Merz: Ukraine applied for NATO membership in 2008 with U.S. support, but France and Germany opposed it. Had Ukraine joined or kept its nuclear weapons would this war have happened? Likely not. 1/

Point blank. He clearly saw who she was. Investigate this

Willie Rennie is absolutely right – we are angry. Sick of temp contracts. Sick of instability.

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

The administration’s assault of my friend and colleague, Senator Alex Padilla, is a time for every one of us to look hard at this moment and say: what comes next?

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full email below

“You had a principled position, big societal changes cannot be... rushed” #Newsnight asks Polly Billington if she really has a principled position on assisted dying after supporting changes to abortion laws where “backbench MPs could only speak for 46 minutes” prior to a vote

As a young reporter in Northern Ireland I twice saw kids squirming on the ground in agony after being shot in the knees by the IRA. The memory still haunts me. Kneecap should be free to sing whatever they want - but why do they choose to celebrate such a vicious form of torture?

My Catholic Priest publicly announced at every mass he was denying me Holy Communion following the assisted dying vote. Children who are friends of my children were there. This followed a direct threat in writing to do this four days before the vote. 1/3 observer.co.uk/news/national/…

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has sent their solidarity in light of today’s news of having the Labour whip temporarily suspended. Your support is incredible and it is the honour of my life to serve as the MP for Alloa & Grangemouth ❤️✊

Quite surprising that the issues at Harper Collins haven’t received more coverage given the huge impact it is having on authors and the wider book supply chain.

A reminder that UK hospitality guests are the most highly taxed in Europe - paying the highest prices because our businesses are #TaxedOut

This afternoon's Perth Gin player of the match, selected by Saints in the Community, was Jack Baird 💙 #SJFC

Very productive meeting discussing public transport connectivity for visitors to Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the The Enchanted Forest. Thanks to local MSP, John Swinney for his support and ScotRail for their openness to new partnership opportunities.

Surprised that more hasn’t been made of what I would say is the obvious link between Tony Blair’s time in power where he tried to go faster on EU integration than other countries as a leading cause of the Brexit referendum. Looked at that way we could say nearly half agree.

BREAKING: Norway selects British-made ships for its navy trib.al/kdXA2Dr 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Norway will procure British Type-26 frigates 🇳🇴🇬🇧   The Norwegian government has selected The United Kingdom as a strategic partner, and will procure British frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy.   This will be the largest procurement for the Norwegian Armed Forces ever PM

Clive Lewis the first to go over the top

Can Keir Starmer survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister. “The conversation has moved on from ‘if’. Now it’s about ‘who’ and ‘how’.” The The Guardian Saturday long read by me & Jessica Elgot theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…