Murderers, marauders, executioners - you will never be able to wash the blood off your hands. Убийцы, мародеры, палачи – вы никогда не сможете смыть кровь с рук. Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

Today is journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s 5th birthday in prison. She was jailed for doing her job & telling the truth. On this International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we honor her courage & demand freedom for her & all political prisoners in Belarus.

Re-nationalise water and utilities. RT if you agree.

Yet another journalist has been arrested in Georgia, Ninia Kakabadze. The charges are yet unknown.

In Moscow's Shadows 222: Are We Seeing A New Putin? A busy day yesterday meant I was able to record and upload, but not do the social media hype. Anyway, I consider how Putin may have changed over the past 7 years: welcome to 'Putin squared'

"Standing here you can feel the ghosts of Russia's past. But what of the present?" I report from St Petersburg as Russians commemorate the victims of Stalin's Terror. I meet jailed street musicians and a pensioner who went ahead with an anti-war protest.

National Trust members everywhere, annual voting for your Council members closes at midnight tonight. Please vote. The scones are depending on you!

‘No regrets’: activists who sprayed Stonehenge orange proud of ‘magic trick’

DAY 1099 of 1249 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus political prisoners: VOLHA ASIPCHYK, held for involvement in the “neighborhood chats case” which is a blanket excuse to jail people for chatting about election choices & expressing opinions about the regime #FreeBelarus

Reminder: it is the policy of @TheGreenParty that formal schooling start two years later, when children are ready. Current system sets kids up to "fail": no they are not "school-ready". They are too young https://t.co/XG6cWjNYtL

Want to know why?

Farage: epic grifter. Part 1 (Part 2 below 👇)

I've run out of astonishment at our spectacular increase in membership. Plus the fact that new members are already helping out at action days. Bodes well for the May 2026 local elections, esp in London.

DAY 1098 of 1237 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus political prisoners: KANSTANTSIN MIKHAILOUSKI, a Belarusian Railway worker, charged with “high treason”, detained as part of the regime’s crackdown on the Rabochy Rukh labor rights group, deemed “extremist" #FreeBelarus

Includes an ingenious updating of Shelley’s Ozymandias.

Monday morning re-up: Will Moscow have the vision, courage and flexibility to seize the opportunity to improve relations with Japan under its new PM? When has it ever?

🚨 | BREAKING: @TheGreenParty hit HISTORIC HEIGHTS in the polls — 16%! Source: @YouGov 💚 Who needs morning coffee when you have this to energise you? ⚡️

@ChrisGPackham @natalieben @TheGreenParty This would not have been possible without the stellar work of Mumta Ito  @NaturesRights, @Jonathan_Elmer & all the campaigners who've put so much into developing this.

And as for Fraser Nelson referring to the rise of the right as “the Insurgency” 🙄

Interesting to hear Polly Toynbee deliberately omitting any mention of @TheGreenParty when she talks about the anti-Reform vote. People are flocking to us in tens of thousands #r4today

Truth: “Scaffolding is expensive, until you want it gone, at which point they’re happy to leave it with you for ever for free.”