Rev Peter W Nimmo
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Opening Prayers for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year A (February 8 2026)
Part of a series of opening prayers for Sundays in the Revised Common Lectionary. They take their inspiration from the Scripture readings in the Lectionary. Worship leaders are welcome to use them for worship, but if you print or display any part of them, please credit the author. Comments welcome. The following prayers are for based on the readings for the…
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May the God of justice send his Spirit anew among us, that we might care for the hungry, the homeless and all in need; and strengthen us in doing good and seeking justice that our lights shine in the darkness of the world. #LectionaryPrayers for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year A February 8 2026
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Can I be clear here and say that the fact that they had access to it in the first place is a complete outrage and why Europe should invest in shooting those damn satellites out of the fucking sky?
According to reports from the front, the situation is close to critical. Over the two years of active Starlink deployment, almost all operational command and control—communication between units, fire coordination, and UAV data transmission—has been tied to the American satellite infrastructure.
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Can I be clear here and say that the fact that they had access to it in the first place is a complete outrage and why Europe should invest in shooting those damn satellites out of the fucking sky?
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January 19th 1932, Prince George, Duke of Kent, visits the North British Rubber Company mills in Fountainbridge and looks, quite literally, down on the workers with the Managing Director Alexander Johnston. The assembled men of the press eagerly snap photographs from the staircase.
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
January 19th 1932, Prince George, Duke of Kent, visits the North British Rubber Company mills in Fountainbridge and looks, quite literally, down on the workers with the Managing Director Alexander Johnston. The assembled men of the press eagerly snap photographs from the staircase.
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‘The gun's not quite smoking, but the barrel's plenty hot, and there are Russian shell casings all around.’ Today’s column on why the Epstein scandal lays bare security vulnerabilities that malign forces relish👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
Epstein scandal lays bare security vulnerabilities that malign forces relish
SUCH is the kaleidoscopic swirl and twist of information and misinformation that a serious dose of discernment is the order of the day right now.…
www.thenational.scot
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
‘The gun's not quite smoking, but the barrel's plenty hot, and there are Russian shell casings all around.’ Today’s column on why the Epstein scandal lays bare security vulnerabilities that malign forces relish👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
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“As Euromaidan Press reported in 2017, the central Labour Party apparatus's contacts with the KGB remain "one of the major taboos in Norwegian politics," according to Norwegian journalist Alf R. Jacobsen.”
This is their 2017 report ⬇️
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This is their 2017 report ⬇️
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They called him “Yuriy”: the KGB past of the man who advocates restoring Russia at PACE - Euromaidan Press
The recent campaign by Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland to reinstate the Russian delegation…
euromaidanpress.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
“As Euromaidan Press reported in 2017, the central Labour Party apparatus's contacts with the KGB remain "one of the major taboos in Norwegian politics," according to Norwegian journalist Alf R. Jacobsen.”
This is their 2017 report ⬇️
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This is their 2017 report ⬇️
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The ex-KGB colonel Butkov described the Norwegian ex Prime Minister during his time as a Labour party youth leader as ’a useful source of political information" and "a channel for active measures"—including Soviet campaigns for nuclear-free zones in Scandinavia.’
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February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The ex-KGB colonel Butkov described the Norwegian ex Prime Minister during his time as a Labour party youth leader as ’a useful source of political information" and "a channel for active measures"—including Soviet campaigns for nuclear-free zones in Scandinavia.’
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🇳🇴 “Ex-PM Thorbjørn Jagland offered to connect Jeffrey Epstein to Lavrov. 🇷🇺 KGB defectors had named him “Yuri” decades earlier.”
