Mel Farrell
@melfarrell.bsky.social
Historian, mostly of Ireland,1912-37. New book, 'Vying for Victory', on the 1923 election, co-edited with Elaine Callinan & Thomas Tormey https://tinyurl.com/4jtm4ndb . Also a big Villa fan & music lover. Any views, are my own.
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Mel Farrell
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· Feb 27
Timothy Ellis-Dale reviews Vying for Victory: The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State, ed. Elaine Callinan, Mel Farrell @melfarrell.bsky.social and Thomas Tormey
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Vying for Victory: The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State, ed. Elaine Callinan, Mel Farrell and Thomas Tormey
Four years ago, Micheál Martin, the leader of Fianna Fáil, described his appointment as Taoiseach, in coalition with Fine Gael, as ‘the end of Civil War po
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My thanks to Timothy Ellis-Dale for this fair review of our edited collection on the 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State. Check it out in @enghistrev.bsky.social
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The emails, some of which were shared directly with PBS News, are among 23,000 documents Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released to the House Oversight Committee, ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said. https://to.pbs.org/4qPy6ax
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The emails, some of which were shared directly with PBS News, are among 23,000 documents Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released to the House Oversight Committee, ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said. https://to.pbs.org/4qPy6ax
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Reassess the sequencing. Overseas far right groups aren’t being ‘drawn’ to these events at CityWest… they are drawing them up, designing these events.
The hours-long standoff at Citywest on Tuesday night featured heavily across international media including on far-right platforms, where some of those taking part were described as "patriots" and the "fighting Irish" who were standing up against the "mass immigration cult".
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How Citywest scenes are drawing the attention of far-right media and influencers
The hours-long standoff featured heavily in certain right-wing media from the UK and Canada.
jrnl.ie
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reassess the sequencing. Overseas far right groups aren’t being ‘drawn’ to these events at CityWest… they are drawing them up, designing these events.
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Air alert in Kyiv, warning of threat of ballistic missiles, reports of launches and fast incoming targets, then the sound of explosions in the Ukrainian capital - all in the space of six minutes. Explosions also reported in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipro.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Air alert in Kyiv, warning of threat of ballistic missiles, reports of launches and fast incoming targets, then the sound of explosions in the Ukrainian capital - all in the space of six minutes. Explosions also reported in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipro.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
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The orange is not popular - and that's all around the world
South Korea: #NoKings! Thousands of people came to show support to the US democracy!
October 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The orange is not popular - and that's all around the world
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This is THE Kremlin talking point, the one that all tankies and bots use.
They never respond when asked why countries neighbouring Russia WANT and ASK to join NATO.
They never respond when asked why countries neighbouring Russia WANT and ASK to join NATO.
Farage again blames “the endless eastward expansion of NATO” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Even when he’s playacting at being tough on Putin, he can’t resist repeating Kremlin talking points.
Even when he’s playacting at being tough on Putin, he can’t resist repeating Kremlin talking points.
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is THE Kremlin talking point, the one that all tankies and bots use.
They never respond when asked why countries neighbouring Russia WANT and ASK to join NATO.
They never respond when asked why countries neighbouring Russia WANT and ASK to join NATO.
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This is where American political historians and political science scholars need to take a closer look at how Miller has used what was once the institutional backwater of the Homeland Security Council now staffed with MAGA loyalists to increasingly marginalise the established NSC
Story from January. It aligns with similar stories published recently showing how Miller is the most powerful person in the entire White House, and even has a larger role in some US military operations than the Secretary of Defense. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever
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October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is where American political historians and political science scholars need to take a closer look at how Miller has used what was once the institutional backwater of the Homeland Security Council now staffed with MAGA loyalists to increasingly marginalise the established NSC
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Hours after Russia launched one of its most destructive terrorist attacks on Ukraine, Donald Trump publicly thanks Putin.
