Every outdoor seating area in the public realm is littered with beer bottles and cans, laughing gas canisters and other drug paraphernalia.

Probably not what local homebuyers here signed up for with the marketing lure of “canalside living”.

A round picnic table with three glass bottles is set in a grassy area near a tree and adjacent to a street with parked cars and a brick building with balconies.A round picnic table with empty bottles is set on a grassy area near a canal and surrounded by trees.A playground with wooden structures and benches is set in a grassy area with nearby trees and parked cars.

Not sure where this came from, but it’s where we’re at.

A cartoon depicts a young girl asking her father about people starving in Gaza, and he responds by telling her to be quiet, labeling the question as antisemitic.

Interesting the way this story is framed as if award-winning BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen has committed a heinous crime, associating what he has consistently reported with the ludicrously banned documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone.

“One night, I opened my front door to such a strong gas smell I actually thought someone was trying to gas me and I rang the police”.

More on wtf and why.

Woken at 1 am by the sicky sweet smell of petrol wafting in through our open bedroom window.

(From the quoted article)

As US lawyer Dylan Williams notes:

This Netanyahu quote reported by an Israeli outlet constitutes prima facie evidence of:

  1. the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population; and.
  1. intent to kill to destroy, in part, a national or ethnic group—elements of the crime of genocide.
This smoking guns proves Netanyahu's genocidal intent.

It's been reported in the Israeli media - but not in the wider Western media.

Why? 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/this-sm...

The invasion destroyed their hopes that Russia might become a normal, non-violent country.

A normal, non-violent country like the USA, the UK, Israel, France, Germany…?

Podcast art of Next Year in Moscow by The Economist

The Economist’s Next Year in Moscow is an incredible podcast series. (So is Scam Inc).

Well, what do you know?

A news article headline claims that Liz Kendall stated young people may be encouraged to join the army to reduce youth unemployment.

the UK will give £3 billion a year of military support until 2030/31 and “for as long as needed to support Ukraine”.

Britain’s Labour government announced plans on Tuesday to cut more than five billion pounds ($6.48 billion) from its welfare budget by 2029/30

No plans for conscription…

“Labour today is both a threat to peace and a force for poverty.”

Editorial: ‘Schrodinger’s Russian threat’ fails to convince MPs to back Starmer's militarism | Morning Star
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Israel broke the terms of the ceasefire agreement and have now resumed their genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Pure fucking evil, which the US is paying for and arming, and for which the UK is providing intelligence.