Laura Sykes

Clever Saudis!

Just to add that CESEA Lib Dems give and have given grants for election candidates in & from ESEA communities to print leaflets in Cantonese/other languages. We have resource packs and videos in these languages too. @cesea-libdems.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

Excellent tweet - dry response to hysteria is so much the most effective, isn't it?🫠

🫠Nor mine, unfortunately, despite five years of living in the UAE and persistent attempts.

Citizen Digital #Climate

Possibly consciously hedging their bets?

So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?

Nor have you 😉

Sweden agreed to using the Euro when it joined the EU in 1995. It still uses the Krona. There's no rush.

Maps of the rainfall associated with two of the nine storms hitting the Mediterranean in January and February 2026.

The Mediterranean is a hotspot of climate change, not only due to more heat, droughts and wildfires, but increasingly severe rainstorms led to catastrophic flooding this winter, highlighting again the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly...

Millions of young people are now facing the consequences of a referendum they were too young to vote in. If we truly care about future generations, we owe it to them to rebuild our ties with Europe and reopen the opportunities that Brexit has taken away.

'Pedo-' or 'paedo-'? as a prefix
I tend to prefer the British 'paedo' as anything beginning with 'ped' sounds like something to do with feet: (pedal etc) ?

#Paedophiles

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What Is A Baoli Called In English? A baoli is a reservoir in which water can be stored . It is also a source of ground water. Numerous tanks and baolis were commissioned by the ruling cl...

For me, that is a "baoli", which is also Hindi for a stepwell like your imaage. I wonder what the difference is
fixanswer.com/what-is-a-ba...

What a cruel barber Musk has...

Jenrick 'was locked in bitter spat with Yusuf' Daisy Eastlake Robert Jenrick sought to access the private information of Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesman, six months before he defected to Nigel Farage's party. In leaked messages seen by The Times, Jenrick, now the party's economic spokesman, asked a senior Conservative Party figure for the details provided by Yusuf when he applied to be a Tory candidate, saying that "we should destroy him". At the time, Jenrick had accused Yusuf of antisemitism after his account liked an antisemitic X post attacking Jenrick's wife. Yusuf claimed a member of his team had "accidentally" liked the post, but Jenrick called for Yusuf to be given "the boot" from Reform. In the messages, Jenrick was advised to be careful about sharing Yusuf's details but said it was "dog eat dog". A Tory party source said Jenrick and his team were "obsessed" with undermining Yusuf and called him "Zia Use-less". They said: "Zia should watch his back, he'll be first out of the door when Rob takes over from Nigel." Jenrick's team have denied claims that they were investigating Yusuf. After Jenrick's defection in January, Yusuf said that Jenrick had been "clear-eyed" about how Conservatives had "betrayed" voters and the pair now had a "great working relationship". A source close to Jenrick said: "Rob is sorry that some of his former colleagues are still so upset about him leaving the party, and hopes they can move on in time.”

If anyone still thinks Reform would be anything other than a bitter flailing mess of ego-clashing blame, grotesque nastiness and utter incompetence in government…
I give them exhibit 24563 in a mountain range of evidence that begs to differ…
(The Times)

Rape euphoria.

Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

In case you haven't been paying attention, global sea-surface temperatures have been spiking for the last week and may soon set a new all-time record.

Massively overheated oceans are not healthy for children and other living things.

As I type this, wind power makes up over 50% of our electricity generation, with solar (solar! In Britain! In February!) making up 20%. Gas is currently below 10%, behind nuclear. grid.iamkate.com

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

Wait what
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

An important reminder

For all my country's manifold problems, I am very grateful to live in a place where even the very rich and powerful are not beyond the long arm of the law.

Not even the late Queen's favourite son.

Look on and weep America.

Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London

Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK | Foreign policy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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BREAKING: The King has issued a statement following the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

And this

Okay, look, for me as a German from the outside it looks like this: America can only prosper if it has sharp critically thinking leaders on all positions. Donald Trump dozes off, outright snorringly sleeps, during critical meetings of national importance. Constantly. That is not the leader you want.

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Who decides which properties will be allowed to rebuild? Who will pay for rebuilding and subsequent insurance? Who decides which cities or areas will be defended — by sea walls, dredging projects, canals — and which will be abandoned? If people must relocate, who decides when, and which people? Who pays for relocation? Which communities take in the relocated? Who decides on compensation for the relocated? What are the legal rights of the relocated? Who is legally liable for foreseeable damage to coastal property? What is the value of nonmonetary attachment to a home or place? Is sentiment counted? Who decides on its value? Should these decisions be made by lawmakers and technocrats or popular votes and referenda? Ad hoc or planned in advance? Determined by market forces or by some collective judgment of fairness? If, as seems inevitable, the poor suffer first and worst from the impacts of extreme weather, what role should equity play in decisions about relocation? https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/9/8/16272538/what-is-worth-saving

Theres a quiet myth that #climate adaptation is less contentious than mitigation. It isn’t

Who's protected? Who pays? Who decides?

If we can’t transform society to decarbonize justly, why think adaptation will be easier? Both hinge on fairness, equality &democracy

Reminded of key Qs by @volts.wtf

I want a monarchy because it represents our history, for good or bad. I don't believe the monarchy does have much influence, in 2026.
However, like an ambassador, he and his immediate family do well when they simply embody their people.