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"As the US withdraws, the UK and Europe need to step up and defend our democratic values. This is an era-defining moment." The government must build a political consensus to get to 3% of GDP on defence spending. @pippaheylings.bsky.social

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Useful post by @vkempe.bsky.social about life in communist bloc "if autocracies take hold, those who grow up within them will not be able to recognise the system for what it is" "Scholars...are not able to fight for the...freedom to pursue what they do not know about" substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

This is a good website. Take a look at which companies still operate in Russia. leave-russia.org

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent as usual from @chrisgrey.bsky.social chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Instead of a thousand words. Last night, Russia injured teenage twins in Kherson and killed their mom. Her body was recently found in the debris. These tragedies have become daily reality. But they hurt so much, every one of them.

submitted 6 days ago • 29 comments

The statement led by Opora Civil Network and signed by 254 Ukrainian civil society organizations on the impossibility of holding democratic elections without real lasting peace. Pls help to share it widely. Ukraine is a democracy, we value it, we are dying to defend it. oporaua.org/en/vybory/st...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Wholly agree. Putin must lose and Ukraine must win.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Ha!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Meet the UK party that thinks Trump-bashing is a vote-winner

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

A horror story. Adam Birnkov absolutely right. open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you Team!!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Pope Francis does not agree with JD Vance’s moral theology. www.vatican.va/content/fran...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Opening of Cambridge South station delayed until "early 2026" - from an update received by @karenlibdem.bsky.social karenyoung.uk/2025/02/07/c...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I don't want to be on ghastly x anymore but it's where a lot of my sales come from so this post is a brazen request for shares to spread the word about my work on a kinder platform that isn't run by a dangerous megalomaniac! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sara... #selfemployedartist #ukgifthour #shopindie

submitted 18 days ago • 48 comments

Koala oil tanker is sinking at the Ust-Luga sea port, according to Russian Telegram channels. It is carrying 130 000 tons of mazut. The vessel is registered in Antigua and Barbuda. Reportedly, it was ready to leave port, when three explosions sounded in the engine room.

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

Trump and the GOP just gutted a major Catholic charity but apparently it’s liberals and Democrats who are anti-Christian and anti-Church

submitted 20 days ago • 140 comments

Donald Tusk, "We have to do everything to avoid this totally unnecessary and stupid tariffs war, or trade war" "But at the same time we cannot loose common sense, we cannot loose awareness of our interests" "At the same time, we cannot lose our European self respect and self confidence"

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

THREAD: Raids and Arrests of Activists in Georgia (Day 66 of #GeorgiaProtests) Today, police in Georgia raided the homes of three activists prior to tomorrow’s planned road blockage—Nancy Woland (Kristine Botkoveli), Ilia Ghlonti, and Isako Devidze—arresting them and seizing personal belongings.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Day 1074 of #Russia's criminal, sickening war on #Ukraine This Saturday morning we awake to more horrific scenes after an awful evening and night of terror. We lock-up terrorists, we do not give-in and reward them with land, freedom. Trump - what are you thinking? Here's the🧵

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

⚡️Ukraine's NATO membership 'cheapest' security guarantee, 'victory' for Trump, Zelensky tells AP. "It will be a signal that it is not for Russia to decide who should be in NATO and who should not, but for the United States of America to decide. I think this is a great victory for Trump."

submitted 25 days ago • 54 comments

Please support independent journalism in Ukraine following the US funding freeze. @kyivindependent.com gofund.me/d0c3d400

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Hello again, for the 1072nd time a new daily thread covering #Russia's war in #Ukraine. This is THE thread for reliable news, edited, analysed and delivered in one handy place so you can dive in at any time to resume reading. Thanks for reading, support any way you can💙💛

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

The US government & people have been a leading humanitarian donor for decades. This support has saved millions of lives. So we look forward to engaging new US govt. Today, in light of new directive, I gathered humanitarian heads to discuss how we can continue to save lives.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different. In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that. a 🧵

submitted 29 days ago • 47 comments

⚡️ North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says. North Korean forces are taking respite from hostilities, presumably to treat the wounded, wait for reinforcements, and work on mistakes made during the fighting, according to Sky News.

submitted 30 days ago • 12 comments

Quite. Onus is on us.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This is what really matters. Just peace for Ukraine.

submitted 37 days ago • 47 comments

www.linkedin.com/posts/tim-hi...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

