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Carolin Lotter
@carolotter.bsky.social
U.S. and U.K. politics junkie. Formerly Bloomberg TV producer (a long time ago).
The dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park wowed Victorian Londoners and remained a beloved part of childhood in the city for generations. Delighted that these figures have been restored to their former glory and are no longer on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
As ever @stephenkb.bsky.social gets to the actual issue, past the noise. Well worth reading www.ft.com/content/aa94...
What Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policing
Kemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ
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The government isn't forcing churches and community centres and town halls across the country to fly the Ukrainian flag. People are doing it themselves because we see a battle and we know which side we are on. There are lots of ways in which Reform is wildly out of touch with Britain.
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system. Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts Spending is controlled, not spiralling Worklessness is near record lows My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.* * It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist. Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
@mrjamesob.bsky.social this may explain some of Trump’s thinking.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last yr.Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
Top trolling from the Polish Foreign Minister. It’s a pile-on.
Starmer's language was deplorable. It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy. But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
A sad loss to the world of food and hospitality. This obit gives a good flavour of the man's great taste(s) and sense of humour. Richard Vines RIP www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
Richard Vines, celebrated restaurant critic, dies aged 71
Unusually for a critic, a role that naturally inspires enemies, Vines maintained friendly relationships with chefs and writers across the globe
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Considering imposing tariffs on the baby every time she refuses to nap
What do they put into the water in Whitehall that leads all governments to succumb to Brexity cod-Churchillian delusions about the special relationship and prostrate themselves before Washington? Besides, any deal the UK did agree would be calculated to split the West and so pure mischief by Trump
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · last yr.Just how did the UK ending up getting the exact same US tariffs as other countries according to the formula? So many delusions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
“With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years—a kind of control that is ultimately incompatible with both democracy and prosperity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment
The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
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