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Berlin today. Dark and tense mood hanging over everything. As ppl head to the polls tomorrow, the stakes could not be higher for Germany’s future and Europe. And everyone knows it here.

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Coming up tonight on LBC... At 6pm: What should Starmer tell Trump next week in Washington? 7pm: Should the UK re-arm, and how? 8pm: Should comedy be available...on the NHS? Call me: 0345 6060 973 Text: 84850 "Alexa, send a comment to LBC" Or...just hit me up here!

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Sound-checking Spiers & Boden at the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social for tonight’s online gig for @livetoyourlr.bsky.social … doors are at 7.45 … get your tickets here! livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/spier...

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BBC News on hour reporting straight that Trump has got rid of military chiefs because ‘they’re too mired in woke culture’ 🤯🤯🤯 Traditional liberal democratic media still hasn’t learned how to report on authoritarians, even now when it’s almost too late

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#Krasnov

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On Sunday Germany votes. Here are some key facts: ✍️ 2: votes - constituency candidate & party list ✅ 5%: threshold for parties to enter the Bundestag 🧑 18+: voting age 📊 29: parties 🪑 630: Bundestag seats 🗳️ 4,506: candidates, among them are 1,422 women. 📝675k: poll workers 👥 59.2m: eligible voters

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Talking about youth mobility on LBC with Matthew Wright just after 9am

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I thought you might like to know a bit about my new morning routine, which consists of avoiding looking at the news, then 30 minutes later taking a little peek, then spending about an hour in a state of burning rage as I read about the continuing exploits of literally the worst humans in the world

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In which Trump and cronies discover that just nobbling the prosecution may sometimes not be enough to fix the outcome of a criminal case.

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Hard to describe what it's like being in Kyiv, surrounded by brilliant, unshakeable, brave Ukranians, and reading Trump's comments. The free world deserves a better leader, the hill deserves a better city upon it, and these people deserve better friends.

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Citizens from the small town Chkhorotsku, Georgia, gathered together to protest against oligarchy and show support for Ukraine. (📹 @GvantsaSamkh) #3E #EndOligarchy #GeorgiaProtests

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Elon Musk is cratering in polls: WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup. On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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"What impact can research have on policy? A look at labour migration governance in Poland" - @m_jaroszewicz @kaczmarczyk_cmr #KatarzynaPorwit reflect on how the CMR's research influenced Poland's policy on labour migration based on employer declarations migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/02/18/w...

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Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House. Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...

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Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, charged with bribery following an investigation by counter terrorism police. news.sky.com/story/nathan...

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How can Brexit Britain navigate Trump's World? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the rapid deepening of a dangerous global divide, the UK faces hard choices. Could the latest proposals for UK-EU 'mutual recognition' be part of the answer? chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...

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wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

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Things…aren’t ok

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People need to understand this: Trump did not leave office willingly the first time. If his health holds up, he will not leave office willingly this time. He is not joking about serving more than two terms.

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Ms. @obigem.bsky.social and I decided to take time out of our busy yapping schedule to see to it that our sim men weren't left out! This is a Part 2 of our Naija collection and is available for free over on my Patreon (link below) #ts4 #thesims4 #showusyoursims

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Look, he made some big mistakes but Neville Chamberlain was a more decent man than any of the amoral trashbags currently being compared to Neville Chamberlain. He wasn't actively rooting for Hitler.

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Oh lord.. Im crying! 😂😂😂 youtu.be/yuXGpUR7fXA?...

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well done, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

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Europeans need to work on the assumption that Trump won’t support us militarily and he won’t uphold NATO. But we are almost 600 million people, have the army most experienced in fighting Russia (Ukraine), advanced technology and two nuclear powers. Time to get to work. 🧵

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Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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NEW The president who jokes about being a king How different is Trump’s view of political and legal power from absolute kingship? By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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The chancellor's National Wealth Fund, set up in October 2024, has replaced the UK Infrastructure Bank. But how has it evolved from the UK Infrastructure Bank? Read our latest explainer from @shivanichivukula.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/na...

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Down two points in three weeks. 15 points lower than any other President at this stage.

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Why it is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability, and why ironically it was JD Vance in Munich who might have helped the centrist parties to get a grip now after all. My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇

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Trump tells more lies about Ukraine: "We had a deal based on rare earth and things, but they broke that deal. They broke it two days ago, we had a deal." Wrong. Trump proposed that Ukraine hand over $500 billion worth of natural resources, without any US security guarantees. Zelensky rejected it.

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We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally.

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Murphy: "The game is clear. We can see it. They're not even hiding it. There is not a rule of law anymore. There is one set of law for people who are loyal to Donald Trump, and there is one set of law for people who care criticize him. That is not democracy."

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Hate to break it to you, Senator, but Trump is not Neville Chamberlain. As misguided and naive as Chamberlain was, he was at least acting in good faith and in what he believed was the cause of peace. Trump is Joachim von Ribbentrop—or worse.

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🚨 NEW OFFICIAL SURVEY: Seven New #TheSims4 Expansion Pack Themes! simscommunity.info/2025/02/19/s...

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The first dozen Trump statements attacking Europe will fuel shock among Europeans. The next dozen Trump attacks will generate contempt towards Vance and his other servants as they grovel around his ramblings. Europeans will view everything from him after that with growing ennui

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This week's cover: Europe Alone Abandoned by America, can Britain and its allies save Ukraine - and themselves? 🖊️ @ldfreedman.bsky.social Inside: • @annettedittert.bsky.social on the rise AfD • @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social interviewed • @davidgauke.bsky.social on the prison populism

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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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when you're so pro-Putin that you've lost Maria Bartiromo ...

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🔴Revealed: The Tommy Robinson Supporters Network With Links to Neo-Nazi Groups and a Library of Terrorism Manuals A Byline Times investigation finds members have access to an online library of bomb-making manuals, and instructions for assembling home-made firearms bylinetimes.com/2025/02/18/r...

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“I’m just trying to shock you into action!” I shout, as I punch you in the face and kidnap your wife. “This is just a ploy to get you to do something!” I yell, as I smash down your door and steal your stuff. “I wish I didn’t have to do this” I smile, as I shoot you. “Why did you make me?”

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