An open letter to UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has sent the following to UK Deputy Prime Minister and Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy. Dear David, On 13 April you tweeted a photo with US Vice President JD Vance, …

An open letter to UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2026/04/17/a...

Huge improvement on the original IMHO in that I didn’t find myself wanting to punch you.

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I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward.

I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me.

I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these.

Since 2023, I’ve …

Vermont State Senator Tanya Vyhovsky supporting our Eastern European bloc on Saturday's demo against the far right and calling for international solidarity.
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That’s much better. I haven’t read Shirley but Villette certainly didn’t deserve to be top.

´Churchill “deserves better than being replaced by a badger” ´ – tell me you don’t want to see that war movie
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Polina Yevtushenko from Togliatti is facing up to 18 years in prison over social media posts deemed as "preparation for treason." This situation underscores the risks of expressing dissent in Russia today.

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Tolyatti resident Polina Yevtushenko, 26, is sentenced to 14 years in prison. She was charged with spreading “fake news” about the military, insults against Vladimir Putin, inciting terrorism and preparing for treason for talking about the Ukrainian army with a resident of Samara Nikolai Komarov

Badenoch gives a borderline disgraceful performance at PMQs on Iran | John Crace At times like this you have to thank your lucky stars that the opposition leader is not in Downing Street

“So the clashes between Keir and Kemi at PMQs felt almost existential. A battle between sanity and the distorted reality of an angry teenager. Thankfully sanity won out.”

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Here’s another key takeaway: you don’t take voters away from Reform by shouting “Fascist scum - off our streets!”

Good luck!

I’m not blaming God either.

'Nasty and violent' Kent councillor jailed for coercive behaviour Ex-Reform UK councillor for Cliftonville, Daniel Taylor, receives a prison term and loses his seat.

#ReformUK appears to be a magnet for these people.
Thank heavens they're not in charge of the country.

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Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Thawing out. How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well — Novaya Gazeta Europe Since its November premiere, Canadian TV series Heated Rivalry, which follows a years-long gay love affair between Canadian ice hockey star Shane Hollander and his Russian archrival, Ilya Rozanov, has...

Thawing out. Eloise Thompson for Novaya Gazeta Europe
"In 2023, [Russia] ruled the non-existent “international LGBT movement” to be an extremist organisation, effectively making it illegal to make any public display of support for the rights of queer people."
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INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer Green Party candidate for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

Policy must be based on evidence to be effective – so why, given agricultural pollution makes up 40% of the pollution in our waterways, did the government’s Water White Paper dedicate only a single page to addressing it?

Sunshine and snowdrops.

Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.

Man "murdered" by federal agents in Minneapolis.

There, fixed it for you.

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Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News

BBC ONE itv THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY 2026 PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST 18:25 - ITV1 18:55 - BBC 1 (ENGLAND ONLY) Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🚨 Our latest Green Party Political Broadcast drops this evening 🚨

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A great letter to Farage:

@theguardian.com Crosswords:
The Sunday Quick has never worked on the phone app;
The Mini has never worked on the phone app;
Today none of the crosswords are working on the phone app.

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Breathe in, count 4
Hold count 4
Breathe out count 4
Hold count 4

Visualise dumping all your shit on a train before it goes out as you breathe out. Re stock the new train.

Repeat till you are too bored to bother.

There's a place for subtlety, but I think the flamboyance of this is wonderful.

You think that’s implausible ? The Guardian today has a recipe for using up leftover smoked salmon… I mean WHAT?
Anyway, the recipe involves doing smoked salmon-type stuff with it.

Just discovered that the author/illustrator of one of my favourite folk tales - Seven Simeons by Boris Artzybasheff -was actually born in Ukraine.

Winter dawn: sky full of liquid fire.

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