October 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hours after Russia launched one of its most destructive terrorist attacks on Ukraine, Donald Trump publicly thanks Putin.
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Many have noticed a pattern that on the days Russia attacks Ukraine the worse, Donald Trump goes on social media and thanks Putin. This has happened repeatdly.
October 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Many have noticed a pattern that on the days Russia attacks Ukraine the worse, Donald Trump goes on social media and thanks Putin. This has happened repeatdly.
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This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
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We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.
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On Euronews I highlighted that Ukraine isn’t just Europe’s shield - it’s also its teacher.
What Ukraine learns - and invents - today will shape how the EU and NATO deter Russia tomorrow.
What Ukraine learns - and invents - today will shape how the EU and NATO deter Russia tomorrow.
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
On Euronews I highlighted that Ukraine isn’t just Europe’s shield - it’s also its teacher.
What Ukraine learns - and invents - today will shape how the EU and NATO deter Russia tomorrow.
What Ukraine learns - and invents - today will shape how the EU and NATO deter Russia tomorrow.
Apathy about the threat posed by Putin is extraordinary, 11 years into his hybrid war.
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Apathy about the threat posed by Putin is extraordinary, 11 years into his hybrid war.
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BREAKING
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.
His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.
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The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
September 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Professor Robert Gerwarth, director of the UCD Centre for War Studies, said similar comments about German rearmament were being made by the German left and parts of the pro-Russia far-right in eastern Germany. #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
Academics disagree with Catherine Connolly's 'German militarisation' comments
History and politics professors say foreign aggression was behind the rearmament under Adolf Hitler, while defence against Russian aggression was the purpose of Germany's current spending increase
www.irishexaminer.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Professor Robert Gerwarth, director of the UCD Centre for War Studies, said similar comments about German rearmament were being made by the German left and parts of the pro-Russia far-right in eastern Germany. #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
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Putin's People Party gets caught in the act again
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Putin's People Party gets caught in the act again
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump should find whoever negotiated the Afghanistan withdrawal and read them the riot act, TBQH. I wonder which president that was?
Trump: "We're talking to Afghanistan. It should have never been given up."
September 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump should find whoever negotiated the Afghanistan withdrawal and read them the riot act, TBQH. I wonder which president that was?
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What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
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Today, Trump claimed not to know who Peter Mandleson is. An obvious & egregious lie but one which highlights why the regime is so keen to silence anyone telling the truth. On the current trajectory, he will soon be able to claim that he's never heard of Melania without any pushback at all.
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Today, Trump claimed not to know who Peter Mandleson is. An obvious & egregious lie but one which highlights why the regime is so keen to silence anyone telling the truth. On the current trajectory, he will soon be able to claim that he's never heard of Melania without any pushback at all.
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👀 It wasn't just Poland’s airspace that Russia entered this week. It was cyberspace, too.
Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the early hours Wednesday ... then NASK national research institute analysts spotted increased levels of disinformation.
Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the early hours Wednesday ... then NASK national research institute analysts spotted increased levels of disinformation.
After testing Poland’s drone defenses, Russia tested its disinformation response too
Disinformation tried to blame the drone incursion on Ukraine and make out Poland to be weak and confused.
www.politico.eu
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
👀 It wasn't just Poland’s airspace that Russia entered this week. It was cyberspace, too.
Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the early hours Wednesday ... then NASK national research institute analysts spotted increased levels of disinformation.
Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the early hours Wednesday ... then NASK national research institute analysts spotted increased levels of disinformation.
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The best hope for America's continued future as a great power lies in Trump's indiscipline and incompetence undermining MAGA attempts at authoritarian regime-building in ways that enable Democrats to win in 2026 and 2028
For those asking, here’s the video of the sociopath.
(🎥 Newsmax)
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September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The best hope for America's continued future as a great power lies in Trump's indiscipline and incompetence undermining MAGA attempts at authoritarian regime-building in ways that enable Democrats to win in 2026 and 2028