After tumultuous week, worth reflecting:
In the 37 years from 1979 to 2016 there were just 5 prime ministers.
In the 6 years since 2016 weโve also had 5 PMs
Something pretty destabilising must have happened that year
Rishi Sunak isnโt even bothering to turn up to #COP27. @Ed_Miliband is right. Itโs a total failure of leadership.
Tackling the climate crisis isn't just about our global reputation, but the opportunities for lower bills, jobs & energy security here.
27 October 1914 | A Czech Jew, Richard Lebenhart, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
I try to be fair, but I do just think it is professionally dubious to write a glowing column about the PM in the Comment pages of the Times without mentioning heโs your best friend and was best man at your wedding.
What does one do about someone like Julia Hartley-Brewer, being platformed on #bbcqt and allowed to say, on the day that serious scientists are warning of catastrophic climate tipping points being breached, with all the chaos that will unleash, that itโs โjust called weatherโ?
A Scythian Gold Comb with Battle Scene from the Solokha Kurhan. Date: Late 5th-early 4th century BC. Technique: casting, chasing. Dimensions: 12.6 x 10.2 cm. Collection & Credit: Hermitage Museum.