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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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War is peace. Russia is fully committed to peace in Ukraine.
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
War is peace. Russia is fully committed to peace in Ukraine.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I think banning it would be bad, because:
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I think banning it would be bad, because:
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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This shit must hit so hard if you’re stupid.
October 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This shit must hit so hard if you’re stupid.
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I really, really wish former colleagues would "live their values" and stop official use of X. The longer this goes on, it will only get harder.
September 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I really, really wish former colleagues would "live their values" and stop official use of X. The longer this goes on, it will only get harder.
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Suspect lots of people here don't realise how big a deal Kirk was on TikTok in the UK. Twins have seen loads of videos about him (mostly him being "owned" by progressive students). Lots of chat about it already on their WhatsApps. Much more so than anything in UK politics.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Suspect lots of people here don't realise how big a deal Kirk was on TikTok in the UK. Twins have seen loads of videos about him (mostly him being "owned" by progressive students). Lots of chat about it already on their WhatsApps. Much more so than anything in UK politics.
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Giving Peter Mandelson a major diplomatic position was always going to end in disaster.
Mandelson is undoubtedly talented, but he has persistently shown extremely poor judgment and a magnetic attraction to wealth and power.
Making him Ambassador was another predictably bad appointment by Starmer.
Mandelson is undoubtedly talented, but he has persistently shown extremely poor judgment and a magnetic attraction to wealth and power.
Making him Ambassador was another predictably bad appointment by Starmer.
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Giving Peter Mandelson a major diplomatic position was always going to end in disaster.
Mandelson is undoubtedly talented, but he has persistently shown extremely poor judgment and a magnetic attraction to wealth and power.
Making him Ambassador was another predictably bad appointment by Starmer.
Mandelson is undoubtedly talented, but he has persistently shown extremely poor judgment and a magnetic attraction to wealth and power.
Making him Ambassador was another predictably bad appointment by Starmer.
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Look what's in close proximity to Israel's illegal attack on Doha, at least 2 nurseries, 3 schools, 6 embassies, a petrol station, a public park. This all happened in the middle of the afternoon, when schools are ending and children engaging in extra curricular activities
September 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Look what's in close proximity to Israel's illegal attack on Doha, at least 2 nurseries, 3 schools, 6 embassies, a petrol station, a public park. This all happened in the middle of the afternoon, when schools are ending and children engaging in extra curricular activities
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While the US institutions and courts have been incredibly weak in Trump's second terms, the UK constitutional system is so much more open to a government to disregard democratic norms. Our main hope of protection by 2029 is public/social attitudes - before the election, rather than afterwards.
Given that Reform are clearly importing a lot of their agenda and messaging from Americ, there really should be more robust questioning of why there won’t be the same sort of democratic erosion here in the UK.
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
While the US institutions and courts have been incredibly weak in Trump's second terms, the UK constitutional system is so much more open to a government to disregard democratic norms. Our main hope of protection by 2029 is public/social attitudes - before the election, rather than afterwards.
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My god the kerning on "U.S. Department of War" is itself send-them-to-the-Hague-worthy.
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My god the kerning on "U.S. Department of War" is itself send-them-to-the-Hague-worthy.
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
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The folks at Kirill Rogov’s think tank, Re: Russia, warn that Putin attending Thursday’s Turkey talks would be a nightmare for Zelensky and Europe. I can’t imagine ole Vova making the trip, but the Re: Russia analysis is thought-provoking. (I summarized it here.)
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Diplomacy on a deadline Re: Russia analysts explain why Putin’s peace summit in Turkey poses enormous risks not only for Ukraine but for all of Europe — Meduza
Volodymyr Zelensky says he will fly to Turkey and wait there for Vladimir Putin, aiming to resume direct negotiations on Thursday, May 15. If the Russian president shows up, U.S. President Donald Trum...
meduza.io
May 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The folks at Kirill Rogov’s think tank, Re: Russia, warn that Putin attending Thursday’s Turkey talks would be a nightmare for Zelensky and Europe. I can’t imagine ole Vova making the trip, but the Re: Russia analysis is thought-provoking. (I summarized it here.)
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Beautiful. Like an anxiety dream in which your idol tells you that you suck, but real and directed at one of the world’s worst people
"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Beautiful. Like an anxiety dream in which your idol tells you that you suck, but real and directed at one of the world’s worst people
Just saw Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's #Warfare. Superb realism and attention to detail as a standalone account of GWOT operations.
I've seen the 'Not sufficiently anti-war' reviews and personally don't think it matters. There is enough here to make anyone think critically about war.
I've seen the 'Not sufficiently anti-war' reviews and personally don't think it matters. There is enough here to make anyone think critically about war.
April 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just saw Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's #Warfare. Superb realism and attention to detail as a standalone account of GWOT operations.
I've seen the 'Not sufficiently anti-war' reviews and personally don't think it matters. There is enough here to make anyone think critically about war.
I've seen the 'Not sufficiently anti-war' reviews and personally don't think it matters. There is enough here to make anyone think critically about war.
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You can no longer accuse Russia of violating the moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure — because the Kremlin has officially called off the deal.
www.interfax.ru/russia/1021576
www.interfax.ru/russia/1021576
Путин не давал войскам новых указаний по истечении моратория с ударами по энергообъектам
Месяц моратория России на удары по энергетической инфраструктуре Украины истек, но пока других указаний президента Владимира Путина не было, заявил его пресс-секретарь Дмитрий Песков."Месяц (моратория...
www.interfax.ru
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can no longer accuse Russia of violating the moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure — because the Kremlin has officially called off the deal.
www.interfax.ru/russia/1021576
www.interfax.ru/russia/1021576
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Sadistic language from the White House, gleefully revelling in contempt for law, judges & individual rights. This is what incipient fascism looks like.
April 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sadistic language from the White House, gleefully revelling in contempt for law, judges & individual rights. This is what incipient fascism looks like.
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Chris Mullin in the Weekend FT
April 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Chris Mullin in the Weekend FT
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Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found
Defence officials believe Trident nuclear fleet is latest target in Putin’s ‘greyzone’ war with the UK
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wow. "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Wow. "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...