Yet more Tube strikes today. Still no resolution. Londoners are fed up with paying the price for repeated breakdowns in talks. TfL and unions must get back round the table. But where is the Mayor? London needs leadership to get a grip. He promised zero strikes, not zero action
I arrived in Kyiv last night, a couple of hours before Russia's latest massive drone and missile attack. Seventeen people were killed. I'm proud of the fact my newspaper, the Guardian, continues to cover Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. We are still here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Wow. Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows to cut link between gas and electricity prices in the UK
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No10’s account is incredible.
I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵
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This looks like a very important and super interesting first step for European tech:
My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.
Wes Streeting must kick Palantir out of our NHS.
Donald Trump's favourite tech giant shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Brits' private health data.
There are fantastic British tech firms who would be far better and safer for the NHS.
Montreal teen develops tool for teaching anyone about climate change @katharinehayhoe.com @climatechangenews.com @climatedesk.org @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/13/o...
Why are we rewarding Donald Trump with a state visit from our King?
His illegal war is driving up costs for British families and he is belittling our country and insulting our troops.
Cancel the visit.
Only 5% think Brexit has worked. Two-thirds of Gen Z want a rejoin referendum. The Brexit settlement is dying in real time - and the only party honest enough to say so is the Liberal Democrats.
Closer to Europe. Stronger at home. It really isn’t complicated.
This has been the EU's rather grubby secret for a while - there is quite a lot of opposition to enlargement in practice not least with regard to Ukraine.
A bloc that badly needs a new vision but will probably retreat into platitudes instead.
Strangely enough I thought you were going to talk about the Common Agricultural Policy, which will surely need to be revised for Ukraine’s future accession won’t it?
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
This is not just a victory for the people of Hungary, but for all those around the world who believe in international cooperation, democracy and the rule of law 🇭🇺
Many things to say about the demise of Orbanism but the scale of his defeat is impressive. This is surely also a rejection of Trump & Vance. The threatened new era of official US interference in European domestic politics has got off to a satisfyingly calamitous start
In two short parts, a superbly articulated case for not having a new data centre suck vast quantities of water from local supplies. Well worth watching.
This is genuinely worth the watch. A plain English, heartfelt, well informed argument on why AI data centres can be more harm than good for a local community & area, & the business model - rather than a benefit - can be an asset stripping, forever chemical polluting, snake oil sales pitch
France can “no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, and our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control,” and said, “Digital sovereignty is not optional.”
France to Ditch Microsoft Windows
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France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux
France is ditching US software for homegrown alternatives of Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Telegram
Libre Office is very good.
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A good time to read this excellent @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social piece on why an Orban loss would be (IS!) so important
Peter Magyar’s party has soundly defeated Viktor Orban in today’s election. Congrats to the Hungarian people for vanquishing a corrupt Putin puppet, and rejecting Trump, Vance and Rubio’s desperate and foolish attempt to tamper in your democracy.
Orban called. Tisza have won
Margin too big for him to attempt to rig the vote
Important day for Hungary - and Europe
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hello—on Monday 20 April @curzon.com Soho is showing Lost For Words, a beautiful film about language, nature & hope based on The Lost Words by me & Jackie Morris.
Jackie & I will both be there for a Q&A.
Please let others know who might be interested—& come join us!
www.curzon.com/films/lost-f...
All that remains of the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab.
This is a reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
Extraordinary to see the UK PM putting Trump and Putin together like this, and referring to 'Trump' not 'President Trump'. A lot has changed in the last few weeks - this would have been unimaginable six months ago - and I don't see how it changes back. www.politico.eu/article/star...
"An Ember report published this morning shows the impact of solar and wind generation [in the UK] saw savings of £700 million a day during the conflict in the Middle East." (Via Solar Power Portal)
Further evidence, it would seem, that Syria is a serious nation attempting to recover from decades of tyranny by reintegrating itself into world affairs. I wish them well.
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