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Murray Lark 🇿🇼
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Statistician, studying soils & crops, mostly in Africa. Collaborating on history of soil surveys in colonial Africa. Professor of Environmetrics, University of Nottingham. Lay Dominican, Marxist, Zimbabwe-UK dual national. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇵🇸
And with Overseas aid cuts even less is being done to tackke emerging crises

UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
An article this idiotic must hzve been churned out by AI against a deadline.
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some places to visit on my next trip to London, and the Palestinian item on the list is a sign of hope in grim times. Marmite, though, on a perfectly innocent bagel?🤢
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Are karats better than carats?
September 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It is foul gloop which I wouldn't put in the compost for fear of breeding superbugs.
September 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Must have made your day!
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And cutting development aid to the poorest in Africa...

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Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed - BBC News
A Foreign Office report shows the biggest cuts will come in Africa with less spent on women's health and water sanitation.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Voting Labour resulted in this.

Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed - BBC News share.google/ATDg6ltvlx5g...
Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed - BBC News
A Foreign Office report shows the biggest cuts will come in Africa with less spent on women's health and water sanitation.
share.google
July 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Didn't vote Labour for this. Won't be voting Labour again

Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed - BBC News share.google/ATDg6ltvlx5g...
Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed - BBC News
A Foreign Office report shows the biggest cuts will come in Africa with less spent on women's health and water sanitation.
share.google
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Stunning, the grace speed and accuracy of the dive and the sheer power of the takeoff from the surface.
July 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
English countryside has been less than soothing than usual this summer... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal
The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.
www.bbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Any number of these numbskulls with their prejudices and ready-manufactured soundbites are no match for Zoe with her facts and logic.
July 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Looks like one of those where the torsos and background were mass produced and local dauber added the head
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I think you'll just have to admit defeat there
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Will you visit the Wittgenstein house (i.e. the one he designed?)
July 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Peace, peace (and love) where there is no peace (nor love) as Jeremiah might have said.
June 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Middle Easteners, in general, are not so thrilled about US oil seeking expeditions either.
June 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM