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Posted this earlier, posting it again, my blog post of ten years ago today in which I was depressingly and painfully prescient. I don't know why so few other people saw it coming. To me it was as plain as could be that we'd end up here if we elected Cameron. ottocr.at/treat-7-may-...
Treat 7 May as EU referendum day
The general election on 7 May 2015 will quite possibly be the most important election during my lifetime (so far – nearly half a century, folks). If you thought 1997 was a biggie (and for my genera…
ottocr.at
May 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Posted this earlier, posting it again, my blog post of ten years ago today in which I was depressingly and painfully prescient. I don't know why so few other people saw it coming. To me it was as plain as could be that we'd end up here if we elected Cameron. ottocr.at/treat-7-may-...
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The chilling assessment today in the Financial Times, a conservative British broadsheet that is not known for hyperbole.
www.ft.com/content/d96d...
www.ft.com/content/d96d...
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The chilling assessment today in the Financial Times, a conservative British broadsheet that is not known for hyperbole.
www.ft.com/content/d96d...
www.ft.com/content/d96d...
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I am getting increasingly frustrated by Labour bigwigs speechifying about how the world has changed and we need to be bold and then... not being bold
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am getting increasingly frustrated by Labour bigwigs speechifying about how the world has changed and we need to be bold and then... not being bold
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In another of his superb series of Brexit blogs, Chris Grey asks the most important question of the week...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
April 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
In another of his superb series of Brexit blogs, Chris Grey asks the most important question of the week...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
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"‘Point-Blank Range’: How Israel Executed 15 Medics and Rescue Workers in Gaza"
Writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu says she had a difficult time writing this essay because she could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
Writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu says she had a difficult time writing this essay because she could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
‘Point-Blank Range’: How Israel Executed 15 Medics and Rescue Workers in Gaza
I had a difficult time writing this essay because I could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
zeteo.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"‘Point-Blank Range’: How Israel Executed 15 Medics and Rescue Workers in Gaza"
Writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu says she had a difficult time writing this essay because she could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
Writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu says she had a difficult time writing this essay because she could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
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Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
March 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
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Trump is going to do or say something crazy to throw Americans off this Signal disaster. Do NOT take the bait he tosses out.
Stay on Signalgate.
Stay on Signalgate.
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump is going to do or say something crazy to throw Americans off this Signal disaster. Do NOT take the bait he tosses out.
Stay on Signalgate.
Stay on Signalgate.
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Unpaid carers save the UK government approximately £162 billion pounds a year. As a thank you the current government thinks stripping 150,000 of them of carers allowance is a good thing!!!! #WelfareCuts
March 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Unpaid carers save the UK government approximately £162 billion pounds a year. As a thank you the current government thinks stripping 150,000 of them of carers allowance is a good thing!!!! #WelfareCuts
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Column. On pathetic European freeloaders.
www.thetimes.com/article/7652...
www.thetimes.com/article/7652...
March 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Column. On pathetic European freeloaders.
www.thetimes.com/article/7652...
www.thetimes.com/article/7652...
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It’s clear that the brainless estate agent Trump picked as his special envoy is a Russian asset - why else would he speak to Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin’s number one useful idiot? Don’t be surprised if US defence contractors end up supplying Russia under the deal he fixes
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine
Steve Witkoff says the UK plans for an international force to support a ceasefire are a "posture".
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s clear that the brainless estate agent Trump picked as his special envoy is a Russian asset - why else would he speak to Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin’s number one useful idiot? Don’t be surprised if US defence contractors end up supplying Russia under the deal he fixes
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
March 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
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have to respect the posh fascist for looking exactly like what you'd picture if asked to think of a posh fascist
March 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
have to respect the posh fascist for looking exactly like what you'd picture if asked to think of a posh fascist
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March 19, 2021, a 200- to 500-meter-long fissure opens in the Geldingadalur valley on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. This fissure eruption - later named Fagradalsfjall - will produce spectacular lava fountains becoming a major tourist attraction
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www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
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www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
March 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
March 19, 2021, a 200- to 500-meter-long fissure opens in the Geldingadalur valley on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. This fissure eruption - later named Fagradalsfjall - will produce spectacular lava fountains becoming a major tourist attraction
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www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
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www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
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As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
March 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.