I send my congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil following free, fair, and credible elections. I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation between our two countries in the months and years ahead.

Former President Trump gave Bolsanaro “complete and total endorsement” yesterday, urging Brazilians to get put and vote for the defeated candidate for re-election… twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/…

1/. On Sunday - the day of the #BrazilianElections & week before the start of #COP27 - a traffic island in front of the Brazilian embassy by Trafalgar Sq, London, will be transformed into a tropical rainforest, the first of many #RainforestIslands to spring up around the world...

#ElectionNow prosecutions can wait.

I can’t watch Gove anymore. That faux sincerity - the intensity, the hamminess of his act. Really these people have lost all credibility.

Jessica Simor KC Keir Starmer Ed Davey Caroline Lucas Please retweet. standard.co.uk/news/uk/genera…

This is just beyond belief. These people must go; they are utterly compromised - and have put us and our allies at risk. They cannot be trusted. Change is urgent. Keir Starmer #GeneralElectionNow

Is it too late for Keir Starmer Ed Davey Caroline Lucas to call people out to demonstrate for a general election? A week ago, I’m sure hundreds of thousands would have attended. We needed someone to galvanise us and bring us together.

A man who became like a second father to me over the years that I was his lawyer in Guantánamo Bay was just returned home. Never charged with a crime, Saifullah Paracha waded thru years of hearings—before federal judges and military reps—and he cleared every single benchmark 1/7

Here is our client Saifullah Paracha, formerly the oldest prisoner in Guantanamo Bay at 74yo, having a cup of tea in McDonalds in Karachi this morning. A belatedly happy day (he should never have been kidnapped & locked up 18 yrs ago)... 3DCentre Mark Maher Shelby Sullivan-Bennis

“hydrogen blend-ready”

How fossil fuel heating industry tries to make consumers believe that buying gas boilers is good for climate.

It is not as currently no hydrogen is blended into the gas grid in the UK. A 20% blend would only cut emissions by 6-7%. 🧵

HT Richard Lowes

The Former French Ambassador to the UK, now the French Foreign Secretary.

We need an answer. Rishi Sunak claims to want to stop climate change but won’t go. The King wants to & knows about climate change. His presence would be welcomed as sending a strong signal to the world. Written & oral questions in Parliament & from journalists. Caroline Lucas

Breaking: A new Senate report concludes that SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—likely resulted from “a research-related incident.” The report includes evidence of alarming biosecurity issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. vntyfr.com/F6VtO8r

We can only dream of such audacity. In truth, the Tory party is now owned by the ERG neo-libs. You have power, Rishi Sunak. Use it. Rejoin the single market and customs union | Jürgen Maier | The Guardia theguardian.com/commentisfree/…