Over 200 protestors gathered in Parliament Square in London on Friday demanding government action over the climate crisis.... “ The crisis over gas at the present time is a crisis of the stupidity of a market, the stupidity of privatisation, and the stupidity of saying there’s no alternative but the system we have right now, ” Mr Corbyn added.... “ We literally cannot continue to live on a planet in a society that puts profits before planets and people.” After the speeches in Parliament Square

The UK will continue to challenge Saudi Arabia over human rights abuses despite reports Boris Johnson will turn to the Gulf to supply oil and gas, a Cabinet minister has said. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said Britain had a “ very candid and frank ” relationship with the Gulf state, as the Prime Minister was preparing for a trip to Riyadh amid the cost of living crisis. The invasion of Ukraine by the Kremlin has put more pressure on energy costs as the West tries to wean itself off supplies of R

There were already warnings of the worst cost of living crisis in a generation as the world emerged from the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic.... Tory MP Julian Lewis has warned against becoming dependent on ‘another unreliable and sometimes hostile regime’( PA Media) – What has the reaction been?... On Tuesday, Mr Johnson told reporters it is vital to “ get ourselves off Russian hydrocarbons ” if the West is to “ avoid being blackmailed by Putin ”....

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands apart. She is the only former full-time law professor on the right wing.... She is less likely to echo the GOP political agenda in her questions during oral arguments or reasoning in her written decisions.... She satisfied the left but struck dread among movement conservatives, as did Justice Anthony Kennedy, who served from 1988 to 2018. Republican presidents have been dominating judicial appointments and will continue to do so after Trump’s elec