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I’m not sure I can think of a single person in public life I’ve ever found less appealing than JD Vance.

“JD Vance was a piece of sh*t.” The way the US Vice President treated Volodymyr Zelensky is ‘no way to treat the elective leader of a nation at war’, says Adam Boulton.

My cartoon from the current edition of Private Eye Magazine.

We have all had to deal with people like this!

The fact I spent last night bombing Ukraine just shows they don't want peace.

Elon Musk responded to Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski regarding Starlink: "Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink." Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of State stated that no one had threatened to disconnect Ukraine from

For context, this proposal is on a very large industrial estate, 2.5 miles drive from Bristol's historic centre, in a city with a chronic shortage of student accommodation. Bristol was England's 2nd largest city: but some people seem keen on a new status of its largest village

My strong skyline policy: cities change, get over it.

Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦 Meanwhile Bristol's birthrate drops by 30% since 2012: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Now what could be causing that?

'Bristol's special character'

Europeans should make more of the success of Airbus. Advanced manufacturing spread across France, Germany, Spain and the UK, and it's genuinely world-beating. Would you rather get on board an Airbus these days, or a Boeing made in the US-of-A?

Great to see this progress, such a quick win for maximising the agglomeration benefits of the Ox Cam Corridor further afield. Great places to visit too!

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Since the call many Russian military observers have actually talked of the advantages of an infrastructure ceasefire specifically, which could end up benefiting them more than the Ukrainians. (8/10)

The facts of the case have not changed. We have changed. The conspiracy theorists and their many adherents believe they're just asking questions. Really, they are betraying a profound alienation and ignorance, a malleability, a desire to believe that they lack agency.

We know this because they cannot be sated. They cannot be convinced that their conspiracy theorizing is unwarranted. It does not matter how many documents are declassified. They want to believe they have been lied to. That is central to their identity. It is a sad identity.

4. What Ukraine gives up All resource revenues, public and private, across all territory—even occupied. Private firms like DTEK are not exempt. Funds are to be converted into hard currency and wired abroad to an account controlled by the U.S. 4/

Preach! 👇💯

Bigger than Smoot-Hawley