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They took me out of the EU so I ran here to the foothills of the Pyrenees. Love outdoor pursuits but getting to an age where I hurt myself rather too much. Keep trying though. Cautious about Labour but delighted tories are out. I want back in the EU.
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President Trump's ban on federal work on diversity, equity and inclusion has resulted in many people fearing for their future | Mo Kanjilal @sussexbylines.co.uk

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

America will have to live with the shame of what's happening here for years. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

submitted 9 hours ago • 56 comments

Lai told Akie at the meeting that Taiwan aims to protect the values of freedom and democracy, and deepen its friendship with Japan.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

“Like a zombie, the Conservative Party persists — but not because it is thriving. Just because it can. If nothing else, its historical lineage compels it. “A distant collective memory of what it once meant to be alive sends it staggering onward.” www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

Every American I know - admittedly skewed towards college grads who'd do an international relations masters in Scotland... - has an iron-clad political commitment to European security from Russia as a component of global security that feeds US hegemony. This is a grotesque departure from that.

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

There’s some mad thinking going on among UK conservative figures right now. They’re cherry-picking the parts of the Trump agenda that they really, really like - the racism, the misogyny, the anti-trans stuff, the breaking the state so it can’t operate and calling it a return to democracy. 1/2

submitted 9 hours ago • 13 comments

@waterstones.bsky.social are offering a 25% discount on all pre-orders of 'Anywhere But Here' from now until midnight on Monday. Pre-orders are crucial to ensure the book gets out there, so please consider buying at the discounted price. Just use code PREORDER25 here: bit.ly/4gBxHTV #WPreorder

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Rappel : Pour pouvoir élire le prochain chef du Parti libéral du Canada, les libéraux enregistrés doivent vérifier leur identité avant le 7 mars. Assurez-vous que votre vote compte. Vérifiez votre identité aujourd'hui. Apprenez comment le faire ici : markcarney.ca/fr/verifier

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

Reminder: To vote for our next Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, registered Liberals need to get verified by March 7. Your voice matters now more than ever. Verify yourself today. Here’s how: markcarney.ca/verify

submitted 9 hours ago • 11 comments

You’d have to say…after clinical examination…most UK right wing commentators have proven themselves to be complete idiots.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Nothing says you’re a good steward of taxpayer money like bricking thousands of EV chargers that were installed at taxpayer expense for no reason other than that you hate EVs

submitted 11 hours ago • 20 comments

This is our world now. These are our “leaders”. This cannot continue.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

submitted 1 day ago • 185 comments

Youth mobility is a step forward but what about those of us over 30 who lost huge parts of our livelihoods? Freedom of movement is never free. #YouthMobility #Starmer #Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

And Starmer is stupid.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Despite facing declining poll numbers and growing constituent unrest, Trump is now publicly urging Elon Musk to intensify his efforts.

submitted 11 hours ago • 515 comments

Oh, does it really?

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

The country must bolster its security. The rich must pay their share. The old order is dead and with it lies broken promises. But out of the ashes, a new, stronger Britain can be born. @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

It’s called Gleichschaltung. And German history shows us where it can end. Again: we have the knowledge; we have the right words. That the US could still get to this point is such a terrible failure.

submitted 18 hours ago • 4 comments

Germany selling out to Russia over Nordstream was self-sabotage but it had a logic: Russia had cheap gas that Germany could use. The US turning towards Russia is mad. The US is the world’s biggest oil and gas producer. What does Russia have that America needs?

submitted 18 hours ago • 44 comments

For those who don't yet realise how serious it all is: 'Merz said there was need to discuss Germany coming under British and French nuclear protection'. 1/2 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

“The US is now the least reliable partner in NATO.” #Ukraine #Nato #Scotland

submitted 18 hours ago • 12 comments

'The mere fact of that meeting gave Putin... parity with the US. It signalled that Washington regards Moscow as its equal: not a pariah state that has committed an unconscionable act of aggression, but a fellow great power' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... By @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to pay for peace in Ukraine

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Take Russia's frozen assets now (written in December 2023, now even more urgent) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

Does anyone know why we haven't done this?

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments