Massively surprising result if you trust the exit poll for Swedish election to European Parliament! Greens pushed to be third biggest party and Sweden Democrats (ECR) pushed to fourth place….

and overtaken by Le Pen in the EP elections, Macron calls an election (!!!)

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The nordic countries with a completely different result than Germany and France: Spectacular electoral gains for green and radical-left parties (MP overtakes SD in Sweden; F strongest party in Denmark, VAS number 2 in Finland), really weak results for the far-right.

“det sket sig”

Cudlipp Student Award Shortlist announced - winner to be revealed at Cudlipp Lecture on 26 June: Zainab Haji (St Andrews); Fiona Paus & Oli Mansfield (City); Jacob Perkins (City); Niamh Robinson (PA/Telegraph): Jamie Smith (Edinburgh Napier). bit.ly/Cudlipp2024

Very proud to have been nominated for the Cudlipp Student Award!

göteborg = permanent byggarbetsplats

#Stockholm last night at 1am as I cycled home. Beautiful noctilucent clouds. One of the best cities in summer time!

När flyget blir blixtinställt och varken SAS eller resebyrån vill boka om dig så är det alltid värt att dra fram mina EU passenger rights (Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EG) nr 261/2004)

Christoffer skyfflar bajs från skärgårds-stränderna: ”Har helt slutat bada här ”. svt.se/nyheter/inrike…

KARIN PIHL: Det är politikernas fel att vi badar i bajsvatten expressen.se/ledare/karin-p…

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…If you want to switch away from the news for a bit today, for whatever reason… tune into Classical Unwind on BBC Sounds at 9am (every day). It’s fantastic to be part of the production team for this:

For the BBC World Service Scientists have found microplastics in every European river they’ve tested: from the Thames to the Danube. Listen to a bit below or find the full item here at 21.10 📻 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/3EqNld…

Who is England for? | The Right to Roam This short film is a really good overview of the issues: buff.ly/EknjcZf

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Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because