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Anne Deighton
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Emeritus Prof European International Politics, Oxford University. International History. European security

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Anne Deighton is a British historian of the European Union. She is a Emeritus Professor of European International Politics at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. .. more

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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · 29d
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 11
makes you wonder what the poor man's friends did to help and coax him at the time...

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 11
Our surgery - the queue is for registration desk outside, and all doors in side kept wide open!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Oct 10
The message could not be clearer.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado.
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Oct 10
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Oct 10
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Well done C4. And Zomlot should be near front of reconstruction of Palestine

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Really excellent presentation by Zomlot. Will we see him leading Pal - or near front of reconstruction??

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
DT shd be told to wait a year or 2. At the moment it is all about him -
marymolitierbo.bsky.social MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · Oct 9
Hoping whatever farce this becomes will be ignored by the Nobel Committee…
judah-grunstein.bsky.social Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · Oct 8
Can't even imagine the level of threats and rage that went into coercing Netanyahu to get the deal done before the Peace Prize is announced Friday.

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Palestinian Amb to UK Zomlot very impressive on C4 news. Will he be part of Reconstruction team?
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · Oct 9
COMMENT | Trump may be a bully, but he has mastered the art of the peacemaking deal
Trump may be a bully, but he has mastered the art of the peacemaking deal
www.independent.co.uk

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · Oct 9
Hoping whatever farce this becomes will be ignored by the Nobel Committee…
judah-grunstein.bsky.social Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · Oct 8
Can't even imagine the level of threats and rage that went into coercing Netanyahu to get the deal done before the Peace Prize is announced Friday.

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Think Sudan
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Give the Nobel Peace Prize to the people of Ukraine. #C4News

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Oct 9
‘The Palestinian will stands undefeated’ – Palestinian ambassador to UK

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‘The Palestinian will stands undefeated’ – Palestinian ambassador to UK
We spoke to Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK and asked him whether he thought the peace would last.
www.channel4.com

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The Independent @the-independent.com · Oct 9
White House admits Trump’s message to Bondi to prosecute enemies was supposed to be a DM: report
Trump’s message to Bondi to prosecute enemies was supposed to be a DM
www.independent.co.uk

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · Oct 9
"This is not about this or that policy; it is about a chief executive governing according to his whims, with impunity and obvious disregard for the US Constitution."
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How the Democrats Can “Win” the US Government Shutdown
Jan-Werner Mueller urges the party to adhere to some key lessons about confronting would-be autocrats.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · Oct 9
COMMENT | Trump may be a bully, but he has mastered the art of the peacemaking deal
Trump may be a bully, but he has mastered the art of the peacemaking deal
www.independent.co.uk

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Little Miss Heike and His Lordship Dino @heikeanddino.bsky.social · Oct 9
Give the Nobel Peace Prize to the people of Ukraine. #C4News

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Think Sudan
13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Oct 9
Sarah Smith #r4today says Trump gave no details about (didn’t know or care) what happens next with the Gaza/Israel peace deal but she can confirm that Trump will be “furious” on Friday if he isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wow.
Priorities.
Inspirational.

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 9
Think Sudan

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Oct 9
Sarah Smith #r4today says Trump gave no details about (didn’t know or care) what happens next with the Gaza/Israel peace deal but she can confirm that Trump will be “furious” on Friday if he isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wow.
Priorities.
Inspirational.

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
will it have top be paid instead by those selling their homes, I wonder?

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
not really an obviously good or well researched comparison?

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
why not write something on the
reinventing of the apprenticeship idea - seems we are slowly going back to what used to happen, including advanced, residential apprenticeships

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
Tell them to fix potholes first please. They are a real danger to all sorts of bikes. (Then maybe even dedicated bike lanes - though dream on on that) And insist on proper helmets for all those on bikes

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
Early Mondrian - should inspire the little'uns

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 8
what do they know that we don't know? This on death of a monarch. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
The death of a monarch
The death of a monarch – and the accession of a new sovereign – involves the Cabinet, the Privy Council, Parliament, Buckingham Palace and the Church of England. This paper outlines the historical pre...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Oct 8
One very very lonely Tory voice on the letters page of The Times.
Sorry, Robert. It’s too late. Your party has gone completely nuts. Driven mad by 14 years of failure, Farage and your monumentally stupid Brexit.
You can ask them to put the petrol can down but they’re mesmerised by the fire.
Leaving the ECHR could split Union Sir, In his article "Leaving the ECHR won't fix illegal migration" (Oct 6; letters, Oct 7), David Gauke makes the point that the Conservatives' decision to support complete withdrawal from the European convention of human rights is, at best, wholly unnecessary and at worst will make international co-operation on migration control and deportation much more difficult. He is right to do so. It is time for Tories to stop heading for the exit every time there is perceived tension caused by so-called foreign institutions that my party actually helped to create in the first place. To claim that ECHR withdrawal will not affect the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement is naive. Not only will it risk undermining trust in policing and criminal justice cross-border co-operation, it will trigger a breach of article 2 of the Windsor framework and a climate of instability that can only assist advocates of a border poll that could lead to the break-up of the Union. For the Conservative Party to advocate such a move is a betrayal of Conservative principles. Sir Robert Buckland KC Former lord chancellor and justice secretary; former chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

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Anne Deighton @annedeighton.bsky.social · Oct 6
well worth listening to - when she's not interrupted by interviewer... on this clip, she sounds like a powerful and effective politician - and brave, too

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Oct 6
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Oct 6
‘I’m not sure it’s going to bring peace’: Israeli Knesset member on talks
‘I’m not sure it’s going to bring peace’: Israeli Knesset member on talks
We spoke to Palestinian politician and activist Aida Touma Suleiman. She's one of Israel's two million Arab citizens and a member of the parliament, the Knesset, for the left wing Hadash coalition.
www.channel4.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Oct 5
Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.