The detail is incredible. Can't find who made these so please credit if you know... 1/10 - The Colorado Lounge

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

The plan means it’s not just NHS waiting lists falling - so is the deficit. And this matters if you care about spending on schools not debt interest. Under the last Conservative government the UK borrowed above the G7 average in every single year. This year? We will borrow less.

All of these cute stories about robots running sub-4 min miles during a half marathon fail to mention how terrifying it will be when these things are hunting us for sport in 2029.

A US blockade is quite interesting in terms of relative pain tolerance. No Iranian exports = more pressure on regime in Tehran. But also, no Iranian exports = even tighter global supply, higher prices, more pressure on Trump too.

This year’s Universal Credit uplift means that the basic rate of unemployment benefits will go up by more than inflation for the first time since 1983. But the real-terms value of unemployment benefit is still 5% lower than in 2010-11. By contrast, State Pension rose by 20% over the same period.

Incredibly telling Kemi Badenoch interview on Today: - can’t say what she’d actually want UK forces to do - no idea what objective her proposed military action is to achieve - hides from reality that single biggest constraint on British military = her govt’s defence cuts

@rspb.bsky.social question for you, how accurate is the Merlin app as this showed up earlier.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Breaking: The government has pledged write off 90 per cent of councils’ historic SEND deficits – estimated to be worth £5 billion https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-to-write-off-90-of-councils-send-deficits/

Trump’s Stifling of Dissent Reaches a New Level www.nytimes.com/interactive/... NYT has revised its review of American freedoms, not good.

"The British Olympic Association... is understood to be relaxed that Kenworthy has given a personal opinion on a subject that sits outside the Games." www.thetimes.com/sport/winter...

Early reviews are in: ‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’

457 British dead you ungrateful orange fuck.

Nae a bad view ✨️ Last night, the green and red hues of the northern lights shone brightly over the conservation breeding for release centre, based @highlandwpark.bsky.social. Even a wildcat can't be grumpy under that sky! Did you see them from where you are? 🔭

Quite the dramatic poll of NC by TIPP. It’s a sample that reports having voted Trump 45/42. His approval rating among these respondents is now 39/53. Roy Cooper’s fave rating is 54/32. And Cooper leads the Senate race 48/24, with a ton of undecided. Cooper still pulls 21% of Republicans.

Northern Lights over Greenland 🇬🇱

Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.

WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ

British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month. Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.

Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

couldn't happen to a more corrupt administration apnews.com/article/come...

I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

2011 - In the Situation Room, President Obama oversees the attempt to capture Osama bin Laden 2025 - In the Situation Room, President Trump attempts to convince a woman who was thrown out of Beetlejuice: The Musical for allegedly wanking off her boyfriend, to not vote to release the Epstein files

You've got to hand it to Madame Tussauds, they really nailed this one

UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden on.ft.com/4oYosS1

I’d love to know what Macron knows and what he just told Meloni. That’s one hell of a reaction. #G7

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The US navy has placed its base in Bahrain on high alert.

The head of US Central Command has postponed tomorrow’s testimony to lawmakers because of rising tensions in the Middle East.

In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.

Portugal is taking online disinformation and fake news seriously. As part of a broader attempt to encourage media literacy, it’s offering 15-18 year olds a free digital subscription to a range of respected newspapers and magazines as well as online upstarts that don’t spread lies. (Monocle)

Tim McVeigh would either be in Congress or a popular podcaster/youtuber today: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I am no body language expert, but