According to ex-KGB major Mikhail Butkov—operating undercover in Oslo in 1990, “Jagland had been cultivated in the 1970s when he chaired the 🇳🇴 Labour party's youth wing.“
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According to ex-KGB major Mikhail Butkov—operating undercover in Oslo in 1990, “Jagland had been cultivated in the 1970s when he chaired the 🇳🇴 Labour party's youth wing.“
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Ukrainians warned for years that Europe's human rights chief was a Kremlin conduit. The Epstein files just proved them right. - Euromaidan Press
Epstein files reveal how Council of Europe chief Jagland offered to connect the convicted sex offender to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
euromaidanpress.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
🇳🇴 “Ex-PM Thorbjørn Jagland offered to connect Jeffrey Epstein to Lavrov. 🇷🇺 KGB defectors had named him “Yuri” decades earlier.”
According to ex-KGB major Mikhail Butkov—operating undercover in Oslo in 1990, “Jagland had been cultivated in the 1970s when he chaired the 🇳🇴 Labour party's youth wing.“
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According to ex-KGB major Mikhail Butkov—operating undercover in Oslo in 1990, “Jagland had been cultivated in the 1970s when he chaired the 🇳🇴 Labour party's youth wing.“
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I'm beginning to think that ecocide ought to be a prosecutable offence
meanwhile ...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for multimillion-pound pay hike for boss Sawan
The oil giant is to hand CEO Wael Sawan a long-term incentive award worth £13.8m, taking his total maximum pay package to over £19m, Sky News can reveal.
news.sky.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I'm beginning to think that ecocide ought to be a prosecutable offence
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meanwhile ...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for multimillion-pound pay hike for boss Sawan
The oil giant is to hand CEO Wael Sawan a long-term incentive award worth £13.8m, taking his total maximum pay package to over £19m, Sky News can reveal.
news.sky.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
meanwhile ...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
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Russia expels German diplomat in tit-for-tat move reut.rs/4qePQe9
Russia expels German diplomat in tit-for-tat move
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it had expelled a German diplomat in response to what it said was Berlin's unfounded expulsion of a Russian diplomat accused of espionage in January.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Russia expels German diplomat in tit-for-tat move reut.rs/4qePQe9
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Asylum seekers aren't going on day trips. They're going to the doctor's. What arrangements are in place to make sure they can?
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Asylum seekers aren't going on day trips. They're going to the doctor's. What arrangements are in place to make sure they can?
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So what arrangements have been put in place to make sure that people can get to their medical appointments?
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
So what arrangements have been put in place to make sure that people can get to their medical appointments?
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This is an excellent piece. And the most complete summary of the root of our traditional political parties' recent struggles I've read.
"..a failure of the two traditional parties of government, over many years, to deal with chronic, structural problems in the country’s political economy."
"..a failure of the two traditional parties of government, over many years, to deal with chronic, structural problems in the country’s political economy."
I did a piece for @brookings.edu trying to make sense of what's going on in British politics. Back to the future? British politics in 2026 www.brookings.edu/articles/bac...
Back to the future? British politics in 2026 | Brookings
The roots of Britain's current political moment long predate recent crises over Brexit or Conservative governmental instability.
www.brookings.edu
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This is an excellent piece. And the most complete summary of the root of our traditional political parties' recent struggles I've read.
"..a failure of the two traditional parties of government, over many years, to deal with chronic, structural problems in the country’s political economy."
"..a failure of the two traditional parties of government, over many years, to deal with chronic, structural problems in the country’s political economy."
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Replacing FTP with proportional representation is an idea which many people in Britain think will save British politics.
Ireland has PR and all it means is a series of hopeless coalition governments who come up with stupid policies to try and distract from their existential uselessness.
Ireland has PR and all it means is a series of hopeless coalition governments who come up with stupid policies to try and distract from their existential uselessness.
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Replacing FTP with proportional representation is an idea which many people in Britain think will save British politics.
Ireland has PR and all it means is a series of hopeless coalition governments who come up with stupid policies to try and distract from their existential uselessness.
Ireland has PR and all it means is a series of hopeless coalition governments who come up with stupid policies to try and distract from their existential uselessness.
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I’m somewhat serious when I say time ripe for gutsy government to do sweeping modernisation of everything. New building for Parliament, savage restrictions on lobbying & revolving door, Lords reform. Coordinate radical slimming-down of royal family with King. Pluto to have planet status restored &c.
