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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with the President of Moldova Maia Sandu … well worth an hour of your time to listen to a remarkable woman who knows more than most about Putin hybrid war
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQl...
Holding the Line Between Democracy and Putin | President of Moldova, Maia Sandu
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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January 12, 2026 at 8:42 AM
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with the President of Moldova Maia Sandu … well worth an hour of your time to listen to a remarkable woman who knows more than most about Putin hybrid war
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYQl...
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We should keep a long list of those who say they will side with America rather than Britain. And those who support Musk.
Today it’s that mad twat Michael Fabricant. So he’s the beginning of a long list of failed Tories and unemployable Reform fans who are Traitors.
Today it’s that mad twat Michael Fabricant. So he’s the beginning of a long list of failed Tories and unemployable Reform fans who are Traitors.
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
We should keep a long list of those who say they will side with America rather than Britain. And those who support Musk.
Today it’s that mad twat Michael Fabricant. So he’s the beginning of a long list of failed Tories and unemployable Reform fans who are Traitors.
Today it’s that mad twat Michael Fabricant. So he’s the beginning of a long list of failed Tories and unemployable Reform fans who are Traitors.
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With almost no exceptions, America's leading executives have either toadied up to Trump or kept silent. Will Trump's political witch hunt against Jay Powell hit the markets? That's about the only language CEOs understand.
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
With almost no exceptions, America's leading executives have either toadied up to Trump or kept silent. Will Trump's political witch hunt against Jay Powell hit the markets? That's about the only language CEOs understand.
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Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world forever
The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are no surprise - they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order
@snellarthur.bsky.social for the Nerve
www.thenerve.news/p/us-nationa...
The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are no surprise - they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order
@snellarthur.bsky.social for the Nerve
www.thenerve.news/p/us-nationa...
Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world forever
The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are not accidental – they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order run by the ‘great powers’, writes analyst and former diplomat Arthur...
www.thenerve.news
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world forever
The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are no surprise - they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order
@snellarthur.bsky.social for the Nerve
www.thenerve.news/p/us-nationa...
The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are no surprise - they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order
@snellarthur.bsky.social for the Nerve
www.thenerve.news/p/us-nationa...
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Isn’t this a win win for Farage?
Get elected on a platform to cancel all the deals, then when in power say this clause makes it impossible to do so, then his government reaps all the benefits of the deals whilst he tells his supporters it’s all down to Reform policies
Get elected on a platform to cancel all the deals, then when in power say this clause makes it impossible to do so, then his government reaps all the benefits of the deals whilst he tells his supporters it’s all down to Reform policies
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Isn’t this a win win for Farage?
Get elected on a platform to cancel all the deals, then when in power say this clause makes it impossible to do so, then his government reaps all the benefits of the deals whilst he tells his supporters it’s all down to Reform policies
Get elected on a platform to cancel all the deals, then when in power say this clause makes it impossible to do so, then his government reaps all the benefits of the deals whilst he tells his supporters it’s all down to Reform policies
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Looking forward to doing Brightthink on Monday 23 February at 7.30pm. It's a great location. A private bar above a pub in Brighton. I'll be talking bout the one thing need to know to understand quantum theory, evolution, the big bang etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-one-th...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
@headofzeus.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Looking forward to doing Brightthink on Monday 23 February at 7.30pm. It's a great location. A private bar above a pub in Brighton. I'll be talking bout the one thing need to know to understand quantum theory, evolution, the big bang etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-one-th...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
@headofzeus.bsky.social
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If "the Arctic needs securing", as Mandelson said yesterday, why has the US withdrawn from almost all its bases in Greenland? Why isn't Canada's and Norway's work mentioned? Why doesn't the Denmark, Faroes and Greenland Joint Arctic Command get a look in? NATO is supposed to work together
#R4Today
#R4Today
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
If "the Arctic needs securing", as Mandelson said yesterday, why has the US withdrawn from almost all its bases in Greenland? Why isn't Canada's and Norway's work mentioned? Why doesn't the Denmark, Faroes and Greenland Joint Arctic Command get a look in? NATO is supposed to work together
#R4Today
#R4Today
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A new group of facts and pledges from our Labour government in the last few days.
From closer EU ties to involving health experts with probation services and continuing safety successes in London.
👏👏👏
From closer EU ties to involving health experts with probation services and continuing safety successes in London.
👏👏👏
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
A new group of facts and pledges from our Labour government in the last few days.
From closer EU ties to involving health experts with probation services and continuing safety successes in London.
👏👏👏
From closer EU ties to involving health experts with probation services and continuing safety successes in London.
👏👏👏
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The fact that homicides of young people have declined significantly is well worthy of note. "Homicides of those aged under-25 have fallen dramatically, with 18 recorded in 2025 compared with a peak of 69 in 2017."
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world.
