Yet another one for the satirists — this, on the very day that Trump announces plans to destroy an international court whose role is to uphold the rule of law (and even as the new Nobel laureate is honoured for her defence of the law against those who seek to undermine it)

US President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with European allies.

The contrast with the UK - where for all our many faults, a politician who originally came here as a child refugee from Somalia was just elected to a seat in Parliament last night - is striking.

But… no “reawakening” of Trump’s hatred of justice is needed. He already announced that full-on assault on ICC is on its way (maybe even today). This is most robust signal that international law needs defending not destroying

This is a powerful & welcome signal. Nobel peace prize for former senior judge whose UN commission of inquiry last year found Gaza to be genocide, and other key moments in international law (Rwanda, Sri Lanka, more). Congratulations to Navi Pillay, human rights giant

Imagine: sorry your kid was killed but look at my ballroom

Is this (and a couple of similar examples) governments FINALLY finding their voice on defending the court that they themselves created? The silence in face of Trump’s threats has until now has been deafening, extraordinary

I am now in surreal position of changing vote on TWO parties because of their terrible Israel policies. — Labour was horribly silent on Gaza crimes. Now… Greens career madly in other direction, making it impossible to vote for them in this week’s by-election. Why is sanity not an option?

Exactly! — and both of them are looking at Mamdani also. Burnham has also shown that choosing to do the right thing must be done confidently, not apologetically. (Bad guys always knew that when doing the racist/xenophobic wrong thing — but it works in the other direction, too)