This is what resilience looks like. Before leaving Kherson yesterday, this train was hit in a 🇷🇺shelling that left one of its carriages on fire and one steward wounded. Still, the trip was only delayed by 14 minutes, ending in Lviv today according to schedule - to the minute

All District election results have been declared; with final total of seats. Changes prior to election are in brackets: Con: 19 (-2) Lib Dem: 9 (+3) Lab: 6 (0) Green: 2 (+1) Ind: 0 (-1) Ind Group: 0 (-2) 36 seats, down from 39 due to boundary changes. Overall turnout: 27.75%

Great to Scott gaining the second seat in Aylestone on Leicester City Council. Scott has been a long-standing #libdems campaigner helping many other people get elected. Great to see Scott has been elected himself

King Charles III's coronation will not be recorded on the canvas, as for the first time since the 17th century there will be no official artist at the ceremony theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/05/why…

Charnwood Council Election Result: CON: 23 (-16) LAB: 20 (+8) GRN: 8 (+7) IND: 1 (+1) Conservative LOSS to No Overall Control

As it stands, the two pro-EU parties, the LibDems and the Greens have jointly gained more seats than Labour. #RejoinEU

It's serious if the @conservatives are losing that much in #Rutland. Very good news. #GTTO

An irremovable head of state who also leads the official state religion, an unelected upper house, voter suppression and widespread arrest of protesters. There's no way Iran can be called a democracy.

Today, I'm presenting my petition in the House of Commons to stop pavement parking. Pavement parking is not only an issue for those with disabilities or young children, but encourages speeding and reckless driving in neighbourhoods. It's time the Government takes action.

Selling beer in grocery stores may go down as one of the biggest public health losses of the decade.

THIRD rabbithole of the day: Called here between Cottbus & Berlin last Sunday, it's not your typical German place name, it wasn't an island and it wasn't very tropical. So what's the story? Apparently involves an airship hangar... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_…

Boris Johnson having a farewell meal with everyone who gives a shit that he's leaving.

Trump indicted, Johnson resigns… Right wing populism has failed. Fuelling anger and lies but no solutions for people. Time to get rid of their mouthpieces in Europe too: Le Pen, Salvini, Orbán, Wilders, AFD, VB and many others !

For those in the back that need even more reasons to promote cycling: In #Paris, emergency response times have FALLEN because firefighters can now use the growing bike lane network (and cyclists disperse much easier than cars). (via David Zipper: www-leparisien-fr.translate.goog/amp/paris-75/a…

Of course this is the railways fault... Every day rail staff sort out the mess created by passengers who just want a bit of levity, a bit of fucking about.... Get on to the station, go to the platform, get on the train. You don't need to fuck about.

The GMB union has announced members in waste collections, district cleansing and open space services for Blaby District Council will go on strike in pursuit of a pay rise. Four days of strikes are planned each Wednesday from 28 June until 19 July. More: bit.ly/44aTiMh

To the person who went to all the trouble to put carpet grippers between the bollards on Goldsmith Row Hackney go f*ck yourself. Removed, despatched

I really want everyone to pivot back from video. I fucking hate video. Do not ever make me watch a video just to obtain information. Making me watch a video instead of giving me text I can read is an act of violence against me specifically. When will it end.

I see Prince William has started a group to help get 300,000 homeless people off the streets within five years. Good for him but surely the questions must be, 1) Why is he having to do it? 2) Why are there so many homeless people in one of the wealthiest countries in the world?