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Will Vladimir Putin’s barbaric war finally flush away Nigel Farage’s apologist fringe?

The horrors of the war in Ukraine have naturally dominated headlines in the past weeks, so it has been easy to miss the fact that domestic politics in Britain has been quietly transforming. When the smoke clears and our focus returns to the state of our own country, as it…

Evening Standard

UK sanctions Russian media organisations, targeting disinformation

Britain on Thursday announced sanctions on 14 more Russian entities and people, including on state media organisations behind RT and Sputnik and some of their senior figures, saying it was targetting those who push out President Vladimir Putin's "fake news and narratives".

Reuters

E.ON blames Martin Lewis for ‘bringing down Britain’ as energy sites crash ahead of hike

Gas and electric firms faced huge demand on Thursday, before energy prices went up on Friday

The Independent UK

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‘Butcher of Mariupol’ targeted in new swathe of sanctions by UK

Britain hit “The butcher of Mariupol” with sanctions on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Face up to Britain’s colonial past, don’t wipe it from London’s A to Z

The London suburb of Tulse Hill could be renamed because of its historical links to slavery. The area was named after the 17th-century merchant Sir Henry Tulse, whose wealth largely derived from the slave trade. Lambeth council is asking residents for their views as part of a community listening exercise.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Britain ‘must beware of rising anti-Semitism’

Londoner’s Diary: Tracy-Ann Oberman warns about the rise of anti-Semitism / Gary Oldman explains why he is not spy material / The Netflix brain drain continues / Laura Kuenssberg’s leaving do / MPs recall “orgy of sycophancy and bullying” during Brexit years

Evening Standard

UN Seeks Record $4.4B for Afghans Struggling Under Taliban

The UN's aid coordination office, backed by Britain, Germany and Qatar, is launching its biggest-ever appeal for funds for a single country in hopes of collecting $4.4 billion to help Afghanistan, a decidedly ambitious call to assist the impoverished country again run by Taliban militants when much of the world´s…

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Cucumber crisis: surging energy prices leave British glasshouses empty

In a small corner of south-east England, vast glasshouses stand empty, the soaring cost of energy preventing their owner from using heat to grow cucumbers for the British market.

Reuters

We trash our modernist heritage on a whim: why is Britain so in thrall to the wrecking ball?

Between destruction and conservation there must be a middle ground – perhaps a new life – for these eminent buildings, says author Owen Hatherley

The Guardian - UK

UK Spy Chief Says Putin Advisors Fear Telling Truth on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisors fear telling him the truth about his "failing" Ukraine war strategy, the head of Britain's top communications spying agency said Thursday. Putin had "massively misjudged" the invasion, the director of Britain's intelligence agency GCHQ Jeremy Fleming said in a prepared speech to the Australian National…

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UK Withdraws Its Judges From Hong Kong’s Top Court

Britain said keeping its judges in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal would “legitimize oppression” under a controversial security law in the former colony.

The News Lens

British spy chief says Russian President underestimated Ukrainian defence and global response to war

The head of Britain's spy agency says Vladimir Putin has "massively misjudged" the difficulty of invading Ukraine, and Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own military equipment as morale in the army deteriorates.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin’s advisers scared to tell him the truth, says British spy chief

The head of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency said Russian troops were short of weapons and low on morale.

The Independent UK

Britain's GCHQ spy chief says Russian soldiers refused to carry out orders in Ukraine

The head of Britain's GCHQ spy service said on Wednesday that new intelligence showed some Russian soldiers in Ukraine had refused to carry out orders, sabotaged their own equipment and accidentally shot down one of their own aircraft.

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UK's Truss to visit India on same day as Russia's Lavrov

British foreign minister Liz Truss will visit India on Thursday as part of a "wider diplomatic push" on the war in Ukraine, her office said, a trip which coincides with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov travelling to the country.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson says Britain could 'go up a gear' to support Ukrainians facing war

Boris Johnson suggested that Britain could do more for 'civil defence', such as providing toughened vehicles for rescuers - particularly in the besieged coastal city of Mariupol

Reuters

UK tightens sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs' jets and yachts

Britain put in place new legal powers on Wednesday to prohibit maintenance on aircraft and ships belonging to specific sanctioned Russian oligarchs or their businesses.

Daily Mirror

Tory MP complains the 'wrong' sort of immigrants are coming to Britain

Senior Conservative Sir Bill Wiggin told Boris Johnson 'We want Ukrainians, we want Qataris, we don't want people in rubber boats'

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The Guardian - UK

Russian oligarchs on UK sanctions list were granted ‘golden visas’

Eight unnamed individuals were awarded right to live in Britain under controversial investor visa scheme

Reuters

Britain is not seeking to remove Russia's Putin - PM Johnson

Britain is focused on helping protect Ukrainians from the war and is not aiming to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

UK ready to ‘go up a gear’ in military support for Ukraine to help relieve Mariupol, says Boris Johnson

‘Total rethink’ of European security needed to offer protection from Russian aggression ‘like quills on porcupine’ for former Soviet states

The Guardian - UK

UK visa rules are ‘to ensure Ukrainians don’t come to Britain’, say refugees

Ukrainians who fled to Poland feel deterred by UK’s complex rules, which are in contrast to EU states’ open borders and free transport

Evening Standard

Every CEO’s worst nightmare? It’s the same as everyone else

What’s keeping Britain’s chief execs up at night? It’s the same nightmare troubling you and me -- energy bills.

Reuters

UK lawmaker comes out as first transgender member of parliament

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said on Wednesday he planned to change his gender identity to become Britain's first openly transgender member of parliament, a decision he said followed a series of harrowing episodes in his personal life.

Evening Standard

London pubs are back to normal, says Shepherd Neame boss

Britain’s oldest brewer says London pubs are back to normal but has warned that profit margins are being squeezed by surging energy prices.

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