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Mister E
@daveevanschange.bsky.social
Skier, cyclist, golfer, Villa fan, music aficionado, fiction-reader and volunteer for mental health & wellbeing charities. Exiled Brummie living in N. Yorks. Believer in European solidarity. Citizenship over consumerism.
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@johnspiers.co.uk I think that's the point of the book - democracy is trumped by wealth. See also 'Brave New World'.
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s dad wrote a book about this decades ago called “The Sovereign Individual” whereby people with enough money combined with enough international loopholes could be more powerful than a nation. There can be no democracy in a world where we allow that to happen.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The stakes in Ukraine are much larger than the fate of one nation,” the editorial board says. “The war is a test of whether authoritarian expansion can succeed by military force in the 21st century — or whether the West can rally to protect democracy and innocent lives.”
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America is *now* an ally of Russia? I'd argue it started in 2016 when the Trump campaign and the RNC softened the language on providing lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine as part of the Manafort/Kremlin/Yanukovich "peace plan" to cede Ukrainian territory to Putin. But okay. We can go with "now".
"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Elon Musk's limiting Ukraine's access to Starlink has shown the world, that he can't be trusted to honour contracts Europe and Canada are moving to create an alternative that does not rely on Musk's political toxicity European telecoms groups join forces to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink
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#Trump is a callous, cuntish man who needs to be removed from this world; it simply isn't for him. Withholding warnings because Zelenskyy won't dance to his tune is pathetic. I really hope Europe can see off Poutin and be able to cock a snook at the odious tosser. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Utter disgrace that this was not more severely penalised. www.skysports.com/football/vid... #UTV #AVFC
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In case you missed "Undercover - A Year In Reform" exposing the racism, misogyny, hypocrisy of Reform UK MPs, Councillors, members you can see it at ITVX www.itv.com/watch/exposu...
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Let's take a leaf out of Poutin's playbook and interfere with someone else's election ...
Trump issues a "Complete and Total Endorsement" of Netanyahu, warning Israelis that if they elect anyone else, "America will have to do this work ourselves" in Iran. He calls Bibi an "even greater Partner for Peace" for waging the war with him.
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In the UK there is a scheme called "Ask for Angela" If a woman is in a situation in a pub she can approach bar staff and simply say "Can I speak to Angela?" Bar staff will remove the woman from the bar, get her transport home and inform police and support services en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_for...
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I didn’t know much about about Abdul El-Sayed before watching this but I knew as soon as I’d seen it that he’d worked as a teacher — and sure enough he was an assistant professor in epidemiology. This is how you walk a student through a dumb take.
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Farage 'joked' about school racism claims and Reform councillor said he'd 'carry out executions at No 10', new documentary reveals www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...
Vlad, the former KGB man who authorised the bombing of a #Moscow residence in order to reignite the #Russian campaign against Chechnya and now bombs Ukr citizens daily, is softly-spoken. And, JD, your point is what, exactly???? #Poutin www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/d-vanc...
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Well, they may be unable to sleep in an overcrowded airport. Many in Kyiv and other Ukrainian kingdoms don't sleep because bombs / drones are dropping. Think on.
The chaos at Moscow's airports has continued for a second day, with airspace repeatedly closed due to the threat of drone attacks. All four Moscow airports suspended operations, leaving hundreds of flights delayed or canceled.
You utter brainless, self-indulent wanker, #Trump. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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They are not just inhumane; they are undeliverable.
1) making countries accept returns 2) problems finding third country hosts 3) building enough detention centres 4) legal obstacles Oh and the unforgivable inhumanity… Farage’s hateful fever dreams need to be torn down like this - with the contempt they deserve. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/482...
The lesson of the Brexit referendum: don't hold one unless it properly reflects the importance of the outcome. Also, unlike the first one, which should have been advisory, it should be non-binding; and, one which mirrors the future UK demographics. And not a simple majority measure.
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The Kremlin intelligence psyop that has been poisoning American politics for decades is literally burning. Ukraine removed all the Russian bots on social media just in time for the US midterm election. Ukraine really is defending the entire free world! Thank you, Ukraine! 💛💙 x.com/youranoncent...
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