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Today, 40 leaders and top EU officials will gather in Paris to hammer out security guarantees for Ukraine.
Hovering over the room: Trump’s threat to annex Greenland — but don’t expect anyone to mention it.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Hovering over the room: Trump’s threat to annex Greenland — but don’t expect anyone to mention it.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Europe hugs America close — despite Greenland fears
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www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Today, 40 leaders and top EU officials will gather in Paris to hammer out security guarantees for Ukraine.
Hovering over the room: Trump’s threat to annex Greenland — but don’t expect anyone to mention it.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Hovering over the room: Trump’s threat to annex Greenland — but don’t expect anyone to mention it.
Brussels Playbook has more 👇
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The claim by Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands that he consulted Jewish leaders before the ‘antisemitic’ decision has been challenged
Police chief under pressure to resign over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban
www.thetimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The claim by Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands that he consulted Jewish leaders before the ‘antisemitic’ decision has been challenged
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❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
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❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨URGENT: Sign and share our petition.
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
vist.ly/3n529qc
❗KKR, the predatory US private equity firm lined up to rescue Thames Water, has pulled out. Thames Water is back in crisis.
It's time for Steve Reed to cut the 💩and bring it into public hands.
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Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs
Hospitals in England could axe more than 100,000 jobs as a result of the huge reorganisation and brutal cost-cutting ordered by Wes Streeting and the NHS’s new boss.
The scale of looming job losses is so large that NHS leaders have urged the Treasury to cover the costs involved, which they say could top £2bn, because they do not have the money. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
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Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
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A little girl made history by becoming the first child in Britain to be born from a womb transplant — in an organ donated by her aunt to her mother
First child in Britain born from a womb transplant
www.thetimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A little girl made history by becoming the first child in Britain to be born from a womb transplant — in an organ donated by her aunt to her mother
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China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat
China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat
Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies looms
* Tariff market reaction –live updates
China’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.
On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said the US president’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat
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“If Putin wanted to kill America, how would he best do it? Exactly like this”
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
How to collapse America from the inside out
If Putin wanted to kill America, how would he best do it? Exactly like this:— Install a puppet or ally inside the government; as Lincoln foresaw, a tyrant doesn’t need to invade. He just needs to rise...
www.rawstory.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“If Putin wanted to kill America, how would he best do it? Exactly like this”
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Main thing the UK (and others) should learn about Bidenomics is that semi-populist trade and international economic policy didn't stop the argument drifting towards even more simplistic solutions. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
What should the UK learn from “Bidenomics”?
www.hks.harvard.edu
April 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Main thing the UK (and others) should learn about Bidenomics is that semi-populist trade and international economic policy didn't stop the argument drifting towards even more simplistic solutions. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
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March 2025 set a record as the warmest March ever recorded in Europe
The month also saw contrasting rainfall extremes, with some regions experiencing their driest March on record and others their wettest in the past 47 years
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-w...
The month also saw contrasting rainfall extremes, with some regions experiencing their driest March on record and others their wettest in the past 47 years
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-w...
Copernicus: Warmest March in Europe and lowest Arctic winter sea ice
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes mo...
climate.copernicus.eu
April 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
March 2025 set a record as the warmest March ever recorded in Europe
The month also saw contrasting rainfall extremes, with some regions experiencing their driest March on record and others their wettest in the past 47 years
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-w...
The month also saw contrasting rainfall extremes, with some regions experiencing their driest March on record and others their wettest in the past 47 years
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-w...
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Slechtste beursdag in Hong Kong sinds 1997 (Azië-crisis)
April 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Slechtste beursdag in Hong Kong sinds 1997 (Azië-crisis)
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The Bank of England mishandled the last inflation spike, if the Bank raises interest rates again, Starmer and Reeves must do the unthinkable
My column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/if-t...
My column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/if-t...
If the Bank of England raise interest rates, Starmer and Reeves must do the unthinkable
The world has changed
inews.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The Bank of England mishandled the last inflation spike, if the Bank raises interest rates again, Starmer and Reeves must do the unthinkable
My column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/if-t...
My column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/if-t...
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Supreme Court sides with Trump over Alien Enemies Act deportations despite ‘extraordinary threat to rule of law’
Supreme Court sides with Trump over Alien Enemies Act deportations
5-4 opinion clears path for administration’s swift removals of alleged gang members, for now
www.independent.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Supreme Court sides with Trump over Alien Enemies Act deportations despite ‘extraordinary threat to rule of law’
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Pretty anodyne on both sides, the way today is going this may look rather dated by in a couple of days when we're talking about emergency international summits.
Starmer's call with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and German leaders: I wonder what they mean by "Europe must rise to meet the moment"? Probably different things. www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM call with international leaders: 6 April 2025
The Prime Minister spoke with international leaders including the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and leader of the German Christian Democratic...
www.gov.uk
April 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Pretty anodyne on both sides, the way today is going this may look rather dated by in a couple of days when we're talking about emergency international summits.
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RFK Jr changes tune on measles vaccine after attending child’s funeral
RFK Jr changes tune on measles vaccine after attending child’s funeral
www.thetimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
RFK Jr changes tune on measles vaccine after attending child’s funeral
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While I see all your conspiracy theories I regret to inform you that the horrible truth is that an old man with a tariff obsession has been given almost unlimited power in the world's richest country.
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
While I see all your conspiracy theories I regret to inform you that the horrible truth is that an old man with a tariff obsession has been given almost unlimited power in the world's richest country.
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Sounds like a plan
April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sounds like a plan
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“Steel…we are hearing from industry sources that unless you, the government, order raw materials this week in order to keep the blast furnaces burning that they go past the point of no return”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“Steel…we are hearing from industry sources that unless you, the government, order raw materials this week in order to keep the blast furnaces burning that they go past the point of no return”
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"The United Kingdom (UK) maintains non-science-based standards that adversely affect U.S. exports of safe, high-quality beef and poultry products".
In case you thought they weren't interested any more... www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
In case you thought they weren't interested any more... www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Report to the President on the America First Trade Policy Executive Summary
Pursuant to the January 20, 2025 Presidential Memorandum on America First Trade Policy (AFTP), directed to the Secretary of State, Secretary of the
www.whitehouse.gov
April 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The United Kingdom (UK) maintains non-science-based standards that adversely affect U.S. exports of safe, high-quality beef and poultry products".
In case you thought they weren't interested any more... www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
In case you thought they weren't interested any more... www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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At the zonal border of West Berlin and East Germany, 27 December 1964. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin #DDR #GDR
April 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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New research by Labour Together reveals the nature of inequalities in public investment.
What we call 'growth spending' is 41 per cent lower in the East Midlands per capita than it is in London. Here's a regional breakdown:
What we call 'growth spending' is 41 per cent lower in the East Midlands per capita than it is in London. Here's a regional breakdown:
April 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New research by Labour Together reveals the nature of inequalities in public investment.
What we call 'growth spending' is 41 per cent lower in the East Midlands per capita than it is in London. Here's a regional breakdown:
What we call 'growth spending' is 41 per cent lower in the East Midlands per capita than it is in London. Here's a regional breakdown:
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“It’s really important to us there’s a fair and reasonable rate of tax being paid by tech companies in the UK”
Business Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds
#BBCnewsnight
Business Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds
#BBCnewsnight
April 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“It’s really important to us there’s a fair and reasonable rate of tax being paid by tech companies in the UK”
Business Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds
#BBCnewsnight
Business Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds
#BBCnewsnight
The real reason we’re in a national emergency
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The real reason we’re in a national emergency
Trump is creating national emergencies to gain more power. In the process, he’s subjecting millions to real harm.
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The real reason we’re in a national emergency
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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