The Hill - Speaker Johnson’s perilous moment on Ukraine has finally arrived… thehill.com/homenews/house…

WSJ Former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, gives a timely CCP warning `Since winning the Cold War, he says, the West has become “economically, militarily and culturally flabby, like a retired sportsman.’ wsj.com/articles/a-fig…

Tim Loughton & I share the honour of being sanctioned by the CCP. His integrity & response to Communist dictatorship & his commitment to democratic freedoms is outstanding. Great to work with him on the APPGs on Tibet, Armenia & Early Years. Wish him the very best for the future

Pakistan- UN experts alarmed by lack of protection for minority girls from forced marriages, conversions - Pakistan - DAWN.COM dawn.com/news/1826972

George Weigel denounces the claims of Putin and Patriarch Kirill that Russia is fighting a `holy war’; says the Vatican should condemn the “genocidal claim that Ukraine is simply “Little Russia”& denounce blasphemous messianic claims. First Things: firstthings.com/web-exclusives…

Sir Liam Fox MP MP is doing great work to stop discrimination against those with #Downsyndrome , I encourage all disability charities to get behind this endeavour for legal equality before birth #TimeToMoveOn

What an honour it was today to welcome all these wonderful people to Southend for the unveiling of the statue of #SirDavidAmess to honour his memory and his lifetime of service to Southend City .

Huge thanks to Southend-on-Sea City Council Chalkwell Lifeguards Priti Patel MP Ann Widdicombe, Lord…

WSJ“The Taliban Have Restored Barbarism to Afghanistan. They’re stoning women for adultery & threatening security of neighboring states.. their actions expose the naiveté of Western analysts who argued that the Taliban would be more the second time around” wsj.com/articles/meet-…

Financial Times: ⁦Speaker Mike Johnson⁩ can either “Help Zelensky or Please Trump - he can’t do both” & excoriates those who treat Ukraine as an enemy & Russia as a friend. “Defining that as isolationist is lazy...It’s actively pro-Russian” ft.com/content/98f37c…

Mitch McConnell “From Europe to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific, the world is watching to see whether the US still has the will to lead the West and preserve the international order responsible for our own prosperity for the better part of a century,’ thehill.com/homenews/senat…

National Review: “widespread” torture of detained religious leaders in occupied Ukraine; `mock executions,threats of rape,electrical torture,hours-long group beatings’&`practice of arbitrary arrests & kidnappings of religious figures ⁦⁦USCIRF⁩ nationalreview.com/2024/04/russia…

With Julia,Lady Amess,today,” in Southend for unveiling of Sir David’s statue.Spoke about his belief that every person is of infinite worth; that human dignity must be upheld; and whatever our politics we must unite against injustice.Wonderful music from Music Man Project

Zambia uncovers 'sophisticated' Chinese cybercrime syndicate . Next time CCP tells an African leader there’s nothing to fear from debt entrapment or exploitation ask why they subject Global South to colonialist manipulation & interference.
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Great lady. Fine friend. Formidable intellect. Courageous politician. Greatly missed. Shirley gave politics a good name. Tim Farron

11 April 1945. The 6th Armoured Division of the US Army liberated the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp, making its inmates the first on German soil to be freed. Soldiers were shocked at their condition. The death toll at the camp was estimated at 56,000.

Erroneous overreach:ECHR decision to invoke Article 8 on carbon emissions should be challenged. Judge Tim Eicke was right. UK should convene a meeting of signatories committed to reform -not repudiation. Leaving ECHR would jeopardise Good Friday Agreement & some free trade deals

China’s South Sea Bubble -Fitch followed Moody in downgrading China’s sovereign credit rating yesterday. CCP threats & alliance with North Korea, Putin & Iran won’t solve its failing economy - youth unemployment & Evengrande style trillion dollar debts - new Maoism no answer.

This really is important to at long last get this message across. It is illegal to do this to any other baby and it really should be illegal to do this to us. Please RT and email your MP to support us. bit.ly/EqualityAt24 #NC34

One year ago, #DingJiaxi & #XuZhiyong were sentenced to 12 & 14 years in prison, respectively, for their peaceful advocacy of citizen rights & political reform. The Chairs nominated them for the The Nobel Prize, highlighting the PRC’s repression. They should be immediately released

UN:Thousands fleeing Sudan daily after one year of war - No chance of containing the global refugee crisis until root causes are addressed - like the war in Sudan(9 million displaced). Rishi Sunak David Cameron Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon Sudan Tribune url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_HqBCJy3mcqn…