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The case I made on @BBCr4today at 0720 was this. The disclosure of all documents and messages relating to the Mandelson appointment is vital. But the ISC requirement here goes much wider and (perhaps inadvertently) risks collateral damage to UK diplomacy. isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
isc.independent.gov.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The case I made on @BBCr4today at 0720 was this. The disclosure of all documents and messages relating to the Mandelson appointment is vital. But the ISC requirement here goes much wider and (perhaps inadvertently) risks collateral damage to UK diplomacy. isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
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Ukrainian resident hides in her apartment as Russian drones hit the front of her building.
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Ukrainian resident hides in her apartment as Russian drones hit the front of her building.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 “In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries — some repeatedly. None attacked Russia.”
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 “In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries — some repeatedly. None attacked Russia.”
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
- Kaja Kallas
Vice-President of the European Commission
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2 Feb 1626: Charles I crowned King of #England at #Westminster Abbey #otd
Crowned by Archbishop Abbot but all the ceremonial choreography was arranged by the rising star & future Archbishop William Laud (Prado, NPG) On the Feast of Candlemas or Presentation in the Temple.
Crowned by Archbishop Abbot but all the ceremonial choreography was arranged by the rising star & future Archbishop William Laud (Prado, NPG) On the Feast of Candlemas or Presentation in the Temple.
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
2 Feb 1626: Charles I crowned King of #England at #Westminster Abbey #otd
Crowned by Archbishop Abbot but all the ceremonial choreography was arranged by the rising star & future Archbishop William Laud (Prado, NPG) On the Feast of Candlemas or Presentation in the Temple.
Crowned by Archbishop Abbot but all the ceremonial choreography was arranged by the rising star & future Archbishop William Laud (Prado, NPG) On the Feast of Candlemas or Presentation in the Temple.
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No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
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Re: Chomsky. We told you so, you fucking fools.
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Re: Chomsky. We told you so, you fucking fools.
The progressive left's extraordinary medical experiments on children comes home to roost
It should never have got this far
It should never have got this far
Fox Varian, a 22-year-old woman who underwent breast removal surgery at 16 as part of gender-affirming care, was awarded $2,000,000 in damages by a jury in Westchester County USA on January 30, 2026. The jury found for medical malpractice.
There is no world where this horror is justifiable. Think.
There is no world where this horror is justifiable. Think.
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The progressive left's extraordinary medical experiments on children comes home to roost
It should never have got this far
It should never have got this far
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'Members of the Scottish Green Party who signed a declaration saying sex is a biological reality have been barred from returning to the party for failing to maintain “political discipline”.'
How can anyone vote Green with this scientific denial going on?
Nutters.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
How can anyone vote Green with this scientific denial going on?
Nutters.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Scottish Greens uphold expulsion of gender-critical activists
Three former members have lost an appeal against their removal from the party after a panel ruled their conduct was ‘intentionally harmful’
www.thetimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
'Members of the Scottish Green Party who signed a declaration saying sex is a biological reality have been barred from returning to the party for failing to maintain “political discipline”.'
How can anyone vote Green with this scientific denial going on?
Nutters.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
How can anyone vote Green with this scientific denial going on?
Nutters.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Another of the great heroes of the far left
"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women"--Noam Chomsky
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
January 31, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Another of the great heroes of the far left
Only an idiot would believe this "humanitarian pause" is anything other that a missile restocking programme, after which Russia's crimes against humanity will continue apace
❗️❗️Russia agrees to refrain from airstrikes on Ukraine until February 1 in response to Trump's request, - Peskov.
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Only an idiot would believe this "humanitarian pause" is anything other that a missile restocking programme, after which Russia's crimes against humanity will continue apace
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#history #botany #art #Minnesota
Here's one of my favourite artworks, dedicated to people who don't let the weather stop a Just Cause. Thank you.(And let's be careful out there...)
Studio/Workshop of Pieter Brueghel II 1564-1637/8
From The Four Seasons polyptych - 'Winter'
Oils on Panel, c.1624.
Here's one of my favourite artworks, dedicated to people who don't let the weather stop a Just Cause. Thank you.(And let's be careful out there...)
Studio/Workshop of Pieter Brueghel II 1564-1637/8
From The Four Seasons polyptych - 'Winter'
Oils on Panel, c.1624.
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
#history #botany #art #Minnesota
Here's one of my favourite artworks, dedicated to people who don't let the weather stop a Just Cause. Thank you.(And let's be careful out there...)
Studio/Workshop of Pieter Brueghel II 1564-1637/8
From The Four Seasons polyptych - 'Winter'
Oils on Panel, c.1624.
Here's one of my favourite artworks, dedicated to people who don't let the weather stop a Just Cause. Thank you.(And let's be careful out there...)
