@mariotleslie.bsky.social
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Languages education at all levels, especially higher, is under existential threat in the UK. It is an impoverished society which produces so few students interested in languages & a shortsighted state that cannot subsidise this public good through tough times. Pls consider signing.
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Languages education at all levels, especially higher, is under existential threat in the UK. It is an impoverished society which produces so few students interested in languages & a shortsighted state that cannot subsidise this public good through tough times. Pls consider signing.
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
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I totally agree with @jheathershaw.bsky.social , & have signed the petition. "Say it in English, only louder" was never a good way of dealing with the outside world; in current times, it's even less appropriate.
Languages education at all levels, especially higher, is under existential threat in the UK. It is an impoverished society which produces so few students interested in languages & a shortsighted state that cannot subsidise this public good through tough times. Pls consider signing.
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
c.org/qQMPqxcLCD
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I totally agree with @jheathershaw.bsky.social , & have signed the petition. "Say it in English, only louder" was never a good way of dealing with the outside world; in current times, it's even less appropriate.
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I don't think people appreciate how big the Boriswave was.
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I don't think people appreciate how big the Boriswave was.
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And here is the English version of my text, translated by Google.
Thanks @rajtham.bsky.social !
Thanks @rajtham.bsky.social !
Regime Change Made Easy How Musk and Farage Are Trying to Undermine British Democracy
Regime Change Made Easy How Musk and Farage Are Trying to Undermine British Democracy by Annette Dittert Over 110,000 people demonstrate in London against immigration. At the rally of far-right activi...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
And here is the English version of my text, translated by Google.
Thanks @rajtham.bsky.social !
Thanks @rajtham.bsky.social !
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How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
www.blaetter.de
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
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In case you missed it ...
"68% of Britons would now accept a return to free movement across borders in exchange for regaining access to the EU's single market. Among those who voted to Leave in 2016, the margin for Returning stands at 54-35%. Even 44% of Reform Party voters are in favour of it."
#RejoineU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoineU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Eye-Opening Poll on British Regret over Brexit
The Guardian has a story out today about a really gob smacking poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) regarding closer relations between the UK and EU, based on a survey of more than...
www.dailykos.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In case you missed it ...
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Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?
October 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?
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I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
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Not, alas, on the White House reading list in either the Biden or Trump presidencies - or we wouldn't be in this mess.
In September 2021, @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social published 'What Deters Russia', which looked at what succeeds and what fails when trying to dissuade Russia from doing something appalling (like invading its neighbours for instance.)
www.chathamhouse.org/2021/09/what...
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www.chathamhouse.org/2021/09/what...
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What deters Russia
Enduring principles for responding to Moscow
www.chathamhouse.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not, alas, on the White House reading list in either the Biden or Trump presidencies - or we wouldn't be in this mess.
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Very interesting speech by @president.ecb.europa.eu on currency internationalization of the €uro.
She concluded that „The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment”
Have you seen this @jvtk.bsky.social ?
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
She concluded that „The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment”
Have you seen this @jvtk.bsky.social ?
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
Earning influence: lessons from the history of international currencies
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
www.ecb.europa.eu
May 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Very interesting speech by @president.ecb.europa.eu on currency internationalization of the €uro.
She concluded that „The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment”
Have you seen this @jvtk.bsky.social ?
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
She concluded that „The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment”
Have you seen this @jvtk.bsky.social ?
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
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Interesting event from @scga.bsky.social on EU, Europe and the wider world. Sunday 11 May, 2pm, Edinburgh. Part of #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 @festivalofeurope.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @euromovescotland.bsky.social Details and how to book places, see below.
Chair: @angusrobertson.bsky.social
@eliotacohen.bsky.social, Chair in Strategy @csis.org Washington DC
Frances Guy, @intdevalliance.bsky.social
Dr Matt Barlow @uofgsps.bsky.social
SIGN UP www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the... 2/2
@eliotacohen.bsky.social, Chair in Strategy @csis.org Washington DC
Frances Guy, @intdevalliance.bsky.social
Dr Matt Barlow @uofgsps.bsky.social
SIGN UP www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the... 2/2
Beyond the UK, Beyond the EU – what in the world lies ahead?
This session seeks to broaden understanding of where the EU and UK sit today
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Interesting event from @scga.bsky.social on EU, Europe and the wider world. Sunday 11 May, 2pm, Edinburgh. Part of #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 @festivalofeurope.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @euromovescotland.bsky.social Details and how to book places, see below.
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We’ve just published a new report, based on our annual economics conference. It distils the big policy debates on the European economy post-Draghi, drawing on the brainpower around the table.
