“I don’t know why the President of the US behaves like this toward his allies. It’s not the first time. It is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the West and the US, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.” - Italy PM Giorgia Meloni

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage. I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong. Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole. Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you... (Photos AP)

Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI deepfakes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A current shortage of ethnically matched donors means Black Londoners affected by sickle cell disease are having to go without blood transfusions. Could you donate blood this month?

Just the tip of the Putin corruption iceberg and not just in the UK

Fucking MONSTERS!!

Palestinians are still being systematically starved in Gaza even as ceasefire talks are underway this week. “It is a choice that Israel has, whether to feed the people or whether to starve them,” says Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Good read for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social soon to be Sadiq Khan's brother mayor

Can't Smile Without You

The IDF has just fired warning shots at Diplomats on an approved visit to the West Bank. The delegation was from China, Japan, Mexico and several EU countries, including France, Spain and Italy. Netanyahu and his far right government are totally out of control

Happy Independence Day Greece

Five years ago as the UK left the EU to remain living in Greece I needed a Residency permit, private health cover and at least €5,000 in the bank. Fortunately it was OK for me but how many other Brits have had to leave their European homes because of a failed Brexit?

Happy New Year or Kali Chronia in Greek from wonderful Athens

Happy Christmas from beautiful Greece

As I wake up to a beautiful sunny morning here in Athens it dawned on me that 75 million American adults have elected a man as their President who steals and cons for personal financial gain, let alone commits sexual assault for his own personal satisfaction - has the USA gone stark raving mad?