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“Jean-Jacques Rousseau meets Willy Wonka”. Professor. Traveler. Dad. Husband. Friend. Two sausage dogs. OBE. Immigrant since 1983. Dutch. Views are my own & re-posts just that.
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As the US sits around the table with Lavrov (sanctioned by the Biden) the Russian attacks on civilians in Kyiv haven’t stopped. The Trump administration didn’t even get a cessation in drone attacks in exchange for the PR coup of talks and bringing the regime in from the cold.

submitted 9 days ago • 72 comments

How about an election in Russia?

submitted 9 days ago • 263 comments

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

submitted 28 days ago • 99 comments

Merkel levert zeldzame kritiek door samenwerking CDU met AfD af te fakkelen

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

President Trump has blamed DEI policies for the Washington plane crash. That’s before an investigation, before anyone knows for sure what has happened. He just says it’s “common sense.”

submitted 28 days ago • 116 comments

New online govt Power of Attorney tool.... still not launched long after it was promised. See www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

don’t mention this to modern Thatcherites but the tax rises at the start of the Thatcher period were bigger - proportionately - than Labour’s October 2024 Budget yes Mrs T cut taxes but only after increasing them massively taxpolicy.org.uk/2022/06/08/u...

submitted 31 days ago • 24 comments

I've now complained to @ipso.co.uk & expect in due course Telegraph will be forced to correct this BS. They couldn’t even get London’s overall population right, let alone migration stats. But what are the "right" numbers? [1/n]

submitted 34 days ago • 73 comments

We've been asked by a lot of News Agents listeners why we haven't covered the Musk "salute." Here's our answer from today's show. For my part, I think focus on it lets him off the hook. Focus on what we def know- he has spread far right messaging again and again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2_j...

submitted 34 days ago • 59 comments

Phil Hammond, a key figure in the fight for justice over Hillsborough, dies

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: The dislike of the British public towards Elon Musk continues to grow. YouGov research shows that 71% of the UK population now view him unfavourably. His recent attack on UK politicians & support for jailed racist, Tommy Robinson, has further shredded his reputation. (📸YouGov poll, 8-9 Jan)

submitted 45 days ago • 14 comments

maybe I’m missing something but seems curious that Nigel Farage hasn’t turned up for the House of Commons debate on grooming gangs

submitted 52 days ago • 55 comments

As @adambienkov.bsky.social correctly points out the survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Keir Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year. Appallingly dishonest reporting of an opinion poll

submitted 54 days ago • 58 comments

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submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

submitted 54 days ago • 1369 comments

'A Disgraceful Smear': Health Secretary Wes Streeting Slams Elon Musk For Calling Jess Phillips A 'Rape Apologist' The health secretary condemned the X owner "ridiculous" attack on the safeguarding minister www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/wes-st...

submitted 54 days ago • 89 comments

This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.

submitted 54 days ago • 316 comments

Elon Musk is starting to risk getting Jess Phillips killed. She's been safeguarding minister for six months. She oversaw nothing relating to the rape gangs. As an opposition MP she was one of the most prominent campaigners for the victims. What he's doing is a travesty.

submitted 55 days ago • 103 comments

My unpopular opinion is that the government is doing a lot. Most of it is good, some of it is very good, and some of it is not good at all. It has a narrative and a sense of moral purpose - to defeat populism through competence and service. It has an ideology, which is left technocrat.

submitted 57 days ago • 122 comments

Spanje geeft bijna miljoen illegale migranten verblijfsvergunning #Buitenland

submitted 100 days ago • 5 comments

Jeez. Boris Johnson is now on French radio saying “We forget all this now because it was two or three years ago but when we had the pandemic, thanks to Brexit we had the chance to do the vaccinations in England much earlier” I’ve debunked this absolute boll**** many times👇

submitted 101 days ago • 116 comments

NEW: Monday News Agents Why did one tweet from Alison Pearson start a set of events which has led Britain’s right wing media and politicians in the UK and US into a complete frenzy? And what does it tell us about the modern right that it did? Listen now.

submitted 101 days ago • 49 comments