Some journalist friends convinced me it’s worth sharing — so here’s a thread.
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Some journalist friends convinced me it’s worth sharing — so here’s a thread.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We’ve just published a new report, based on our annual economics conference. It distils the big policy debates on the European economy post-Draghi, drawing on the brainpower around the table.
Some journalist friends convinced me it’s worth sharing — so here’s a thread.
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Some journalist friends convinced me it’s worth sharing — so here’s a thread.
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May 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/
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I agree.
Our new leader. The @economist.com has always been staunchly Transatlanticist. We don't say this lightly: "Europe must prepare to be abandoned or extorted. Not to prepare for that could leave Europe vulnerable to Russia and to an increasingly hostile America" www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
www.economist.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I agree.
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For all the ongoing nationalist sentiment in Scotland, this is something that Scots almost never do. I'm not sure I can think of a single time I've been told by a Scot that as a Jew I'm not Scottish.
She wonders aloud how many generations must pass before you're English (SIX??) & concludes "it is a question without an easy answer" but that "there must be some form of consensus".
There is a consensus. It's the view of almost everyone in this country that you can be English without being white.
There is a consensus. It's the view of almost everyone in this country that you can be English without being white.
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For all the ongoing nationalist sentiment in Scotland, this is something that Scots almost never do. I'm not sure I can think of a single time I've been told by a Scot that as a Jew I'm not Scottish.
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This is interesting, especially the bit about Security and Devolution
"You can’t conquer a country with cyber otherwise the Russians would have done it."
@ciaranm.bsky.social speaks to Sofia Villegas www.holyrood.com/news/view,ci... @holyroodconnect.bsky.social
@ciaranm.bsky.social speaks to Sofia Villegas www.holyrood.com/news/view,ci... @holyroodconnect.bsky.social
Ciaran Martin: Nobody plays politics with cyber
Having been at the helm of the UK’s cyber defences, Ciaran Martin talks about navigating a world increasingly shaped by ...
www.holyrood.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is interesting, especially the bit about Security and Devolution
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The U.S. pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution.
So the US voted... with Russia, Iran, Israel & North Korea... against Ukraine.
Now read that again.
But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution.
So the US voted... with Russia, Iran, Israel & North Korea... against Ukraine.
Now read that again.
US pressures Ukraine to nix its UN resolution demanding Russian forces withdraw
The U.S. has pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine in favor of an American proposal that doesn't mention Mo...
apnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The U.S. pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution.
So the US voted... with Russia, Iran, Israel & North Korea... against Ukraine.
Now read that again.
But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution.
So the US voted... with Russia, Iran, Israel & North Korea... against Ukraine.
Now read that again.
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Important to be part of debate on Ukraine and Europe, on this of all days, as well as wider discussion with another hugely impressive group of #JohnSmithTrust fellows from Wider Europe and Central Asia.
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
February 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Important to be part of debate on Ukraine and Europe, on this of all days, as well as wider discussion with another hugely impressive group of #JohnSmithTrust fellows from Wider Europe and Central Asia.
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
johnsmithtrust.org/programmes/
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Been a good day today. From morning to evening, European leaders standing up, all around the world, one after another, and speaking clearly against the Trump/Putin agenda.
President of Finland Alexander Stubb speaking in Kyiv today:
▪️ It’s not Russia who decides on EU membership,its the European Union who does that
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on NATO membership,it’s the alliance itself
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on what Ukraine has by its border,when,where&how
▪️ It’s not Russia who decides on EU membership,its the European Union who does that
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on NATO membership,it’s the alliance itself
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on what Ukraine has by its border,when,where&how
February 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Been a good day today. From morning to evening, European leaders standing up, all around the world, one after another, and speaking clearly against the Trump/Putin agenda.
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Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.
February 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.
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To spare you all from Twitter, here’s @shashj.bsky.social’s great rebuttal.
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
To spare you all from Twitter, here’s @shashj.bsky.social’s great rebuttal.
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The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.
February 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.
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Nicola Sturgeon says Starmer and Reeves “wrong” on Europe -
“Falling for Trump and Farage – a road to ruin”
bylines.scot
February 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Food for thought yesterday evening from the First Minister and former Taoiseach on the link between local and global and the role small states can play. @scga.bsky.social
Delighted to welcome Leo Varadkar on ‘St Andrews and the SCGA: Looking at how nations like Scotland and Ireland can provide a hub for discussion on international affairs" with @johnswinney.bsky.social- as Chair of @scga.scot passes from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Food for thought yesterday evening from the First Minister and former Taoiseach on the link between local and global and the role small states can play. @scga.bsky.social