Grahame Lucas
@grahamelucas.bsky.social
Journalist based in the EU. UK reform needs PR, an elected second chamber representing the metros and regions, a written constitution and a return to the European Union #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProgressiveAlliance especially in the age of Trump 2.0 and Farage
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes a shot at Vance at the MSC: “The battle of cultures of MAGA in the US is not ours.
“Freedom of speech here ends where the words spoken are directed against human dignity and our Basic Law.
“We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade.”
“Freedom of speech here ends where the words spoken are directed against human dignity and our Basic Law.
“We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade.”
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes a shot at Vance at the MSC: “The battle of cultures of MAGA in the US is not ours.
“Freedom of speech here ends where the words spoken are directed against human dignity and our Basic Law.
“We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade.”
“Freedom of speech here ends where the words spoken are directed against human dignity and our Basic Law.
“We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade.”
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I want to be clear: Donald Trump’s administration is temporary. California’s commitment is not.
He will be gone in three years. Our resolve to confront climate change is enduring and we remain a stable, reliable partner in that fight.
He will be gone in three years. Our resolve to confront climate change is enduring and we remain a stable, reliable partner in that fight.
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I want to be clear: Donald Trump’s administration is temporary. California’s commitment is not.
He will be gone in three years. Our resolve to confront climate change is enduring and we remain a stable, reliable partner in that fight.
He will be gone in three years. Our resolve to confront climate change is enduring and we remain a stable, reliable partner in that fight.
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How utterly embarrassing.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
How utterly embarrassing.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
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In a truly huge defeat for Keir Starmer on free speech and freedom of assembly the UK's High Court has ruled that the government's decision to designate Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful. The question now is whether or not Starmer is going to change his attitude to dissent
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
In a truly huge defeat for Keir Starmer on free speech and freedom of assembly the UK's High Court has ruled that the government's decision to designate Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful. The question now is whether or not Starmer is going to change his attitude to dissent
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Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile. Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile. Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a truly huge defeat for Keir Starmer on free speech and freedom of assembly the UK's High Court has ruled that the government's decision to designate Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful. The question now is whether or not Starmer is going to change his attitude to dissent
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
In a truly huge defeat for Keir Starmer on free speech and freedom of assembly the UK's High Court has ruled that the government's decision to designate Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful. The question now is whether or not Starmer is going to change his attitude to dissent
Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile. Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile. Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gift to divisive forces in British society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Help me boost my Bluesky account
Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.
Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts
Holler if I've missed you
Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.
Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts
Holler if I've missed you
May 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Help me boost my Bluesky account
Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.
Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts
Holler if I've missed you
Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.
Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts
Holler if I've missed you
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit.
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Hammer Blow For Keir Starmer As Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Him To Quit.
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
The move comes as the party faces catastrophe at the Holyrood elections in May. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer...
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Holy shit
🚨 Anas Sarwar:
"I have to do what is right for my country, Scotland.
"It is not easy and not without pain, but my first priority and first loyalty is to my country...
"The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change."
"I have to do what is right for my country, Scotland.
"It is not easy and not without pain, but my first priority and first loyalty is to my country...
"The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change."
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Holy shit
Streeting-Sarwar-Mandelson bid to take Starmer down now unfolding?
Ahhhh, Mr Sarwar,
Is this why you are calling for Starmer to stand down ?
Spite ?
Is this why you are calling for Starmer to stand down ?
Spite ?
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Streeting-Sarwar-Mandelson bid to take Starmer down now unfolding?
Unconfirmed reports: Wes Streeting allegedly behind Anas Sarwar‘s call for Starmer to resign. It‘s hard to see how this can be contained by No10. Streeting is going to have to declare he is running
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Unconfirmed reports: Wes Streeting allegedly behind Anas Sarwar‘s call for Starmer to resign. It‘s hard to see how this can be contained by No10. Streeting is going to have to declare he is running
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EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January
angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered – but MP’s team dismiss half-finished site as ‘fake’ that was created without her knowledge
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It’s all kicking off as Ana’s Sarwar, Labour leader in Scotland, calls for Starmer to go. But Cabinet ministers appear to rally around the beleaguered PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Resign as Prime Minister of Britain
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It’s all kicking off as Ana’s Sarwar, Labour leader in Scotland, calls for Starmer to go. But Cabinet ministers appear to rally around the beleaguered PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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First stage of denial: shoot the messenger.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
First stage of denial: shoot the messenger.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
There's a firing squad on Bluesky, aiming at anyone stating the blinking obvious: that Starmer needs to go ASAP if Labour is to have any chance of recovery before 2029.
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Ah, another of Mandelson’s people gets the boot. Allan was a hopeless DoC who never managed to shape the narrative. Who put him there? Mandelson’s man McSweeney of course. What a shambles. I really don’t think Starmer The Luckless can survive this meltdown for long
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Ah, another of Mandelson’s people gets the boot. Allan was a hopeless DoC who never managed to shape the narrative. Who put him there? Mandelson’s man McSweeney of course. What a shambles. I really don’t think Starmer The Luckless can survive this meltdown for long
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The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating
A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera. Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer...
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera. Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating
A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. A decade on, the numbers show a permanent hit to growth, wages and investment.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
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Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
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As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
As widely predicted #McSweeney has not survived his close contact with #Mandelson. Starmer now thrashing around to save himself. But after the Locals it‘s all over
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Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Finally out: Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters. Let‘s face it - McSweeney should never have been there in the first place
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Morgan McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, The Guardian