Matt Lake
@mattelake.bsky.social
Book lover and often tortured follower of Liverpool FC, Worcestershire CCC and Welsh rugby. All posts personal and shares are not endorsements
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Immigration agents swept into North Carolina this week. “They came in, they made a splash, they terrorized, and they left,” the mayor of Durham tells @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily:
Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina
Agents swept in and left residents to sort through fear, fact, and fiction.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Immigration agents swept into North Carolina this week. “They came in, they made a splash, they terrorized, and they left,” the mayor of Durham tells @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily:
Why the British dream of moving to Australia is far from the paradise people think - The Telegraph apple.news/AOLB4WE47RQq...
Why the British dream of moving to Australia is far from the paradise people think — The Telegraph
Expats reveal what they wish they knew before leaving the UK for the other side of the world
apple.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Why the British dream of moving to Australia is far from the paradise people think - The Telegraph apple.news/AOLB4WE47RQq...
23,000 died because government Covid response ‘too little, too late’
www.thetimes.com/article/a45e...
www.thetimes.com/article/a45e...
23,000 died because government Covid response ‘too little, too late’
An excoriating report by the UK Covid-19 inquiry says Boris Johnson failed to appreciate the calamity and that lockdowns have left ‘lasting scars’ on society
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
23,000 died because government Covid response ‘too little, too late’
www.thetimes.com/article/a45e...
www.thetimes.com/article/a45e...
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gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
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'A lot of governments are very nervous'
@markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social unpack how Venezuela’s turmoil pushed the UK to halt intel-sharing with the US—and why this isn’t the first time geopolitics have forced such moves
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@markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social unpack how Venezuela’s turmoil pushed the UK to halt intel-sharing with the US—and why this isn’t the first time geopolitics have forced such moves
Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'A lot of governments are very nervous'
@markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social unpack how Venezuela’s turmoil pushed the UK to halt intel-sharing with the US—and why this isn’t the first time geopolitics have forced such moves
Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
@markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social unpack how Venezuela’s turmoil pushed the UK to halt intel-sharing with the US—and why this isn’t the first time geopolitics have forced such moves
Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
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The BBC is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in?
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The BBC is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in?
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
Polly is bang on with this. The BBC needs protecting and strengthening.
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Sudan Is in Free Fall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
“The militia’s campaign of annihilation has closed in on hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the region, risking the further expansion of one of the greatest mass killings of this century.”
This is really hard to read.
#SudanGenocide
“The militia’s campaign of annihilation has closed in on hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the region, risking the further expansion of one of the greatest mass killings of this century.”
This is really hard to read.
#SudanGenocide
Opinion | Sudan Is in Free Fall
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Sudan Is in Free Fall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
“The militia’s campaign of annihilation has closed in on hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the region, risking the further expansion of one of the greatest mass killings of this century.”
This is really hard to read.
#SudanGenocide
“The militia’s campaign of annihilation has closed in on hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the region, risking the further expansion of one of the greatest mass killings of this century.”
This is really hard to read.
#SudanGenocide
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The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark, a PayPal co-founder and longtime friend of Elon Musk, assumed office on Wednesday amid unprecedented tensions between the NATO allies as President Donald Trump seeks control of semi-autonomous Greenland.
via @Reuters
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
via @Reuters
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
New US ambassador to Denmark assumes duty as Trump eyes control of Greenland
The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark, a PayPal co-founder and longtime friend of Elon Musk, assumed office on Wednesday amid unprecedented tensions between the NATO allies as President Donald Trump seek...
www.rcinet.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark, a PayPal co-founder and longtime friend of Elon Musk, assumed office on Wednesday amid unprecedented tensions between the NATO allies as President Donald Trump seeks control of semi-autonomous Greenland.
via @Reuters
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
via @Reuters
www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
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