Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Just say slush fund, Jack, this is taking all day
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Just say slush fund, Jack, this is taking all day
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It’s real. Would love to hear from a meteorologist too!
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
It’s real. Would love to hear from a meteorologist too!
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New from Bellingcat - Inside the Strike: The US Munition That Hit a Residential Building in Venezuela www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Inside the Strike: The US Munition That Hit a Residential Building in Venezuela - bellingcat
A Bellingcat investigation has identified remnants of an AGM-88 series missile inside a three-storey apartment complex that was hit in Catia La Mar during the US military raid on Venezuela on Jan. 3, ...
www.bellingcat.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
New from Bellingcat - Inside the Strike: The US Munition That Hit a Residential Building in Venezuela www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee can't use X anymore since it is awash with unlawful nonconsensual sexual harassment being produced and promoted by the site itself
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee can't use X anymore since it is awash with unlawful nonconsensual sexual harassment being produced and promoted by the site itself
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Of course you do.
US says it needs to control Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely to drive change reut.rs/3N8YbCa
US says it needs to control Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely to drive change
The U.S. needs to control Venezuela's oil sales and revenue indefinitely to drive the changes it wants to see in the South American country, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Of course you do.
Canada prime minister to visit China next week, spokesperson says reut.rs/3Lvqomd
Canada prime minister to visit China next week, spokesperson says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China January 13-17, his office said on Wednesday, in what will be the first visit by a Canadian prime minister since 2017.
reut.rs
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Breaking: Women's Aid Ireland will no longer maintain a presence on X from tomorrow.
@womensaidireland.bsky.social
@womensaidireland.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Breaking: Women's Aid Ireland will no longer maintain a presence on X from tomorrow.
@womensaidireland.bsky.social
@womensaidireland.bsky.social
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The real question is why sitting members of the UK Parliament are allowed to take on second jobs that run contrary to the stated national interest.
If this episode, with failings evident for all to see, doesn’t force reform of the system, nothing ever will.
If this episode, with failings evident for all to see, doesn’t force reform of the system, nothing ever will.
Kemi Badenoch’s spokesperson has said that the shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson has recused himself from any legal advice over Ukraine or Russia because he is representing Roman Abramovich - which would include anything about the deployment of UK troops. That’s a bit awkward.
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The real question is why sitting members of the UK Parliament are allowed to take on second jobs that run contrary to the stated national interest.
If this episode, with failings evident for all to see, doesn’t force reform of the system, nothing ever will.
If this episode, with failings evident for all to see, doesn’t force reform of the system, nothing ever will.
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Fifty million Brits had a Covid vaccine.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Fifty million Brits had a Covid vaccine.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
Starmer: Any deployment of troops to Ukraine would require a debate and vote in the Commons.
Good, but the troops, equipment and plans would need to be on the Ukrainian border on the day of the ceasefire, and the surveillance of the line of contact would really need to be there before that.
#BBCPM
Good, but the troops, equipment and plans would need to be on the Ukrainian border on the day of the ceasefire, and the surveillance of the line of contact would really need to be there before that.
#BBCPM
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Starmer: Any deployment of troops to Ukraine would require a debate and vote in the Commons.
Good, but the troops, equipment and plans would need to be on the Ukrainian border on the day of the ceasefire, and the surveillance of the line of contact would really need to be there before that.
#BBCPM
Good, but the troops, equipment and plans would need to be on the Ukrainian border on the day of the ceasefire, and the surveillance of the line of contact would really need to be there before that.
#BBCPM
The Trump gang is demanding exclusive control of "its hemisphere", and at least full access to the other one.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
I'm ready to go with the "Trump Corollary", as written by the people behind the throne (though we only have the public version).
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Getting rid of Chinese banking and commercial zones in Panama, for example, was an early example.
#R4Today
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Getting rid of Chinese banking and commercial zones in Panama, for example, was an early example.
#R4Today
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The Trump gang is demanding exclusive control of "its hemisphere", and at least full access to the other one.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
Back in November I told Westminster's women and qualities that the UK government needed to get off X.
The committee's chair @sarahowen.org.uk is completely right - X is not an appropriate channel for comms. Quite the opposite
The committee's chair @sarahowen.org.uk is completely right - X is not an appropriate channel for comms. Quite the opposite
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
What would Greenland be like without the ice, and how much of it would be left with rising seas?
geoawesome.com/fascinating-...
#BBCPM
geoawesome.com/fascinating-...
#BBCPM
Fascinating 3D map shows what lies beneath Greenland - Geoawesome
The colorful visualization you see above is what Greenland would look like if it were to lose its ice cover. Produced by researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), University of Bristol and, the U...
geoawesome.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
What would Greenland be like without the ice, and how much of it would be left with rising seas?
geoawesome.com/fascinating-...
#BBCPM
geoawesome.com/fascinating-...
