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For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the ‘rules-based international order.’
That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.
youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.
youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
Canada's path forward • La voie que le Canada a choisie
YouTube video by Mark Carney
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the ‘rules-based international order.’
That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.
youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.
youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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The point of these posts by Trump is to ritualistically humiliate European leaders.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The point of these posts by Trump is to ritualistically humiliate European leaders.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.
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And then, Trump posts the receipts.
He is bragging to his own citizens showing them how much European leaders kiss his ass.
And he is showing European citizens what their own leaders say to him privately in their grovelling. To make them feel defeated and hopeless.
He is bragging to his own citizens showing them how much European leaders kiss his ass.
And he is showing European citizens what their own leaders say to him privately in their grovelling. To make them feel defeated and hopeless.
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
And then, Trump posts the receipts.
He is bragging to his own citizens showing them how much European leaders kiss his ass.
And he is showing European citizens what their own leaders say to him privately in their grovelling. To make them feel defeated and hopeless.
He is bragging to his own citizens showing them how much European leaders kiss his ass.
And he is showing European citizens what their own leaders say to him privately in their grovelling. To make them feel defeated and hopeless.
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If only there had been some clue that he was like this.
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
If only there had been some clue that he was like this.
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Trump's cheerleaders said he would be a "global peacemaker" who would make the world "safer and stable" and mocked all those warning about the threat he posed as being "hysterical".
Why Trump's apologists need to apologise for their own role in the calamity now unfolding
Why Trump's apologists need to apologise for their own role in the calamity now unfolding
It's Time for an Apology From the Trump Apologists
The politicians and commentators who mocked those warning about the threat posed by the US President as being "hysterical" need to face up to their own role in the calamity now unfolding, argues Adam ...
bylinetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Trump's cheerleaders said he would be a "global peacemaker" who would make the world "safer and stable" and mocked all those warning about the threat he posed as being "hysterical".
Why Trump's apologists need to apologise for their own role in the calamity now unfolding
Why Trump's apologists need to apologise for their own role in the calamity now unfolding
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Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
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It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
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That 'BBC boycott' in full
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
That 'BBC boycott' in full
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What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
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elon musk: people in the uk live like hobbits. um let’s look at you for a second bro
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
elon musk: people in the uk live like hobbits. um let’s look at you for a second bro
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The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
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Nish Kumar, "What is the Green Party's vision for how we redraw the economy of this country?"
Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"
"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"
Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"
"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"
September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nish Kumar, "What is the Green Party's vision for how we redraw the economy of this country?"
Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"
"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"
Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"
"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"
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I can't wait for NRA to issue call to arms, so all those gun owners who need their guns to protect their freedom from the authoritarian government can stand up together and protect their freedom from the authoritarian government.
September 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I can't wait for NRA to issue call to arms, so all those gun owners who need their guns to protect their freedom from the authoritarian government can stand up together and protect their freedom from the authoritarian government.
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So odd.
Usually they just love stories about Reform.
Usually they just love stories about Reform.
A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media:
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So odd.
Usually they just love stories about Reform.
Usually they just love stories about Reform.
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My dad told me: "You don't learn anything the second time you get kicked by a horse"
Peter Mandelson has been sacked for the third time.
Isn't it time politicians learned the risks of chumming around with a bunch of squalid billionaires?
Peter Mandelson has been sacked for the third time.
Isn't it time politicians learned the risks of chumming around with a bunch of squalid billionaires?
September 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My dad told me: "You don't learn anything the second time you get kicked by a horse"
Peter Mandelson has been sacked for the third time.
Isn't it time politicians learned the risks of chumming around with a bunch of squalid billionaires?
Peter Mandelson has been sacked for the third time.
Isn't it time politicians learned the risks of chumming around with a bunch of squalid billionaires?
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The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
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Mr Hurst is now appealing to the Administrative Court.
If he wins this appeal, then solicitors will have a green light to claim their libel threats cannot be published, or even referred to. The "secret SLAPP" will have become blessed by the courts.
If he wins this appeal, then solicitors will have a green light to claim their libel threats cannot be published, or even referred to. The "secret SLAPP" will have become blessed by the courts.
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Mr Hurst is now appealing to the Administrative Court.
If he wins this appeal, then solicitors will have a green light to claim their libel threats cannot be published, or even referred to. The "secret SLAPP" will have become blessed by the courts.
If he wins this appeal, then solicitors will have a green light to claim their libel threats cannot be published, or even referred to. The "secret SLAPP" will have become blessed by the courts.
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In 2022, Nadhim Zahawi’s solicitor sent me a libel threat - and said I wasn’t even allowed to say he’d written to me.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In 2022, Nadhim Zahawi’s solicitor sent me a libel threat - and said I wasn’t even allowed to say he’d written to me.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…