PianO
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Realistically optimistic, which is a bit of a triumph in these hard times (and out of character for an O).
Largely swapped teaching History and Politics and worrying about 6th Form, for golf, and worrying about the Orient
Largely swapped teaching History and Politics and worrying about 6th Form, for golf, and worrying about the Orient
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One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
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People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
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Rose Window of the south transept of the Amiens Cathedral in France
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Rose Window of the south transept of the Amiens Cathedral in France
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
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Apparently at that time there was an ‘Anti Corruption Minister’ 😬called John Penrose .. who was married to … oh .. Dido Harding
How cute
How cute
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Apparently at that time there was an ‘Anti Corruption Minister’ 😬called John Penrose .. who was married to … oh .. Dido Harding
How cute
How cute
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Our foreign policy is currently an embarrassing clown show. Much worse than merely amateur hour.
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds on the Ukraine “Peace plan”
“Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon, and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is NOT our recommendation, it is not our peace plan”
What’s going on??
“Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon, and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is NOT our recommendation, it is not our peace plan”
What’s going on??
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Our foreign policy is currently an embarrassing clown show. Much worse than merely amateur hour.
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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A cross-party group of MPs and peers has written to Ofcom demanding stronger action against rising antisemitism on Elon Musk's X
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
Cross-Party MPs Demand Ofcom Investigation Into Antisemitism On X
Exclusive: A cross-party group of MPs and peers has demanded that Ofcom take action against a surge in antisemitic posts and calls for violence aga...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has written to Ofcom demanding stronger action against rising antisemitism on Elon Musk's X
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
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Never mind Scotland, Haiti just qualified for the first time in over 50 years. ICE are going to have a lot of fun with that one #worldcup2026
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Never mind Scotland, Haiti just qualified for the first time in over 50 years. ICE are going to have a lot of fun with that one #worldcup2026
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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“Things happen.”
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Things happen.”
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country:
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country:
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.