Christine Buxton โญ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ญ๐๐ฌ๎จ This is precisely the time when artists go to work. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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@Keir_Starmer
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This is an immense loss for Ukraine and for #Canada.
I have said time and again we are losing our best.
Jesse and I had talked before, always had plans to meet for coffee but Russians killed him before we could make time.
You were a hero who gave everything for Ukraine.
See you in Valhalla. ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ
๐ Russian monsters killed a Canadian volunteer who was saving animals in Ukraine
Canadian Jesse Adams was killed on October 25 while evacuating animals from Kramatorsk. A Russian FPV drone struck a vehicle belonging to Animal Rescue Kharkiv.
Adams suffered severe injuries. Doctors tried to save him, but he died in hospital.
The Canadian joined the team in May 2026 and travelled with Ukrainian rescuers to frontline communities to help people and evacuate animals.
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There is zero evidence that Russia wants a diplomatic solution, because they donโt.
Anyone who thinks they do, understands neither Putin nor the Russian mindset.
Eradicating Ukraine & whoever would resist or keep alive the flame of Ukrainian identity is central to Putinโs aims.
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Please read and share. Thank you, @Mariam__Lambert
A detailed report soon.
โผ๏ธ Urgent: the situation in Oleshky.
The power of social media is real. Whether through X, Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp or Viber, people can speak for themselves and share the truth; even when politicians try to obscure the reality.
This is the message I received this morning from Oleshky:
โYes, itโs all a staged show. Theyโre cleaning all the streets, painting the curbs, and sprucing everything up for the cameras. Theyโre trying to create a pretty picture in the middle of hell.
Meanwhile, the Russian military is demining everything and carrying ammo and supplies to their positions โ and soon all of that will be flying toward Kherson (((
The number of troops in the city has increased dramatically, there are so many of them...โ
Please reshare and let those people speak up!
@ZarinaZabrisky @anneapplebaum @CaolanReports
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โผ๏ธ Urgent: the situation in Oleshky.
The power of social media is real. Whether through X, Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp or Viber, people can speak for themselves and share the truth; even when politicians try to obscure the reality.
This is the message I received this morning from Oleshky:
โYes, itโs all a staged show. Theyโre cleaning all the streets, painting the curbs, and sprucing everything up for the cameras. Theyโre trying to create a pretty picture in the middle of hell.
Meanwhile, the Russian military is demining everything and carrying ammo and supplies to their positions โ and soon all of that will be flying toward Kherson (((
The number of troops in the city has increased dramatically, there are so many of them...โ
Please reshare and let those people speak up!
@ZarinaZabrisky @anneapplebaum @CaolanReports
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Get ready for the unfolding of a Russian propaganda operation, carried out with the aid of the White House, in the battered town of Oleshky. From @ZarinaZabrisky, who has been reporting from Kherson, just across the river, since 2023
theatlantic.com/internationaโฆ
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She is reposting a representative of the Russian governmentโa war criminal.
Trump has normalized Russiaโs crimes, reducing Russia to merely one of the warring parties.
God, how terrifying it is when evil multiplies its power and acts with ever-increasing brazenness.
#Trump
#RussiaIsATerroristState
The Cheese Factory aka Pork Scratchings...
#thesearenotseriouspeople
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@RachelReevesMP' 1st budget - ยฃ74bn extra spending. @JohnHealey_MP's - ยฃ380m. For all @andyburnhamโs soaring rhetoric his 1st budget was 0.5% of Starmerโs.
"This isn't how the King of the North wants you to see him. Listen to him speak, and you hear a changemaker, an ideas man, a leader with a 10-year plan. But does he put his money where his mouth is? Does he heck. The anxiety I have heard for months from so many of his advisers and MPs was borne out in this budget: heโs big talk and small stick." [Emphasis is mine.] theguardian.com/commentisfreโฆ
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From Bloomberg.
***BLOOMBERG BUDGET ANALYSIS***
John Healeyโs modest budget achieved his main aim of avoiding an adverse market reaction.
But the cost-of-living support is small and will be swallowed up by coming rises to bills.
It is a long way off Andy Burnhamโs pledge to rip up 40 years of neoliberalism and transform the economy.
And it could be out-of-date within days if Trump escalates against Iran and causes another energy price shock.
