Alex Hall Hall
@alexhh.bsky.social
Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
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For years, I've criticised countries like Russia & Georgia that try to prevent foreign funding of civil society. Now I'm starting to wonder whether we need similar rules: to stop Russian influence operations, certainly, but also to stop the US boosting the far right in Europe. What times we live in!
Not to take away from a really important story, but what is important about it is tells is what the US new national security strategy means in practice:
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations
www.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
For years, I've criticised countries like Russia & Georgia that try to prevent foreign funding of civil society. Now I'm starting to wonder whether we need similar rules: to stop Russian influence operations, certainly, but also to stop the US boosting the far right in Europe. What times we live in!
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We will not be intimidated into staying home. We will keep the late John Lewis in our hearts as we head to the polls to drive the likes of these ghouls out of power and out of office.
February 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We will not be intimidated into staying home. We will keep the late John Lewis in our hearts as we head to the polls to drive the likes of these ghouls out of power and out of office.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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So, if you have information, reveal it. What a creep.
🔥 AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF: “This is the 3rd or 4th time Trump threatened to sue me… I believe if the 🇺🇸 public knew the real nature of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein they would turn away in revulsion and horror. So sue me.”
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
So, if you have information, reveal it. What a creep.
And rename the House of Lords “The House of Scoundrels, Rogues, Thieves and Bounders.” (With apologies to the small number of members who are genuinely hardworking and honourable).
I’ve come to the conclusion that having a title these days is like being branded for life - it increasingly seems to be an indication of dishonour! Perhaps we should start giving all major criminals titles for life….
BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
And rename the House of Lords “The House of Scoundrels, Rogues, Thieves and Bounders.” (With apologies to the small number of members who are genuinely hardworking and honourable).
I’ve come to the conclusion that having a title these days is like being branded for life - it increasingly seems to be an indication of dishonour! Perhaps we should start giving all major criminals titles for life….
BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I’ve come to the conclusion that having a title these days is like being branded for life - it increasingly seems to be an indication of dishonour! Perhaps we should start giving all major criminals titles for life….
This was exactly my reaction too
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This was exactly my reaction too
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It’s like a Wikileaks dump of evil. Rich men getting high on transgression, and caught in a web of kompromat. Aided by women like Ghislaine. A dark dark moment when we have to question our humanity
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It’s like a Wikileaks dump of evil. Rich men getting high on transgression, and caught in a web of kompromat. Aided by women like Ghislaine. A dark dark moment when we have to question our humanity
“Perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty…,the rule of law be damned.” Looking at you, Stephen Miller.
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
“Perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty…,the rule of law be damned.” Looking at you, Stephen Miller.
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Many of us have seen the extent of this evil web of dark offshore money and abuse of power emerge from the shadows over the last ten years.
The #EpsteinFiles are a moment of clarity. A key web spinner is revealed
The #EpsteinFiles are a moment of clarity. A key web spinner is revealed
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Many of us have seen the extent of this evil web of dark offshore money and abuse of power emerge from the shadows over the last ten years.
The #EpsteinFiles are a moment of clarity. A key web spinner is revealed
The #EpsteinFiles are a moment of clarity. A key web spinner is revealed
It’s so tawdry, grubby and shameful. I can’t stand the sleaze, greed, corruption. Trump, Epstein, Russia, Bannon, Palantir, Israel, Mandelson, Brexit, discredited royals, aging male hacks, hasbeens, wannabes. Old white men abusing young women, exploiting their status, corrupting our entire system. 🧵
The Peter Mandelson scandal on the front pages of UK papers. For decades Mandelson has briefed, lobbied & spun his views to senior journalists undermining colleagues in his own party & advocating for corporate interests (who were paying him). Finally the dam has burst.
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It’s so tawdry, grubby and shameful. I can’t stand the sleaze, greed, corruption. Trump, Epstein, Russia, Bannon, Palantir, Israel, Mandelson, Brexit, discredited royals, aging male hacks, hasbeens, wannabes. Old white men abusing young women, exploiting their status, corrupting our entire system. 🧵
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The Peter Mandelson scandal on the front pages of UK papers. For decades Mandelson has briefed, lobbied & spun his views to senior journalists undermining colleagues in his own party & advocating for corporate interests (who were paying him). Finally the dam has burst.
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The Peter Mandelson scandal on the front pages of UK papers. For decades Mandelson has briefed, lobbied & spun his views to senior journalists undermining colleagues in his own party & advocating for corporate interests (who were paying him). Finally the dam has burst.
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Keir Starmer and his team repeatedly ignored and stonewalled questions about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, pushing ahead with making him ambassador anyway.
Here's my report on it from last year bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...
Here's my report on it from last year bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Keir Starmer and his team repeatedly ignored and stonewalled questions about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, pushing ahead with making him ambassador anyway.
