When the war started in 2014, many Ukrainians who had families in Russia tried to reason with them. My family was one of them. But instead, we were met with Russian supremacism.

And she's wrong. I want to remind her and you that Russia's war against Ukraine started in 2014. Zelensky was elected in 2019 as a candidate who believed in consensus with Russia; he was seen as not hardline enough for many Ukrainians.

I've read the TIME interview with Navalnaya so you don't have to.

There are many things that are simply incorrect, but there's one point where she is particularly mistaken, and I'll explain why.

She believes that there is a 'mistake of the Ukrainian government.'

...decarbonising their social housing, leisure centres, and offices; aren't getting BEV bin lorries and other vehicles; aren't putting in charging gullies in terraces; aren't prioritising new train stations over roads...

But do say 'we declared and emergency and have a target!'

Yet they don't require all new developments not to use fossil fuel heating; don't designate land for wind and solar in their local plans; don't ensure new housing and commercial developments are easily reachable by bicycle; aren't putting in cycle infrastructure; aren't...

Absolutely wonderful.

Another proud moment. Bill further delayed after Lords again votes for changes theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Delighted to see the Lords standing firm on the Rwanda Bill. They are the revising House - Commons Members are being both intransigent and unreasonable in continuing to resist these pretty modest Lords amendments. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Powerful 🧵

“It’s ludicrous, it’s lunatic, it’s paranoid - It’s the rantings of pub bore, not a former Prime Minister”.

Liz Truss says the civil service rule the roost... Does she have a point?

Jon Sopel | John McTernan

Yesterday I raised residents’ concerns about Thames Water 💧’s Teddington DRA with the company’s new CEO Chris Weston, following the letter I wrote to him in February. I stressed the environmental, construction & social impacts of the proposals – and why they should not go ahead.

Reported advance paid for Prime Ministerial memoirs
Margaret Thatcher in 1993 - £3,500,000 (circa £7.2 million today)

Tony Blair in 2007 - £4,600,000 (circa £7.4 million today, which was donated to the Royal British Legion)

Liz Truss in 2023 - £1512.88.