PhilipM
@biblio-phil.bsky.social
Lover of history, books & travel 🌏. Proud old-fashioned liberal; European citizen🇪🇺; Dual nationality🇬🇧🇳🇱; Hammers fan⚒️⚽️; Husband & Dad. #FBPE #RejoinEU #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦✌️#Antifascist💙
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"
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PhilipM
@biblio-phil.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Happy to connect with like-minded people (check my bio) and grateful for those who follow me. If I've not followed back it's because I prefer to check bios and validate that your account is real so please be a bit patient. No DMs 🚫
How Trump has manipulated the Epstein files, deceived the American people and corrupted the course of justice. A stinging rebuke by the NYT of this loathsome, pervert of a president and his crooked self-serving minions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Made the Epstein Saga a Case Study in Manipulation
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How Trump has manipulated the Epstein files, deceived the American people and corrupted the course of justice. A stinging rebuke by the NYT of this loathsome, pervert of a president and his crooked self-serving minions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
It behoves Belgian PM Bart De Wever to heed Putin’s new threat of war on Europe and now unfreeze the €130bn of Russian money in European banks. It’s urgently needed to sustain Ukraine’s courageous resistance to the War Criminal’s aggression & to re-arm Europe. FFS!
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Vladimir Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging Ukraine peace push
Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for negotiations as military claims battlefield advances in Donetsk
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December 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It behoves Belgian PM Bart De Wever to heed Putin’s new threat of war on Europe and now unfreeze the €130bn of Russian money in European banks. It’s urgently needed to sustain Ukraine’s courageous resistance to the War Criminal’s aggression & to re-arm Europe. FFS!
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Trump’s special U.S Carpet Bagger Envoys - Witless Witkoff & Javid Kashner - have arrived safely in Moscow to meet with War Criminal #Putin in an effort to carve up #Ukraine, betray its citizens, condemn them to Russian serfdom and the jackboot, whilst creating ‘deals’ to enrich themselves and Trump
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump’s special U.S Carpet Bagger Envoys - Witless Witkoff & Javid Kashner - have arrived safely in Moscow to meet with War Criminal #Putin in an effort to carve up #Ukraine, betray its citizens, condemn them to Russian serfdom and the jackboot, whilst creating ‘deals’ to enrich themselves and Trump
Tory 'Hooray Henry' haughtily mansplains to Sophy Ridge why Rachel Reeves must resign.
And there I was having thought that this sub-breed of supercilious 'look-down-your-nose' Tory-ism was extinct (at least since GE2024)😳
#SkyNews
And there I was having thought that this sub-breed of supercilious 'look-down-your-nose' Tory-ism was extinct (at least since GE2024)😳
#SkyNews
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tory 'Hooray Henry' haughtily mansplains to Sophy Ridge why Rachel Reeves must resign.
And there I was having thought that this sub-breed of supercilious 'look-down-your-nose' Tory-ism was extinct (at least since GE2024)😳
#SkyNews
And there I was having thought that this sub-breed of supercilious 'look-down-your-nose' Tory-ism was extinct (at least since GE2024)😳
#SkyNews
Far too few (courageous) Brexit apostates publicly acknowledge the huge damage this nonsensical populism has had on the country's economy - and the pockets of its citizens. So the country muddles along, impoverished, stagnant, pessimistic, as Europe's sick invalid
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Hard Truths
Thoughts on the state of Britain including is the chancellor guilty of market abuse, potential good news for gilts, the myth of Benefits Street, and some welcome Brexit apostasy
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Far too few (courageous) Brexit apostates publicly acknowledge the huge damage this nonsensical populism has had on the country's economy - and the pockets of its citizens. So the country muddles along, impoverished, stagnant, pessimistic, as Europe's sick invalid
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Hmmm...NATO's leadership ponders whether to hit back proactively at Russia's hybrid war. Hmmm...difficult one that. Our leaders are hand-wringing, agonizing intellectually, prevaricating over moral & legal imponderables. Meantime, Europe is under attack - at war, if truth be told
on.ft.com/4opkcti
on.ft.com/4opkcti
Nato considers being ‘more aggressive’ against Russia’s hybrid warfare
Alliance’s top military officer says it could become proactive in dealing with threat from Moscow
