ido.bsky.social
Journalist in Berlin focusing on all things Europe. Previously at the BBC and New Statesman. http://idovock.com
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No-one else does the work OC does. If it closes, authoritarian governments including Georgia, Azerbaijan and Russia will be that much more emboldened; people in the Caucasus will be that much less empowered.
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some telegraph readers are good
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remember this when the same people trying to relitigate weird ethnic exclusivism rejected by the vast majority of british and english people will argue with apparent sincerity that you are out of touch
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“englishness isn’t easily defined. anyway, here’s why i am not it”
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Loved the original season but thought it went downhill after that.
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I didn't write the headline!
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Is it even a grand coalition if it isn’t between the two biggest parties?
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13,000 people apparently. Out of 50 million voters. bsky.app/profile/wahl...
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4) Lots of Germans still really hate the far right. The Left, which until weeks ago was thought to be headed out of parliament, surged after its leader sharply criticised Merz courting the AfD
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3) The CDU may need to govern with a three-party coalition, a recipe for political instability precisely at the moment Germany can least afford it
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2) The headline CDU win obscures the party’s relative weakness: its share of the vote was the second lowest since 1949. The traditional Volksparteien won their lowest combined share of the vote ever.
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Yes indeed, I went off the TV numbers which rounded up! Apologies.
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oh really? don’t have facebook so am unaware. what kind of stuff?
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Yes, as I said…
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Obviously switching off from the news is not a solution. But prioritise sources that cover issues with sensitivity and depth instead of those that think covering the news is updating you on every tiny development with 🚨🚨 BREAKING 🚨🚨
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What? There’s never been a traffic light coalition (SPD-FDP-Green) before 2021
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whatever works man
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When did they consider that?
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What should be done about it?
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Think this is nonsense, sorry. A series of attacks like the ones in Germany would have been a huge political issue in any country. People don’t like terrorism!
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