Tom Brown
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Tom Brown
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It began in Balham, Gateway to the South
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in South America - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in South America
Bloc will sign trade agreement on Saturday after 25 years of talks
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January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Donald Trump’s imperial Venezuela folly will leave America no richer - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Donald Trump’s imperial Venezuela folly will leave America no richer
Like the Spanish conquistadors, the president’s search for mineral wealth in South America will weaken the US
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January 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Kemi Badenoch's Interview on BBC4 Today is in the comedy category...accuses Starmer of "not being in the room" with Trump, then accepts she's only met Trump briefly "but I've met lots of other people"
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Starmer was gifted power by a series of stupid, incompetent Tory PMs, is unenviably PM when the pigeons come home to roost of English complacency & delusion about a US 'special relationship' ... and looks like a rabbit frozen in the headlights. Who will run him over first - his MPs or Trump?
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
German doctors warn of labour shortages amid rising anti-Syrian rhetoric - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
German doctors warn of labour shortages amid rising anti-Syrian rhetoric
Country has largest population of refugees from Syria in Europe, including medical professionals
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January 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
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December 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why your AI companion is not your friend - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
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December 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
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December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Oh the irony.

The @ledbydonkeys.org peeps who were arrested for projecting information about Trump & Epstein onto Windsor Castle for Trump’s visit, we’re interviewed by THE CHILD PROTECTION TEAM!

Yep. All charges later dropped.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What happened next: the night Led By Donkeys projected Trump and Epstein on to Windsor Castle
The art activists made headlines during the US president’s state visit when they shocked the waiting media with a short documentary – and were quickly arrested
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Global Power City ranking from Japan: London #1, Tokio #2, NY #3 www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/english/ius2...
www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp
December 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Betting against New York is always a losing proposition - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Betting against New York is always a losing proposition
Despite fears about what a Mamdani mayoralty might mean, big business continues to invest in the city
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December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Brazil offers lesson in winning the ‘Taco’ trade - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Brazil offers lesson in winning the ‘Taco’ trade
Global politicians need to understand that White House policy is driven by melodrama and instinct
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December 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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“Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's one part of the nationalist/Putin fanboy Brexitland that England has become that it's easier to imagine English politicians agreeing to a 'military Schengen' than a Schengen for human beings - on.ft.com/49Zjxew via @FT
The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Europe wrestles with crumbling bridges, narrow tunnels and red tape as it plans how to move an army eastward
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November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How Meta profits hugely from scams - We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud - on.ft.com/43AXiaS via @FT
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Scottish kilts set to enter the bond market - on.ft.com/4p0v6qe via @FT
Scottish kilts set to enter the bond market
Scotland handed same credit rating as UK ahead of debut ‘kilts’ sale
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
BBC News - Firefighter rescues children on fourth day in job
www.bbc.com/news/article...
London firefighter rescues three children on fourth day in job
Zekel Johnson rescues three children from a second-floor window on his first week in the job.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The headline sounds almost surreal today...centrists? Shock victory? What? Are they sure? BBC News - Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Johnny Carson by Philippe Halsman, 1966

"I hear that whenever someone in the White House tells a lie, Nixon gets a royalty."

#HeresJohnny100
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM