Gail Johnston
@gallywally.bsky.social
An Irish international primary school educator, immersive traveler, a left leaning idealist and world citizen, lived in Singapore and Malaysia but currently living in Barcelona. Waiting patiently for a kinder more empathetic world. 🍀🌍
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Brexit.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Brexit.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Notable how the UK under Starmer sometimes, if you squint & mainline some hopium, can look briefly advantaged by being unhitched to the EU but then reality/Trump bites & you realise that Brexit, always an act of unutterable stupidity, has made an already awful situation immeasurably worse for us.
❗️The future of Europe is not going to be decided by Russia or by Washington - President Macron in his address.
He emphasized that Europe needs to be able to defend itself and increase military spending, re-industrialize Europe and transform according to the new global context.
He emphasized that Europe needs to be able to defend itself and increase military spending, re-industrialize Europe and transform according to the new global context.
March 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Notable how the UK under Starmer sometimes, if you squint & mainline some hopium, can look briefly advantaged by being unhitched to the EU but then reality/Trump bites & you realise that Brexit, always an act of unutterable stupidity, has made an already awful situation immeasurably worse for us.
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Worth a listen.
The conversation I had with the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK today on LBC was quite something. Suggested that Trump was a threat to world stability, said Canadians are livid and that the UK and Europe had better steel ourselves: "you're next."
Watch below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xZ...
Watch below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xZ...
Canadian Ambassador warns Trump is a 'threat to world stability' | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Worth a listen.
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Donald Trump has openly declared Gaza will be ethnically cleansed.
And our media is normalising it 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-conf...
And our media is normalising it 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-conf...
February 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Donald Trump has openly declared Gaza will be ethnically cleansed.
And our media is normalising it 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-conf...
And our media is normalising it 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-conf...
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#RecipeOfTheDay is a soothing soup for those struck down with seasonal lurgy, though it’s lovely, too, for those of us who are not afflicted. It’s Cauliflower, Garlic and Turmeric Soup! www.nigella.com/recipes/caul...
Cauliflower, Garlic and Turmeric Soup
Packed full of vegetables and phytonutrients, it is undeniably true that this soup is both soothing and bolstering as well as easy and gratifying to eat. Baking the garlic gives a lot of depth while t...
www.nigella.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is a soothing soup for those struck down with seasonal lurgy, though it’s lovely, too, for those of us who are not afflicted. It’s Cauliflower, Garlic and Turmeric Soup! www.nigella.com/recipes/caul...
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Faith in democracy is collapsing everywhere.
A rising authoritarian right is exploiting that disillusionment.
Unless we offer an alternative to our broken economic model - then democracy will die.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A rising authoritarian right is exploiting that disillusionment.
Unless we offer an alternative to our broken economic model - then democracy will die.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair | Owen Jones
Fascism in power in the 1930s brought the world to genocidal war. But memories have faded, as has the stigma attached to the far-right – and that’s dangerous, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Faith in democracy is collapsing everywhere.
A rising authoritarian right is exploiting that disillusionment.
Unless we offer an alternative to our broken economic model - then democracy will die.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A rising authoritarian right is exploiting that disillusionment.
Unless we offer an alternative to our broken economic model - then democracy will die.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Elon Musk's warped attitude to British politics a result of being radicalised by his own social media platform?
www.ft.com/content/8e91...
www.ft.com/content/8e91...
How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics
Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue
www.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is Elon Musk's warped attitude to British politics a result of being radicalised by his own social media platform?
www.ft.com/content/8e91...
www.ft.com/content/8e91...
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In BBC coverage, mentions of Israeli and Palestinians deaths competed for space since 7th October.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
December 21, 2024 at 1:33 PM
In BBC coverage, mentions of Israeli and Palestinians deaths competed for space since 7th October.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
That's despite far more Palestinian deaths.
There's one exception - a huge spike in the mentions of Palestinian deaths in early April.
The reason for this should disturb you.
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It is disgusting how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer under the oligarchy we are living in now. It is a disgrace
December 20, 2024 at 6:12 PM
It is disgusting how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer under the oligarchy we are living in now. It is a disgrace
Why are there so many red heads in Ireland?
December 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Why are there so many red heads in Ireland?
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🚨🚨 Major #brexit news: Sir Keir Starmer will be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European security as Brussels seeks closer ties with the UK, in a significant post-Brexit move. No British PM has attended such a gathering since the country left the bloc in 2020.🧵
www.ft.com/content/b082...
www.ft.com/content/b082...
Keir Starmer to be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European defence
Significant post-Brexit move comes as Brussels seeks closer ties with UK
www.ft.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:13 PM
🚨🚨 Major #brexit news: Sir Keir Starmer will be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European security as Brussels seeks closer ties with the UK, in a significant post-Brexit move. No British PM has attended such a gathering since the country left the bloc in 2020.🧵
www.ft.com/content/b082...
www.ft.com/content/b082...
Long but good article. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
They Protested Gaza — And Were Silenced. Now They're Staging Their Own Quiet Rebellion.
As Israel continues to retaliate for Oct. 7 — while receiving huge support from the U.S. and its allies — government officials have felt compelled to act in ways they never thought they would.
www.huffpost.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Long but good article. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
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What’s that?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social’s entire three hour show available to watch *in the app*?
It’s possible…
@mrjamesob.bsky.social’s entire three hour show available to watch *in the app*?
It’s possible…
The governor of the Bank of England can't say what he thinks | James O’Brien - The Whole Show
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM
What’s that?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social’s entire three hour show available to watch *in the app*?
It’s possible…
@mrjamesob.bsky.social’s entire three hour show available to watch *in the app*?
It’s possible…