Robster
@unilecturerrob.bsky.social
Bristolian (Gashead) exile in the North West. Lecturer and PostGrad Course Leader. A decade in practice/ two decades in academia. Centrist.
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Some of Alternative for Germany’s leading far-right figures are trying to soften the party’s extremist image.
But the mask keeps slipping.
🔗 politi.co/44DD0hi
But the mask keeps slipping.
🔗 politi.co/44DD0hi
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some of Alternative for Germany’s leading far-right figures are trying to soften the party’s extremist image.
But the mask keeps slipping.
🔗 politi.co/44DD0hi
But the mask keeps slipping.
🔗 politi.co/44DD0hi
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Why isn't this being widely reported and investigated in the media, why only the brave folk at @bylinetimes.bsky.social ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZz...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Why isn't this being widely reported and investigated in the media, why only the brave folk at @bylinetimes.bsky.social ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZz...
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Rant alert: Trump’s national security strategy trashing the EU and core values at heart of transatlantic alliance makes it all the more urgent for Starmer to pursue bolder reset with EU. His timidity loses valuable time and risks leaving us even more subject to events rather than shaping them. 🧵
🔴‘Keir Starmer’s Brexit Blind Spot Leaves Britain With a Major Missed Opportunity’
It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
'Keir Starmer's Brexit Blind Spot Leaves Britain With a Major Missed Opportunity'
It was striking that the most impressive speech on Britain's future in Europe this week came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues Alexandra Hall H...
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Rant alert: Trump’s national security strategy trashing the EU and core values at heart of transatlantic alliance makes it all the more urgent for Starmer to pursue bolder reset with EU. His timidity loses valuable time and risks leaving us even more subject to events rather than shaping them. 🧵
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Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet
Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet
PM gives clearest indication yet of comeback, calling former deputy ‘the best social mobility story’ the country has seen
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Keir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who resigned in September after underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase, “hugely talented”.
In an interview with the Observer, the prime minister described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without any qualifications, as “the best social mobility story this country has ever seen”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet
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England not standing up under pressure in Ashes, says Stokes reut.rs/4iL263Z
England not standing up under pressure in Ashes, says Stokes
England's Ben Stokes lamented his team's failure to stand up in pressure moments after defeat by Australia in the second test at the Gabba on Sunday but the captain refused to concede the battle for the urn is over.
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
England not standing up under pressure in Ashes, says Stokes reut.rs/4iL263Z
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This clown is there only to show a moderate face of trump's mafia to distract some intellectual peace activists. All the talks just squeeze the time of the moment we in EU have to admit we are in open war with Russia supported by USA.
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This clown is there only to show a moderate face of trump's mafia to distract some intellectual peace activists. All the talks just squeeze the time of the moment we in EU have to admit we are in open war with Russia supported by USA.
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Nearly a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, little has been rebuilt in Syria. The country requires more than handshakes, and its new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, needs to focus inwards in the coming year
Syria’s new leader needs to start delivering
Ahmed al-Sharaa will probably get his wish with the lifting of international sanctions in early 2026. His focus must shift inward to deliver change within Syria
econ.st
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nearly a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, little has been rebuilt in Syria. The country requires more than handshakes, and its new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, needs to focus inwards in the coming year
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Forcing UK banks to support credit unions would help keep loan sharks at bay
Forcing UK banks to support credit unions would help keep loan sharks at bay
High street banks dodged a windfall tax – now they should invest in growth of local lenders
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Forcing UK banks to support credit unions would help keep loan sharks at bay
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Governor Tim Walz's daughter has brutally torn into Donald Trump, calling him "f---ing disgraceful" in a recently posted TikTok video.
Tim Walz's daughter slams 'disgraceful' Donald Trump in scathing TikTok video
www.irishstar.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Governor Tim Walz's daughter has brutally torn into Donald Trump, calling him "f---ing disgraceful" in a recently posted TikTok video.
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A federal judge temporarily locked down the Justice Department's access to some evidence used in its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, just as the Trump administration prepares to seek a new indictment after the dismissal of previous charges https://cnn.it/3MmsVPS
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A federal judge temporarily locked down the Justice Department's access to some evidence used in its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, just as the Trump administration prepares to seek a new indictment after the dismissal of previous charges https://cnn.it/3MmsVPS
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In the latest "SNL" cold open, Colin Jost starred as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declaring at a presser, "We're now at war with Venezuela."