The Economist says, bluntly, that Keir Starmer needs to start being more ambitious in building a closer relationship with the EU: "It is high time for Sir Keir to be bolder in his approach." www.economist.com/britain/2025...

submitted 34 days ago • 31 comments

88% of low-income households who receive disability benefits were going without the essentials in the 6 months to Oct 📢 59% had to take out a loan to cover the cost of essentials. 53% were in arrears. Our COL tracker: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi... Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Putin is worried about Russia’s wartime economic problems, Reuters reports Despite good economic performance according to official statistics, accelerated military spending has led to labour shortages,inflation&unsustainably high interest rates in Russia last year,&this trend is continuing in 2025

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

Prince Harry calls for "police and Parliament" to now investigate News UK "cover-up" after his case is settled against Murdoch's The Sun. "News Group Newspapers has finally been held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law", a statement read on his behalf states.

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

Quite telling that Byline Times (well, me) was the only outlet to ask about the phone hacking settlement at lobby with No 10 just now... 🤐

submitted 35 days ago • 13 comments

Full statement by Lord Watson and Prince Harry outside the court today

submitted 35 days ago • 40 comments

If you don’t like what Trump is doing in America don’t let Nigel Farage do it here - take action - join the Liberal Democrats today: libdems.org.uk/join

submitted 36 days ago • 22 comments

Let's review this month of burning oil depots&refineries in Russia In the second half of 2024, the area of drone hits covered the entire central part of Russia up to the Volga river.Since 2025, drones targeted oil depots in Engels & Voronezh region several times in a row 📹: the oil depot in Engels

submitted 36 days ago • 26 comments

Britain has uniquely expensive housing, which poorer households' need to spend a disproportionate share of their budgets on. That makes it more expensive to be poor in Britain than in other countries.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning on Day 1063 of the war in Europe. Yes, amazingly, Trump's 1st day in office has not stopped #Russia. Let's give him a 'first full day' too, but his rash promises already have a whiff of "a 3-day special operation" Here's THE daily🧵 All the news, All the time.

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

A new week begins, a new (old) President enters the White House. Is this #Putin's "get out of jail free" card? The daily thread on Day 1062; all the important news and analysis from #Ukraine and no gratuitous gory stuff. Please share, quote, tell your friends, or anything else to help visibility.

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

"Donald Trump is a slob, a cheat, a lawbreaker, a bully, a careless liar, a cheap jingoist and a very dangerous politician indeed. He appeals to the dark side, the chaos in human nature. His presidency may prove a disaster." Matthew Parris is not wrong. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

submitted 37 days ago • 13 comments

Cambridge Lib Dem Cllr Olaf Hauk led the opposition at the City Council to Labour's plan to send Cambridge's recycling waste to Northern Ireland - without even investigating the Carbon Footpront of their plan.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

⚡️Zelensky, Italian Defense Minister discuss security guarantees at meeting in Kyiv. "Now is the moment — perhaps the most critical moment in the past three years — to increase support," Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told the president.

submitted 41 days ago • 9 comments

You've found the start of Thursday's daily thread. Every single day I've been here, documenting all the major news stories, turning points and war crimes committed by #Russia in its attempt to remove #Ukraine from the map. It's day 1058

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Great stuff - that's exactly right. Trump is dangerous... and the UK needs to rebuild with the rest of Europe as quickly as possible, for defence, trade, opportunity, environment, standards and protection of our democracy and values from a hostile Trump/Musk-led US.

submitted 41 days ago • 33 comments

Kemi Badenoch claimed that the partygate scandal was overblown, cheered Liz Truss’s mini budget and oversaw botched trade deals that sold out farmers. As the Conservatives continue to rake over their sorry past, @libdems.org.uk will continue to put forward plans to drive Britain’s future.

submitted 41 days ago • 6 comments

Hurrah! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Russians are becoming worried about the “freezing” of their bank deposits as inflation in Russia keeps growing. Russian authorities deny it, which makes Russians even more anxious. Rumors that the government might limit the ability to withdraw savings have been circulating for several months.

submitted 42 days ago • 61 comments

⚡️Oil depot on fire in Russia's Voronezh region. An oil depot in Russia's Voronezh region caught fire following multiple drone strikes, regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Jan. 15. Voronezh is located approximately 465 kilometers (289 miles) south of Moscow.

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure this morning - yet again. "The target for the Russians is unchanged: our energy sector. Gas infrastructure and energy facilities that ensure normal life for people were targeted. More than 40 missiles were launched, including ballistic missiles.

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments