Jonathan Church
@jonathanchurch.bsky.social
Yellowbelly, wang. Recovering europhile (formerly European Movement), recovering climate activist (formerly ClientEarth).
Searching for alternative legal responses.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/jonathan-church
Searching for alternative legal responses.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/jonathan-church
Cats everywhere!!
So many cats here
Far fewer cats, too
May 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cats everywhere!!
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Sometimes politics is simple. A man who speaks like an idiot will do idiotic things. That's really the sum total of the political analysis you need to understand what's happening today. But political commentators and investment advisers sought to make it more complicated.
April 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Sometimes politics is simple. A man who speaks like an idiot will do idiotic things. That's really the sum total of the political analysis you need to understand what's happening today. But political commentators and investment advisers sought to make it more complicated.
So many cats here
Far fewer cats, too
X is demented chaos but it is more entertaining over there
March 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So many cats here
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MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
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Hi All, I released the first part of my weekend update early (it’s all free) because what we are seeing is so extreme it needs to be said now. The USA is now openly admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians. Indeed, Trump seems to be enjoying it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #123: The Week The USA Started Killing Ukrainians
Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia
open.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hi All, I released the first part of my weekend update early (it’s all free) because what we are seeing is so extreme it needs to be said now. The USA is now openly admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians. Indeed, Trump seems to be enjoying it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Remarkable clarity in Britain.
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Remarkable clarity in Britain.
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I do not think people realize how comprehensive the Trump Administration is being in its attempts to help Putin kill Ukrainians. I have it on an excellent source that Ukrainian UAV operations are 15% less effective because of the US intel cut off.
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I do not think people realize how comprehensive the Trump Administration is being in its attempts to help Putin kill Ukrainians. I have it on an excellent source that Ukrainian UAV operations are 15% less effective because of the US intel cut off.
The apparent impotence/absence of opposition to Trump’s ruinous presidency is shocking.
Say what you want about the British constitution but Liz Truss lasted less than a month once it was clear she’d lost the plot.
Say what you want about the British constitution but Liz Truss lasted less than a month once it was clear she’d lost the plot.
1. What explains the paralysis that seems to have overcome us, as we watch the most powerful nation of Earth spiralling towards fascist dictatorship? Well, a large part of it, I feel, is the surreal, astonishing uselessness of the Democratic Party. 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The apparent impotence/absence of opposition to Trump’s ruinous presidency is shocking.
Say what you want about the British constitution but Liz Truss lasted less than a month once it was clear she’d lost the plot.
Say what you want about the British constitution but Liz Truss lasted less than a month once it was clear she’d lost the plot.
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If Trump can secure a source of revenue (tariffs) that doesn't need Congressional approval, & can spend the proceeds without Congressional permission, he'll have done what Charles I failed to do in the C17th.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
March 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If Trump can secure a source of revenue (tariffs) that doesn't need Congressional approval, & can spend the proceeds without Congressional permission, he'll have done what Charles I failed to do in the C17th.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
March 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
Today’s listening
March 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today’s listening
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Does America have any idea what people around the world are thinking of it tonight? Where are the protests? Where is the opposition? Heartbreaking to see a nation's moral collapse like this.
February 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Does America have any idea what people around the world are thinking of it tonight? Where are the protests? Where is the opposition? Heartbreaking to see a nation's moral collapse like this.
Remember when this book was a big deal? Seems now like every page is wrong.
February 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Remember when this book was a big deal? Seems now like every page is wrong.
Far fewer cats, too
X is demented chaos but it is more entertaining over there
February 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Far fewer cats, too
X is demented chaos but it is more entertaining over there
February 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
X is demented chaos but it is more entertaining over there
What’s poetry all about?
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What’s poetry all about?
Paul McCartney II may be visionary but my my a lot of it dross
February 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Paul McCartney II may be visionary but my my a lot of it dross
Not like me to turn up to an appointment exactly one month early
February 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Not like me to turn up to an appointment exactly one month early
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The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
February 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14.
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14.
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“as a city set upon a hill for all to observe.”
The city:
The city:
February 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“as a city set upon a hill for all to observe.”
The city:
The city:
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America is abandoning Ukraine, abandoning Europe, and abandoning the cause of democracy and self-determination across the world.
"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war
February 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
America is abandoning Ukraine, abandoning Europe, and abandoning the cause of democracy and self-determination across the world.
Can we have some sitting Republicans break ranks please? Now’s probably a good time.
February 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Can we have some sitting Republicans break ranks please? Now’s probably a good time.