'SNL' mocks Hegseth, Trump over Venezuelan boat strikes in cold open
In the latest "SNL" cold open, Colin Jost starred as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declaring at a presser, "We're now at war with Venezuela."
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In the latest "SNL" cold open, Colin Jost starred as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declaring at a presser, "We're now at war with Venezuela."
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The Government is emailing landlords advising them that they're 'encouraged to maintain all current tenancies' ahead of changes to the rental sector in March.
Landlords who have began eviction proceedings have received the correspondence in recent weeks.
www.thejournal.ie/rental-secto...
Landlords who have began eviction proceedings have received the correspondence in recent weeks.
www.thejournal.ie/rental-secto...
Government emailing landlords planning evictions asking them not to proceed, ahead of new rules
Landlords are being ‘encouraged to maintain all current tenancies’ in letters and emails seen by The Journal.
www.thejournal.ie
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Government is emailing landlords advising them that they're 'encouraged to maintain all current tenancies' ahead of changes to the rental sector in March.
Landlords who have began eviction proceedings have received the correspondence in recent weeks.
www.thejournal.ie/rental-secto...
Landlords who have began eviction proceedings have received the correspondence in recent weeks.
www.thejournal.ie/rental-secto...
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Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
President Donald Trump still wants the Senate to ditch the filibuster, putting Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a bind as both parties turn their attention to 2026.
dlvr.it
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
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In a tiny country with a long record of disputed elections, America’s president is making things much worse. We explain how his interventions in Honduras are complicating matters
Why does Donald Trump care about Honduras’s election?
His interventions have complicated matters
econ.st
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In a tiny country with a long record of disputed elections, America’s president is making things much worse. We explain how his interventions in Honduras are complicating matters
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As the Arctic Monkeys once sagely noted, it's all gone a bit Frank Spencer.
6 unhinged Trump moments as he replaces MLK Day event with his own birthday
www.mirror.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As the Arctic Monkeys once sagely noted, it's all gone a bit Frank Spencer.
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In a 2–1 ruling, Trump-appointed D.C. Circuit Court Judges greenlit his removal of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
Trump Judges Rule He Can Fire Whoever He Wants
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Florence Pan warned the move “paves the way to autocracy.”
trib.al
December 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In a 2–1 ruling, Trump-appointed D.C. Circuit Court Judges greenlit his removal of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
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The president’s approval rating fell to 42% while his disapproval rating rose. A greater share of respondents disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy.
Trump approval shrinks amid concern over economy, new analysis shows
The president’s approval rating fell to 42% while his disapproval rating rose. A greater share of respondents disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The president’s approval rating fell to 42% while his disapproval rating rose. A greater share of respondents disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy.
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Prostate cancer treatment with potential for fewer side effects to be trialled in UK
Prostate cancer treatment with potential for fewer side effects to be trialled in UK
A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment has been launched in the UK, with the hope of reducing the side effects.
news.sky.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Prostate cancer treatment with potential for fewer side effects to be trialled in UK
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Newsmax paused its regular programming for a health bulletin regarding Donald Trump, after reports emerged that the US President had received a cardiac MRI.
Newsmax halted for live Trump health update as hosts slam speculation
www.irishstar.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newsmax paused its regular programming for a health bulletin regarding Donald Trump, after reports emerged that the US President had received a cardiac MRI.
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‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
Zaghari-Ratcliffe made clothes for her daughter while waiting for her eventual release. Now, the idea of creativity as a form of resistance is the theme of a new collaboration between London’s Imperial War Museum and the fabric department of Liberty.
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
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It's because the Trump regime is working for Russia and the authoritarian countries around the world. What is so difficult to understand?
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's because the Trump regime is working for Russia and the authoritarian countries around the world. What is so difficult to understand?
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The Trump administration directed some of its harshest language at European allies in an annual security document.
U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
on.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The Trump administration directed some of its harshest language at European allies in an annual security document.