Unfortunate adjective of the day bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

This is a great point, if you forget the bit in 2008 where America elected an opponent of the Iraq war as president.

NEW: Rwanda’s state-owned airline RwandAir turned down a UK government proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali last year because it feared damaging its brand
W/ William Wallis FT 1/3
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EXC - Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons tells #Newsnight govt plans to build more jails “utterly bonkers”, saying even if they spend £4bn on new places, they can’t spend fast enough to keep pace with rising jail population - currently at 88,926 (full capacity Eng & Wales 88,890). 1/

Important and unusually hopeful on climate change by Pilita Clark

What if global emissions went down instead of up? ft.com/content/9b11b1… via @ft

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I don't think this is correct. Sadiq Khan's 2021 manifesto said he would expand Ulez to inner London. It was silent on further expansion. That is not the same as telling everyone he wouldn't extend it further.

how can we rely on solar power if there is an eclipse

Abrdn executive Ptr Brnnr has complained the company is facing 'corporate bullying' because of its ridiculous name ft.com/content/2c9bb0…

I am baffled by London Fire Brigade's advice on ebike fires. The evidence is that these fires are caused by poor quality batteries that shouldn't be on the market. But no mention of not buying these in the first place? bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…

Six months on from Hamas’ attacks on Israel, J.L. Partners has worked with Number Cruncher Politics UK to poll a representative sample of British Muslims for Henry Jackson Society.

The 1,000 sample survey finds:

🔴 Only 1 in 4 believe Hamas committed murder and rape on 7/10

🔴 Almost half of British…

ironic that Ecuador, which housed Julian Assange at its embassy in London for years, has stormed Mexico's embassy in Quito to arrest a wanted fugitive twitter.com/sentdefender/s…