This is a good read on how the UK needs to adapt to a multi-party future.

Thinking of those with Iranian links in the UK, worrying about family and friends. "There is every chance the regime will get tougher on Iranians to cover its vulnerability. I worry that ordinary people in Iran and beyond will be in harm’s way.” www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

"War is not the solution, war is madness, war is a monster, war is a cancer that feeds on itself, engulfing everything!" #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

Guten Morgen 💜

Last month I travelled from the Highlands of Scotland to Cornwall in pursuit of spring and finished a watercolour and post every day - here's Day One at Stobe Kirk in Scotland. www.digest.andymarsh...

Going to enjoy every milestone that does not involve Matt Goodwin doing something in Parliament for as long as circumstances allow.

🇺🇦 I highly recommend watching 'The Last Prometheus of Donbas' to understand not just the plight of Ukrainians under Russia’s daily war, but more specifically the incredible work of energy workers across the country, who work 24/7 to repair Ukraine’s infrastructure, constantly targeted by Moscow. 1/3

15 US military aircraft have left the Rota and Morón air bases after Spain refused to allow them to be used for operations related to Iran, Reuters reports.

Sparvhöken säger godmorgon!

Moin ihr Lieben ☕️👋☕️ Kommt gut in die neue Woche! Einen schönen Montag wünsche ich euch allen! Gruß aus dem #Archiv Foto vom 2. März 2023

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors #Photography #EastCoastKin Puddle’s interior mirroring church steeple, as if even the rainwater is rounding up ya heathens 😉 Have a blessed start to the week lovelies 😊

#TinyJoys The magnolia‘s started flowering today!

"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Very unusual for me to call for more religion in politics but that’s where we are now. We have a war centred on three countries supposedly professing different religious values but none of the leaders seemingly understanding what their religions call for.

This is an illegal war. The last Labour government was brought down by entering an illegal war. But Starmer has already shown he doesn't learn lessons. I am not best pleased about him making the county I live in a target for reprisals.

‘Does painting matter in the face of history, or – given that his career feels somewhat divided by Germany’s reunification – the end of history?’ Martin Herbert on the riddling art of Gerhard Richter, whose massive retrospective in Paris ends on Tuesday

Guten Morgen Bluesky 🕊️ Ich wünsche dir von Herzen einen friedlichen Sonntag 🫶🏻🫂

2/3 The Transfiguration by Rosemary Rutherford, 1970 at Boxford, Suffolk. 'And behold a voice out of the cloud, Which said, This is my beloved Son, In whom I am well pleased; Hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, They fell on their face And were sore afraid.'

And… all the Gaza crossings are closed including for humanitarian aid. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Donald Trump hat sich abgesichert: Er hat die Last des Misserfolgs vollständig den Menschen im Iran aufgeladen. Die USA, so Trump, würden der iranischen Bevölkerung eine Gelegenheit geben, die es „über Generationen“ nicht mehr geben werde: Das Regime zu stürzen. Gelingt das am Ende nicht, dann wird

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran? Me neither. Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

The Trump administration has ordered several coal plants to keep operating past their planned retirement, part of a larger effort to boost the coal industry. Two Colorado utilities are pushing back.

For the wonderful theme that Jane @javajanegallery.co.uk has created for us, it’s time for #SmallBirdSaturday ✨ #LittleBirds This is Jane’s theme and has nothing to do with BOTD. Please join in. Thanks. 🙏 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Idag 40-årsminnet av mordet på Olof Palme. Vi är många som minns var vi befann oss och vad vi gjorde när skotten föll. Just nu är jag på väg till Varberg för ett samtal om fred och demokrati. Känns som en bra dag för det samtalet. ❤️

Guten Morgen Bluesky 🌞 Der Tag erwacht in sanftem Pastell. Noch schläft die Welt im schweren Samt der Nacht, doch am Saum der Hügel reisst der Himmel auf. ​Es ist kein blosses Licht – es ist ein Flüstern in Apricot, das sich mit kühlem Flieder mischt, bis die Wolken wie getuscht im Wind verwehen. 🫶🏻

Why is UK so keen to sell off its infrastructure to foreign investors!

