Liman had come to shoot his latest fictional political thriller. Its subject: the 2022 Nord Stream explosions, in which a team of Ukrainian divers allegedly blew up a pipeline supplying Russian natural gas to Germany. One of the chief suspects, Volodymyr Zhuravlev, had twice eluded the Germany authorities: once allegedly slipping out of Poland in the boot of a diplomatic car, and on another occasion freed by a court.

On Wednesday, however, Zhuravlev’s luck ran out. He was detained in the Croatian city of Pula – where, in an incredible meta-twist, German media said he had been acting as a consultant on Liman’s movie, Snake Island, which dramatically reconstructs Zhuravlev’s alleged act of watery sabotage.

Goes to the film set of a movie about a crime I did and am actively being pursued over

"Ummm, actually, it didn't go down like that"

Gets arrested for said crime

I hope he gets royalties.

But after having sent the letter to Kidsgrove Town Council, rather than Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, she changed her mind about quitting.

Electoral Commission rules stated a councillor cannot withdraw their resignation once it has been received by the authority.

“In this instance, a letter was hand-delivered to an incorrect address at Kidsgrove Town Council.

New research on public perception of crime found the public guessed foreign nationals make up twice the number of sexual offenders than official statistics show (30 per cent compared to 15 per cent). They also estimated foreign nationals make up 25 per cent of the prison population, when in reality they make up just 15 per cent.

Rates of mobile phone theft, domestic burglary, vehicle theft, and murder have all fallen, despite perceptions that all have risen, the study found. In fact, researchers at King’s College London found, the general public were wrong about crime on nearly every measure

Based on two surveys of 1,797 and 2,164 UK adults, the research suggested Reform UK supporters stand out as consistently the most wrong

Color me surprised!

Presumably I'd at least end up on a list from this post, or if I already am on there, they'd add an underline.

"Guys, we're going to save 50 billion buy cutting all support to disabled people"

For what purpose? If you remove all welfare, what is the purpose of the government? Who would those savings benefit? The answer is tax breaks for the rich.

The only people who would vote for Reform are the ultra rich, the ultra stupid, or the ultra racist. "Yes, I'd like the party that actively promises to make everything worse."

Interestingly, they don't ban the glasses outright. Just not recording with them. More difficult to enforce I think.

It might be difficult to ban someone from using something they might use to see, but I'd expect most people to not have only these glasses to see with, after all, what will you do while they charge?

It seems wildly racist for the conservatives to say "Not enough social housing? Just evict people we view as lesser".

It's nakedly an attempt to pit the poor against each other instead of actually fixing the issue.

It's victim blaming pure-and-simple. Not only that, but it's coming from the abuser. The Tories CAUSED this crisis, and now they're blaming those suffering from it.

This is not a full article, but the readers comments really dunk on this nonsense and I like it.

Guys, we really need to save on welfare costs. That's why we made a controversial cut of £5b to disability support.

Meanwhile, we think the army needs more money. £3b last year, and £8.4b here. It's really worth it, I promise.

In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham admitted to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the nation’s welfare bill has to be reduced.

And he made it clear that going forward certain benefits, including mental health support, will become “conditional” on people taking work and not staying at home.

Terrible. Seems like I will still be able to call Labour under Burnham "Forced Labour".

Anyone worth their salt will tell you that we need to make it easier to get benefits. Hell, the recent Timms Review found that disability benefits were degrading and dehumanizing to apply for. Making care conditional on work is insane, and Burnham needs to realize this was one of Starmer's biggest failures.

Stop trying to take money away from disabled people. Why don't you try taking money away from people that don't need it. The rich. The fact Labour leadership is not doing this shows they are either corrupt or cowards.

The work and pensions secretary has paved the way for another fight with MPs over Britain’s welfare bill, saying Labour must stop “simply writing a cheque” for benefits claimants and instead provide more job support.

Meanwhile, in late May, the first phase of the Milburn review called for a “whole system reset” involving welfare, schools, and employers to bring down a massive increase in the number of young people out of work or education after the figure topped one million.

Mr Milburn last week insisted that incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is up for overhauling the welfare system and knows it is “absolutely necessary”.

So what I'm hearing is "everybody hates the current system because they are not getting the support they need", and somehow the conclusion is "we should give them less financial support". If this is truly the stance (they are being deliberately vague about what this reform will actually entail) then it is a truly braindead take.

Cutting PIP and putting conditions on support would make the system even more soul destroying than it is.

If you want people back in work, give them good healthcare and a solid safety net. As for people who can't work, leave them to live a comfortable life and stop trying to make them destitute.

The home secretary has impressed many with her sure footed handling of the immigration crisis

You mean her rampant xenophobia? She's one of the most evil people in Labour's leadership.

I'm not sure if I'm more glad she's off immigration, or more afraid about what she'll do to the economy.

I love how Signal pretends we're using it for book clubs and not for fighting facism. I'm sure they know and this is just tongue-in-cheek.