Elliot Ryder
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Senior Journalist BBC Newsnight | @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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WATCH: "Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"
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"Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"
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August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WATCH: "Unlike anything we've ever seen before" | David Frum on President Trump's "revenge drama"
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“The lesson from history is appeasement of dictators does not lead to peace - it leads to war and conflict.”
Former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 should have been met with a military response by European allies.
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Former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 should have been met with a military response by European allies.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“The lesson from history is appeasement of dictators does not lead to peace - it leads to war and conflict.”
Former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 should have been met with a military response by European allies.
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Former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 should have been met with a military response by European allies.
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"If I was going to be giving advice… don’t say that all of these women have made this stuff up..."
Baroness Helena Kennedy responds to Gregg Wallace being sacked as Masterchef presenter.
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Baroness Helena Kennedy responds to Gregg Wallace being sacked as Masterchef presenter.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"If I was going to be giving advice… don’t say that all of these women have made this stuff up..."
Baroness Helena Kennedy responds to Gregg Wallace being sacked as Masterchef presenter.
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Baroness Helena Kennedy responds to Gregg Wallace being sacked as Masterchef presenter.
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“In school I didn’t get any support, so I was always getting in trouble.”
Rapper Giggs opens up about his autism and how he fears a lack of SEND support might impact the prospects of two of his children, Isla and Israel.
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Rapper Giggs opens up about his autism and how he fears a lack of SEND support might impact the prospects of two of his children, Isla and Israel.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“In school I didn’t get any support, so I was always getting in trouble.”
Rapper Giggs opens up about his autism and how he fears a lack of SEND support might impact the prospects of two of his children, Isla and Israel.
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Rapper Giggs opens up about his autism and how he fears a lack of SEND support might impact the prospects of two of his children, Isla and Israel.
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"Unease about this rebellion has reached right into the Cabinet."
Nick Watt quotes a senior figure who says the welfare bill is "dead" unless Keir Starmer moves.
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Nick Watt quotes a senior figure who says the welfare bill is "dead" unless Keir Starmer moves.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Unease about this rebellion has reached right into the Cabinet."
Nick Watt quotes a senior figure who says the welfare bill is "dead" unless Keir Starmer moves.
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Nick Watt quotes a senior figure who says the welfare bill is "dead" unless Keir Starmer moves.
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"The Government needs to take a more unifying path... there is genuine, deep anxiety about these proposals."
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts.
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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"The Government needs to take a more unifying path... there is genuine, deep anxiety about these proposals."
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts.
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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts.
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“This is the boxing global championship, UFC, Super Bowl, World Cup... all rolled into one.”
Pollster Frank Luntz on the growing spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Pollster Frank Luntz on the growing spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“This is the boxing global championship, UFC, Super Bowl, World Cup... all rolled into one.”
Pollster Frank Luntz on the growing spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Pollster Frank Luntz on the growing spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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“Two thin-skinned, petulant, power-crazy narcissists were never going to stay working together in the interests of the nation very long…”
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
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Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Two thin-skinned, petulant, power-crazy narcissists were never going to stay working together in the interests of the nation very long…”
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
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Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
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“Donald Trump is about conflict, conflict, conflict - the show goes on and he keeps the show going on….”
Former Trump White House insider Michael Wolff discusses whether the Elon Musk spat will harm Donald Trump’s Presidency.
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Former Trump White House insider Michael Wolff discusses whether the Elon Musk spat will harm Donald Trump’s Presidency.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Donald Trump is about conflict, conflict, conflict - the show goes on and he keeps the show going on….”
Former Trump White House insider Michael Wolff discusses whether the Elon Musk spat will harm Donald Trump’s Presidency.
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Former Trump White House insider Michael Wolff discusses whether the Elon Musk spat will harm Donald Trump’s Presidency.
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WATCH: Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor, Fiona Hill, on Ukraine-Russia peace talks
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Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor on Ukraine-Russia peace talks
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May 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
WATCH: Is Trump being 'played' by Putin? Ex-Trump advisor, Fiona Hill, on Ukraine-Russia peace talks
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WATCH: “When I first walked into the Oval Office he said ‘God, you’re a good-looking fellow aren’t you’…”
Lord Mandelson, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, discusses his relationship with Donald Trump and US-UK trade deals
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Lord Mandelson, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, discusses his relationship with Donald Trump and US-UK trade deals
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"You're a good looking fellow..." | Lord Mandelson on dealing with Trump and US-UK trade deals
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May 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
WATCH: “When I first walked into the Oval Office he said ‘God, you’re a good-looking fellow aren’t you’…”
Lord Mandelson, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, discusses his relationship with Donald Trump and US-UK trade deals
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Lord Mandelson, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, discusses his relationship with Donald Trump and US-UK trade deals
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WATCH: “If you’re very successful I think society’s expectation should be to have you give the vast majority away.”
Bill Gates discusses his plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 and the UK's cuts to its international aid budget.
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Bill Gates discusses his plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 and the UK's cuts to its international aid budget.
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"We were shocked" | Bill Gates on UK aid budget cuts and plans to give away most of his fortune
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May 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
WATCH: “If you’re very successful I think society’s expectation should be to have you give the vast majority away.”
Bill Gates discusses his plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 and the UK's cuts to its international aid budget.
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Bill Gates discusses his plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 and the UK's cuts to its international aid budget.
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Tonight on #Newsnight - presented by Matt Chorley
UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson
Bill Gates
Diane Abbott
Patrick Maguire
10.30pm BBC Two | BBC News | BBC iPlayer
UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson
Bill Gates
Diane Abbott
Patrick Maguire
10.30pm BBC Two | BBC News | BBC iPlayer
May 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tonight on #Newsnight - presented by Matt Chorley
UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson
Bill Gates
Diane Abbott
Patrick Maguire
10.30pm BBC Two | BBC News | BBC iPlayer
UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson
Bill Gates
Diane Abbott
Patrick Maguire
10.30pm BBC Two | BBC News | BBC iPlayer
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US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong have left their posts, according to media reports
Last night #Newsnight pressed Alex Wong on the security implications for the US when a journalist was accidentally added to Signal chat on military strikes
Last night #Newsnight pressed Alex Wong on the security implications for the US when a journalist was accidentally added to Signal chat on military strikes
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong have left their posts, according to media reports
Last night #Newsnight pressed Alex Wong on the security implications for the US when a journalist was accidentally added to Signal chat on military strikes
Last night #Newsnight pressed Alex Wong on the security implications for the US when a journalist was accidentally added to Signal chat on military strikes
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“Once the local elections are out of the way…. the word is that there is going to be a very, very ambitious deal with the EU...”
Nick Watt reports on what recent visitors to Number 10 are hearing about a EU-UK trade deal in the coming weeks.
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Nick Watt reports on what recent visitors to Number 10 are hearing about a EU-UK trade deal in the coming weeks.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Once the local elections are out of the way…. the word is that there is going to be a very, very ambitious deal with the EU...”
Nick Watt reports on what recent visitors to Number 10 are hearing about a EU-UK trade deal in the coming weeks.
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Nick Watt reports on what recent visitors to Number 10 are hearing about a EU-UK trade deal in the coming weeks.
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"Would you sign up for land for peace, as a man of God?"
Paddy O'Connell asks President Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, about ongoing US-Russia peace talks concerning Ukraine.
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Paddy O'Connell asks President Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, about ongoing US-Russia peace talks concerning Ukraine.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"Would you sign up for land for peace, as a man of God?"
Paddy O'Connell asks President Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, about ongoing US-Russia peace talks concerning Ukraine.
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Paddy O'Connell asks President Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, about ongoing US-Russia peace talks concerning Ukraine.
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"Which line of the Magna Carta is linked to a deal on chlorinated chicken?"
Former Trump Treasury official Diana Furchtgott-Roth insists free speech should be tied to any US-UK trade deal.
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Former Trump Treasury official Diana Furchtgott-Roth insists free speech should be tied to any US-UK trade deal.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Which line of the Magna Carta is linked to a deal on chlorinated chicken?"
Former Trump Treasury official Diana Furchtgott-Roth insists free speech should be tied to any US-UK trade deal.
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Former Trump Treasury official Diana Furchtgott-Roth insists free speech should be tied to any US-UK trade deal.
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'We shouldn't be rushing a trade deal with the US.'
Labour MP Nadia Whittome explains that the UK should be 'smart' in prioritising negotiations with the EU.
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome explains that the UK should be 'smart' in prioritising negotiations with the EU.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'We shouldn't be rushing a trade deal with the US.'
Labour MP Nadia Whittome explains that the UK should be 'smart' in prioritising negotiations with the EU.
