Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts
The council were going to vote on it on Thursday
But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
Seen on the other place: Kyoto Aquarium in Japan keeps a flowchart of their penguins' romantic relationships. Updated every year.
Red hearts = couples.
Blue broken hearts =it’s over.
Purple lines with question = it’s complicated.
Yellow = friendship.
Green =enemies.
"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.'"
― Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut.
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
The Europeans who dont have an ocean between themselves and Putin don'tunderstand how dangerous the world is? Whitaker is so disrespectful and ignorant.
Chris Murphy: "We're gonna give Iran $14b to fund this war with the US? We're gonna give Russia billions to fund their war with Ukraine? We're literally putting money into the pockets of the nations we're fighting. We've never seen this level of incompetence in war-making in this country's history"
What we have learned today. 1: there was no imminent threat (Head of the US Counter Terrorism Center) and 2: there was a viable offer from Tehran to accept tight controls on their nuclear programme (Jonathan Powell). Both from that much maligned species known as genuine experts. What a mess
The first ever winner of the “FIFA Peace Prize” is also likely be the first head of state to host a World Cup while bombing one of the participating countries.
Savour the irony here. For a year the Trump administration have browbeaten Zelensky as a loser with no cards. Now they turn to him for anti-drone defences. Perhaps they will now recognise that Ukraine is a valuable, battle-hardened ally.
Europe and the UK should come closer together – on security, on economy or on defending our democracies.
Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.
So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Signed. A good way to check the arrogance of our governing elite. They're only in their jobs by the grace of (some of) their constituents so their constituents should get to decide if they approve the goalpost-moves
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
One of the few things that might actually get some kind of reaction from Musk would be the government and all MPs simply leaving X.
This doesn't require regulatory or legal action. There are no barriers. They could *and should* just do it.