I thought I’d hate cruising. Two years later, I’m hooked and tomorrow I head off on my latest trip, this time from Lisbon to Cape Town aboard Silver Sea. I’m also having a chat with industry specialist Edwina Lonsdale Join us from 5pm with any of your questions open.substack.com/live-strea…

How did Thames Valley Police get the Andrew search warrants so wrong?

Well, isn’t this impressive! Street performers in Lisbon

Go and boil yer ‘ead!

British activist & journalist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has been rescued from the sea by the RNLI after falling from a boat & getting into difficulty. The incident happened this morning off the south coast of England. Mr Yaxley-Lennon has been admitted to a local hospital for checks

We don’t use Starlink for our responses inside Russia. We use Starlink to intercept jet-powered “shaheds” that attack our civilians and kill families. Starlink wasn’t turned off – its speed was reduced. And when the speed was reduced, we were unable to intercept a certain number of jet-powered “shaheds.” We couldn’t use a tool that helps protect people. That’s very painful and frustrating. We also use Starlink for mid-range strikes against enemy military targets in our temporarily occupied territories. We couldn’t do that when the restrictions were in place. And third, what matters most is people. Our warriors, who spend weeks and months on the front line, receive food and water delivered by drones using Starlink. Has the speed been fully restored to what it was before? No. Is it being restored now? Yes. From a conversation with media representatives in Brussels. (2/3)

Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. Enough is enough. President Trump should rescind the diesel deal with Russia and use the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act to impose harsh sanctions on nations purchasing Russian energy, work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦

Love the MAGA lot condemning the riots in France whilst pardoning this lot.

I see the protests in France are trending. Since I just spent 10 days there during the heart of them, I figured I'd chime in with what's actually going on. The news and clickbait accounts on X will show you the outlier events: burning buildings, raging violence and everything that triggers you. I was in the heart of Aix en Provence during the biggest protest day and filmed the center where it was happening. (See below) This is right the University, across from the church, dead center of town. The students are dancing, singing, kicking soccer balls and have comically barricaded the entrance doors to force the school to close. I visited many cities in France during the protest period, and saw zero violence or malpractice of any kind. More broadly, I spent more than a month this year in France across 3 trips and 10+ cities, including Paris, Bordeaux, Aix en Provence, Nice, Antibes, Biarritz, and others, and it's incredibly safe, charming, peaceful and beautiful. Every city I visited is nicer than almost every American city, and there's zero comparison. So much that it wouldn't even be insulting to France to try, because nobody who has spent significant time in both countries would take this comparison seriously. I spoke with the students at length about their views. I also spoke with waiters, drivers, merchants, staff and whoever. They were all civil, well articulated and genuinely wanted to see change. We can disagree about their reasoning, logic or whatever, and it's true that France has fiscal problems, but to chalk up the France protests to raging extremist violence from "pick your favorite group to blame", is a laughable misrepresentation of what's actually going on. If you exclusively watch the news and believe the top 1% extreme situations, you have likely been psyoped.

What exactly are you proposing to do to this country that you believe will inevitably lead to riots in its streets?

I would like to thank all those who have prayed for me in recent days. I wish to express my particular gratitude to the doctors, nurses and all the staff of the Gemelli Hospital. This experience has made me feel particularly close to all those who are living with illness or infirmity. Now that I have overcome this delicate phase I will gradually resume my activities, always with God’s help and your prayers.

The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse to rise to £99.9m. 93% increase from £51.8m for 2024/25. 65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17. 25.3m people live below minimum income standard. We are in it all together, aren't we. leftfootforward.org/2026/10/…

How did Thames Valley Police get it so wrong that the High Court quashed the search warrants for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes? This Sunday at 5pm, I’m chatting with my mate, former Met officer @grahamwettone Wettone, about what went wrong and who’s accountable. 👇 kayburley.substack.com/p/jus…

🤣

I still genuinely don't remember making you all this stupid.

Young Alexander posted this apology late at night so thought I'd help him to get it seen by more people by sharing with all of you

Since some people love discussing who Meghan Markle was before marrying Prince Harry, let's apply that SAME scrutiny to Catherine Middleton. 💅 Before marrying Prince William in 2011, Catherine was a private citizen from a wealthy, successful business family. She attended Marlborough College, graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in art history, worked as an accessories buyer for Jigsaw, and was involved in her family's business, Party Pieces. She had an education, work experience, and a privileged upbringing. Those are facts. But let's also acknowledge something else: Catherine's worldwide fame and royal status came primarily through her relationship with Prince William and their marriage. She was not an internationally famous actress, entertainer, or independently established celebrity before entering the royal family. That doesn't erase her accomplishments or the work she has done since becoming a royal. But it does raise an interesting question about the double standards applied to royal wives. Meghan Markle had already built an acting career, appeared in Suits, and participated in humanitarian advocacy before marrying Prince Harry. Yet Meghan is routinely accused of using marriage for fame, while Catherine's rise to global prominence through marriage is treated entirely differently. Neither woman's worth should be determined by whom she married. But if you're going to scrutinize Meghan's pre-royal identity, Catherine's pre-royal life shouldn't be off-limits either. A royal title can dramatically change someone's public profile. It doesn't automatically establish who they were before receiving it. Same standards. Same scrutiny. No double standards. Facts over fiction. 💅 #CatherinePrincessOfWales #KateMiddleton #MeghanMarkle #MeghanSussex #PrinceWilliam #PrinceHarry #RoyalFamily #RoyalDoubleStandards #FactsOverFiction #TheHipReview