Here's my report on it from last year bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...
Here's my report on it from last year bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...
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The statement that there was "no reason to believe" that Mandelson wasn't a fit and proper person makes about as much sense as Starmer’s absurd assertion the year before that there was “no case” for rejoining the EU.
This kind of stuff makes it difficult to have faith in Starmer’s cognitive ability.
This kind of stuff makes it difficult to have faith in Starmer’s cognitive ability.
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The statement that there was "no reason to believe" that Mandelson wasn't a fit and proper person makes about as much sense as Starmer’s absurd assertion the year before that there was “no case” for rejoining the EU.
This kind of stuff makes it difficult to have faith in Starmer’s cognitive ability.
This kind of stuff makes it difficult to have faith in Starmer’s cognitive ability.
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I don’t think I can say this forcefully enough: hundreds of thousands of Haitians will lose status tomorrow with racist ending of their TPS & are spending today refreshing their feeds for a court order that could literally save thier lives.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
February 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I don’t think I can say this forcefully enough: hundreds of thousands of Haitians will lose status tomorrow with racist ending of their TPS & are spending today refreshing their feeds for a court order that could literally save thier lives.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
I’m not holding my breath for the two agents involved to be charged and sentenced, but I at least hope that a message is being sent to all of them that they are not guaranteed impunity, encouraging them to moderate behavior somewhat.
The death of Alex Pretti has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez were named as the two officers who fired at Pretti.
Alex Pretti’s death ruled homicide after Minneapolis shooting by federal agents
The death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed by federal agents, has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said.
www.aol.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I’m not holding my breath for the two agents involved to be charged and sentenced, but I at least hope that a message is being sent to all of them that they are not guaranteed impunity, encouraging them to moderate behavior somewhat.
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More than a dozen federal prosecutors have left, or are preparing to leave, the US Attorneys Office in Minnesota since Renée Good was slain by an ICE officer. Good people fleeing a sinking ship.
“We are down to a skeleton crew,” one source told @samanthamichaels.bsky.social
“We are down to a skeleton crew,” one source told @samanthamichaels.bsky.social
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are "demoralized and pissed"
The administration is pressuring them to charge ICE protesters on scant evidence.
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
More than a dozen federal prosecutors have left, or are preparing to leave, the US Attorneys Office in Minnesota since Renée Good was slain by an ICE officer. Good people fleeing a sinking ship.
“We are down to a skeleton crew,” one source told @samanthamichaels.bsky.social
“We are down to a skeleton crew,” one source told @samanthamichaels.bsky.social
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It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
February 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
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I think its high time for thousands upon thousands of Americans to inundate Washington D.C.
Shut everything down until we remove Trump and his cronies from power completely.
This criminality cannot stand. If the politicians won't do it the people must.
Shut everything down until we remove Trump and his cronies from power completely.
This criminality cannot stand. If the politicians won't do it the people must.
February 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I think its high time for thousands upon thousands of Americans to inundate Washington D.C.
Shut everything down until we remove Trump and his cronies from power completely.
This criminality cannot stand. If the politicians won't do it the people must.
Shut everything down until we remove Trump and his cronies from power completely.
This criminality cannot stand. If the politicians won't do it the people must.
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Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
Corey Lewandowski: "I was really gonna go to the Super Bowl, but then Bad Bunny showed up. Listen -- anybody who is an American has nothing to worry about. It's the rapists and the murderers and the sex traffickers and child pedophiles who are in this country who need to be worried."
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
I had nice few days over my birthday w/e snowed in, pretending outside world didn’t exist. Back to reality today. You think it can’t get worse, and it always does. I cling to hope that administration knows it’s in trouble - Epstein, ICE, polls etc and is just desperately seeking to distract.
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I had nice few days over my birthday w/e snowed in, pretending outside world didn’t exist. Back to reality today. You think it can’t get worse, and it always does. I cling to hope that administration knows it’s in trouble - Epstein, ICE, polls etc and is just desperately seeking to distract.
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A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family secretly invested $500 million into the Trump family’s crypto company, gaining a major ownership stake.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family secretly invested $500 million into the Trump family’s crypto company, gaining a major ownership stake.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
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Back in 2016, Trump told Karl Rove—with utter seriousness—that he would win California, Illinois, & New York, because he'd done so well in the Republican primaries. Trump's egomania is such he believes it. In his mind, fair elections must be fraud, which justifies extreme measures. It'll get worse.
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."
February 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Back in 2016, Trump told Karl Rove—with utter seriousness—that he would win California, Illinois, & New York, because he'd done so well in the Republican primaries. Trump's egomania is such he believes it. In his mind, fair elections must be fraud, which justifies extreme measures. It'll get worse.
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Trump could not be more explicit about his intention to rig elections this year and in 2028
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Trump could not be more explicit about his intention to rig elections this year and in 2028