The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The fact that homicides of young people have declined significantly is well worthy of note. "Homicides of those aged under-25 have fallen dramatically, with 18 recorded in 2025 compared with a peak of 69 in 2017."
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Gaza - no staff,no hospitals , no equipment, no drugs, horrific
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Gaza - no staff,no hospitals , no equipment, no drugs, horrific
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Gaza medical services in dire straits
January 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Gaza medical services in dire straits
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Voters beware - #Reform is copying the US with Farage as Trump's mini me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leave
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Voters beware - #Reform is copying the US with Farage as Trump's mini me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Gaza medical services in dire straits , no medicine , no doctors —- horrific
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Gaza medical services in dire straits , no medicine , no doctors —- horrific
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It’s really quite striking that throughout 2024 “geopolitics” quite regularly topped asset manager surveys of risks to markets.
Hard to see how we could have more geopolitics than right now.
Hard to see how we could have more geopolitics than right now.
Reading through the FT at the moment is a strange experience: revolution, war, disaster, brutal autocratic oppression, mad dictator shit....and then "markets continue to thrive"; "record profits".
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
It’s really quite striking that throughout 2024 “geopolitics” quite regularly topped asset manager surveys of risks to markets.
Hard to see how we could have more geopolitics than right now.
Hard to see how we could have more geopolitics than right now.
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This is positive sum, not zero-sum. Because there is no functional complaints system, there is a failure to uphold legal duties on every front. An intervention about a functioning legally compliant system - and scrutiny of it - links the discrete failures on every front
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Key to Msking Twitter Lawful Again is
1) enforcement action to make site bring in complaints system which removes unlawful content
2).real-time scrutiny with a transparent performance scoreboard
3) flexible escalating sanctions when fails, esp threshold for sin bin/suspension of service
1) enforcement action to make site bring in complaints system which removes unlawful content
2).real-time scrutiny with a transparent performance scoreboard
3) flexible escalating sanctions when fails, esp threshold for sin bin/suspension of service
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is positive sum, not zero-sum. Because there is no functional complaints system, there is a failure to uphold legal duties on every front. An intervention about a functioning legally compliant system - and scrutiny of it - links the discrete failures on every front
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Ofcom launched an investigation into an unnamed platform (universally assumed to be X) in December ahead of nudification going viral in January. The process is opaque & low profile but there is a chance to join the dots not silo these issues which have a shared root failure
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Ofcom is reviewing how one major platform is dealing with hate crime - including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice. It does not want to publicly say which platform. It is opaque as to whether all forms of racism have similar or assymetric levels of priority
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Ofcom Launches Investigation Into Social Media Major Platforms Over Illegal Hate Content
Internet regulator Ofcom has launched a new investigation into whether social media platforms are doing enough to identify and take down illegal te...
www.politicshome.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Ofcom launched an investigation into an unnamed platform (universally assumed to be X) in December ahead of nudification going viral in January. The process is opaque & low profile but there is a chance to join the dots not silo these issues which have a shared root failure
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Column from November, when this evidence that the breach is clearly systemic was given to Ofcom, MPs on the Equalities Commitee, Downing St. It chimes with a wide range of evidence MPs, ministers, civil servants and regulators have from many sources.
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Have we entered a racism timewarp?
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
‘Social media ignores return of racial hate’
Expert slams online platforms for letting trolls get away scot-free
www.easterneye.biz
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Column from November, when this evidence that the breach is clearly systemic was given to Ofcom, MPs on the Equalities Commitee, Downing St. It chimes with a wide range of evidence MPs, ministers, civil servants and regulators have from many sources.
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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This sustained defence of those incessantly abusing British Asians generates an unequal experience of public space + public life. + there are clear synergies between strands, given the systemic root of the failure being an entirely malfunctioning complaints system with no adequate human oversight
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
This sustained defence of those incessantly abusing British Asians generates an unequal experience of public space + public life. + there are clear synergies between strands, given the systemic root of the failure being an entirely malfunctioning complaints system with no adequate human oversight
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Taking a break from my book proposal to write something related about politics and messaging based on this FT article about the Farage’s reaction to Starmer’s EU reset.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
Farage vows to fight Starmer’s reset of EU ties and uphold Brexit
Reform UK leader launches party’s campaign for London local elections by targeting control of six councils
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Taking a break from my book proposal to write something related about politics and messaging based on this FT article about the Farage’s reaction to Starmer’s EU reset.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
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This is the last weekend to take advantage of the Canada Strong Pass until this summer. Don’t miss your chance to discover and experience the best our country has to offer, for less.
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
Canada Strong Pass
From December 12, 2025 to January 15, 2026, enjoy free or discounted admission to some of the country’s most iconic places. The Canada Strong Pass lets you explore the richness of the country — from m...
www.canada.ca
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is the last weekend to take advantage of the Canada Strong Pass until this summer. Don’t miss your chance to discover and experience the best our country has to offer, for less.
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...