Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.

How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

What sort of world are we in where if some is granted refugee status they have to "earn the right" for their family to join them?

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

My fellow #avgeek and pro aviation journo Russ Niles has launched his #aviation news channel in the wake of an all-too-familiar summary dismissal from our former owner at FMG. Take a look at how fast and smoothly my friend has pivoted… and give them a follow! avbrief.org/first-humili... #noAI

1/Almost 9 years ago I was standing in front of the TV in shock and disbelief over the Brexit vote. To be truthful, my anxiety was not because of the predicted economic consequences. It was because the vote showed me that campaigns based on prejudice work in this country. And it went downhill since.

Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza.

Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel.

It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.

Oriane Pierrepoint’s charcoal depiction of Clare on tonight’s Extraordinary Portraits (BBC1) is suffused with love for the subject. It’s painfully powerful, more than just ‘realistic’.

Link to programme: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Find out more about her here: www.orianepierrepoint.co.uk/about

Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This was a very good and considered analysis. Two very good guests.
4 sections to this episode:
- what happened
- implications /impact for the UK, Europe
- Geopolitics
- what can people do
Strong recommendation.