arguably trump is doing the gaullists a favor by making it clear europe needs to be an independent power but also doing as much as possible to publicly undermine right-populists so they don't just end up arming their own nazis in the medium term. my dms are open for job offers, The Economist
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
arguably trump is doing the gaullists a favor by making it clear europe needs to be an independent power but also doing as much as possible to publicly undermine right-populists so they don't just end up arming their own nazis in the medium term. my dms are open for job offers, The Economist
the only thing that sucks about being right about everything since 2001 is nothing. i was getting ready and now i blame everyone with even the slightest attachment to power that they weren't as smart as me, an absolute nobody. i am not being sarcastic
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
the only thing that sucks about being right about everything since 2001 is nothing. i was getting ready and now i blame everyone with even the slightest attachment to power that they weren't as smart as me, an absolute nobody. i am not being sarcastic
Sorry to hear this. Jenrick was doing a fantastic job as shadow justice secretary, really getting to grips with the problems faced with the MOJ and offering positive solutions. He could have been the new Chris Grayling.
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Sorry to hear this. Jenrick was doing a fantastic job as shadow justice secretary, really getting to grips with the problems faced with the MOJ and offering positive solutions. He could have been the new Chris Grayling.
If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
i feel like this is the position most people had about russia invading ukraine right before they invaded ukraine
the last time they put jd vance in a room with a european head of government was when we started getting those memes of his bulbous head in a beanie etc
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
the last time they put jd vance in a room with a european head of government was when we started getting those memes of his bulbous head in a beanie etc
tochka likes to reserve her most elaborate and polysyllabic meows for when I'm on a call. I think she worries the headphones are some kind of bug attacking me
January 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
tochka likes to reserve her most elaborate and polysyllabic meows for when I'm on a call. I think she worries the headphones are some kind of bug attacking me