Ike Namura

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!

I've tied together a couple of themes from this week - Burnham's speech and our new divergence tracker - to argue that the EU is becoming increasingly protectionist in its regulatory approach, and that Burnham should bear this in mind as he decides what to do next. ukandeu.ac.uk/made-in-euro...

If Burnham wants to really change the UK EU dynamic he has to primarily do so in Brussels, and break a 50-odd year taboo in doing so. Anything else means incremental progress at best. That's the blunt truth coming from many years of coffees. And the challenge. encompass-europe.com/comment/how-...

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

📌 ICYMI — Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK — @alexhh.bsky.social As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

My latest piece argues that Canada’s approach to the EU could prove productive, because unlike the UK’s high-handed, entitled attitude, it is not based on an assumption that the EU “owes” it a good deal, or that Canada holds all the cards, lingering fantasies about the US relationship etc etc.

Meet the new FBI team members

Culmination of my seven-part series on Brexit for the 10th anniversary of the disastrous referendum. Please circulate widely. @chrisgrey.bsky.social @ottocr.at @fascinatorfun.bsky.social @guitarmoog.bsky.social @nialloconghaile.bsky.social northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

You actually can fight it. That is absolutely something you can do.

I said what I said. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A short comic about Lenny #TheSimpsons #comics

I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.

❌ "The EU just decides which countries get in." ✅ “That's not how it works.” 33 years ago, EU leaders agreed on the Copenhagen Criteria: a clear set of requirements every country must meet before joining the EU.

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Michelle Obama to Barack: "How absurd it is to even imagine that you might have buckled under the pressure even once. Lashed out in frustration. Lost your temper. How absurd it is to imagine that you might have done anything but make our family and this entire country proud."

WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.

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Useful intervention from Poland's (UK friendly) Foreign Minister in two parts at least - to not expect any special deals if rejoining the EU becomes an option, and for politicians to understand more fundamentally about what the EU means. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison.

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

#56: Pigeon Curse

Who can possibly know why Europe has been so clear about rejecting Trump's invitation to participate in his murderous illegal war that is already costing all them £billions? #r4today bsky.app/profile/prof...

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

Here I am… X is not a healthy place to be!!

Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost: Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election." In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Apparently it can always get worse. The full version of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, aptly named “NSC-1488” by the wags, calls for actively pulling Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy from the #EU. And supporting far right. US sides with Putin. notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

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There have been 4 million articles written about the alienation of young men by "the left," but I've never seen one article about the alienation of women from the right. It apparently doesn't matter to the press that women are regularly voting for Dems by huge margins because the GOP is so hostile.

🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans. Nero would be proud.

What he said: 💯 🎯

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨 I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America. In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi... 1/2

There will come a day when many elected officials wonder why they did not do more to counter the reckless actions of this immoral and lawless administration. I will not be among them. www.mlive.com/politics/202...

The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️

And don't forget: there's also a new episode of Podyssey for your Sunday delectation. "Does the teller of myth exist in that liminal space? By spending so much time in that quantum where fact does not matter, by pouring so much truth into the work, does some fiction inevitably splash back at them?"

The real crisis isn’t the budget. It’s that the UK is smaller, older, poorer, sicker, more indebted and less productive than it wants to admit. #Labour #UKPolitics @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social