Carolin Lotter
@carolotter.bsky.social
U.S. and U.K. politics junkie.
Formerly Bloomberg TV producer (a long time ago).
Formerly Bloomberg TV producer (a long time ago).
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.*
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.*
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
September 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
@mrjamesob.bsky.social this may explain some of Trump’s thinking.
Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
June 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social this may explain some of Trump’s thinking.
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Top trolling from the Polish Foreign Minister.
It’s a pile-on.
It’s a pile-on.
June 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Top trolling from the Polish Foreign Minister.
It’s a pile-on.
It’s a pile-on.
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Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
Exactly this..
Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue.
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
May 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Exactly this..
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A sad loss to the world of food and hospitality. This obit gives a good flavour of the man's great taste(s) and sense of humour. Richard Vines RIP
www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
Richard Vines, celebrated restaurant critic, dies aged 71
Unusually for a critic, a role that naturally inspires enemies, Vines maintained friendly relationships with chefs and writers across the globe
www.standard.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A sad loss to the world of food and hospitality. This obit gives a good flavour of the man's great taste(s) and sense of humour. Richard Vines RIP
www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
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Considering imposing tariffs on the baby every time she refuses to nap
April 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Considering imposing tariffs on the baby every time she refuses to nap
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What do they put into the water in Whitehall that leads all governments to succumb to Brexity cod-Churchillian delusions about the special relationship and prostrate themselves before Washington? Besides, any deal the UK did agree would be calculated to split the West and so pure mischief by Trump
Just how did the UK ending up getting the exact same US tariffs as other countries according to the formula?
So many delusions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So many delusions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffs
No 10 has been criticised for ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump, but believes its defensive strategy has been vindicated
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What do they put into the water in Whitehall that leads all governments to succumb to Brexity cod-Churchillian delusions about the special relationship and prostrate themselves before Washington? Besides, any deal the UK did agree would be calculated to split the West and so pure mischief by Trump
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unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
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“With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years—a kind of control that is ultimately incompatible with both democracy and prosperity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment
The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.
www.motherjones.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years—a kind of control that is ultimately incompatible with both democracy and prosperity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
Deal loosens US control of train link at a time when Trump is seeking to ‘take back’ trade waterway
www.ft.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
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I see Zelenskyy has learned his lesson
April 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I see Zelenskyy has learned his lesson
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
March 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
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To stop receiving military operational planning updates from the White House, reply UNSUBSCRIBE
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To stop receiving military operational planning updates from the White House, reply UNSUBSCRIBE
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One of the Five Eyes may not be as reliable as they were previously.
March 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
One of the Five Eyes may not be as reliable as they were previously.