Studio/Workshop of Pieter Brueghel II 1564-1637/8
From The Four Seasons polyptych - 'Winter'
Oils on Panel, c.1624.
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Every year on January 27 an empty old tram runs along the former Warsaw ghetto. It doesn't pick up any passengers in remembrance of those who were then no longer permitted to use a tram and were later deported and murdered. #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Every year on January 27 an empty old tram runs along the former Warsaw ghetto. It doesn't pick up any passengers in remembrance of those who were then no longer permitted to use a tram and were later deported and murdered. #HolocaustMemorialDay
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The interior of St Ninian's Episcopal, Alyth which is our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, is very attractive and has some beautiful stained glass for #WindowsOnWednesday.
Three windows in the chancel are by O’Connor (c.1860) while the wheel window, in the west gable, is by the firm Clayton & Bell.
🧵1/2
Three windows in the chancel are by O’Connor (c.1860) while the wheel window, in the west gable, is by the firm Clayton & Bell.
🧵1/2
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The interior of St Ninian's Episcopal, Alyth which is our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, is very attractive and has some beautiful stained glass for #WindowsOnWednesday.
Three windows in the chancel are by O’Connor (c.1860) while the wheel window, in the west gable, is by the firm Clayton & Bell.
🧵1/2
Three windows in the chancel are by O’Connor (c.1860) while the wheel window, in the west gable, is by the firm Clayton & Bell.
🧵1/2
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12:30 and Farage is the only major party leader not yet to comment (or criticise) Trump over his attack on UK's role in Afghanistan
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
12:30 and Farage is the only major party leader not yet to comment (or criticise) Trump over his attack on UK's role in Afghanistan
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COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
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How many times has this got to be explained before everybody gets it?
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
How many times has this got to be explained before everybody gets it?
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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Everybody knows Franz Kafka, but almost no one knows his sister Ottla. She was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz on Oct 7, 1943 after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Everybody knows Franz Kafka, but almost no one knows his sister Ottla. She was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz on Oct 7, 1943 after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid.
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Unsurprisingly '75% of American adults said they do not believe trans women should be permitted to participate in female sports.'
Everyone knows that single sex female sport categories are essential to uphold substantive equality.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Everyone knows that single sex female sport categories are essential to uphold substantive equality.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Poll: Most Americans oppose trans women competing in female sports, including 2 of 3 in Gen Z
Overall, 75% of American adults say trans women shouldn't be allowed to play on female sports teams, per the NBC News Stay Tuned Poll. Gen Z is the most supportive.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Unsurprisingly '75% of American adults said they do not believe trans women should be permitted to participate in female sports.'
Everyone knows that single sex female sport categories are essential to uphold substantive equality.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Everyone knows that single sex female sport categories are essential to uphold substantive equality.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
When you live in Ukraine, you learn that the weather forecast is not just about weather
cepa.org/article/what...
cepa.org/article/what...
What a Wonderful World: Subzero Ukraine Edition
When you live in Ukraine, you learn that the subzero weather forecast is not just about the weather.
cepa.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
When you live in Ukraine, you learn that the weather forecast is not just about weather
cepa.org/article/what...
cepa.org/article/what...
And we open Volume XVIII of Trans Insanity with this delightful entry
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
And we open Volume XVIII of Trans Insanity with this delightful entry
The government demands a costing of the Supreme Court ruling so it can argue it's unaffordable (it isn't)
Cynical even by the cynical standards of the trans extremist movement
Cynical even by the cynical standards of the trans extremist movement
Legal limbo for public bodies to continue as minister demands to know what it will cost businesses
Single-sex spaces guidance delayed as Phillipson waits for costings
www.thetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The government demands a costing of the Supreme Court ruling so it can argue it's unaffordable (it isn't)
Cynical even by the cynical standards of the trans extremist movement
Cynical even by the cynical standards of the trans extremist movement
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🇺🇦✈️🤩 Ukrainian pilot’s heading back after the combat sortie, - Soniashnyk
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
🇺🇦✈️🤩 Ukrainian pilot’s heading back after the combat sortie, - Soniashnyk
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Great piece on the power of maps in central Europe
This week’s piece is about maps, memory, and how borders are quietly weaponised - from Hungary to Russia.
I publish one piece like this every Friday. Free. Maps, Central Europe, politics.
This week’s is here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
I publish one piece like this every Friday. Free. Maps, Central Europe, politics.
This week’s is here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
Maps matter
Expansionism and revanchism on full display
robjcameron.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Great piece on the power of maps in central Europe
If vaccine truthers were actually interested in the truth ...
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
If vaccine truthers were actually interested in the truth ...