#BBCPM
There's no point in spending more on defence - or health - or most things - if you don't have a plan for what you're going to spend it on.
And it would be very depressing to start cutting into long-term capital plans again.
#BBCPM
And it would be very depressing to start cutting into long-term capital plans again.
#BBCPM
January 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
There's no point in spending more on defence - or health - or most things - if you don't have a plan for what you're going to spend it on.
And it would be very depressing to start cutting into long-term capital plans again.
#BBCPM
And it would be very depressing to start cutting into long-term capital plans again.
#BBCPM
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See how easy it is?
"Under NATO’s new estimate, the UK expects to reach at least 4.1% of GDP in 2027. All Allies will review the trajectory and the balance of spend between defence and wider national resilience in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans."
#bbcpm
"Under NATO’s new estimate, the UK expects to reach at least 4.1% of GDP in 2027. All Allies will review the trajectory and the balance of spend between defence and wider national resilience in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans."
#bbcpm
UK to deliver on 5% NATO pledge as Government drives greater security for working people
Working people will be more secure as the Prime Minister will make a historic commitment at the NATO Summit to spend 5% of GDP on national security.
www.gov.uk
June 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
See how easy it is?
"Under NATO’s new estimate, the UK expects to reach at least 4.1% of GDP in 2027. All Allies will review the trajectory and the balance of spend between defence and wider national resilience in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans."
#bbcpm
"Under NATO’s new estimate, the UK expects to reach at least 4.1% of GDP in 2027. All Allies will review the trajectory and the balance of spend between defence and wider national resilience in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans."
#bbcpm
Trump: We'll always be there for NATO even if they won't be there for us.
The rest of NATO, of which the US is still formally a member: The US is the only NATO member that has ever invoked Article 5, and many of us came to your aid.
#BBCPM
The rest of NATO, of which the US is still formally a member: The US is the only NATO member that has ever invoked Article 5, and many of us came to your aid.
#BBCPM
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Trump: We'll always be there for NATO even if they won't be there for us.
The rest of NATO, of which the US is still formally a member: The US is the only NATO member that has ever invoked Article 5, and many of us came to your aid.
#BBCPM
The rest of NATO, of which the US is still formally a member: The US is the only NATO member that has ever invoked Article 5, and many of us came to your aid.
#BBCPM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Denmark being straight with the US:
- we don't sell people
- no Russian or Chinese activity in Greenland
- the only one with designs on Greenland is the US
- US has military access they're not using
- they could do mining - put up the capital
- Trump's dogsled story is a lie - we've spent €5bn
- we don't sell people
- no Russian or Chinese activity in Greenland
- the only one with designs on Greenland is the US
- US has military access they're not using
- they could do mining - put up the capital
- Trump's dogsled story is a lie - we've spent €5bn
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Denmark being straight with the US:
- we don't sell people
- no Russian or Chinese activity in Greenland
- the only one with designs on Greenland is the US
- US has military access they're not using
- they could do mining - put up the capital
- Trump's dogsled story is a lie - we've spent €5bn
- we don't sell people
- no Russian or Chinese activity in Greenland
- the only one with designs on Greenland is the US
- US has military access they're not using
- they could do mining - put up the capital
- Trump's dogsled story is a lie - we've spent €5bn
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I think this is the best analysis of the state of British media I have read for years and yet it is also ostensibly a work of satirical fiction.
From the enchanted keyboard of @roberthutton.co.uk
thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...
From the enchanted keyboard of @roberthutton.co.uk
thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...
Bring back DCMS | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
We are now a year and a half into Keir Starmer’s government. The Prime Minister said on Tuesday that 2026 would be the year voters would start to see results. But one thing is already clear: his…
thecritic.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I think this is the best analysis of the state of British media I have read for years and yet it is also ostensibly a work of satirical fiction.
From the enchanted keyboard of @roberthutton.co.uk
thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...
From the enchanted keyboard of @roberthutton.co.uk
thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"The US Coast Guard had a warrant to seize the ship, which was accused of breaking US sanctions and shipping Iranian oil."
A warrant from whom? Under what jurisdiction? Recognised by whom?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
#WATO
A warrant from whom? Under what jurisdiction? Recognised by whom?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
#WATO
US carrying out operation to seize tanker in Atlantic linked to Venezuelan oil, official says - live updates
Earlier, several military aircraft were tracked over the North Atlantic heading towards the Marinera.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"The US Coast Guard had a warrant to seize the ship, which was accused of breaking US sanctions and shipping Iranian oil."
A warrant from whom? Under what jurisdiction? Recognised by whom?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
#WATO
A warrant from whom? Under what jurisdiction? Recognised by whom?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
#WATO
Zelensky says there's now a clear understanding among allies about the role of foreign troops in Ukraine and their response if Russia attacks again. Security plans must first be legally approved. He also confirmed Budanov will handle POW exchanges and ruled out any nuclear ambitions for Ukraine.
January 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM