Colette Austin
@coletteaustin.bsky.social
Finalising my Brexile to Italy 🇮🇹 🇪🇺. Ex-lawyer, serial student of International Relations, Politics (BA; LLB, LLM; MSt Cantab), focus on nuclear strategy, European Security and autonomy from the US. Idiots and unsubstantiated comments blocked.
Adding to my file of evidence that Russia is at war with Europe even if Europe doesn't think it's at war with Russia.
The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia
theguardian.com
If corporations paid ‘where they play’ not ‘where they say’, the UK would be up £13 billion a year. It's time we ended the corporate tax scam. 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
Cortona Images -La Dolce Vita -kinda like Partick in the sun😉🇮🇹
"It is asking how [Epstein] was able to fly in and out of the UK, into military bases on his private jet." Nick Watt reveals details of a proposal sent to Andy Burnham for a public inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein's UK activities, which the PM is looking at. #Newsnight
First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
The Swedish Football Association has declared that it has no confidence in Infantino. 👍
The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:
I do hope that Richard Tice, bank-roller of Reform UK hasn't forgotten about his tax debts, while he keeps pontificates about patriotism from his luxury tax-haven flat in Dubai meme via Malcolm Mclean
🚨🚨Well played #Wales www.skysports.com/football/new...
Gianni Infantino: English FA set to follow Welsh FA and withdraw support for FIFA president
The Football Association is set to withdraw support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino; Wales became the first football association to officially withdraw support for Infantinos re-election as FIFA p...
skysports.com
How do you know if you're talking to AI or looking at AI-generated content? From 2nd August 2026, new transparency measures under the EU AI Act mean you'll start seeing clearer signs when AI is involved. The goal is simple: more transparency, so you know when AI is involved. 1/2
Solar energy supplied more power to Britain’s grid in July than any previous month on record. The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.
Looks like 22 EU leaders need an urgent course on understanding and handling hybrid warfare. "United we stand, divided we fall." #StrongerTogether🇪🇺 @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu www.politico.eu/article/ceut...
Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity
Beautiful Country: Cortona international photography festival – in pictures
Beautiful Country: Cortona international photography festival – in pictures
Cortona on the Move 2026, an international photography festival, has opened with the theme Beautiful Country. More than 30 exhibitions explore Italy in all its complexity, blending the spirit of the aristocratic grand tour with the depth of contemporary documentaries
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
theguardian.com
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
🚨 BREAKING: A UN Independent Commission has concluded that Israeli authorities continue to commit genocide in Gaza, citing the deliberate targeting of Palestinian children as key evidence of genocidal intent.
Pedro Sánchez has sent a letter to the EU institutions complaining about the political reaction of some member states to the migratory crisis in Ceuta. “In the current international context, the European Union cannot afford this kind of selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction.” 🧵
All he needs to do now is scrap himself. 'Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he has scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's major competitions, following widespread opposition.' #Uefa #Fifa www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa World Cup plans: Governing body scraps Gianni Infantino's private investment proposal after widespread opposition
Fifa scraps controversial plan to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino's idea.
bbc.co.uk
For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.
48,300 of the 50,000 migrants who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco European border controls, and natural geography, have worked pretty much perfectly to kill the Moroccan government's bizarre #Ceuta gambit. elpais.com/espana/2026-...
Última hora de la entrada de inmigrantes a Ceuta, en directo | Albares pide poner fin a la “confusión interesada” tras anunciar Italia la suspensión de Schengen
El Gobierno de Meloni asegura que activará controles aleatorios a los viajes desde España | Francia multiplica por cinco los agentes en la frontera con España | 48.300 de los 50.000 migrantes que entr...
elpais.com
Shell’s quarterly profits up from $4.3bn to $9.8bn, jump in price of oil/gas due to wars . Customer bills hiked, industries crippled, economies damaged, planet burns from fossil fuels pollution, corporations profit from catastrophies. Another $3bn share buyback. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmentalists renew calls for windfall tax to support households after Q2 earnings rise to almost $10bn
theguardian.com
New YouGov: Which political party is currently doing the most to set the political agenda? Labour: 33% (+19 from 28-29 Aug 2025) Reform UK: 16% (-28) Conservative: 7% (+4) Greens: 4% (+3) Lib Dems: 1% (=)
Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal
Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr. a ‘f****** moron,’ diary reveals
Former President Obama reportedly apologized for using crude language during the call, but continued his blunt criticism of the Trumps
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