Hi England, here’s the Christmas tree we’re sending you for Trafalgar Square this year.

Local media loving this British contribution to Spanish tourism ... !! diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2026/04/paro... youtu.be/rY15PLImY3E?...

In the Russian press, no criticism of war on Ukraine. But an editorial slamming restrictions in Russia: “Where's the cut-off point, the line in our personal & collective experience we’re not prepared to cross, where we would say no, we can’t live without this, we don’t want to?” #ReadingRussia

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Mark Carney invoked Thucydides at Davos – what people get wrong about this ancient Greek writer’s take on power theconversation.com/mark-carney-...

Buttercup not looking guilty

You're doing yourself, and your mission, no favours by perpetuating this delusion. Leave won because more people voted for it. The reasons they voted for it need to be understood and addressed, and massaging statistics to include my then 8-year old twins in the "Remain" vote doesn't help one iota.

Here it is again, this time with the correct title in the The Guardian stable blamed/credited macdonnchada.substack.com/p/the-guardi... thanks @jwsidders.bsky.social for pointing out the error