There have been more civilians killed in Gaza than in the whole of the Ukraine war. I fail to see the point of that discussion. #bbcpm

Matthew Lesh in defence of think tanks: “I think you’ll find we’re largely unsuccessful at persuading politicians to adopt our ideas”

- “Liz Truss did.”

- “Not particularly.”

Here’s Lesh just after that Truss/Kwarteng calamity of a mini-budget: 🤔 ~AA

If #Georgia wants to move closer to the #EuropeanUnion rather than #Russia , the next step is a General Strike, failing that a full-time protest where lives could be lost, that’s a tough ask for the average citizen. It’s what Ukrainians were prepared to do. #c4news #bbcpm

The live export of animals abroad for fattening and slaughter has finally been banned from Great Britain - in a move the RSPCA has labelled “one of the biggest days for animal welfare in modern history”

Taxpayers' cash spent on rainbow lanyards: waste of money.

Taxpayers' cash spent on personal photographers: value for money.

If you wrote a script where this happens *on the same day* that they claimed only they could protect the country from grave, unspecified security threats, it would be rejected for implausibility.

Secretary Antony Blinken LOL okay then- announce the US is lifting restrictions on the use of US weapons on russian territory. Otherwise this is just more clowntalk.

Not entirely Blinken’s fault but “unwavering” is inaccurate. The support wavered for more than six months thanks to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. The gains Russia is making are entirely down to wavering. Time for the US and EU to pull all the stops out. #Ukraine #r4today

Food for starving people being destroyed. Is this a new low? A display of vindictive spite by Israelis, and nobody steps in to stop it. #WestBank #IsraelIsATerroristState #r4today

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Rather than choose a neutral venue, he deliberately picked an extreme right-wing, opaquely funded think tank to set out his ideas for the country.

What signal did he intend to send, and to whom?

It doesn’t get more reckless than appointing Grant Shapps as Minister of Defence at a time of multiple crises in the world. #bbcpm

Aside from the fact that he’s a sociopathic scumbag, isn’t it a criminal offense to knowingly distribute counterfeit currency? #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

Cameron and May hastened the diminshment of the UK as a leading advocate for #humanrights . Sucking up to authoritarian leaders like Xi never works. But of course, it was #Brexit which hamstrung her. #China #r4today #TheresaMay