🇬🇧😢 🇨🇳 "TOTAL WET RAG" is what UK Foreign Minister Cleverly’s been accused of as MPs tear into him for being a "stooge" for China, not happy that Cleverly’s got plans to travel to Beijing for talks.

Cleverly’s already stood up against his overlords in Washington by admitting that hating on China is against Britain’s own interests, but it hasn’t stopped fellow lawmakers from taking their rabid hatred of Beijing out on their top diplomat.

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✍ PEN STILL MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? Putin gathers the who-is-who of Russian-language war correspondents and Telegram bloggers to talk about the information war that has unfolded.

With a combined audience running into millions of subscribers - in attendance are Pegov (War Gonzo), Sladkov, Podolyaka (not to be confused with Podolyak, Head of Ukrainian President's Office), Poddubny, and others.

"What bloody 3rd round?!" - Putin reflects on the fact 2013/14 was not the first government coup in Ukraine; President Yuschenko was ushered in in 2004, over incumbent Yanukovich with a mythical and unconstitutional 3rd round of voting.

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