Right-wing papers may or may not back Labour in the next election. But a cautionary tale from this programme: when the Sun turned on Gordon Brown, it announced the decision *at the Labour conference* to inflict maximum damage bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Revealing moment in Katie Razzall's interview with Sex Education producer Joel Wilson:

Q: 'Sex Education dealt sensitively with the subject [of trans rights]. Did you have any trepidations?”

A: 'I am straight cis white man so I have nothing to say on this subject.”

I've just spent a few days in the Lake District.
It's beautiful...
But...
Look at the photos. It's a barren landscape! Still beautiful, but barren. Surely we can squeeze in a little #rewilding ?
George Monbiot
Lake District

Europeans ‘less hard-working’ than Americans, says Norway oil fund boss ft.com/content/58fe78…

With regret, I have decided to leave London and never return.

op-ed by tech investor Vinod Khosla from earlier this month:

The US is right to target TikTok

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According to the Egyptian Red Cresent, running the humanitarian aid distribution centre near Rafah, these are the goods Israel blocks from entering Gaza:

a classic of the genre. keeping a low profile, while posing for the New York Times in a convertible

Jeremy Hunt pledges on defence spending:

2019 leadership campaign: hit 2.5% of GDP by 2023/4
2022 leadership campaign: hit 3% of GDP by 2028
2024 Budget: hit 2.5% of GDP when conditions allow
2024 update: hit 2.5% of GDP by 2030 ft.com/content/a6f7fc…

I’ve read through the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK report on the economic impacts of climate change.
The results are eye-watering, but also very, very important. Everyone working in economics or finance - not just climate people - really needs to understand this.
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To put the Columbia protests story in context, in 2018 and 2019 far-right shooters massacred 12 Jews in 2 separate synagogues in America. I don’t remember this level of hysteria from our political or media elites, or ex-Meta execs saying they were fleeing to Israel to be safe.

Good new Yes Minister character here

To use a football analogy, we're reached in the stage in the pandemic where the virus is now three goals down with no time left on the clock and a former government scientist has decided to live his best life.

A pretty remarkable admission about the effects of sanctions from Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's richest men. Norilsk Nickel is moving a smelter to China and complains financial sanctions are eating into 15-20% of its revenue.

with Harry Dempsey

ft.com/content/2ce876…

Henry Mance Echoes of this passage from MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

'I’ve got in with some bad people and they’ve got me locked in a flat and they want £5,000 to release me.'

As ever - things which go viral are more complicated than the 30 or 40 seconds that are shared.

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The biggest obstacle to climate action is the fossil fuel industry. The second biggest are the Serious People who accept climate science but say it's unrealistic to cut emissions at the pace experts say is needed.

Why we should beware of the 'grown-ups': ft.com/content/07dae7…

⚡️Latest Political Fix episode has just dropped!⚡️

This week we’re talking prime ministers’ legacies: Sunak, Truss & Brown

Plus, is it right to allow MPs a free vote on public health measures?

Stellar Financial Times pod line-up: Stephen Bush Miranda Green Henry Mance & @georgewparker 📻🎧

'The majority of UK dairy farms are breaking pollution rules, with vast amounts of cow manure being spilled into rivers.' theguardian.com/environment/20…