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The “Beats off” Chronicles day eleven. Oh, Susanna. youtu.be/Bn25VyP2p6c?...
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The “Beats off” Chronicles day eleven. Oh, Susanna. youtu.be/Bn25VyP2p6c?...
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A lot of discussion around on how to beat the far-right Hardly anyone mentions it, but they need to include a plan to win the war in Ukraine
Increasingly the shifts in European politics are intertwined with the war in Ukraine. One thing stopping Putin moving towards a ceasefire is the prospect of the far right in power in Europe.
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This was the point I emphasised about Palantir when I wrote about tech soverignty - their model is to make bits of the state dependent on them and them jack up the price. samf.substack.com/p/sovereignt...
Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...
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This is a great summary of the many failures of Starmer - without an actual, firm (soft) left opposition to the right wing garbage that infuses so much of UK politics, Labour under Burnham will fail just as hard. I'm not holding my breath. www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/
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Amazon UK entities' pre-tax profits up from £455m to £555m. It pays corporation tax at an effective rate of 7.1%, headline rate is 25%. Profits shifted through intragroup transactions. UK retailers can't compete with hard-wired systematic tax avoidance.
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Breaking news: The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at President Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn, and requiring those who attend to pay their own way and meet height and weight requirements.
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Part-time Perry's Leipzig dilemma as Mayor faces fixture clash insidecroydon.com/2026/05/15/p... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #cpfc @fiveyearplan.bsky.social @theeaglesbeak.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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These authoritarian interventions in the arts and education will not improve the safety and well-being of British Jews. The implication that ACE has been already been funding antisemitism is unsupported and worrying. The plan is to suppress dissent, it won't reduce antisemitism.
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HS2's next disaster might be the trains (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/hs2s-next-...
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Why would anyone trust these monsters. UK remains silent as the israelis constantly break ceasefires and international law www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Hi all, just sent out free midweek update on USA-Iran. Normally bad superlatives are used about war--the worst, the most destructive, etc. These are rarely warranted. However in this case we have one superlative, we are witnessing the most corrupt war in US history. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
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It’s not just selfish -it’s a complete breach of the Budapest Memorandum in 1994 when the US and others encouraged Ukraine to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for these countries guaranteeing Ukraine’s borders. The US is duty-bound to assist in Ukraine’s defence or its promises mean nothing.
Vance says that stopping funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements in this administration. I’m watching this stunningly cruel speech from Ukraine, as Russia continues to kills us every day. Just today, they killed 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and five people in Dnipro.
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The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it. It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within. www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...
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