Alan Butler 🏴 🇬🇷 🇪🇺🥃
@alaningr.bsky.social
English in Greece, #LFC fan, apolitical. Love Europe, sailing and Scotch. At my core is a deep and abiding belief in the Rule of Law, whether I like the law or not.
No DMs, no money requests, no guns, no porn, no apologists for Israel.
No DMs, no money requests, no guns, no porn, no apologists for Israel.
If worse comes to worst, and Ukraine is forced to bow to US bullying and accept Russian dominance then Trump will be vilified internationally. His name, and the reputation of the US, will be absolute shite. Deservedly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory ahead of talks with US
The Russian president accuses Kyiv of wanting to fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he says Russia is also "in principle" ready to do.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If worse comes to worst, and Ukraine is forced to bow to US bullying and accept Russian dominance then Trump will be vilified internationally. His name, and the reputation of the US, will be absolute shite. Deservedly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Yes! #GoodNews for Ukraine! And the world!
Very good news for Ukraine--and very bad news for Putin. It means Ukraine will have the means to fight the war indefinitely even without any US support. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Europe’s Emerging Plan: Give Ukraine $200 Billion in Russian Money
The loan—which likely wouldn’t be paid back—represents a creative way to tap Moscow’s frozen assets without legally confiscating them.
www.wsj.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes! #GoodNews for Ukraine! And the world!
Trump says Hernandez was treated "very harshly and unfairly" after being convicted, by a US court, but he's happy to blow up boats without a whisper of legality.
How can you let him get away with all this?
How can you let him get away with all this?
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Trump says Hernandez was treated "very harshly and unfairly" after being convicted, by a US court, but he's happy to blow up boats without a whisper of legality.
How can you let him get away with all this?
How can you let him get away with all this?
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I think people really do not have enough disdain for politicians.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think people really do not have enough disdain for politicians.
This will annoy a few people but I feel the need to say it...the practice of killing wild animals for sport is, without exception, abhorrent.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This will annoy a few people but I feel the need to say it...the practice of killing wild animals for sport is, without exception, abhorrent.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Dr Assal Rad—
"Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over.
"Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"
"Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over.
"Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
"Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over.
"Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"
"Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over.
"Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"
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I think immigrants Make America Great.
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I think immigrants Make America Great.
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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The truth comes out.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The truth comes out.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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the people of Ghazza, Lebanon, coastal Syrians and coastal Egyptians are direct decendents of Canaanites who never left
Ghazza was already a Port city for 1000 years before the Tribe of Juda showed up
Judaism began in Mesopotamia.
in 1946 the Palestinians wanted a unified state for Everyone👈
Ghazza was already a Port city for 1000 years before the Tribe of Juda showed up
Judaism began in Mesopotamia.
in 1946 the Palestinians wanted a unified state for Everyone👈
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the people of Ghazza, Lebanon, coastal Syrians and coastal Egyptians are direct decendents of Canaanites who never left
Ghazza was already a Port city for 1000 years before the Tribe of Juda showed up
Judaism began in Mesopotamia.
in 1946 the Palestinians wanted a unified state for Everyone👈
Ghazza was already a Port city for 1000 years before the Tribe of Juda showed up
Judaism began in Mesopotamia.
in 1946 the Palestinians wanted a unified state for Everyone👈
Someone should tell Sir Keir Starmer that appearing in shirtsleeves, without jacket and tie, just makes him look silly rather than as a man of the people.
Personally, though I have almost zero interest in UK politics, I'd like to see Rachel Reeves as Prime Minister.
Personally, though I have almost zero interest in UK politics, I'd like to see Rachel Reeves as Prime Minister.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Someone should tell Sir Keir Starmer that appearing in shirtsleeves, without jacket and tie, just makes him look silly rather than as a man of the people.
Personally, though I have almost zero interest in UK politics, I'd like to see Rachel Reeves as Prime Minister.
Personally, though I have almost zero interest in UK politics, I'd like to see Rachel Reeves as Prime Minister.
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If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
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Unlike in Gaza, there is no organized armed resistance to defend Palestinians in the West Bank, no declared war-zone, no pretext to hide behind. What Israel is doing exposes its cruelty in its rawest form.
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Unlike in Gaza, there is no organized armed resistance to defend Palestinians in the West Bank, no declared war-zone, no pretext to hide behind. What Israel is doing exposes its cruelty in its rawest form.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Good stuff from Rutte, and a reminder to the US and Russia that there are some things they cannot control
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
The alliance chief also warned that the threat Moscow poses to Europe will far outlast any peace deal reached with Kyiv.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Good stuff from Rutte, and a reminder to the US and Russia that there are some things they cannot control
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
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Strengthening "strategic cooperation among the world’s democracies" was not hard to do in 2009. It has become nearly impossible now that the world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats. wapo.st/4oZH3wz
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Strengthening "strategic cooperation among the world’s democracies" was not hard to do in 2009. It has become nearly impossible now that the world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats. wapo.st/4oZH3wz
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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Since the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has murdered 338 men, women and children They have wounded hundreds more.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Since the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has murdered 338 men, women and children They have wounded hundreds more.