The Atlantic-What If Mike Johnson Is Actually Good at This?-⁦Speaker Mike Johnson⁩ has shown courage & skill.This profile reveals a man formed from Day One by adversity & destiny. It’s certainly not a story that has been shaped by “accident.” Good read. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

WSJ-By Aiding Ukraine, ⁦⁦Speaker Mike Johnson⁩ Makes America Great Again
“No one should turn away from the rot eating away at our institutions… our values,our identity. But addressing that doesn’t require us to disown our leading global role” wsj.com/articles/by-ai…

Inaugural meeting today of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tigray to focus on atrocities, UK policy & human rights.
Sir Mark Lowcock briefed APPG on famine & causes behind the war. Fleur Anderson MP Anderson MP will be Interim Chair for the APPG. Excellent choice. Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP

With no hint or irony, or awareness of the beam in their own eye, on National Security Education Day, China’s top spy agency has a stern message for Chinese people: foreign spies are everywhere. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/21…

Executive summary says :
'The government took minimal credible steps or action to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.' David Cameron Rishi Sunak

India - United States Department of State. India is a great country and great democracy. It should be greatly disturbed by this Report. ⁦Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon⁩ preview.state.gov/reports/2023-c…

My question today about illegal Chinese drugs targeting young people-leading to addiction & destroyed lives
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BBC’s important new investigation.See bbc.co.uk/news/uk-687123… &
30minute documentary: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Rishi Sunak David Cameron Liliane Landor

Tigray: disturbing report with a video clip and English translation from the occupied Irob district of Tigray. The Eritrean regime is imposing a false identity on the indigenous #Irob . Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP Follow link:

HAPPY SAINT GEORGE’S DAY

WSJ -“Russian victory would be bad for the U.S., and a House majority knows it..Credit is due House ⁦⁦Speaker Mike Johnson⁩, who in recent days explained the stakes in Ukraine” Editorial spells out the details and the gains for America & the free world wsj.com/articles/the-h…

NY Times-Liz Cheney says the Supreme Court “Should Rule Swiftly on Trump’s Immunity Claim”. Correct. “Justice delayed is justice denied”. In this case, delay and prevarication create uncertainty & poisons politics ahead of a globally important election url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/IbLdC3QL5hp4…

South Korea bans imports of Chinese seafood produced by North Korean slave labour as Congress shines a light on supply chains. Are other democracies acting to prevent breaches of UN sanctions & use of slave labour? ⁦Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon⁩ ⁦Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP⁩ chosun.com/international/…

We are continuing to work with our American partners at all levels to ensure that the Ukraine aid package is passed by the US Senate on time.

Both the President’s Office and our diplomats are actively working to ensure a positive political outcome of the swift approval, as well

I am grateful to the United States House of Representatives, both parties, and personally Speaker Mike Johnson for the decision that keeps history on the right track.

Democracy and freedom will always have global significance and will never fail as long as America helps to

Time-US Congress Commission on International Religious Freedom says Russia is one of the world’s `worst violators’ of religious freedom, on par with Iran…USCIRF⁩ ⁦Jubilee Campaign USA⁩ ⁦Sam Brownback⁩ ⁦Fiona Bruce MP, UK FoRB Envoy⁩ ⁦U.S. Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain⁩ time.com/6969273/russia…

The Atlantic: Traditional Republicans Come Out Fighting And Win: “The House vote to aid Ukraine renews hope that Ukraine can still win its war. It also showed how and why Donald Trump should lose the 2024 election.” ⁦⁦David Cameron⁩ theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Telegraph: Congressional vote welcome but delay has already done real damage.Ukraine’s forces in Chasiv Yar are outgunned by a ratio of 6 to 1 with Putin manufacturing new weapon systems & bringing in artillery shells from North Korea & drones from Iran telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Irob minority in Tigray facing extinction.Explanatory note(in brackets)from Prof Jan Nyssen of Ghent Uni.Article published yesterday in Avvenire-Italian daily newspaper Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP Edward Pentin Jo Siedlecka Martin Plaut Coalition for Genocide Response Raymond Arroyo url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/oY7OCJy3mcqn…

As Liliane Landor leaves BBC World Service she is right to be concerned for its future if further cuts are made.A new Government should commit to funding UK’s most important smart power tool from taxation. Debate in House of Lords 2022 davidalton.net/2022/12/01/hou… & davidalton.net/2022/10/04/art…

Congress has authorised the $61 billion Ukraine aid package. Historic vote is a vote for democracy against dictatorship. Bad news for Putin and his like.