europe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/support-for-ukraine-russia-war-yougov-poll-survey

So bad is the situation that local lawmakers declared a “major incident” this month in the city, where some residents say their quality of life is worse than in developing countries and hold it up as an example of “Broken Britain” — which is how some describe the perceived widespread social decay of the U.K. and the breakdown of public services in the country.

“You’re not getting little rats anymore,” Charlie Wilson, 31, said as she sat on her front porch. “They’re getting cat-size.” She added that the smell — which has only gotten worse as spring temperatures have risen — was making her sick.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7517920

https://archive.ph/0AxFY

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https://archive.ph/ipsK8

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Sneaky bulgaria, hope they have fun

there are some details of abuse so cw, if not obvious from title.

Also, qui a nous trahis? socialiste parti! :

Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, a former first secretary for the Parti Socialiste, has also been shopping around another counternarrative.

“Why didn’t he say anything at the time either?” Cambadélis has been reported asking, pointing to the fact that La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon was subminister of professional education for just under two years between 2000 and 2002.