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I’m somewhat serious when I say time ripe for gutsy government to do sweeping modernisation of everything. New building for Parliament, savage restrictions on lobbying & revolving door, Lords reform. Coordinate radical slimming-down of royal family with King. Pluto to have planet status restored &c.
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#BBCNews - Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Period blood test could be alternative to cervical screening, study says
Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
#BBCNews - Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lincolnshire climate leadership reversed
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Lincolnshire climate leadership reversed
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
centralbylines.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Lincolnshire climate leadership reversed
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Reform MP refuses to reject Tommy Robinson’s endorsement
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Same old Sarah Pochin…
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Same old Sarah Pochin…
Reform MP refuses to reject Tommy Robinson's endorsement
Reform MP Sarah Pochin has said there is 'no place for Tommy Robinson in Reform' - but refused to reject his recent endorsement of the party.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Reform MP refuses to reject Tommy Robinson’s endorsement
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Same old Sarah Pochin…
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Same old Sarah Pochin…
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Nigel Farage's 'unfunded' pubs package torn apart by experts
The IPPR warned the hit to VAT receipts from Reform UK's pub proposals would be far greater than claimed - and accused Nigel Farage's party of getting its numbers wrong
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The IPPR warned the hit to VAT receipts from Reform UK's pub proposals would be far greater than claimed - and accused Nigel Farage's party of getting its numbers wrong
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage's 'unfunded' pubs package torn apart by experts
The IPPR warned the hit to VAT receipts from Reform UK's pub proposals would be far greater than claimed - and accused Nigel Farage's party of getting its numbers wrong
www.mirror.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Nigel Farage's 'unfunded' pubs package torn apart by experts
The IPPR warned the hit to VAT receipts from Reform UK's pub proposals would be far greater than claimed - and accused Nigel Farage's party of getting its numbers wrong
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The IPPR warned the hit to VAT receipts from Reform UK's pub proposals would be far greater than claimed - and accused Nigel Farage's party of getting its numbers wrong
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Ghislaine was very disappointed that you didn't tell her you were coming into town!"
Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy named in dozens of Epstein files
Reform UK urged to explain why party treasurer named in dozens of Epstein files
REFORM UK are under pressure to explain why their treasurer appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade
www.thenational.scot
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"Ghislaine was very disappointed that you didn't tell her you were coming into town!"
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Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy named in dozens of Epstein files
Reform UK urged to explain why party treasurer named in dozens of Epstein files
REFORM UK are under pressure to explain why their treasurer appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade
www.thenational.scot
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy named in dozens of Epstein files
An online racism issue led to his resignation as Staffs council Reform UK Ltd group leader just seven days after his appointment. "The move means Reform UK will have had three group leaders in the space of nine months"
Reform UK councillor at centre of TikTok storm quits 'due to family bereavement'
Reform UK councillor at centre of TikTok storm quits 'due to family bereavement'
Chris Large has stepped down seven days after being appointed as the Reform group leader on Staffordshire Country Council
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
An online racism issue led to his resignation as Staffs council Reform UK Ltd group leader just seven days after his appointment. "The move means Reform UK will have had three group leaders in the space of nine months"
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Yeah, all those anti-semitic / racist remarks, the lying about buying a house, the misogyny, the terrible vetting, the multiple jobs, the neglecting your constituency…
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Yeah, all those anti-semitic / racist remarks, the lying about buying a house, the misogyny, the terrible vetting, the multiple jobs, the neglecting your constituency…
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⚡️ 'Ukraine cannot be left alone' — Polish prime minister arrives in Kyiv as Russian strikes deepen energy crisis.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
'Ukraine cannot be left alone' — Polish prime minister arrives in Kyiv amid Russian energy attacks
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to later hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
kyivindependent.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
⚡️ 'Ukraine cannot be left alone' — Polish prime minister arrives in Kyiv as Russian strikes deepen energy crisis.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.