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hmmm...NATO's leadership ponders whether to hit back proactively at Russia's hybrid war. Hmmm...difficult one that. Our leaders are hand-wringing, agonizing intellectually, prevaricating over moral & legal imponderables. Meantime, Europe is under attack - at war, if truth be told
on.ft.com/4opkcti
on.ft.com/4opkcti
Over 100,000 signatures. Thanks to all who helped get this petition over the line. Now for a parliamentary debate. But that must lead to instant release of the Russia Report and an independent judicial public inquiry/investigation with powers to refer suspected corruption cases to DPP (prosecution)✌️
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Over 100,000 signatures. Thanks to all who helped get this petition over the line. Now for a parliamentary debate. But that must lead to instant release of the Russia Report and an independent judicial public inquiry/investigation with powers to refer suspected corruption cases to DPP (prosecution)✌️
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
This public inquiry needs to happen. Ex-PM Boozo Johnson 'sat' on the Russia Report for a reason and is suspected of close 'links' to Russian oligarchs. Brits need to know the extent of the Kremlin's 🕷️insidious influence on UK politics & democracy. Please sign👍
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This public inquiry needs to happen. Ex-PM Boozo Johnson 'sat' on the Russia Report for a reason and is suspected of close 'links' to Russian oligarchs. Brits need to know the extent of the Kremlin's 🕷️insidious influence on UK politics & democracy. Please sign👍
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
At a time of unprecedented threats to Europe & Ukraine’s existential fight against a brutal invasion, we have Belgium’s bookkeepers led by Bart de Wever refusing to release Russia’s frozen assets that would give Ukraine 🇺🇦 a
lifeline and a fighting chance of survival. Shame on you 🇧🇪
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lifeline and a fighting chance of survival. Shame on you 🇧🇪
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Belgium says using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine will endanger a peace deal
Prime Minister Bart De Wever sets out conditions that would resolve his objections to a proposed €140bn EU loan to Kyiv
on.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At a time of unprecedented threats to Europe & Ukraine’s existential fight against a brutal invasion, we have Belgium’s bookkeepers led by Bart de Wever refusing to release Russia’s frozen assets that would give Ukraine 🇺🇦 a
lifeline and a fighting chance of survival. Shame on you 🇧🇪
on.ft.com/4oGAE8V
lifeline and a fighting chance of survival. Shame on you 🇧🇪
on.ft.com/4oGAE8V
Two more books on the go for 'Daytime' & 'Nighttime' reading:
🌝 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' - Christopher Clark. A learned fair-minded, biography, correcting history's tropes
🌚 'Ali Pasha, Lion of Ioannina' - Quentin Russell. The life of an early c19th Ottoman Albanian pasha in Rumelia
#Booksky #books📚🤓😀
🌝 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' - Christopher Clark. A learned fair-minded, biography, correcting history's tropes
🌚 'Ali Pasha, Lion of Ioannina' - Quentin Russell. The life of an early c19th Ottoman Albanian pasha in Rumelia
#Booksky #books📚🤓😀
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A ringing endorsement of Witless Witkoff by his best mate, Vlad Putin. “He’s an intelligent man”, says Vlad with a knowing wink and a sneer. Witkoff now carries the curse of Cain which, as we know, condemns him to wander the Earth looking for other real estate deals
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A ringing endorsement of Witless Witkoff by his best mate, Vlad Putin. “He’s an intelligent man”, says Vlad with a knowing wink and a sneer. Witkoff now carries the curse of Cain which, as we know, condemns him to wander the Earth looking for other real estate deals
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is again bypassing EU diplomacy on Ukraine by going for another meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to media reports.
Orbán bypassing EU diplomacy with new Moscow trip to see Putin
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is again bypassing EU diplomacy on Ukraine by going for another meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to media reports.
euobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is again bypassing EU diplomacy on Ukraine by going for another meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to media reports.
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Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A fine takedown of Witless Steve Witkoff: Trump's credulous dilettante diplomat, Putin's patsy and chief surrender monkey 🐒
#Witkoff will not want to read what the history books on Russia's war in Ukraine will say about him. To his eternal shame.
