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The public humiliation of MAGA's pet historian Niall Ferguson by JD Vance for daring to question the cult is a lesson for rightwingers who flirt with Trump: sucking up isn't enough, you must debase yourself, bend the knee & accept their lies as truth My column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Dublin’s ‘let’s not talk about reunification or even think about it’ approach might just work. Sure, it may never happen. But if a Northern majority for unity emerges sooner than expected (as new research shows is possible) what do we do then? @markhennessy.bsky.social @arinsproject.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

In case you haven't noticed, Russia and the US are now allies against the rest of Europe. Interesting paradigm shift, interesting times ahead.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Last week’s newsletter had ‘IT’S A COUP’ in big red letters on front page of NYT. Well, guess what? It still is. We have to stop framing what’s happening as in any way normal. It’s a coup & a collapse in the international order & none of this is ‘normal’ broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...

submitted 5 days ago • 51 comments

Senior Department of Defence officials discussed establishing quarterly meetings with arms industry lobbyists – with internal records showing talks about “effective communications” between both parties ahead of an EU defence policy paper. www.ontheditch.com/department-o...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

‘CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce to align with Trump priorities, sources say’ www.reuters.com/world/us/cia...

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

This is a really solid investigation into something that laid the groundwork for where we are today. Yet, it’s almost quaint compared to what Elon is doing now

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

This is how to treat that prick Trump. Gotta love the Canadians

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submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Stealing land and ethnically cleaning it never works well for any despot....

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

To Hell or to Connacht. American version.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to Westminster, was born on this day in 1868. She was a socialist, a feminist and a republican who dedicated her life to Ireland’s struggle for independence.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The usual sources are quite quiet about this. I guess it doesn't fit in with the victimhood narrative that Spain and France wanted to give Britons whatever they wanted, cos they're begging or the expat £, but they've been stopped by evil Brussels. Stop attacking Europe. Thread👇

submitted 39 days ago • 6 comments

”… one Council MS that wants to reduce 90/180”. Brexit is not an event. Brexit is an ongoing process. A thoroughly negative and cumulative process. In other words, it is only going to get worse. A lot worse. ‘Peak Brexit’ is when the UK economy falls behind Bulgaria. Circa 2040 on current trends.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

x.com/1798walkingt... @nialloconghaile.bsky.social @farley010.bsky.social Long shot. But do u fancy it when it comes?

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Nollaig Shona mo chairde.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting question and debate. Brexit would not have happened, that's sure, and Scotland would have struggled. Ironically, Brexit has made Scotland's accession to Europe easier. PS Why Was sterling the killer argument? Scotland would be better off with the euro (as would Wales and England)

submitted 61 days ago • 5 comments

@coleraineyid.bsky.social Hehehe. Thanks man! Really appreciate it.

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