Pinecone patrols the halls of a Rhode Island secondary school to boost students' morale. 🐈

🎧 The first documented therapy animal: https://t.co/DgSaJp2joO pic.twitter.com/V7BdEs6d2D

— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) May 16, 2026

Given the ridiculous volume of Prime Ministers that Britain’s endured in recent years, I think it should now be law that if a PM quits or is forced out during his/her term, it automatically triggers a new general election. That might concentrate their minds to do a better job.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 17, 2026

And they’re all beating her. https://t.co/D6PiZidEth

— Fiona-Natasha Syms (@SymsFifi) May 17, 2026

"Tell us one specific thing [Burnham] will do"

Simons: ".. one of the things he's really committed to.. energy, water, social housing.. have gotten so expensive.. & one of the reasons why.. is that we've privatised a lot of them"

"So with Burnham, nationalise water?"

"No"

lol pic.twitter.com/DLX2vz6B96

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

Pundits seem to be operating in the mindset that opposing Brexit is still a mortal sin to Leave voters, where the real sin was refusing to implement Brexit in 2017-19 after they'd voted for it. Since Brexit has happened, it's just a policy, not an identity-level insult to oppose

— John Socks (@socksjf) May 17, 2026