David Butter
@daffles.bsky.social
Write about Middle East and Energy. Love La Plage Bleue
North London forever
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
North London forever
Heartened to read of this play about Tom #Mboya #Kenya. My father was a colleague, friend and admirer. and would be glad that a new generation values his stand against corruption. tinyurl.com/msd6zb5h
‘We’re healing the nation’: echoes of present in plays retelling Kenya’s past
The series of shows draws on threads of Kenyan history, tackling disenfranchisement, colonialism and oppression while inspiring the country’s young people to participate in its future
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February 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Heartened to read of this play about Tom #Mboya #Kenya. My father was a colleague, friend and admirer. and would be glad that a new generation values his stand against corruption. tinyurl.com/msd6zb5h
Talking about tomatoes, BBC News reports that a lot of Italian tomato purée sold in UK is sourced from forced labour farms in China.
December 1, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Talking about tomatoes, BBC News reports that a lot of Italian tomato purée sold in UK is sourced from forced labour farms in China.
Timely contribution from Chatham House colleagues on how to make sense of regional conflicts. Prize for best title goes to Renad Mansour for Trading 'tomatoes' in Iraq. www.globalpolicyjournal.com/projects/gp-...
Borders of Conflict: Navigating Policy in a Transnational Ecosystem | Global Policy Journal
Armed conflicts are rarely confined within country borders. Flows of power, capital, services, and people connect conflicts to distant geographies. Even local or intra-state wars are symbiotically lin...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Timely contribution from Chatham House colleagues on how to make sense of regional conflicts. Prize for best title goes to Renad Mansour for Trading 'tomatoes' in Iraq. www.globalpolicyjournal.com/projects/gp-...
Happy to read about Arwa Mahdawi's #squash enlightenment. Also opportunity to recommend Chetna Maroo's Western Lane.
tinyurl.com/5fyeenp4
tinyurl.com/5fyeenp4
I moved to another city – and found an unexpected way to make new friends | Arwa Mahdawi
While self-help books might suggest manifesting new people in your life or cold-water plunges to change your entire personality, the key to finding a community is much simpler, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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November 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Happy to read about Arwa Mahdawi's #squash enlightenment. Also opportunity to recommend Chetna Maroo's Western Lane.
tinyurl.com/5fyeenp4
tinyurl.com/5fyeenp4
November 24, 2024 at 9:54 AM
One of highlights of #Arsenal win was Saka right in front of us miscontrolling a fantastic reverse pass from Odegaard. Don’t worry, Bukayo, Lino put you off. Also Ethan Nwaneri, what a talent #oneofourown
November 23, 2024 at 8:27 PM
One of highlights of #Arsenal win was Saka right in front of us miscontrolling a fantastic reverse pass from Odegaard. Don’t worry, Bukayo, Lino put you off. Also Ethan Nwaneri, what a talent #oneofourown
US sanctions on Gazprombank could be awkward for Europe. Apart from minidrama over pipeline via Ukraine, EU imports of Russian LNG were up by 20% ytd end-Oct to 20bcm. Big hole for US LNG to fill (down by 15% ytd)
November 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM
US sanctions on Gazprombank could be awkward for Europe. Apart from minidrama over pipeline via Ukraine, EU imports of Russian LNG were up by 20% ytd end-Oct to 20bcm. Big hole for US LNG to fill (down by 15% ytd)
Abu Dhabi Masdar project for solar panels on Lake Nasser is win-win for electricity and reduced evaporation. Compensation for AD support for Ethiopia & GERD?
November 21, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Abu Dhabi Masdar project for solar panels on Lake Nasser is win-win for electricity and reduced evaporation. Compensation for AD support for Ethiopia & GERD?
Saudi-UAE rivalry intensifies. At odds over Yemen and UAE stance in Sudan. Also on AI. WSJ stirs the pot.
November 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Saudi-UAE rivalry intensifies. At odds over Yemen and UAE stance in Sudan. Also on AI. WSJ stirs the pot.
Man with catch-phrase "walk into the desert and die" gets his marching orders. #Saudi #NEOM tinyurl.com/3mxrcv8k
Neom CEO departs Saudi project following bad behaviour, uncertainty and worker deaths
In a formal statement from Neom announcing the departure of its CEO, it said: “The Neom board of dir...
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November 14, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Man with catch-phrase "walk into the desert and die" gets his marching orders. #Saudi #NEOM tinyurl.com/3mxrcv8k
Reposted by David Butter
Saudi replaces CEO of Neom:
- Out goes Nadhmi Al-Nasr, in comes Aiman Al-Mudaifer
- Total budget to build the futuristic city was initially said to be $500 billion
- Other estimates put it as high as $1.5 trillion
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Out goes Nadhmi Al-Nasr, in comes Aiman Al-Mudaifer
- Total budget to build the futuristic city was initially said to be $500 billion
- Other estimates put it as high as $1.5 trillion
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia Replaces CEO Leading Development of Megacity Neom
Saudi Arabia replaced the executive that was overseeing its plan to build the $1.5 trillion futuristic development known as Neom, in the latest sign that the project is struggling to deliver on its am...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Saudi replaces CEO of Neom:
- Out goes Nadhmi Al-Nasr, in comes Aiman Al-Mudaifer
- Total budget to build the futuristic city was initially said to be $500 billion
- Other estimates put it as high as $1.5 trillion
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Out goes Nadhmi Al-Nasr, in comes Aiman Al-Mudaifer
- Total budget to build the futuristic city was initially said to be $500 billion
- Other estimates put it as high as $1.5 trillion
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trying out the blue sky for a change of scene.
November 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Trying out the blue sky for a change of scene.