Saw local teams out in force yesterday. Thank you. So sad that we live in a nation where the kindness of many have to clear up the rubbish caused by a few (irresponsible idiots).

#budapestmemorandum #ukraine #internationallaw #securityguarantees… | Ruslan Kapustin 👨‍💻 "By their deeds, you will know them." (Matthew 7:16) The Budapest Memorandum, signed in 1994, was supposed to guarantee Ukraine’s security in exchange for…

Rewriting history: www.linkedin.com/posts/ruslan...

Dark Pence is back.

Is that not a major part of the problem? Not understanding or caring for the consequences of words.

A useful discussion of Vermeule's political project, by a Catholic political theorist alarmed at his extremism www.commonwealmagazine.org/not-catholic...

In which case they are not really Catholics.

How the World’s Deadliest Crises Go Unseen In the Central African Republic, researchers found an astronomical death rate. Could a major emergency be invisible?

A scientist I spoke w/for a story on why the deadliest crises go unseen, is now scared for his life in Congo. He once told me:

“In the DRC, in Somalia, in CAR, in South Sudan, we wonder, are we so different?” he said. “Do we have blue blood and do others have red blood?”

undark.org/2024/01/24/c...

Sign the Petition National Commission on Electoral Reform

💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

For how long? 1 month, few weeks, full 4 year Trump term?

The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many other conflicts

"Most current conflicts, whether..invasions in Sudan & Congo,..human rights abuses in Afghanistan & Tibet, gang warfare in Haiti & Colombia..starvation in Yemen & Somalia, or..repression in Nicaragua, Belarus & Serbia, are under-reported, forgotten or ignored."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

This has put on 13 000 signatures in 3 days, thanks to a crack team who have worked tirelessly to restart the flywheel, when It had stopped adding numbers for a month.

Please keep it going - We need to reach 100 000

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

Answer to question imho - not the ones on display here.

PEM is not a Customs Union *Sigh*

This week's edition of MFN is called "PEM is not a Customs Union", and it is about why PEM is not a Customs Union.

mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/pem-is-not...

But Rosa -- Look what he did to twitter.....

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg -- Just 2 words Liz Truss.

The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...

Boycott Musk Sign to curb Musk’s toxic influence

Want to join the Musk boycott and show him what we think about an unelected rich man trying to dismantle democracy? Here is the link secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...