China did not want another Mao, but the party did little to stop the rise of Xi Jinping. bbc.in/3z4SUBy

Clive Myrie Informative comment in the I weekend too 👍👍

History tells us that Putin’s terror tactics in Ukraine will fail | World | The Sunday Times thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-…

Everyone looks forward as he’s led away. No one looks behind!

Analysis: Eleven Trump allies have been convicted or pleaded guilty. He’s shaved nearly 11 years off their sentences with pardons.
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#mcfc

Where’s my chicken???

Genius man.

NEW: Rishi Sunak becomes the first Tory leadership candidate to hit the 100 threshold to make it onto ballot paper, sources say.

The Kremlin is trying to drive a wedge in public opinion by convincing Europeans that they won’t be able to heat their homes this winter due to a lack of Russian gas, FP’s Jack Detsch and Amy Mackinnon report. buff.ly/3VPQjW8

Now that’s cool!

Just what the doctor ordered: #HIGNFY with Clive Myrie Katy Balls Jo Brand:

“The state will consider me a criminal if I don’t fight. But I won’t be a criminal from the point of view of humanity.” We speak to Mikhail who went to a Russian call-up office & said he refuses to fight in Ukraine. Producer Will Vernon Camera/edit anton chicherov BBC News (UK)

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Stephen K. Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison, fined $6,500 for contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

Er……………….

Not even a week ago…

Conservative MP Charles Walker seems broken by tonight's events - tells BBC News (UK) he is livid with colleagues

Russian Commander Surovikin tells Russian TV: “We & Ukrainians are one people. We want Ukraine to be independent of the West & Nato, a state that is friendly to Russia.” Moscow's aim is clear: to force Ukraine to be 'friends' with Russia (ie force Ukraine into Russia's orbit).