#SlavaUkriaini 🇺🇦✌️🕊️
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#Witkoff will not want to read what the history books on Russia's war in Ukraine will say about him. To his eternal shame.
#SlavaUkriaini 🇺🇦✌️🕊️
open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
Amateur Hour
Steve Witkoff’s efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine underscores the danger of outsourcing critical diplomacy to people who don’t have the experience or knowledge necessary to get a deal.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A fine takedown of Witless Steve Witkoff: Trump's credulous dilettante diplomat, Putin's patsy and chief surrender monkey 🐒
#Witkoff will not want to read what the history books on Russia's war in Ukraine will say about him. To his eternal shame.
#SlavaUkriaini 🇺🇦✌️🕊️
open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
#Witkoff will not want to read what the history books on Russia's war in Ukraine will say about him. To his eternal shame.
#SlavaUkriaini 🇺🇦✌️🕊️
open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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Seems like Ukraine and Europeans allies are making reasonable concessions but so far no security guarantees nor any demands about what the Russians need to concede. Putin’s American delegation of Useful Idiots led by li’l Rube can learn from the grown up European diplomats
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-e...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-e...
Ukraine: Europeans push back on US plan during Geneva talks – DW – 11/23/2025
Kyiv's allies are working on revisions to Washington's peace plan as US and European officials meet in Geneva. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hailed the talks as "the best so far." DW has the l...
www.dw.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Seems like Ukraine and Europeans allies are making reasonable concessions but so far no security guarantees nor any demands about what the Russians need to concede. Putin’s American delegation of Useful Idiots led by li’l Rube can learn from the grown up European diplomats
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-e...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-e...
Putin's Useful Idiots...
(Europe! Get a grip! Take the lead.
Don't allow Russia's Enablers to betray Ukraine and its people).
(Europe! Get a grip! Take the lead.
Don't allow Russia's Enablers to betray Ukraine and its people).
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Putin's Useful Idiots...
(Europe! Get a grip! Take the lead.
Don't allow Russia's Enablers to betray Ukraine and its people).
(Europe! Get a grip! Take the lead.
Don't allow Russia's Enablers to betray Ukraine and its people).
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Who was the author of the plan?
two men in suits are holding hands and smiling
ALT: two men in suits are holding hands and smiling
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Who was the author of the plan?
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Now we know for sure that Trump - not just Putin - is one of two existential threats to Ukraine's independence & its citizens' freedom and security.
The handmaiden of Trump's new Ukraine capitulation plan is Witless Witkoff.
He takes Putin's all-time history prize as "Russia's Most Useful Idiot"
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The handmaiden of Trump's new Ukraine capitulation plan is Witless Witkoff.
He takes Putin's all-time history prize as "Russia's Most Useful Idiot"
🇺🇦✌️
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Now we know for sure that Trump - not just Putin - is one of two existential threats to Ukraine's independence & its citizens' freedom and security.
The handmaiden of Trump's new Ukraine capitulation plan is Witless Witkoff.
He takes Putin's all-time history prize as "Russia's Most Useful Idiot"
🇺🇦✌️
The handmaiden of Trump's new Ukraine capitulation plan is Witless Witkoff.
He takes Putin's all-time history prize as "Russia's Most Useful Idiot"
🇺🇦✌️
Haven't watched #BBC #Newsnight in a long time, so imagine my surprise to see that it's been turned into a comedy act
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Haven't watched #BBC #Newsnight in a long time, so imagine my surprise to see that it's been turned into a comedy act
The Trump-Witless Witkoff Ukraine capitulation plan "suggests the frozen Russian assets (in Europe) would be unblocked, released & turned into an investment platform handled by Washington". So not only does Trump sell-out Ukraine but aims to profit from the betrayal
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
US peace plan throws reparations loan into disarray
The new peace plan promoted by the United States has added fresh complications for the EU's unprecedented proposal to issue a reparations loan for Ukraine pegged to Russia's frozen assets. Leaked docu...
www.euronews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Trump-Witless Witkoff Ukraine capitulation plan "suggests the frozen Russian assets (in Europe) would be unblocked, released & turned into an investment platform handled by Washington". So not only does Trump sell-out Ukraine but aims to profit from the betrayal
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...