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Gideon Rachman

@gideonrachman.bsky.social

FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.

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Niko Jaakkola@nikoecon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very interesting by @gideonrachman.bsky.social. Drone warfare gives the defender an edge -- all the more so for Taiwan, an island protected by 100 miles of water. Drones also make it difficult to enforce a blockade. China risks making Putin's mistake: assuming away the agency of a smaller neighbour.

Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate

China assumes that the island would be helpless without American support — that is a dangerous mistake

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Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A guess a lot people will be spending a lot of today checking some slowly changing numbers on a BBC webpage. If you enjoy that sort of thing and want it to be a more than annual occurrence - can I recommend getting into county cricket?

Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

To add another reason the Iran war was such a strategic blunder, the reconstruction of Syria (and Gaza) was predicated on Gulf money. That was ambitious prior to the war given how overstretched Gulf budgets already were. Now there's less money and a need for it at home. Major regional implications.

Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This poem that I wrote aged 15 in 1970 was published in my school magazine. I was thrilled when a TV producer picked it up and made a short film of it (on BBC Look North, I think).

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Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Across the world, regardless of skin colour, the successful playbook is IMV always 'I'm awesome! You're awesome! This is an awesome country! I will avoid where possible talking about racism!' and not....this.

“That’s why I said this individual can just fuck right off, because I know I belong in my own country. You’re not going to be able to do that to me,” she said. She said there was an aspect of racism to the claims. “I do think there is that element of it, which is: ‘How dare you, a brown woman, say a thing that we white liberals think you’re not allowed to say?’ Well I’m saying it.”
Ross Macfarlane@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Financial markets ended last week on an upswing — apparently convinced that the worst of the crisis is over. That assumption looks complacent." @gideonrachman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Gideon Rachman: Don't fall for the White House hype. The progenitors of the Iran War are now in the escalation trap, with no viable off ramp. This war is likely to continue for many months, with outcomes that are steadily worse for Trump. www.ft.com/content/8456...

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

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René Smits 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇨🇦(🇻🇦)@rs-lawsociety.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Neither Britain nor Europe has decades to get it right." @gideonrachman.bsky.social rightly spurring @10dowingstreet.bsky.social and @ec.europa.eu @eucouncil.bsky.social to speed up rapprochement between #UK and #EU, or #rejoining giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU

Economics, security and domestic politics all point the Starmer government towards Brussels

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