@nellofolddrury.bsky.social
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“Like all recent occupants of No 11, Rachel Reeves is struggling to inject growth into a moribund economy.
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Like all recent occupants of No 11, Rachel Reeves is struggling to inject growth into a moribund economy.
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
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@pimlicat: "The PM is saying what Brits have known for years, that Brexit was sold to them on false promises.
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Keir Starmer hits out at the "wild promises" made about Brexit
Labour continues to seek closer ties with the EU and is aiming to make a deal to rejoin the Erasmus scheme within weeks
leftfootforward.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@pimlicat: "The PM is saying what Brits have known for years, that Brexit was sold to them on false promises.
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
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The meeting between Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Putin has started in the Kremlin.
Dmitriev and Putin's aide Ushakov are also present.
Dmitriev and Putin's aide Ushakov are also present.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The meeting between Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Putin has started in the Kremlin.
Dmitriev and Putin's aide Ushakov are also present.
Dmitriev and Putin's aide Ushakov are also present.
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Beautifully surreal #sunset skies over #Trondheim (at 2.30!) this afternoon ❄️
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Beautifully surreal #sunset skies over #Trondheim (at 2.30!) this afternoon ❄️
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
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Hansi Flick dropped a powerful assessment of what he saw in Marcus Rashford when the Barcelona summer signing was playing for Man Utd... 🎙️👀 #MUFC #PremierLeague #Football
Hansi Flick shares what he was 'always convinced about' after watching Marcus Rashford at Man Utd
Hansi Flick dropped a powerful assessment of what he saw in Marcus Rashford when the Barcelona summer signing was playing for Man Utd... 🎙️👀
www.unitedinfocus.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hansi Flick dropped a powerful assessment of what he saw in Marcus Rashford when the Barcelona summer signing was playing for Man Utd... 🎙️👀 #MUFC #PremierLeague #Football
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2009, at the lighthouse on Cape Horn: from r., the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and me. We went eye-to-eye with the Taliban in Afghanistan, dragged sledges in the Arctic, and rounded Cape Horn in a 60-foot boat for our 3 Dogs series on BBC Two. Great days.
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2009, at the lighthouse on Cape Horn: from r., the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and me. We went eye-to-eye with the Taliban in Afghanistan, dragged sledges in the Arctic, and rounded Cape Horn in a 60-foot boat for our 3 Dogs series on BBC Two. Great days.
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Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
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Every ICE thug today gearing up to hunt brown people in the city of New Orleans can eat an entire sack of stale, unsalted dicks. They and the administration they serve are displaying our fallen nation as an ungrateful, soulless shitpile of gutless, frightened race-hate. We are forever shamed.
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Every ICE thug today gearing up to hunt brown people in the city of New Orleans can eat an entire sack of stale, unsalted dicks. They and the administration they serve are displaying our fallen nation as an ungrateful, soulless shitpile of gutless, frightened race-hate. We are forever shamed.
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As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
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LIVE: Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting amid Hegseth boat strike fallout
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Donald Trump’s economic policies are a major reason for his declining popularity, but they are not the only cause | Dominic Jackson
Trump’s popularity is declining
Donald Trump’s economic policies are a major reason for his declining popularity, but they are not the only cause
northwestbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Donald Trump’s economic policies are a major reason for his declining popularity, but they are not the only cause | Dominic Jackson
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Q: “Does the Department of War plan on pursuing any sort of legal action against the Washington Post?”
DOD Spox Kingsley Wilson: “It is frankly disgusting that the Washington Post would publish something that is so insanely false…It is disgraceful that they call themselves journalists.”
DOD Spox Kingsley Wilson: “It is frankly disgusting that the Washington Post would publish something that is so insanely false…It is disgraceful that they call themselves journalists.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Q: “Does the Department of War plan on pursuing any sort of legal action against the Washington Post?”
DOD Spox Kingsley Wilson: “It is frankly disgusting that the Washington Post would publish something that is so insanely false…It is disgraceful that they call themselves journalists.”
DOD Spox Kingsley Wilson: “It is frankly disgusting that the Washington Post would publish something that is so insanely false…It is disgraceful that they call themselves journalists.”
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Farage’s ‘racism & anti-semitism’, as remembered by over 20 fellow alumni of Dulwich College, & a proper look at his ‘denials’.
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
tinyurl.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Farage’s ‘racism & anti-semitism’, as remembered by over 20 fellow alumni of Dulwich College, & a proper look at his ‘denials’.
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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MPs to investigate crown estate after questions over Andrew mansion lease
MPs to investigate crown estate after questions over Andrew mansion lease
Committee will examine value for money to taxpayers of leases of properties to members of royal family
The public accounts committee is to launch an inquiry into the crown estate and its leases on properties to members of the royal family after questions over the lease of Royal Lodge to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Publishing responses from the crown estate and the Treasury to detailed questions over the lease arrangements, the committee’s chair, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, said: “Having reflected on what we have received, the information provided clearly forms the basis for an inquiry.” He said this would take place in the new year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
MPs to investigate crown estate after questions over Andrew mansion lease
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@onlycans.bsky.social is running the Valencia marathon THIS WEEKEND and the gfm is almost at £2450!
