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British citizen. Europe is my natural home & Europeans my natural partners. 🇬🇧🇩🇰🇪🇺
BROWDER: Trump’s policies towards Putin don’t make sense and not in America’s national interest. Why is Trump so apprehensive about holding Putin to account? Who knows what deal he has with Putin. There’s a pattern of foreign governments enriching Trump or people close to him.
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
theatlantic.com
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
This is also the Ben Cullen who is due to appear in court after being accused of making indecent images of children.
Cyclospora: Parasite back in the spotlight after two US deaths. Here's what to know about symptoms, transmission, risky foods and the situation in Europe. #EuropeNews
What is Cyclospora? Two deaths as US outbreak puts Europe on alert
Cyclospora: Parasite back in the spotlight after two US deaths. Here's what to know about symptoms, transmission, risky foods and the situation in Europe.
l.euronews.com
Says the guy who wanted to launch a bomb to stop a hurricane; who also wanted to build a huge faucet to regulate the amount of water used in the South West; who drew a new course of hurricane on a map with a Sharpie; who suggested we injest bleach and shine light into our bodies to stop the virus
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it."
And let’s not forget how much the owner of AirB&B donated to Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
Billionaire Airbnb Co-Founder Is Said to Take Role in Musk’s Government Initiative (Published 2025)
Joe Gebbia is a board member at Tesla and is close to Elon Musk, the company’s C.E.O.
nytimes.com
Rather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
theguardian.com
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
Just a reminder that the president of the United States recently had to pay almost $6 million to the woman he sexually abused and defamed, and not one reporter has asked him about it.
During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.
A Doctor Fact-Checks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CNN Interview
A public health expert fact checks RFK Jr.'s recent contentious interview on CNN with facts on vaccines, COVID-19 and measles.
forbes.com
Really wonder how 'Are Nige was allowed to call a political press conference in the middle of a by-election. And it looks like the entire UK MSM has decided that Purdah can go fuck itself!
Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
democracyforsale.substack.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The most dynamic countries are surging ahead with high-speed rail. Others, like Britain, are stuck in the station | Christian Wolmar
Around the world, these trains have boosted economies, development and prestige. The costs of missing out are high, says transport writer and author Christian Wolmar
theguardian.com
The ridiculous RFK Jr has a teeny tears tantrum as he's held to account by a far smarter, far better informed CNN journalist. It's excellent youtu.be/YNrEjDnQa8g?...
Things Heat Up Fast After CNN Host Presses RFK Jr. About The COVID-19 Response And Future Pandemics
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Can I say (and not just because I’m one of the editors) - @desmog.com has been on the right side of history on climate change for decades, taking on significant legal risk to expose Big Oil’s allies. And we’re gonna keep on doing it.
1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.
Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout. He is boasting on X that there is no need to worry a out the Democrats succeeding in the mid-terms.
Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms
Musk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024.
axios.com
🔴 Ukraine’s emergency services team has arrived in Gironde, France, to tackle raging wildfires. Forming the largest international delegation deployed, Ukrainian firefighters have been assigned to the most hazardous sectors due to their unique experience operating under combat conditions.
Tommy Robinson's Temple: The Christian Conference Uniting Preachers from the Far-Right Fringe – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/29/t...
Tommy Robinson's Temple: The Christian Conference Uniting Preachers from the Far-Right Fringe
Organisers of the "Make Great Britain Christian Again" conference include preachers linked to far-right rallies, prompting warnings that faith is being used to provide moral cover for nationalist poli...
bylinetimes.com
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
And they couldn't resist BRAGGING about it
Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com · 4d agoHe's planning to do it AGAIN.
New: Capitol One court filing states it closed hundreds of Trump related accounts following money laundering review: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
reuters.com
And winning the year's "Pinocchio Award" for the least believable social media post of the year....