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome explains that the UK should be 'smart' in prioritising negotiations with the EU.
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“I think the left needs, sorry for saying this, a leftist… charismatic authoritarian person.”
So-called ‘rock star’ Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage.
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So-called ‘rock star’ Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“I think the left needs, sorry for saying this, a leftist… charismatic authoritarian person.”
So-called ‘rock star’ Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage.
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So-called ‘rock star’ Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage.
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“If I can help one family to not feel what we are feeling, then it's all worth it”
Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, talks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about raising awareness about the dangers of ketamine after her brother died of a cardiac arrest caused by the drug in January
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Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, talks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about raising awareness about the dangers of ketamine after her brother died of a cardiac arrest caused by the drug in January
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April 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“If I can help one family to not feel what we are feeling, then it's all worth it”
Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, talks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about raising awareness about the dangers of ketamine after her brother died of a cardiac arrest caused by the drug in January
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Chanel Williams, sister of The Vivienne, talks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about raising awareness about the dangers of ketamine after her brother died of a cardiac arrest caused by the drug in January
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“They won’t be able to make it to the toilet…they'll have to be wearing pads in the daytime if they work”
A 23-year-old in treatment for ketamine addiction talks to Victoria Derbyshire about the potential damage using the recreational drug can have on the bladder.
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A 23-year-old in treatment for ketamine addiction talks to Victoria Derbyshire about the potential damage using the recreational drug can have on the bladder.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“They won’t be able to make it to the toilet…they'll have to be wearing pads in the daytime if they work”
A 23-year-old in treatment for ketamine addiction talks to Victoria Derbyshire about the potential damage using the recreational drug can have on the bladder.
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A 23-year-old in treatment for ketamine addiction talks to Victoria Derbyshire about the potential damage using the recreational drug can have on the bladder.
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"I think we've got a ketamine epidemic now..it's here and it's now."
Katie Bryan, lead nurse at Adferiad Detox Centre, warns
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the "crisis" caused by growing use of the recreational drug and the impact it can have on bladders.
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Katie Bryan, lead nurse at Adferiad Detox Centre, warns
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the "crisis" caused by growing use of the recreational drug and the impact it can have on bladders.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"I think we've got a ketamine epidemic now..it's here and it's now."
Katie Bryan, lead nurse at Adferiad Detox Centre, warns
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the "crisis" caused by growing use of the recreational drug and the impact it can have on bladders.
#Newsnight
Katie Bryan, lead nurse at Adferiad Detox Centre, warns
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the "crisis" caused by growing use of the recreational drug and the impact it can have on bladders.
#Newsnight
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“Is there a way back for you to the Labour Party?”
“..not yet, I need to know that I’m safe in the Party.”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Independent MP Rosie Duffield about the prospect of rejoining Labour after quitting last September.
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“..not yet, I need to know that I’m safe in the Party.”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Independent MP Rosie Duffield about the prospect of rejoining Labour after quitting last September.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“Is there a way back for you to the Labour Party?”
“..not yet, I need to know that I’m safe in the Party.”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Independent MP Rosie Duffield about the prospect of rejoining Labour after quitting last September.
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“..not yet, I need to know that I’m safe in the Party.”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Independent MP Rosie Duffield about the prospect of rejoining Labour after quitting last September.
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"Please can we stop treating this as a political football or way of scoring points against each other."
Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist, calls for people to use "empathy" and "tolerance" on the gender debate.
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Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist, calls for people to use "empathy" and "tolerance" on the gender debate.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Please can we stop treating this as a political football or way of scoring points against each other."
Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist, calls for people to use "empathy" and "tolerance" on the gender debate.
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Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist, calls for people to use "empathy" and "tolerance" on the gender debate.
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“The lesson that Putin will take is that you can annex, invade, slaughter and occupy… do it long enough you’ll get a frozen conflict as a reward.”
Jim Murphy, Leader of Scottish Labour, 2014-15, on US-Russian negotiations on Ukraine.
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Jim Murphy, Leader of Scottish Labour, 2014-15, on US-Russian negotiations on Ukraine.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“The lesson that Putin will take is that you can annex, invade, slaughter and occupy… do it long enough you’ll get a frozen conflict as a reward.”
Jim Murphy, Leader of Scottish Labour, 2014-15, on US-Russian negotiations on Ukraine.
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Jim Murphy, Leader of Scottish Labour, 2014-15, on US-Russian negotiations on Ukraine.
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