Matt Griffith

Guys, why are you still on this platform???

Hi @ForestryEngland, I paid for two hours of parking at Leigh Woods - you are now chasing me for £50 and threatening baliffs because our stay ran over by 6 mins... (Inc the 3 mins driving time in and out of the parking space time). Isn't this a bit excessive??? 😬

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Putin indiscriminately butchers more Ukrainian civilians, killing and injuring 100 in Kyiv including children. And what is his reward under the latest peace proposals? 1. The right to keep sovereign Ukrainian territory he has taken by violence and in breach of international law. 2. The right to control Ukraine’s destiny by forbidding Nato membership 3. The lifting of sanctions against Russia 4. An economic partnership with America. 5. The chance to rebuild his armed forces for the next attack in a few short years’ time. As for Ukraine - what do they get after three years of heroic resistance against a brutal and unprovoked invasion? What is their reward for the appalling sacrifices they have made - for the sake, as they have endlessly been told, of freedom and democracy around the world? Apart from the right to share their natural resources with the United States they get nothing. What is there in this deal that can realistically stop a third Russian invasion? Nothing. If we are to prevent more atrocities by Putin then we must have a long term, credible and above all properly funded security guarantee for Ukraine - a guarantee issued by the UK, the US and all western allies.

Bigger than Smoot-Hawley

Preach! 👇💯

4. What Ukraine gives up All resource revenues, public and private, across all territory—even occupied. Private firms like DTEK are not exempt. Funds are to be converted into hard currency and wired abroad to an account controlled by the U.S. 4/

We know this because they cannot be sated. They cannot be convinced that their conspiracy theorizing is unwarranted. It does not matter how many documents are declassified. They want to believe they have been lied to. That is central to their identity. It is a sad identity.

The facts of the case have not changed. We have changed. The conspiracy theorists and their many adherents believe they're just asking questions. Really, they are betraying a profound alienation and ignorance, a malleability, a desire to believe that they lack agency.

Since the call many Russian military observers have actually talked of the advantages of an infrastructure ceasefire specifically, which could end up benefiting them more than the Ukrainians. (8/10)

🚄🧠BRAIN TRAIN BOOST ALERT🧠🚉 The Ox-Cam growth corridor looks like it is going to get a western extension - via Swindon, Bath and Bristol 🤞🤞 Would be excellent news for spreading jobs, research, growth, investment and homes. 🎉🧪🥼🏗🏢🏠👷‍♂️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Great to see this progress, such a quick win for maximising the agglomeration benefits of the Ox Cam Corridor further afield. Great places to visit too!

Europeans should make more of the success of Airbus. Advanced manufacturing spread across France, Germany, Spain and the UK, and it's genuinely world-beating. Would you rather get on board an Airbus these days, or a Boeing made in the US-of-A?

'Bristol's special character'

My strong skyline policy: cities change, get over it.

For context, this proposal is on a very large industrial estate, 2.5 miles drive from Bristol's historic centre, in a city with a chronic shortage of student accommodation. Bristol was England's 2nd largest city: but some people seem keen on a new status of its largest village

Elon Musk responded to Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski regarding Starlink: "Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink." Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of State stated that no one had threatened to disconnect Ukraine from Starlink and advised Sikorski to "say thank you, because without Starlink, Ukraine would have lost the war, and the Russians would be on the border with Poland."

The fact I spent last night bombing Ukraine just shows they don't want peace.

We have all had to deal with people like this!

@samrichardswebb It's an automated X account, so don't think you can blame Martin here

My cartoon from the current edition of Private Eye Magazine.