Kommer Berlinale överleva den tyska kulturministerns tafsande? En kommentar om armlängds avstånd och tyska kulturfestivalers historiska funktion. www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur/tyskl...

I’ve warned for some time that Labour can’t keep taking its base for granted, and Gorton and Denton makes that plain. People say they don't recognise the party they once trusted. We’ve moved away from communities that built us. If we don’t change, others will step into the space we have left open.

It would be good to see nature prioritised too

BREAKING: Angela Rayner response to Gorton and Denton by-election result

Trevlig helg!

A new politics of hope was born this morning. We do not need to be the cruel nation that Badenoch, Starmer and Farage want. @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party have shown us we have a choice.

Victoria Crowe (1945) is a leading Scottish painter. Her oeuvre encompasses a wide range of subjects including landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Her work is often described as a bridge between observation and symbolism, using layers of imagery to explore themes as time and the inner landscape.

Labour’s *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 – just 19 months ago – was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. That’s what a collapse of your core vote looks like.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

Good morning – Happy Friday! 💙

With proposals for a floating park and expanded open-water swimming, Royal Victoria Dock West is set to make waves as one of the city’s most exciting new public spaces. Dive into the plans that will help connect Londoners to our waterways ⬇️

Vi börjar dagen med en bra nyhet! Om att de Gröna vann ett fyllnadsval till det brittiska parlamentet, på ett program som utgick från att ”Everybody deserves a nice life”! Lyssna på hennes segertal, så kan en politiker också låta!!! www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...

For the first time in a long while there is a real swing from the far right back to the democratic center. In Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s economic powerhouse, even a Green prime minister could stay in office. Interesting poll, but ⚠️ . #Itwbw

Keir Starmer, "We've done a new deal with the European Union" "Which means we are more closely aligned to them when it comes to agriculture and food" 'That sounds more technical, but it translates to cheaper food in the supermarkets"

The pedestrianisation of Oxford Street gets the green light.

The President continues to threaten to jail me. My job is to stand up for the people of Illinois and stand in the way of him harming them.

A Russian drone was intercepted by Swedish armed forces as it approached French carrier Charles De Gaulle, currently docked in south Sweden. Took of from a Russian ship but disappeared after electronic warfare actions were taken. Caveat, media understanding, but seemingly confirmed by MOD =).

KD fortsätter driva sin besynnerliga linje: Det går inte att avgöra vad som är kristet – men vi är kristna! Hans Eklind skriver låångt och jag svarar "I denna debatt, som pågått två månader, noterar jag en viss kränkthet i somliga kristdemokraters kommentarer." www.expressen.se/kultur/stram...

Längdskidor: Ebba Andersson om konkurrensen med Frida Karlsson: ”Den mest idiotiska frågan” https://www.europesays.com/se/175722/ Se i klippet när Ebba Andersson river ner applåder i studion – ryter ifrån mot Skavlan. Ebba Andersson…

In Norway, last month, there were just 7 new petrol cars sold throughout the country. Battery electric vehicles now make up more than 95% of new car sales.

På fyraårsdagen samlades vi på Sergels torg för att protestera mot Rysslands olagliga anfallskrig. För att stå upp för Ukrainas rätt till frihet och fred. #StandWithUkraine @nordicukraine.bsky.social

🙏🏽 Schöpfer des Lebensbaumes, Danke für Deinen Odem, den Geisthauch atmosphärischen Sauerstoffs, der dem Blattwerk entströmt, nachdem er von Kohlenstoff in der Luft genährt wurde. Zeige mir, wo noch ein weiterer Baum Platz hat, ihn zu setzen , wässern, pflegen und zu beernten.