Dagmar Seeland
@dseelandwrites.bsky.social
UK correspondent for the German weekly stern magazine. Former President, Foreign Press Association. Always on the lookout for good stories.
Is South East Water CEO David Hinton doing a rain dance or what? This what 30 years of no investment into the water industry look like.
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Is South East Water CEO David Hinton doing a rain dance or what? This what 30 years of no investment into the water industry look like.
Interviewed the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social for stern magazine last week about the state of NATO and Europe and what we can do about this mess:
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Trumps neue Weltordnung: Ist Grönland Europas Sudetenland-Moment? | STERN.de
Was wird aus der Nato in Trumps neuer Weltordnung? Der geopolitische Berater Arthur Snell setzt für eine sichere Zukunft auf Europas Aufwachen aus dem Tiefschlaf – und J. D. Vance.
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January 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Interviewed the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social for stern magazine last week about the state of NATO and Europe and what we can do about this mess:
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it has helped me tremendously to think of Donald Trump as someone whose greatest success and primary achievement has been as a reality TV star
like reality TV, there are a lot of sudden shocking developments and rule-changes. the only principle is: keep it moving, keep eyes on us.
like reality TV, there are a lot of sudden shocking developments and rule-changes. the only principle is: keep it moving, keep eyes on us.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
it has helped me tremendously to think of Donald Trump as someone whose greatest success and primary achievement has been as a reality TV star
like reality TV, there are a lot of sudden shocking developments and rule-changes. the only principle is: keep it moving, keep eyes on us.
like reality TV, there are a lot of sudden shocking developments and rule-changes. the only principle is: keep it moving, keep eyes on us.
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Trump is probably focused on the money he wrongly thinks he'll make from Venezuelan oil. But he's not a details guy and nobody has thought through the details. Essentially, the US has taken over Venezuela by mistake. Stranger things have happened, but not many.
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Stranger Things
The 1980s Nostalgia of Trump's Foreign Policy is probably going to end up, like Stranger Things, as a horror show.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Trump is probably focused on the money he wrongly thinks he'll make from Venezuelan oil. But he's not a details guy and nobody has thought through the details. Essentially, the US has taken over Venezuela by mistake. Stranger things have happened, but not many.
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Christmas in Trump’s America: The US administration sanctions individuals fighting hate on the internet, amongst them a German who received the Bundesverdienstkreuz for her work. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
USA verhängen Einreiseverbote gegen Europäer - Deutsche betroffen
Wegen angeblicher Zensur hat die US-Regierung Sanktionen gegen Gruppen verhängt, die sich gegen Hass im Netz engagieren. Von den Reisebeschränkungen sind auch deutsche Aktivistinnen und ein ehemaliger...
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December 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Christmas in Trump’s America: The US administration sanctions individuals fighting hate on the internet, amongst them a German who received the Bundesverdienstkreuz for her work. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
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Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
Great interview with Andrew Lownie about his book on the former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson & the reaction to it by the palace. With a mention of the @fpalondon.bsky.social! We invited him for a press briefing in September when the UK media still tried to ignore the book.
Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew
Then came the backlash.
Legal threats. Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
This is how ‘the Firm’ works youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
Then came the backlash.
Legal threats. Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
This is how ‘the Firm’ works youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Great interview with Andrew Lownie about his book on the former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson & the reaction to it by the palace. With a mention of the @fpalondon.bsky.social! We invited him for a press briefing in September when the UK media still tried to ignore the book.
Not that we didn’t know this already, but here’s proof: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
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November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Not that we didn’t know this already, but here’s proof: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
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I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
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November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
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For years people made fun of big tech for inventing things that already exist and they responded with their magnum opus: inventing fascism. Incredible work
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For years people made fun of big tech for inventing things that already exist and they responded with their magnum opus: inventing fascism. Incredible work
Together with my colleague Leonie Scheuble in Washington, I did a deep dive into the Epstein affair. Just at the right time, as it turned out. www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
Es war ein Paradies. Doch für die Mädchen die Hölle
Im Skandal um Jeffrey Epstein tun sich neue Abgründe auf. Prinz Andrew, Donald Trump, immer mehr Namen tauchen auf – es könnte erst der Anfang sein.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Together with my colleague Leonie Scheuble in Washington, I did a deep dive into the Epstein affair. Just at the right time, as it turned out. www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
Virginia Giuffre’s memoirs were not an easy read - but an important one www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
Virginia Giuffre: "Das hast Du gut gemacht. Der Prinz hatte Spaß" | STERN.de
Virginia Giuffre war das prominenteste Opfer in der Epstein-Affäre – ihre Memoiren zeichnen das Bild eines sexsüchtigen Netzwerks mächtiger Männer.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s memoirs were not an easy read - but an important one www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
A ‘poor performer’? Is that what Andrew is called now? More like an entitled performer, if you ask Virginia Giuffre
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A ‘poor performer’? Is that what Andrew is called now? More like an entitled performer, if you ask Virginia Giuffre
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
Even the dead Epstein is haunting Prince Andrew et al: www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
Nur der
Die posthume Biografie eines Opfers zeigt Prinz Andrew als Lüsterling mit Fußfetisch – und der Palast zieht die Notbremse.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Even the dead Epstein is haunting Prince Andrew et al: www.stern.de/politik/ausl...
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Do listen in. It became quite, ahem, heated.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Do listen in. It became quite, ahem, heated.
Under Trump, the US is turning into the GDR
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Wenn ich Trumps Amerika sehe, denke ich an meine Jugend – in der DDR
Donald Trump zersetzt die Demokratie in den USA. Stern-Korrespondentin Dagmar Seeland erinnert das an eine Zeit vor 40 Jahren.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Under Trump, the US is turning into the GDR
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‘Business secretary Peter Kyle was asked by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips this morning if the demonstration – organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson – “disturbed” him.
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
‘Business secretary Peter Kyle was asked by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips this morning if the demonstration – organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson – “disturbed” him.
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame