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‘They’re lying to you’: Editor interrupts Russian TV news broadcast with ‘no war’ protest
‘No war, stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.’
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
‘Putin go f*** yourself’: Squatters occupy mansion owned by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska
“You occupy Ukraine, we occupy you.”
Sajid Javid defends ‘economic relationship’ with Saudi Arabia after country executes 81 people in single day
“While it is to be welcomed that we don’t send money to Putin of course, would we want to deals with the Saudis, noting their human rights record?”
Half of UK children ‘will have to sacrifice essentials like food’ due to cost of living crisis, report warns
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) says that 23.4 million people in the UK will be short by more than £8,500 a year for income needed to pay for essentials including food, heating and clothing by next month.
Right Wing Watch newsletter: The Frackers Return
As the energy security crisis deepened, Nigel Farage took to his podcast to promote his new campaign for a referendum on Net Zero targets.
Women’s rights’ activists win ‘David and Goliath’ fight over Sarah Everard vigil
Reclaim These Streets win a legal challenge against the Metropolitan police in a decision hailed a ‘victory for women.’
Boris Johnson warned that plans for new Royal Yacht Britannia could ‘badly backfire’
As people are forced to choose between heating and eating as the cost-of-living spirals, the PM will hail the £250m boat as a symbol of ‘Global Britain.’
Full Fact: Government has not backed up Russian sanction claims
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not explained how it has calculated figures that claim Britain is ‘leading the way’ in Russian sanctions.
What are the motives behind the timing of Farage’s new political campaign?
Is the launch of the anti-Net Zero group intended to be a distraction from Farage’s Putin links and sympathies, a desperate bid by the former UKIP leader for relevance – or a bit of both?