Dalma

Number cruncher, mum of 3 boys, food and life lover, European, Hungarian and a bit Brummie

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

EXCL: Nigel Farage has been trying to block Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for billionaire bankrolling his party.

Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for millions donated to party and undeclared £5m personal gift to Farage revealed by Guardian.

But Farage used private meeting at Bank to urge governor to drop plans for state-run alternative to digital currency that has made his Thailand-based benefactor one of richest people in world.

Cracking tale from @tomburgis

https://t.co/o4ljHGx8fZ

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is dropping toxic chemicals on farmland in South Lebanon

We’re talking about catastrophic levels of glyphosate, a chemical linked to cancer

11,000 times above safe levels

This is a deliberate war crime aimed at making life impossible and forcing people out of their land

[GBX @GBX_Press]

🚨 JUST IN:

​BBC compiled evidence of over 160 Palestinian children in Gaza deliberately shot in the head by Israeli snipers.

​The reports state: "Israeli Jews are hunting children for entertainment."

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabel Amel hospital in Tyre, southern Lebanon causing extensive damage to the hospital which is still crowded with people including women and children. There’s widespread damage outside too. The Israeli military has warned it will hit the southern suburbs of Beirut too, sparking a panicked exodus

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING:

Israel is dropping white phosphorus bombs on civilian areas in the village of Arnoun, Nabatieh, South Lebanon.

These are internationally banned munitions — and Israel is unleashing them against civilians.

[Ell 🌱 @rdg_elliott]

My thoughts are with Farage and the Daily Mail at this difficult time 🫶🏼

[Dalma @dankodalma]

@BBCNews I rooted for these 2 from the start, well done boys! What an inspiratiom

[Dalma @dankodalma]

Yes yes yes, well done Jo and Kush! Was rooting for you from the start. Such an inspiration for my teen boys, what an adventure! Well done boys, you are amazing!
#raceacrosstheworld
#joandkush

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Channel 4 News's Clare Fallon tracks down Nigel Farage who was absent from Parliament today avoiding questions about the £5m donation

She asks him about it

He jumps into his car and drives off

[kellie got OT7 ddaeng & dimple 🪭⁷ @tokyomoonchild7]

Slept through Eurovision for the first time in about 20 years but I see it was once again a split screen with That Country That Bought Votes and one we are praying saves us from them winning. How many more years will they let it be like this? I’m TIRED.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Reform UK told the BBC that he paid in cash for his £1.4m house in Surrey with his “I’m a Celebrity” fee from ITV and not with the £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne - which Farage says was to provide him with security (physical, not financial). But the ITV “Celeb” fee was £1.5m, which would be £825,000 after tax, for a top-rate taxpayer like Farage. That’s £575,000 less than the price of the house.

And even if the fee was paid into his “Thorn in the side” media company rather than directly to him, it would still be taxable, one way or another

[S.🎧 @1ssve]

Dear Microsoft,

We literally never want to open docs or workbooks in the browser.

Signed,
Everyone

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Reform UK Councillors Gone Since The Local Elections: Updated

Since Local elections (less than a week):

➡️ Lost Seat
Mike Morris
Clarence Mitchell
Alan Cook
Mark Shooter
Kira Gabbert

➡️ Resigned
Daniel Devaney
Stuart Prior
Jay Cooper
Ashley Monk
Jo Monk

➡️ Defected
Nick Farmer

➡️ Suspended
Ben Rowe
Glenn Gibbins
Paul Heyward

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister.

Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Hilarious video that shows none of the Reform voters know any of Reform's policies.

[Johanna Saunders 🕷🐇 @JohannaSaunders]

The UK voted the Tories out of office with a vengeance after more than a decade of mismanagement, corruption and scandals, so naturally the UK then opts to vote them all back into power again, under a different name, alongside the architect of the UKs decline via Brexit.
FFS.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This should be a bigger story. 

Scientists are more concerned than ever that a critical Atlantic current will collapse soon and wreak havoc on North America and Europe. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a massive conveyor belt of ocean currents that transports water from the tropics to the Atlantic. 

Without it, severe weather would impact both regions at potentially devastating rates.

These scientists aren't just warning us about an environmental issue—they're sounding the alarm about a climate threat that could fundamentally rewrite how future generations survive on our planet.
https://t.co/q9ANe0kzv2

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market.

Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, ​a $760 million bet that oil would go down.

These orders were much larger than anything else at the time.

The traders made huge gains.

Unusual.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel just blew up a public high school in Marwahin, South Lebanon.

Not a military base.

A school.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Israel destroyed an entire town in southern Lebanon.

Al-Khiam. Gone. Within a month.
Not damaged. Not partially destroyed.
Gone.

This happened inside the ceasefire window. The ceasefire Trump declared.

The one Pakistan said included Lebanon. The one Vance called a misunderstanding.

The one CBS confirmed Trump personally agreed to.

An entire town erased while the world was told there was a ceasefire.