Andrew Connelly

The view down Renfield Street to Union Street in Glasgow this morning.

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“Hllo nd wlcom t Trk rdio.”

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

It is a point of national shame that a rancid outfit like Stop the War Coalition are able to monopolise every other protest in London.

Perhaps they are all hiding in a voting booth.

Don't hear much about the Democracy Volunteers these days.

Israel has just issued a demand that all of Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area roughly the size of central Berlin or lower Manhattan, run for their lives. Tens of thousands are forced to flee- again. Real fears that they will level much of southern Beirut- an area where more than 500,000 live.

It was the Markest of times.
It was the Waynest of times.

We must cancel study visas for Sudanese and Afghan students because otherwise the far-right will shoot them. Vote Labour.

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Camilla Tominey

It was a matter of time before the war spilt over into the South Caucasus.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey says NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkish airspace.

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The true story of how an obscure organisation called into question a crucial by-election with claims of family voting breathlessly repeated by the media, only to vanish into thin air afterwards...

Can't wait for the first episode of 'The Missing Democracy Volunteers' podcast to be released.

Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse' The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

Punishing people from the world’s worst conflict zones for using the only legal route to claim asylum, and forcing them to take dangerous routes instead. Reprehensible and counterproductive as usual.

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I think he means Germany and he is confusing his father with his grandfather. He is sitting next to Merz, to whom he gestures when he says “he knows all about my father, my father was born there.”

Labour advisers today:

Mahmood trumpeting her admiration for Danish asylum policy, only to have to distance herself from its architects because they‘re massive racists. Incredible scenes

“The stretched twig of peace is at melting point.”

homer simpson is driving a small car over a bridge ALT: homer simpson is driving a small car over a bridge

CCTV footage of Democracy Volunteers since Thursday night

Maybe the real democracy volunteers were the friends we made along the way.

Reporting live on the “spirit of Dubai” (precarious servitude).

Cyprus airport evacuated after radar detects suspect object A passenger air terminal in Paphos, Cyprus, was evacuated on Monday after a suspect object was picked up on radars, the Cyprus state broadcaster reported.

BREAKING: Cyprus airport has been evacuated after a radar detected a suspect object. Paphos airport is about 37 miles from Britain's RAF Akrotiri, which was hit by an unmanned drone overnight reut.rs/3MFMnaO

Isabel Oakeshott is TalkTV’s “international editor” despite ostensibly never doing any international affairs journalism, including while the city she lives in is being bombed.

Thank you for bearing witness to the plight of the Italian defence minister stuck in Dubai with family.

The beatings will continue until moral improves.

BREAKING: Explosions heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh

Bit of a downer to release these ratings on Whiskey Friday With Tony Dukoupil.