Hounslow council have banned Lime bikes, and licensed Forest and Voi; neighbouring Richmond has licensed Lime and banned the others. So every bridge is Checkpoint Charlie, with loads of Lime bikes parked on one side and loads of Forest and Voi on the other. Top work everyone!

Fun fact: Why did Switzerland get a huge 39% tariff (despite having zero tariffs on us)? Because its trade surplus with the US surged this year, driven by increased gold exports. Why did Americans buy so much more Swiss gold? Because of uncertainty caused by Trump's tariffs.

Europe’s top brass in Washington tomorrow would carry serious weight if Europe talks less but 1. Channels frozen Russian assets in Europe into weapons for Ukraine; 2. Closes the Danish Straits to the Russian shadow fleet (reportedly worth ~$3 billion a month to Russia); 3.

Europe might not be able to offer Ukraine airtight security guarantees without the US, but we can take frozen assets, close the skies and bring Ukraine into the EU, if we want. That's how I interpret the words "stand with Ukraine", and I think Putin would start thinking twice.

There’s enough evidence now to declare this to have been a good Irish summer. Tom Kerridge’s gochujang chicken on the barbecue tonight to round off a glorious weekend of sunshine.

Things to remember and to watch for in Washington today. 1. It is assessed by many Military leaders in Nato , UK & US that for Putin to take by force the 4 Oblasts will take a further 2 million Russian Casualties & 4.4 years. Without Trump , Putin doesn’t hold all the cards 1/9

Europeans live in a world where others increasingly call the shots. But shaping one’s own future—spending more on defence, producing more stuff, and so on—looks a lot like hard work econ.st/41IWqQm Illustration: Peter Schrank

Russians have just targeted the busy shopping area of Zaporizhzhia with ballistic missiles. Casualties still being ascertained - rescue efforts continuing.

This former Lib Dem MP has fallen a long way.

Security assurances/ guarantees produced in Budapest. What could go wrong?

Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.

Macron: Russia is a predator, an ogre at our door. For its survival, it must continue to feed. A country that spends 40% of its budget on arms and has mobilized over 1.3 million troops will not return overnight to peace and democracy. 1/

Nicola Sturgeon's photo shoot in The Times is fascinating. I need a whole calendar.

"When we were in the caves, half of everyone born was dead by the age of 30..." -Neil deGrasse Tyson We didn't get to a 75 year lifespan by eating "organic" and drinking unpasteurized milk. We did that for thousands of years, still died by 30. We got here BECASUE OF SCIENCE!!!

Can everyone stop pretending Putin wants peace? He doesn't want to end the war, he wants to end Ukraine.

55 years ago today, The SDLP was founded out of the civil rights movement by Fitt, Hume, Currie, Devlin, Cooper & O’Hanlon. The party played, at huge sacrifice, a pivotal leadership role in securing the peace which new generations only know today. #SDLP #55Years #Peace

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture collects a dossier on 10 Ukrainian civilians abused in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. They represent "a small snapshot of a wider, well-documented pattern of risks of torture to civilians in occupied areas.” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Wild.

Ghislaine Maxwell is a convicted child sex trafficker.