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I sincerely hope this clown car administration does not jeopardise the safety of people in the security services or the future of the Five Eyes alliance www.spiegel.de/internationa...

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If Pete Hegseth doesn't want to be accused of rank hypocrisy, all he has to do is resign

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One of Britain’s finest actors, @davidharewood.bsky.social tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social about finding late fame, becoming RADA’s first black president, and the brutal challenges he faced to get there on ‘Full Disclosure’. Listen in full: www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

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It it should be crystal clear to everyone that Pete Hegseth shared classified information on a non-governmental messaging site and then lied about it, making his position untenable, so why hasn't he resigned yet? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

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This aged badly

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Earnest post for once. Yes things are bad - and getting worse in many ways. But even now, the illiberals are not getting all their own way. Things are being contested and opposed. And if the illiberals are ultimately to be defeated this how things start turning against them. If you can, hold on.

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Listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social has just made me look through Catch-22 again and marvel at the brilliance of Joseph Heller’s writing

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That's why Blair Kinghorn should be the Lions' starting fullback – come on Scotland!

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This is grotesque and the sooner he takes his offensive, ill-informed opinions on a one way trip to Mars, the better

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This is fantastic news for rugby in general and everyone associated with the sport Having free-to-air coverage of the best International games in the northern hemisphere, with each half uninterrupted, is brilliant for everyone watching and those playing in them www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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🚨 Kemi Badenoch on Vance’s "random country" comment, via GB News "I know [him] quite well. I've looked at the comments, I don't think he actually said that. A lot of people are getting carried away. They're saying loads of things and getting quite animated let's keep cool heads” Major own goal

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I'm not sure how many other headteachers could stay in post after writing something like this on social media

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This is excellent by @iandunt.bsky.social, a a wonderful reaction to what we all witnessed in the Oval Office, what it shows about the character and personality of those involved, and what the UK and Europe must do now iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...

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NEW: No 10 readout of the prime minister’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy today “The PM reiterated his unwavering support for Ukraine, adding that the UK will always stand with them, for as long as it takes.”

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I have disagreed with US presidents but always thought they were fundamental decent I never thought I would see a POTUS (and his VP) bully, condescend, and disrespect a visiting world leader as Donald Trump shamefully did with Volodymyr Zelenskyy Solidarity with him and Slava Ukraini🇺🇦

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When the BBC's Chris Mason asked Donald Trump if he still thought Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator", Trump replied: "Did I say that? I can't believe I would say that" It’s that easy for him to ignore observable facts and documents of his own words, including those he posted himself

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Cause and effect?

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"Alleged" is doing some unnecessarily heavy lifting here - it's a shame a publication like The New Statesman can't call things what they are because a Nazi salute is a Nazi salute, whoever does it

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This is a man who is unelected, uncountable and, unless I'm mistaken, doesn't have the constitutional authority to do any of this

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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

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I never thought I'd read a headline like this in a serious newspaper, but it is absolutely right www.ft.com/content/b46e...

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I hope history will remember Donald Trump as the man who ripped up 80 years of US foreign policy and sided with some of its avowed enemies and failed to condemn a war of aggression in Europe

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This is brilliant journalism by @timross1.bsky.social, though it does lead to increasing concern about Donald Trump's ability to rally behind his NATO allies in this new Cold War www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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Strangely enough the Telegraph looks less ridiculous with Sunday Sport stories.

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The Reform voters with a negative view of Zelenskyy are definitely worth further investigation given how otherwise uniform a view being pro-Ukraine is in the UK

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An hourly reminder that DOGE is not about Elon Musk cutting government money waste, it is about wasting more government money on Elon Musk. Here is Elon cutting NASA, a government agency that his private company competes with for federal funding. They aren't even bothering to hide the corruption.

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You know, if Kemi Badenoch agreed with Donald Trump, I would disagree, and it would be alarming. But in an odd way, it would be slightly preferable to a leader of the opposition who agrees with a Donald Trump that appears to only exist in her head.

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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." – Maya Angelou

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If this intrusive monitoring of online activity doesn't scare you, you haven't given it enough thought

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As Keeley Hodgkinson is one of the nation's finest athletes, this decision is baffling and incredibly shortsighted; I hope the BBC reconsider and show the athletic events live on one of its channels www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

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🚨Breaking🚨 Sir Stephen Fry calls on Keir Starmer to bring ‘effectively bankrupt’ Thames Water into public ownership. 💧 So that ‘it works for all of us, people and planet.’ 🌎 Agree? Sign our petition. Link in comments 👇🏽 #SirStephenFry #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership

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As I see it, the only groups to whom this would appeal: climate change deniers and people who don't see the economic illiteracy of handicapping something that would lead to economic growth and energy security for the UK

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Kemi Badenoch had six questions prepared and asked the ones that had already been addressed by Keir Starmer, so when he said "this is getting tedious", he was absolutely right #PMQs can't be easy, but Badenoch appears to be getting worse at it

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I never thought I'd see the day when the Pope delivered a theological slap down to the Vice President of the United States, but these are strange times www.vatican.va/content/fran...

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This is the pivotal point, which the Starmer government must understand electorally if it can't understand it politically

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With James Lowe and Jack Conan dotting down for Ireland, both showing exceptional power in getting the ball to ground, it's been a ruthless five minutes The Irish players have clinically finished off every scoring opportunity with five points and deserve the bonus point #SCOvIRE

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That is class from Scotland, a wonderful offload from Stafford McDowall and a brilliant, world class finish from Duhan van der Merwe #SCOvIRE

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Awful to see Darcy Graham go off like that and hope the injury is too serious – this tournament is better with him in it #SCOvIRE

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That's just stupid from Duhan van der Merve: completely unnecessary, overly aggressive, and appropriately punished #SCOvIRE

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