Graham Cooke
@grahamcooke1.bsky.social
Retired journalist with a continuing interest in international current affairs. Contributor to Australian Public Eye on world news affecting and influencing the public sector. Contributor to Australian Region Group on professional and personal development.
Still plenty of time for Trump and his acolytes to destroy democracy and make the mid-terms irrelevant.
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Still plenty of time for Trump and his acolytes to destroy democracy and make the mid-terms irrelevant.
I really hope that when the Administrations changes, as it will, some of these thugs are made to pay for their actions.
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I really hope that when the Administrations changes, as it will, some of these thugs are made to pay for their actions.
Nothing new - medieval popes used to do it.
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Nothing new - medieval popes used to do it.
Lord Heseltine is so right. Populists, like their predecessors in the 1930s, present what seem to be easy answers to complex questions, which turn out to be no answers at all.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Lord Heseltine is so right. Populists, like their predecessors in the 1930s, present what seem to be easy answers to complex questions, which turn out to be no answers at all.
But will ICE, or Trump, take any notice of court rulings? The outlook is not good.
October 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
But will ICE, or Trump, take any notice of court rulings? The outlook is not good.
Now he's about to give away half of Ukraine to the dictator Putin and claim it qualifies him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
August 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Now he's about to give away half of Ukraine to the dictator Putin and claim it qualifies him for the Nobel Peace Prize.