It was always BS that Trump was going to help Ukraine with Tomahawks (or anything else).
To the world's press & politicians, FFS, stop making the same error over & over again.
Fool me once: shame on you
Fool me thirty times and counting: shame on me
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
To the world's press & politicians, FFS, stop making the same error over & over again.
Fool me once: shame on you
Fool me thirty times and counting: shame on me
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It was always BS that Trump was going to help Ukraine with Tomahawks (or anything else).
To the world's press & politicians, FFS, stop making the same error over & over again.
Fool me once: shame on you
Fool me thirty times and counting: shame on me
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
To the world's press & politicians, FFS, stop making the same error over & over again.
Fool me once: shame on you
Fool me thirty times and counting: shame on me
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Israel is terrible at genocide
October 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Israel is terrible at genocide
Tommy Robinson is repugnant. He and his movement should be shunned.
That some Jews are now fine associating with thugs like this is extraordinarily dumb and dangerous.
That some Jews are now fine associating with thugs like this is extraordinarily dumb and dangerous.
October 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Tommy Robinson is repugnant. He and his movement should be shunned.
That some Jews are now fine associating with thugs like this is extraordinarily dumb and dangerous.
That some Jews are now fine associating with thugs like this is extraordinarily dumb and dangerous.
“I asked a simple question at a pro-Palestine protest and it turned ugly”
By Matthew Syed
Antisemitism is rife at a Gaza protest in London. All you have to do to expose it is ask a simple question about Hamas.
#Israel
share.google/nG50o4NihYtM...
By Matthew Syed
Antisemitism is rife at a Gaza protest in London. All you have to do to expose it is ask a simple question about Hamas.
#Israel
share.google/nG50o4NihYtM...
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“I asked a simple question at a pro-Palestine protest and it turned ugly”
By Matthew Syed
Antisemitism is rife at a Gaza protest in London. All you have to do to expose it is ask a simple question about Hamas.
#Israel
share.google/nG50o4NihYtM...
By Matthew Syed
Antisemitism is rife at a Gaza protest in London. All you have to do to expose it is ask a simple question about Hamas.
#Israel
share.google/nG50o4NihYtM...
Sage comments on the situation in Palestine from Indonesia at the UN.
#Israel
www.facebook.com/share/v/19ps...
#Israel
www.facebook.com/share/v/19ps...
September 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sage comments on the situation in Palestine from Indonesia at the UN.
#Israel
www.facebook.com/share/v/19ps...
#Israel
www.facebook.com/share/v/19ps...
"Charlie Kirk and the dictator’s playbook: Hitler, Stalin, Putin…Trump?"
nickcohen.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
By Nick Cohen (@nickcohen.bsky.social)
Whatever you thought of Thatcher & Reagan, they weren't a threat to democracy itself.
nickcohen.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
By Nick Cohen (@nickcohen.bsky.social)
Whatever you thought of Thatcher & Reagan, they weren't a threat to democracy itself.
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Charlie Kirk and the dictator’s playbook: Hitler, Stalin, Putin…Trump?"
nickcohen.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
By Nick Cohen (@nickcohen.bsky.social)
Whatever you thought of Thatcher & Reagan, they weren't a threat to democracy itself.
nickcohen.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
By Nick Cohen (@nickcohen.bsky.social)
Whatever you thought of Thatcher & Reagan, they weren't a threat to democracy itself.
“The US Disaster With India Has Reached The Grovelling Stage…And It Has NOTHING To Do With Helping Ukraine”
The real (& extraordinary, even by Trump standards) reason for the US tariff increases on India.
By Phillips O’Brien
That Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The real (& extraordinary, even by Trump standards) reason for the US tariff increases on India.
By Phillips O’Brien
That Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
September 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“The US Disaster With India Has Reached The Grovelling Stage…And It Has NOTHING To Do With Helping Ukraine”
The real (& extraordinary, even by Trump standards) reason for the US tariff increases on India.
By Phillips O’Brien
That Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The real (& extraordinary, even by Trump standards) reason for the US tariff increases on India.
By Phillips O’Brien
That Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Farage promised to pay the Taliban to send them refugees to kill. And Labour's response....?
"Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism; the party's silence is an act of moral debasement".
By Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social)
iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
"Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism; the party's silence is an act of moral debasement".
By Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social)
iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Farage promised to pay the Taliban to send them refugees to kill. And Labour's response....?
"Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism; the party's silence is an act of moral debasement".
By Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social)
iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
"Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism; the party's silence is an act of moral debasement".
By Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social)
iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Lawrence Freedman on the utter buffoonery of Trump’s approach to peace negotiations.
The Art Of The Deal, huh.
#Ukraine
#Russia
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/e...
The Art Of The Deal, huh.
#Ukraine
#Russia
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/e...
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lawrence Freedman on the utter buffoonery of Trump’s approach to peace negotiations.
The Art Of The Deal, huh.
#Ukraine
#Russia
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/e...
The Art Of The Deal, huh.
#Ukraine
#Russia
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/e...
August 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Powerful writing from Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) on Trump and the upcoming Alaska summit with Putin, where it looks like Ukraine will be sold down the river.
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
August 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Powerful writing from Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) on Trump and the upcoming Alaska summit with Putin, where it looks like Ukraine will be sold down the river.
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
There are other photos from that shoot that show an apparently well-fed brother of the emaciated child. The mother too does not appear malnourished.
That is not to say there is no hunger in Gaza. But then why not just show pictures of people genuinely affected by the aid blockade?
That is not to say there is no hunger in Gaza. But then why not just show pictures of people genuinely affected by the aid blockade?
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There are other photos from that shoot that show an apparently well-fed brother of the emaciated child. The mother too does not appear malnourished.
That is not to say there is no hunger in Gaza. But then why not just show pictures of people genuinely affected by the aid blockade?
That is not to say there is no hunger in Gaza. But then why not just show pictures of people genuinely affected by the aid blockade?
Andrew Fox on Netanyahu’s disastrous strategy:
Gaza: the impasse continues
mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-the-i...
“the plan to fully occupy Gaza is madness. It condemns the hostages to death, will attract international condemnation & will not bring Israel any closer to its strategic goals”
Gaza: the impasse continues
mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-the-i...
“the plan to fully occupy Gaza is madness. It condemns the hostages to death, will attract international condemnation & will not bring Israel any closer to its strategic goals”
August 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Andrew Fox on Netanyahu’s disastrous strategy:
Gaza: the impasse continues
mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-the-i...
“the plan to fully occupy Gaza is madness. It condemns the hostages to death, will attract international condemnation & will not bring Israel any closer to its strategic goals”
Gaza: the impasse continues
mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-the-i...
“the plan to fully occupy Gaza is madness. It condemns the hostages to death, will attract international condemnation & will not bring Israel any closer to its strategic goals”
Explaining the appeal of Trump
August 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Explaining the appeal of Trump
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Superb writing from @iandunt.bsky.social. The topic is “London”, but the masterful eviscerations of Goodwin (here) and Goodhart are probably the high points.
Superb writing from @iandunt.bsky.social. The topic is “London”, but the masterful eviscerations of Goodwin (here) and Goodhart are probably the high points.
June 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Superb writing from @iandunt.bsky.social. The topic is “London”, but the masterful eviscerations of Goodwin (here) and Goodhart are probably the high points.
Superb writing from @iandunt.bsky.social. The topic is “London”, but the masterful eviscerations of Goodwin (here) and Goodhart are probably the high points.
"The brutal childhood that shaped Xi Jinping"
June 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"The brutal childhood that shaped Xi Jinping"
"Lucy Connolly is in prison where she belongs. But free speech truly is under attack elsewhere... Her offence was serious. We would do better to focus on the many other genuine cases of repression"
By Jonathan Sumption
archive.ph/jq8bc
By Jonathan Sumption
archive.ph/jq8bc
June 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"Lucy Connolly is in prison where she belongs. But free speech truly is under attack elsewhere... Her offence was serious. We would do better to focus on the many other genuine cases of repression"
By Jonathan Sumption
archive.ph/jq8bc
By Jonathan Sumption
archive.ph/jq8bc
Those Trump airplane bribes from Qatar....
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Those Trump airplane bribes from Qatar....
May 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trump and the Art Of The Deal.
Reality: he is an appalling negotiator.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Reality: he is an appalling negotiator.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
May 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Trump and the Art Of The Deal.
Reality: he is an appalling negotiator.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Reality: he is an appalling negotiator.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
When Trump claims to be fighting antisemitism....
May 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When Trump claims to be fighting antisemitism....