Paul French
@bramhambass.bsky.social
Actor, trustee of SAA-uk, europhile.
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But perhaps nobody from the United Kingdom should gloat.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
But perhaps nobody from the United Kingdom should gloat.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
Reposted by Paul French
It's not part of the article, but for what it's worth I think there's a strong case for Begum to be repatriated. Whether or not she was effectively trafficked or completely culpable for her own fate, she's 100% British and we're responsible for her and what she did.
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's not part of the article, but for what it's worth I think there's a strong case for Begum to be repatriated. Whether or not she was effectively trafficked or completely culpable for her own fate, she's 100% British and we're responsible for her and what she did.