@humbertrawlinson.bsky.social
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The transatlantic alliance is over. Deal with it. (Here's how to start.)
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Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
[FREE TO READ] The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure
as.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The transatlantic alliance is over. Deal with it. (Here's how to start.)
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December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Above:
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Above:
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
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Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
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👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
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The petition calling for an inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000. People shared it everywhere. Social media made this happen.
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Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The petition calling for an inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000. People shared it everywhere. Social media made this happen.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
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We have painful past experience of their ‘consider’ nonsense. On Brexit in particular. But Russian influence in our politics. Come the fuck on. How can exposing that be a bad thing?
a man in a green and blue jacket stands next to another man
Alt: a man in a green and blue jacket does cursory security checks on men walking into a football match
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We have painful past experience of their ‘consider’ nonsense. On Brexit in particular. But Russian influence in our politics. Come the fuck on. How can exposing that be a bad thing?
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
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BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
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⚠️ Migrants, small businesses, young people, and poorer households are the most adversely affected groups five years on from Brexit, according to a new report from LSE.
👎 Fewer opportunities, higher prices, lower growth...
🇬🇧🇪🇺 The story of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/483Fg3R
👎 Fewer opportunities, higher prices, lower growth...
🇬🇧🇪🇺 The story of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/483Fg3R
Brexit - A Critical Audit in the Cold Light of Day
paper
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
⚠️ Migrants, small businesses, young people, and poorer households are the most adversely affected groups five years on from Brexit, according to a new report from LSE.
👎 Fewer opportunities, higher prices, lower growth...
🇬🇧🇪🇺 The story of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/483Fg3R
👎 Fewer opportunities, higher prices, lower growth...
🇬🇧🇪🇺 The story of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/483Fg3R
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Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones – Ukrainska Pravda source
The blowing up of two tankers in Russia's shadow fleet has been carried out as a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).
www.pravda.com.ua
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
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And Here's David Coburn on Russian state television accusing the EU of "interfering in the Russian sphere of influence" on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJS...
Russia today - David Coburn on Russia/Ukraine, March 2014
YouTube video by Liberty media
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
And Here's David Coburn on Russian state television accusing the EU of "interfering in the Russian sphere of influence" on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJS...
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This petition has now passed 85,000 signatures!
Onward to 100,000! 💪
Onward to 100,000! 💪
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This petition has now passed 85,000 signatures!
Onward to 100,000! 💪
Onward to 100,000! 💪
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"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."
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Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
The man who took down Corbyn over antisemitism gives Farage a free pass
Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Brexit reset going swimmingly.
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe
Keir Starmer’s bid to reset relations with the EU suffered a major blow on Friday, after negotiations for the UK to join the EU’s flagship €150bn (£131bn) defence fund collapsed.
The UK had been pushing to join the EU’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund, a low-interest loan scheme that is part of the EU’s drive to boost defence spending by €800bn and rearm the continent, in response to the growing threat from Russia and cooling relations between Donald Trump’s US and the EU. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Brexit reset going swimmingly.
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Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
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Punch some of your local hospitality businesses into the official business rates valuation calculator. All you need is their postcode.
You may be shocked to see by how much some will see their rateable value go up in April 2026. (Some will more than double.)
www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rat...
You may be shocked to see by how much some will see their rateable value go up in April 2026. (Some will more than double.)
www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rat...
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Punch some of your local hospitality businesses into the official business rates valuation calculator. All you need is their postcode.
You may be shocked to see by how much some will see their rateable value go up in April 2026. (Some will more than double.)
www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rat...
You may be shocked to see by how much some will see their rateable value go up in April 2026. (Some will more than double.)
www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rat...