Instead of talking vaguely about supporting Ukraine, seemingly as a lesser priority than Israel, Mr Sunak should be lobbying the US congress to approve renewed aid and buying up air defence systems on the open market to supply to Kyiv without delay. Short of this, Ukraine burns.

Fascinating to see Cllrs at work in South Hams asking hard questions about Plymouth Freeport. If we want a new way of doing politics, we should be expecting it to be apparent. I note it is the Green Party holding Lib Dems led South Hams to account Robert Bagnall

'Water companies in England and Wales paid £2.5bn in dividends and added £8.2bn to their net debt in the two financial years since 2021.'

There it is. For all the claims, all the denial, all the lies, all the bullshit there's the reality. We got screwed.

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First image: Serebriansky Forest, Luhansk region, Ukraine, 2024. A site of brutal combat.

Second image: Argonne Forest, France, 1918. A site of brutal combat in WW1.

Lord Arbuthnot, 'Until Alan Bates secured litigating funding in the #PostOfficeScandal the political process had completely failed him and other sub postmasters'

'Although a substantial number of MPs including an Cabinet Minister had gathered together to say that concerns about…

Awful, awful news - how can closing National Museum Cardiff ever be an option?
'Wales’ national museums will axe at least 90 jobs and may close Cardiff building after a big cut in their funding'
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But why WHY are voluntary environmental groups having to do the testing & detective work?

Where WHERE is the EnvironmentUK in all this?

And Ofwat

The deployment of Western militaries to intercept Iranian missiles and drones aimed at Israel stands in stark contrast to our diminishing support for Ukraine which is suffering from a chronic shortage of air defence weaponry. We clearly can and simply must do better than this.

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Rather direct message by the Norwegian Foreign Minister in Kyiv today.

'None of us does enough.'

'We all need to do more, we need to do better. We need to think more strategically, about how we can help Ukraine to win and hence Russia to loose'

Ukraine was a wake-up call…
Iran is a wake-up call…
Trump’s possible return is a wake-up call…

When will Europe finally wake up and get its act together on security and defense and establish a European Defense Union ?!

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Until the Daily Mail started its smear campaign a couple of weeks ago I didn’t really know much about Angela Rayner.
Now that I’ve discovered that she is everything the Daily Mail hates and wants us to hate, I feel an affinity with her.
Repost if you do too.

Amazing to meet this Magura naval drone and its pilot. They successfully downed 5 Russian ships. Now, Russians are laying low in the Black Sea. Particularly noteworthy was Magura’s successful hunt for Sergei Kotov, targeted twice and finally downed on March 5 near Kerch.

'Steve Coogan demands United Utilities clear up Lake Windermere as he joins protest calling for water firm to stop dumping untreated sewage into beauty spot.'

The man from United Utilities said 'blah, blah, blah!'

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Poland's Patriot systems can cover western regions of Ukraine - Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

According to the minister, Ukraine and Poland are already negotiating. Other representatives of NATO countries are also involved.

'This is an American system.…

Anton Gerashchenko

'Ukraine has been able to liberate 50% of the territory originally occupied by Russia. They opened a corridor in the Black Sea, enabling the export of grain by sinking many of the Russian ships of the Black Sea Fleet,' Jens Stoltenberg explaining it's necessary to 'step up aid.'

Jo Coburn, 'You James Daly brought a complaint after the police said there was nothing to see. What crime do you think Angela rayner has committed?'

James Daly, 'I think they should be allowed to carry out that investigation'

Jo Coburn, 'I still don't understand. What's the…

I’ve seen two tweets today arguing that nurses can get on an ambulance and operate with equivalency to a paramedic with the “right training”. Two things:

1. Yes they can! The “right training” is a paramedic science degree

2. What is the obsession with doing each others’ jobs?

We found this little dog when I was in Bali in December helping set up out sterilising partner there.

He had heart worn and every other disease going. He was hours from death. I'm blown away by what he looks like today. A miracle 🥰🙏

Today, I welcomed Norway's Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide. The meeting was substantive and practical, as is always the case with Norwegian partners.

Our teams have already finished preparing a bilateral security agreement. We discussed further defense cooperation. But the…