The Irish government recognises Israel's illegal settlements as a de facto annexation of Palestinian land, the first EU state to do so. The UK should also do the same. Huge credit to all those in Ireland & elsewhere who have worked so hard on this. rte.ie/news/2021/0525…

Proud to be one of the European signatories to this urgent appeal to uphold the vital global role of the Int'l Criminal Court along with Sayeeda Warsi Peter Hain Ming Campbell Ben Bradshaw Sir Alan Duncan theguardian.com/law/2021/may/3…

Remembering The Duke of Edinburgh, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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In Tatler's unmissable August issue, on sale now, ex-minister Sir Alan Duncan shares candid confessions from his days at the heart of Westminster magazineboutique.co.uk/tatler/MTA19720

I didn’t.

Remarkable work by British Troops and Diplomatic Staff at Kabul Airfield under desperately difficult and testing circumstances

After being awakened by gunshots, Imad and his brother went to the roof of their home to watch the military raid. Imad had taken out his cell phone and was attempting to photograph or film the raid, when he was shot in the head. Read the news alert: dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

Looking at this ad, you wouldn’t know it’s for a (proposed) illegal settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Normalising occupation and settlement expansion normalises a process that actively prevents peace while contributing to the daily oppression of Palestinians.

Yippee! After years of arguing against the folly of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act I am delighted that the Boris Johnson government is today repealing and replacing it. #constitutionalgoodsense

Spoil sport !

If I was the British government, I would be rather worried about this chart; very, very worried. UK natural gas has now breached the equivalent to $40 per million Btu barrier (~300 pence per therm). In oil terms, it's now trading above $230 per barrel of oil equivalent.

A simply lovely man - with a supremely lovely family. There was just nobody who didn’t like David.

This says it all. Special Advisers sign off government documents???? This is a constitutional obscenity which must be corrected. Ministers decide…. Advisers should only advise. If not, and they think they can instruct Ministers …. sack the lot of them. Laura Kuenssberg

The remarkable Ardeshir. A very old friend and a wonderful elegant gentleman. I was privileged to have known him and to have had the opportunity to hoover up his extraordinary experience and wisdom.

No. Bad history. East Jerusalem does not belong to Israel. West Jerusalem is Israeli, East Jerusalem is Palestinian. The US does not have the right to declare that East Jerusalem belongs to Israel. This is Pence complicity in culpable land theft. It’s a disgrace. Mike Pence

It probably won’t be long before some numpty says it’s offensive and should be taken down…..

Please add my name to your list Rohan Talbot And all please read my lecture: rusi.org/events/middle-… Sadly it’s all gone backwards since I delivered it.

Proper neighbours. Just how it should be. I hope others will be as marvellous everywhere when needed over the next 48 hours. ✔️👍✔️👍

Rubbish. It often happens in Palestine and you never so much as squeak.