This will pay for mine and @deeboom.bsky.social’s vocal surgeries so please share this link, consider donating, and feel good about helping two trans women live a little safer 💖
gofund.me/4f36eb02e
This will pay for mine and @deeboom.bsky.social’s vocal surgeries so please share this link, consider donating, and feel good about helping two trans women live a little safer 💖
gofund.me/4f36eb02e
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@onlycans.bsky.social is running the Valencia marathon THIS WEEKEND and the gfm is almost at £2450!
This will pay for mine and @deeboom.bsky.social’s vocal surgeries so please share this link, consider donating, and feel good about helping two trans women live a little safer 💖
gofund.me/4f36eb02e
This will pay for mine and @deeboom.bsky.social’s vocal surgeries so please share this link, consider donating, and feel good about helping two trans women live a little safer 💖
gofund.me/4f36eb02e
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I hadn't realised that 111 could prescribe. One of team did his back - they sent a prescription to local pharmacy to enable him to get home
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hadn't realised that 111 could prescribe. One of team did his back - they sent a prescription to local pharmacy to enable him to get home
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Today's news roundup:
-Sudan offers Russia its first naval base in Africa
-Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York
-DHS Secretary recommends new travel ban in wake of shooting
-OpenAI declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as Google threatens AI lead
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www.justsecurity.org/126007/early...
-Sudan offers Russia its first naval base in Africa
-Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York
-DHS Secretary recommends new travel ban in wake of shooting
-OpenAI declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as Google threatens AI lead
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www.justsecurity.org/126007/early...
Early Edition: December 2, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
www.justsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today's news roundup:
-Sudan offers Russia its first naval base in Africa
-Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York
-DHS Secretary recommends new travel ban in wake of shooting
-OpenAI declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as Google threatens AI lead
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www.justsecurity.org/126007/early...
-Sudan offers Russia its first naval base in Africa
-Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York
-DHS Secretary recommends new travel ban in wake of shooting
-OpenAI declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as Google threatens AI lead
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www.justsecurity.org/126007/early...
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Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
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Donald Trump is beating the drums of war against oil-rich Venezuela — unilaterally closing its airspace, deploying warships and warning of ground operations.
I’m standing with MPs, trade unionists and activists to say: No war on Venezuela.
Add your name: bit.ly/notrumpwaron...
I’m standing with MPs, trade unionists and activists to say: No war on Venezuela.
Add your name: bit.ly/notrumpwaron...
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Donald Trump is beating the drums of war against oil-rich Venezuela — unilaterally closing its airspace, deploying warships and warning of ground operations.
I’m standing with MPs, trade unionists and activists to say: No war on Venezuela.
Add your name: bit.ly/notrumpwaron...
I’m standing with MPs, trade unionists and activists to say: No war on Venezuela.
Add your name: bit.ly/notrumpwaron...
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Trump's tariffs and the Argentina bailout reveal the risks of relying too heavily on financial statecraft, writes former Treasury official @grahamsteele.bsky.social .
www.justsecurity.org/125738/what-...
www.justsecurity.org/125738/what-...
Tariffs, The Argentina Bailout, and the Perils of Financial Statecraft
The U.S. must appreciate the role of finance in geopolitics, or else risk creating economic and political instability.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump's tariffs and the Argentina bailout reveal the risks of relying too heavily on financial statecraft, writes former Treasury official @grahamsteele.bsky.social .
www.justsecurity.org/125738/what-...
www.justsecurity.org/125738/what-...
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I'd like a jury of *my* peers to fill out a short questionnaire regarding their current reading habits, their desert island discs and whether they buy warm-white or ice-white bulbs for their front rooms. #WeedOutWronguns
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'd like a jury of *my* peers to fill out a short questionnaire regarding their current reading habits, their desert island discs and whether they buy warm-white or ice-white bulbs for their front rooms. #WeedOutWronguns
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My online show is now onsale! Your last chance to see my tour show live - from the comfort of your own home. This Sunday 7th December at 7pm. See you there!
Tickets are available here: ko-fi.com/s/3c9776c027
Tickets are available here: ko-fi.com/s/3c9776c027
Ticket for Matt Green: Legitimate Concerns Zoom show on Sunday 7 December at 7pm (GMT) - Matt Green's Ko-fi Shop
A link to a Zoom show on Sunday 7th December at 7pm (GMT).
The show will last around 1 hour 45 mins including an interval.
When you purchase a tick...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My online show is now onsale! Your last chance to see my tour show live - from the comfort of your own home. This Sunday 7th December at 7pm. See you there!
Tickets are available here: ko-fi.com/s/3c9776c027
Tickets are available here: ko-fi.com/s/3c9776c027
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There goes “Take Your Daughter To Work Day” for the Pentagon press corps.
get a load of the "journalist" asking questions at the Pentagon press briefing
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There goes “Take Your Daughter To Work Day” for the Pentagon press corps.