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Question for experts in International Law. Can Denmark invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty if it is attacked by another state that is also a NATO member? #greenland #denmark #nato
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Question for experts in International Law. Can Denmark invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty if it is attacked by another state that is also a NATO member? #greenland #denmark #nato
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Think the Tony Blair Institute looks sinister? You've not seen anything yet. Crucial investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, tech tycoon Larry Ellison and Britain's data - what could go wrong?
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Think the Tony Blair Institute looks sinister? You've not seen anything yet. Crucial investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I see #WesStreeting has suddenly rediscovered a shred of decency, just when a leadership vote by the labour membership might be on the horizon. Pure coincidence i am sure. He was fine to throw minorities under the bus up to now.
We must tackle rising tide of racism and homophobia claiming to be free speech, says Streeting
Exclusive: Health secretary says Labour cannot afford to ignore far-right protests as Starmer under pressure
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I see #WesStreeting has suddenly rediscovered a shred of decency, just when a leadership vote by the labour membership might be on the horizon. Pure coincidence i am sure. He was fine to throw minorities under the bus up to now.
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Free speech for thee, but not for me www.axios.com/2025/09/16/k...
"Not welcome": Rubio says U.S. is deporting visa holders who celebrated Kirk's death
"Visa revocations are under way," he said on X.
www.axios.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Free speech for thee, but not for me www.axios.com/2025/09/16/k...
Excellent - and very balanced - piece by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the New Statesman on Charlie Kirk’s murder magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/16/w...
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excellent - and very balanced - piece by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the New Statesman on Charlie Kirk’s murder magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/16/w...
apple.news/ACCQ17yrZQOe... “have to”, or “want to”? Reform’s agenda simply doesn’t fit with the priorities of most of the British public.
Reform government would have to do unpopular things, says policy guru — BBC News
James Orr, a friend of JD Vance and the man behind a new pro-Reform think tank, speaks to the BBC.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
apple.news/ACCQ17yrZQOe... “have to”, or “want to”? Reform’s agenda simply doesn’t fit with the priorities of most of the British public.
The revolution devours its own children www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
Trump supporters burn Maga hats in response to his handling of Epstein files – video
Some Trump supporters recorded videos burning their signature Make America Great Again hats, reacting to the president's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The revolution devours its own children www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
Labour have learned nothing. It was New Labour’s deregulation of the City that lead to 2008, and we have all had that boot on our necks ever since.
Rachel Reeves' Mansion House speech last night was neoliberal to the core. Except for Rachel Reeves presenting it, anyone might have assumed that George Osborne was back in Number 11.
"Regulation still acts as a boot on the neck of businesses"
No! you idiot
Regulations are what keep us safe
"Regulation still acts as a boot on the neck of businesses"
No! you idiot
Regulations are what keep us safe
July 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Labour have learned nothing. It was New Labour’s deregulation of the City that lead to 2008, and we have all had that boot on our necks ever since.
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All Israel's cheerleaders have are lies
July 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
All Israel's cheerleaders have are lies
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Ana Kasparian excellently cooking hypocrite Zionists
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ana Kasparian excellently cooking hypocrite Zionists
As ever, this Reform burqa-ban business shows up right-libertarians as complete hypocrites. They want the state out of their personal business, but are fine with it dictating what others (usually repressed minorities) can and cannot do.
June 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As ever, this Reform burqa-ban business shows up right-libertarians as complete hypocrites. They want the state out of their personal business, but are fine with it dictating what others (usually repressed minorities) can and cannot do.
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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
June 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
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Ofwat could fine Thames Water enough to put it out of business or revoke its operating licence.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ofwat could fine Thames Water enough to put it out of business or revoke its operating licence.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
Yes! If anything is creating an “island of strangers” it is the neo-liberal obsession with the atomised individual, their sole role being as a consumer in a market. “There is no such thing as society” according to Thatcher. Yet her fans bemoan social breakdown. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett
Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite different, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yes! If anything is creating an “island of strangers” it is the neo-liberal obsession with the atomised individual, their sole role being as a consumer in a market. “There is no such thing as society” according to Thatcher. Yet her fans bemoan social breakdown. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
“We shouldn’t phase out fossil fuels” says the Tony Blair Institute, funded by *checks notes* Saudi oil money.
April 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We shouldn’t phase out fossil fuels” says the Tony Blair Institute, funded by *checks notes* Saudi oil money.