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This is madness. We have a desperate shortage of doctors yet the BMA is reporting a GP jobs ‘crisis’ leaves qualified doctors considering unemployment benefits! How is this even happening? We urgently need to fix this www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Dear Universe, you know what to do and it would completely align with Darwinism...please? 🙏🏻 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Not to be outdone by Keir Starmer's xenophobic "island of strangers" rhetoric, Robert Jenrick goes one step further. As a resident of #Luton, I'm proud of the diverse nature of our population. news.sky.com/story/politi...

This might be one of the most unhinged things ever committed to print. The criminal justice system is in literal meltdown, and the MoS devotes a full-page of hysterical shrieking to…whatever this is.

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

£4.8 billion - how much UK will gain annually with new trade deal with India £140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market

The Court of Appeal has this week ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL It has not been mentioned on a single news show this morning. If they won’t cover it let’s do it ourselves

Well, football can f*ck right off for a few months now. Absolute embarrassment of a season from start to finish. #ltfc

Here we go, then. Enough time for 5-5?

Now Naismith gets on the pitch 🙄. The terms horse and bolted come to mind.

Cheaper season tickets next season, then? #ltfc

🔶More councils under our control than Conservative. 
 🔶Our 7th set of gains in a row - our best ever winning streak. 🔶First time in history Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour and the Conservatives in local elections.

Regardless of what happens elsewhere, we've lost more matches than any other club in the division this season, which is hugely embarrassing.

We've scored a goal. 5-2.

And we're now 4-1 down. Great job of controlling the controllables. Sort that left side out or this will be a cricket score. 🙄

Play up Pompey! 1-1. If Portsmouth win, we're safe. Not that we really deserve it with this performance.

It's been a good, spirited run towards the end of the season, but now looking like it's been too little, too late. Out of steam and second best to everything so far against WBA. Once again, results elsewhere are the worst possible from our perspective #ltfc #coyh

I'm not a betting person, but judging by Brexit/ Reform Party MO when in positions of power, I would wager these Councils will come to feature heavily in the Rotten Boroughs section of @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

Oxfordshire Council Result #LE2025: LDM: 36 (+12) LAB: 12 (-3) CON: 10 (-15) GRN: 7 (+4) INDs/LOCs: 3 (+1) RFM: 1 (+1) Liberal Democrat GAIN from No Overall Control.

If it were my choice, I'm not sure whether Gavin Newsom is the direction I would want the Democrats to go in. A combination of the unusually high blink rate and his pejorative use of "woke". Anything would be better than Trump, though.

Thinking back to when my parents used to listen to 1950s music when they were my age...and they didn't. My excuse - 1980s >> 1950s.

The additional #TOTP due to snooker finishing early was an unexpected treat. Rick Astley, New Order, Terence Trent D'Arby, T'Pau, Mel & Kim, Pet Shop Boys, Eric B & Rakim, and Whitney. Music of my childhood.

There he goes, bringing the name into disrepute again (no relation). Hopefully, this will be the last we hear of former MP Andrew Bridgen. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Our elections watchdog was stripped of its independence in 2022. The Government needs to restore it in the forthcoming Elections Bill. We need a strong, independent Electoral Commission to keep our elections fair and to stop Trump imitators here. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/s/8075128/nG...

Good to see Barnet securing promotion today (barring the comeback of all comebacks), with an emphatic win over Aldershot. Especially pleasing that it is at the expense of York City.

Yessss! Get in! So happy for him as well given his injury woes #ltfc

Gutted I couldn't be there today due to the early kickoff. Sounds like we're giving it a good go but been a bit unlucky with hitting the woodwork. Was the Walsh sending off harsh? #ltfc

As he does, Farage is only jumping on a bandwagon, this one started by Streeting's nonsense comment about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Farage deserves all the ridicule he's getting for his comments, but let's not forget that Streeting started this. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Yesterday, I raised concerns about Markyate Sewage Works in Parliament to highlight the 3,000 hours of continuous overflow polluting our chalk streams. I am pushing for blue flag status to hold water companies accountable. Our environment needs protection.

Not sure whether it's a good thing or bad thing for us that Mowbray has been sacked. Hopefully, with nothing to play for and only an interim manager to impress, it will be the former.

Another proper Luton performance, though a bit unsettled in the first half. A great shift put in by all players, though I felt Aasgaard and Walsh stood out in midfield. Could've done with some other results going our way. No change at the bottom with Derby & Hull having easier run ins #ltfc #coyh

Poor Liz Truss can't even claim to be the most effective right winger at finishing off an elderly Head of State. JD Vance took less than a day.

Maybe not mathematically the case yet, but it's looking like three from the current bottom five teams will go down. Hoping for a Leeds win vs Oxford to keep them in the mix.

The US constitution: a guide From the new Private Eye, out now.

Sheff Wed and Norwich are doing us no favours then.

COLOSSAL.

I think I've aged a few years during that second half, but a well deserved away 3 points. #ltfc

McGuinness has been immense so far. We're riding our luck though. This is a tough watch #ltfc

Chasing shadows so far in the second half. Need to get a period of possession. #ltfc

It's fine. It's all good. #ltfc