Andrew J Mulholland
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Andrew J Mulholland
@andrewjmulholland.bsky.social
Aghast liberal. Brit in Italy. War bore.
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Burger eating surrender monkey! Billy-no-mates Britain! A great final hurrah from ST. He is right and he can huff and puff in the Obs. But Starmer needs to disengage more tactfully…
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe | Simon Tisdall | Simon Tisdall
In his final column, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies
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March 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Deeply troubling. But we will know soon, I suppose.

UK military chiefs ‘gagged over limp defence review’

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UK military chiefs ‘gagged over limp defence review’
Senior figures are said to have been blocked by 10 Downing Street from giving interviews
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March 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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tesla just speedrunning into enron territory
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thoughtful, radical, challenging to those of my political disposition. Important.

How not to reform welfare open.substack.com/pub/fraserne...
How not to reform welfare
Blair messed it up. Liz Kendall can't afford to
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March 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Very interesting analysis. One caveat: European states need to be careful about cutting spending on domestic priorities to increase defence and intelligence spending - it will be counterproductive if angry electorates start electing pro-Kremlin populists as a result.
@matthefler.bsky.social and I have a new article out in @thecipherbrief.bsky.social, looking at Trump's impact on transatlantic intelligence liaison and how Europe can manage the challenges it now faces. 🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

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March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Streeting is a calculating menace.
Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
March 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Wow. This is precisely the question I have been turning over. Decent people like Starmer want to have hope. I do. But now, I fear O'Brien is right.

Hope Is A Bad Thing, Maybe The Worst Of Things open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Hope Is A Bad Thing, Maybe The Worst Of Things
Hope With Trump Is A Literal Killer
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March 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Excellent piece by Simon Tisdall this morning. A bit anglo-centric, but understandable. Not enough is said about problems of governance at the intl level. He is spot on. Exhibit B would be climate change.
With Nato adrift and Brussels snubbed, is the UK key to Europe’s response to Trump? | Simon Tisdall
In a fast-moving crisis, the EU hasn’t been nimble enough. The onus must fall on ‘coalitions of the willing’ to stop a US-Putin carve-up
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March 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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At 29m: the case for UK ring fenced borrowing to fund defence. Or we could damage our soft power by cutting aid.
Can Keir Starmer be the ‘bridge’ between Europe and Trump?
Puntata podcast · Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards · 25/02/2025 · 43 min
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February 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM