The German Weather Service reports only slightly warmer (+0.1 K) temperature in Germany than the long-term April mean for 1961-1990.
https://www.dwd.de/DE/leistungen/zeitreihen/zeitreihen.html

We had what used to be a rather typical German April. Yet, for many, April 2023 felt like a relatively cool month.

"This shows that we are now used to climate change in terms of temperatures" - a somber observation by the Deutscher Wetterdienst.

#ClimateDiary

https://twitter.com/DWD_klima/status/1653510542005338118?s=20

#CNN reporting the #MetropolitanPolice pre-arresting #Republican groups, and also discussing the new #Police powers that the #Police gained when the #PublicOrderAct received Royal ascent last Tuesday.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/uk/king-charles-anti-monarchy-protest-arrests-ckc-gbr-intl/index.html

'Photo of the year'
From Janey Godley on another platform.

#Coronation #Homeless #Poverty #NotMyKing

Excellent piece by A level student Elsie McDowell
“Our education and health systems are in crisis, yet the government is funding a state-subsidised party. … it really is difficult to see how any monarch would be able to unify such a divided country today. … This country needs so much more than a bank holiday.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/06/coronation-day-teachers-climate-king-charles-iii

🇬🇧The political repression against protestors in London yesterday is interesting because it shows us that currently:
🚷normality must be enforced by violence.🚷

A strong confident society doesn't need to lock people up when they say they don't agree with some public event; it just ignores them.

Silence is the most utterly destructive way to handle opposition.

So what I'm left with is an impression of:
🚓the vicious fragility of British public life.🚓