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If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
Europe has to wake up FAST.
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‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
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‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
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This feels like the most critical moment in my lifetime.
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ban the pervert glasses, folks. kill them with fire.
70% of Britons believe it should be illegal for people to film strangers without their consent and share it on social media, amid concerns "manfluencers" are using smart glasses to record such videos featuring women without their knowledge
Legal: 15%
Illegal: 70%
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
Legal: 15%
Illegal: 70%
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ban the pervert glasses, folks. kill them with fire.
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Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’)
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’)
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
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Don’t the anti-immigration lot ever get tired of all the energy they spend on it? Every society has blamed immigration for everything, throughout history. And we’ll probably keep doing it forever. Just an endless, unimaginative cycle of getting fired up and spun off into the walls.
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Don’t the anti-immigration lot ever get tired of all the energy they spend on it? Every society has blamed immigration for everything, throughout history. And we’ll probably keep doing it forever. Just an endless, unimaginative cycle of getting fired up and spun off into the walls.
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Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?
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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
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The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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Let’s please remember that Nigel Farage, whose personal mission it was to profit from wrecking the UK economy and damaging lives through Brexit is under minimal pressure compared to the UK Prime Minister for poor political judgment. Both are culpable, but Farage always gets off scot free.
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Let’s please remember that Nigel Farage, whose personal mission it was to profit from wrecking the UK economy and damaging lives through Brexit is under minimal pressure compared to the UK Prime Minister for poor political judgment. Both are culpable, but Farage always gets off scot free.
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The Epstein scandal is the biggest story of our time, and it is being treated with a soft approach. There should arrests of all implicated and those who are helping the guilty evade scrutiny!
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The Epstein scandal is the biggest story of our time, and it is being treated with a soft approach. There should arrests of all implicated and those who are helping the guilty evade scrutiny!
Extraordinary how thick you’d have to be to vote for these shit-heads.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Extraordinary how thick you’d have to be to vote for these shit-heads.
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The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
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Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
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No matter which government rules the country, all European nations share a common dislike for Putin, even in Hungary. All but one: Serbia.
Remember this whenever Serbia makes calls for entering the EU. They are literally Putin‘s Only Fans.
Remember this whenever Serbia makes calls for entering the EU. They are literally Putin‘s Only Fans.
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
No matter which government rules the country, all European nations share a common dislike for Putin, even in Hungary. All but one: Serbia.
Remember this whenever Serbia makes calls for entering the EU. They are literally Putin‘s Only Fans.
Remember this whenever Serbia makes calls for entering the EU. They are literally Putin‘s Only Fans.
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The Trump administration seems to have deliberately starved Ukraine of Patriot missiles just when Putin was ramping up the Russian campaign to freeze and kill Ukrainian civilians.
Raise your hand if you think it is a coincidence.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/empty-p...
Raise your hand if you think it is a coincidence.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/empty-p...
Empty Patriot launchers, Ukraine faced air defense gaps amid Russia's energy strikes — FT
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newsukraine.rbc.ua
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Trump administration seems to have deliberately starved Ukraine of Patriot missiles just when Putin was ramping up the Russian campaign to freeze and kill Ukrainian civilians.
Raise your hand if you think it is a coincidence.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/empty-p...
Raise your hand if you think it is a coincidence.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/empty-p...
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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And Johnson actually put a son of KGB agent into the Lords. Where were the outraged media then?
Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
And Johnson actually put a son of KGB agent into the Lords. Where were the outraged media then?
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FYI Republicans:
President Joe Biden is NOT in the Epstein files, no matter how much you wish he were a demented sexual predator like Trump.
President Joe Biden is NOT in the Epstein files, no matter how much you wish he were a demented sexual predator like Trump.
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
FYI Republicans:
President Joe Biden is NOT in the Epstein files, no matter how much you wish he were a demented sexual predator like Trump.
President Joe Biden is NOT in the Epstein files, no matter how much you wish he were a demented sexual predator like Trump.
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Trump hopes the Epstein files will just go away.
The truth is they will torment this abysmal unrepentant sack of shit for the remainder of his life.
The truth is they will torment this abysmal unrepentant sack of shit for the remainder of his life.
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Trump hopes the Epstein files will just go away.
The truth is they will torment this abysmal unrepentant sack of shit for the remainder of his life.
The truth is they will torment this abysmal unrepentant sack of shit for the remainder of his life.
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We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
Just imagine the stuff in the Epstein files that they're holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
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The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
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Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
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Could be the depositions he'd have to give under oath?
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Could be the depositions he'd have to give under oath?
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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The other extraordinary thing that appears in the Epstein Files evidence (so far) is that it is Mandelson who introduces Epstein to Deripaska circa 2009, and thence to Belyakov and the whole Russian orbit
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The other extraordinary thing that appears in the Epstein Files evidence (so far) is that it is Mandelson who introduces Epstein to Deripaska circa 2009, and thence to Belyakov and the whole Russian orbit
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A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…