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Progressive liberal democrat. Refugee from Twitter/X. Opposed to the voices of totalitarianism I hear east and west, left and right. Love all music, esp. a good Irish reel.
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Richard Littlejohn mostly lives in a gated mansion in Florida. Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.

This is a critical moment. Europe is rejecting populism and renewing its embrace of liberal democracy. Happy Europe weekend!

Warsaw's liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won the 1st round of the Presidential election a 2nd run off round is required in two weeks. Poland is rejecting the global regressive movement but must fight to ensure their narrow victory. All hands on deck needed to secure - functioning democracy.

Elton John says UK government being ‘absolute losers’ over AI copyright plans

It's the thought that matters, I guess.

The Handmaid's Tale is happening right now, for real, in Trump's America. A braindead Georgia woman is being kept alive to allow the five month old foetus to be born. The USA is a sick society.

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Could this be the biggest climate story of the year? For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand Full analysis + outlook by Lauri Myllyvirta: www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/7

The ceasefire between Pakistan and India was brokered by the Saudi foreign minister, not Trump. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

When Vladimir Putin claims that Russia won WWII, it seems to have slipped his mind that from 1939 to 1941 Stalin was Hitler’s faithful friend, ordering Communists everywhere to oppose the war against Nazism.

A beautiful day to be Catholic. Extending warm greetings to all Catholic friends.

It could happen here? As we look back for #VEDay80, many Europeans and Americans think crimes like those committed by the Nazis could take place again... In own country: 31-52% In Germany: 34-47% In another W European country: 44-59% In the USA: 44-62% yougov.co.uk/internationa...

I tell you, when Trump eventually visits Britain, I hope the band of the Household Cavalry play this:

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There's a lot of talk about Canada Geese and whether they're good and my answer is Yes.

British Steel shut North East site after Richard Tice's firm threatened rent hike www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The White House. The actual White House. This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

This is a canary in the coalmine. www.bbc.com/news/article...