Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

Plans for more emergency asylum exceptions in EU State of the Union speech - although the asylum pact already allows for emergency exceptions, so presumably this means more exceptions ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Latest in @theatlantic.com . What we are seeing now is US weakness across the board. The American Age is over. What comes next will be very different. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The End of the American Age

The Iran war marks the conclusion of eight decades of global dominance.

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War destroys more than bodies and buildings. It destroys families and relationships. It destroys dreams and ambitions, life works and life plans. It destroys hope. It destroys souls. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘I’ve lost everything – my child, my house, my money’: how Israel’s war on Gaza has changed men

The impact of the conflict on Palestinian men is a largely undiscussed topic. Four civilians talk about their lives and relationships

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I keep waiting for the penny to drop, for all the Brexiters, that pretty much everyone wants the deal we once had and which they foolishly threw away.

Ed Sheeran needs to immediately dissociate himself with that cunt

Mr Socko@laotianrockrat.bsky.social · 11h ago

Ed Sheeran's agent: Ok fuck me that was a wild few days. Still we should be over the worst of it now...

We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it and civilise its inhabitants until they achieve the kind of maturity required to govern themselves inews.co.uk/opinion/pidd...

Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK. Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Ian Dunt: The village that ‘roared’ has swallowed the far-right’s lies

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KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.

Here we go: “the bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships”. “I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,” von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carne

EU Chief Floats Plan to Make Canada First Associate Member — The Wall Street Journal

Von der Leyen added the eurozone bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships

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That's a lot of "fighting-age young men coming and going"...

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 19h ago

Bicester Garrison, a mile and a half the other way and next to a similarly small village, had 850 stationed there, before it was decomissioned and 20,000 squaddies at its height.

I don't think we should be giving the racist village all that attention, I think they deserve to be ignored

🔴 Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations Exclusive: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity

Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations

EXCLUSIVE: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity

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@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: “Carney is treating the EU as the strategic asset it is, and the UK must do the same, going much further than the status quo to signal our intention to apply for membership. Voters want it, our economy needs it, and Burnham can deliver it.”

"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles

Let me guess - the village that has voted to leave the UK still wants all the benefits of being in the UK?

It would be quite 'something' if, after all the talk of leaving the EU to create CANZUK, there ends up being CANZEU without the UK

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 2d ago

Australia and Canada are leading the way - they are choosing closer ties with the EU. The EU is our closest partner. The UK government should put EU membership on the table. It's really a no-brainer.

‘More than a third of the $2.8bn raised for the current 2025-26 election cycle comes from the 20 biggest mega-donors, according to an FT analysis’ And guess which industry is all over MAGA/GOP Yep, crypto Can think of £72m reasons why this sounds familiar…. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push

Ultra-wealthy overwhelmingly back Donald Trump’s party over Democrats as money floods into midterms race

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Wake up people!

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 19h ago

Opinion | The list of things Nigel Farage will do for money is long, unedifying and, in the week that we learned of £72m being donated to his party by a couple of cryptocurrency billionaires, surely worth revisiting 🖋️ @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/arcDMCk

Midweek update is out, first part free. This week provides the starkest evidence of the decline of the US and the end of the American Age. Militarily, diplomatically and with the markets, US weakness is being repeatedly revealed. Do not look away. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

Midweek Update #28: The End Of The American Age: The US In Retreat Militarily, Diplomatically And With The Markets

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I'm sure he would have preferred to go on singing his nesh songs and counting the money without all this unpleasantness but then he had to choose. And he chose to side with racially motivated theft and mass murder. Maybe FIFA will give him a consolation prize.

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Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.

Una Mullally@unamullally.bsky.social · yesterday

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

Ed Sheeran's tour bus.

Sheeran frantically rounding up the buskers on London Underground.

Ed Sheeran's support acts quit tour in support of Macklemore

The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.

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I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)

Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years

The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets

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Ouch.

All of Ed Sheeran's Openers Abandon Tour After Macklemore Debacle

Finneas, Lukas Graham, and more have dropped off shows with Ed Sheeran after Macklemore was pressured off the tour after saying, 'Free Palestine.'

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All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?" Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d ago

The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!

Macklemore can sue Robert Kraft for Tortious Interference for economic harm and I hope he does. Discovery would be fun: "Which other stadium owners did you talk to?" and "We need all related emails, text messages and contracts between you and them and you and Sheeran and Sheeran's team."