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This week's column asks a question that should be in everyone's minds, as Trump reshapes the world's alliances:
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot
So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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February 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This week's column asks a question that should be in everyone's minds, as Trump reshapes the world's alliances:
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My wife made diet soup again.
February 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My wife made diet soup again.
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My thoughts on why the Left has lost America.
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My thoughts on why the Left has lost America.
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In a world of rogue billionaires, the people must organise.
Very pleased to have the formidable @graceblakeley.bsky.social writing for us. goodlaw.social/znrd
Very pleased to have the formidable @graceblakeley.bsky.social writing for us. goodlaw.social/znrd
When billionaires go rogue, it's time to organise | Good Law Project
Elon Musk has declared war on Labour. Collective action is the only response, says Grace Blakeley.
goodlaw.social
January 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In a world of rogue billionaires, the people must organise.
Very pleased to have the formidable @graceblakeley.bsky.social writing for us. goodlaw.social/znrd
Very pleased to have the formidable @graceblakeley.bsky.social writing for us. goodlaw.social/znrd
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I can’t be bothered to wade into the Musk-Kier sewers yet because of the insane & mostly unhelpful coverage of what is going on but I will point you towards this piece I wrote in November
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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January 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I can’t be bothered to wade into the Musk-Kier sewers yet because of the insane & mostly unhelpful coverage of what is going on but I will point you towards this piece I wrote in November
I'm not too sure about this new 'Winter Herpes' range from Haribo 😀 (am I the only one seeing this?)
December 24, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I'm not too sure about this new 'Winter Herpes' range from Haribo 😀 (am I the only one seeing this?)
About to enjoy the results of a morning cooking: roasted tomato and aubergine soup, followed by an almond flour banana bread! #meninthekitchen
December 7, 2024 at 1:21 PM
About to enjoy the results of a morning cooking: roasted tomato and aubergine soup, followed by an almond flour banana bread! #meninthekitchen
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1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵
November 25, 2024 at 6:56 PM
1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵
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About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds
About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds
Office of Health Economics says it also found one in four receiving palliative care in England have ‘unmet pain needs’
An estimated 20 terminally ill people in the UK die in unrelieved pain each day, according to a study by the independent Office of…
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November 25, 2024 at 7:50 PM
About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds
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People should have the right to choose the manner of their death. Britain’s Parliament must not squander a rare chance to enrich fundamental liberties by voting against a law allowing assisted dying econ.st/490xBC0
November 21, 2024 at 9:03 PM
People should have the right to choose the manner of their death. Britain’s Parliament must not squander a rare chance to enrich fundamental liberties by voting against a law allowing assisted dying econ.st/490xBC0