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Wire agency reporter Currently: Paris Previously: Brussels, Baghdad, Lagos, Washington DC, Pristina Recent trips: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria Originally: Newcastle
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The hell is this? Salt and Vinegar come in a blue packet. It's the law

I'm going to cancel Amazon Prime and start putting three euros a month into a combine harvester fund

If someone borrows the five million at home then declares bankruptcy once they're in the States, do they get expelled or put on a fast track to citizenship?

Why is the soundtrack to the quoted post "Sure Shot"

headline of the day

Didn't expect the leopards to give our kids their spots

The USPS is quite good, though

One awkward thing of the US meltdown is seeing all those Americans say how the entire world is envious of institution A or tradition B that is endangered right now, as a call for action and a protest. I support your goals but no, no we do not , no really we don't, I promise you.

I wonder if Badenoch or one of her staff had been on Blue Sky instead of Twitter, they'd have noticed people making fun of this line in the extracts sent out last night

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Sure, they're Bond villains, but they feel like the kind of Bond villains Roger Moore could deal with. You wouldn't have to go full Sean Connery

Humble style guide suggestion: "a straight-armed salute of the type used by the Italian fascists, German Nazis and now the MAGA movement in the United States"

A lot of the voices on here cautioning that Europe has to get its act together and prepare for the inevitability that the US will withdraw its support seem quite excited and not wholly opposed to that prospect

British oligarchs > US oligarchs

Bezos buys Bond just before DOGE "inspects" Fort Knox? What could go wrong?

White House aide: "You sure we should bar the wire from the Oval photo pool? How will his supporters see him looking statesmanlike?" DCOS [looks up from posting a cartoonish AI image of the president in a crown and ermine]: "Huh?"

The SWP is going to be disappointed that Trump declared himself king even after their endorsement

She hasn't "hit back" at Trump at all. She has gently corrected him (without naming him). Her statement then makes more criticisms of, and demands from, Keir Starmer.

Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over “broken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

#Breaking @AFP -Zelensky says Trump living in Russian 'disinformation space'

L'il Marco

Europeans aren't wankers any more?

"Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality" | ✍️ @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

🚨Wow, some big news from @ombudsman.europa.eu Emily O'Reilly in her last days in office. 🚨 Following my complaint, she told the EU Commission that its secrecy regarding disclosures by Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act breached EU transparency rules, and was a case of "maladministration".

If UK had had the foresight we could have had one of our rich guys buy the caddy shack at Turnberry for 200 mill years ago

Germany, Italy and Spain are not ready to send troops in Ukraine without a “backstop” provided by the US. Poland wants to keep its troops for the Eastern flank. The Macron-Starmer coalition of the Europeans willing and capable is short on volunteers. Not a good summit in Paris.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are commencing our descent into Toronto. Please fasten your seat belts, raise your window blinds, stow away your tray tables and set your electronic devices to front-facing video to record any drama that ensues.

Costa and Rutte seem happy. Was there no one to take von der Leyen's jacket, though? It's going to get creased

DOGE boy, dive boy Dirty dumb alt-right boy In the doorway boy He was a fake tan boy He was a beautiful boy And tears boy And all in your incel space boy

If I'd never even heard of some of these terms how could I be forced into using them?