The question is: does this budget really meet votersโ expectations of the change Burnham is promising and mean Labourโs popularity continues to improve? Or will it mark a turning point as Healey struggles to live up to the PMโs rhetoric within the constraints of the manifesto, global headwinds and fiscal reality?
The IFS characterises the budget as โlots of fiddling, short-term things.โ The Resolution Foundation says Healey has โspread the jam thin.โ Kemi Badenoch asks: โIs that it?โ Will this narrative take hold, or will Britons continue to be won over by the force of Burnhamโs personality?
It also seems fair to ask what happened to his big ambitious ideas? There was not much on โpublic controlโ and nationalisation today. The council house building programme isnโt so revolutionary. There were no major reforms to council tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty, a land value tax, cutting the personal tax threshold, as heโs previously floated.
Healeyโs commitment to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 won immediate praise from Zelenskyy and NATO. But deferring the decision on how to fund it means the next year will be very tough for the government. The spending review and next budget look painful, with big welfare cuts and tax rises likely needed.
The immediate fear in cabinet is Trump and Iran. UK officials believe it is likely the US military campaign is going to resume shortly. Resolution suggests that if there is serious escalation there it would wipe out Healeyโs ยฃ15 billion headroom: โHe doesnโt have enough to survive one bad roll of the dice.โ
It leaves Burnhamโs fate in the hands of Trump. That gives a whole new meaning to his strategy of โhope.โ
With @PhilAldrick: bloomberg.com/news/articles/โฆ
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Why does Russia oppose NATOโs eastward enlargement? Because the more countries NATO protects, the harder they are for Moscow to conquer.
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Please read my article on the political spectacle staged by the Kremlin in Oleshky.
Many thanks to @TheAtlantic and @anneapplebaum for their support of Ukraine and the Kherson region at this critical moment.
Get ready for the unfolding of a Russian propaganda operation, carried out with the aid of the White House, in the battered town of Oleshky. From @ZarinaZabrisky, who has been reporting from Kherson, just across the river, since 2023
theatlantic.com/internationaโฆ
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Announce 3% of GDP to be spent on defence today, and the path to 3.5%.
No excuses, it what you resigned over @JohnHealey_MP
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Kherson. Ceasefire.
A rare walk through just one part of the city.
The scale of destruction must be seen and known.
Usually, we cannot walk here because of the drones infesting the skiesโso this is hidden.
This is a European city. 2026.
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Witkoff tried to convince Budanov of how rich he could be if he sold out his country by allowing Russian pipelines to again flow through Ukraine. Budanov ended the meeting.
Content of Tense Conversation Between Budanov and Trump's Team Revealed
Negotiations between the Ukrainian delegation and Donald Trump's special envoys in Miami, as reported by Le Monde, escalated into a conflict. According to the publication, during a three-hour meeting at the Shell Bay golf club, Steve Witkoff "with irritation" demanded that Kyrylo Budanov, head of Zelenskyy's office, cease strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Budanov, per Le Monde's information, "barely contained his anger" and felt that he was being "treated like a child, trying to teach him how to make money." The Americans presented an ambitious plan for postwar "regional prosperity," which envisioned resuming the transit of Russian oil and gas to Europe through Ukraine, with dividends paid to Kyiv.
Budanov was outraged that such a deal would tie Ukraine to Moscow, after which the negotiations broke off. When the meeting resumed, the Americans proposed accepting a deal for supplies of Russian diesel to the United States.
The publication's sources noted that they had never seen Ukrainians "so upset and alarmed." Zelenskyy's entourage described the situation as "hopeless," since Trump's envoys "think only about business."
๐ธ: Press service of the President of Ukraine
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General Petraeus: โReally, no NATO country and not even the United States is undertaking yet the urgent revolutionary institutional change that should be taken based on what we see in Ukraine, which is the future of war." militarytimes.com/news/pentaโฆ
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Iโm doing two concerts in Dorset this weekend as part of the @BSOrchestra BEETHOVEN NOW series.
Hereโs a little interview about the gigs bsolive.com/news/join-actor-โฆ
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For four years we've been telling you that Ukraine is Europe's shield. We believe it.
Then we sat down with a soldier from the Da Vinci Wolves, and he told us he sees it completely differently.
We think he's worth listening to, so we're sharing it unedited.