Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe)
@mokeeffee.bsky.social
Irish European. Located in England. Planning move to Spain over next 3 years. History/Politics/Media
“Kemi has instead offered that I become an adviser to the Conservative Party’s Culture and Integration Commission, specifically focusing on how young men become radicalised."
Padme Amidala's Iconic Look in Star Wars
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Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 2h agoIn a post on X he says he’ll instead be advising the Conservative Party on how young men become radicalised
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
The EU has now adopted its decision to extend temporary protection for those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine until 2028 - while excluding those with military obligations. Updated critique of the decision by Dr. Meltem İneli Ciğer - with my comments: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/08/what...
What is wrong with the decision to exclude some Ukrainians from temporary protection?
Dr. Meltem İneli Ciğer , Associate Professor of International Law , Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Law, Türkiye; Honorary Fell...
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Badenoch's two biggest flaws are that she's nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is and is incapable of admitting error. Both well illustrated by this fiasco.
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 2h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says reut.rs/4w8Jv6Q
Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says
Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalised, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday.
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So #KemiBadenoch is keeping the former Nazi close and inviting him deeper into the #ConservativeParty . Gavin Barwell & Grant Shapps, are a step too far and their extreme views on EHCR mean they cannot represent the party. It would be interesting to hear Boneheaded Paine’s view on the #EHCR
Joshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Badenomics on display again.
Full Fact@fullfact.org · 4h agoAndy Burnham has claimed only 500 prison places were added between 2010 and 2024, but Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives created 14,000 new places. Can these two claims add up? We’ve had a look at the figures 👇 fullfact.org/crime/how-ma...
#KemiBadenoch unwittingly let her views on local democracy out of the bag this morning. She really doesn’t see it as being important. Certainly beneath her.
In which some ECB and Bundesbank researchers quietly whisper “yeah, Mark Carney made some good points at the WEF”. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
How shifts in geoeconomic power are rewiring global trade
Trade growth stalled after the Global Financial Crisis, and world trade is now splitting along geopolitical lines. This poses a distinctive challenge for the EU, whose two largest trading partners are...
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Hands up if you just knew Polanksi was going to wade in on this one and stick up for the guy jailed for a prolonged campaign of antisemitic harassment against a Jewish MP
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 6h agoWhy are you commenting if you don’t know the specifics of the case!!!!!
just had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down
I know she's incapable of ever admitting she's wrong about anything, but even I'm surprised that Kemi Badenoch has chosen this particular hill to die on
Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 9h agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
A MUST READ for UK residents in Spain when travelling "Valid TIE holders are fully exempt from EES. Use the EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and residents lane, present both passport and TIE at a manned desk, and NEVER use the e-gates" #Euronews #🇪🇦 euroweeklynews.com/2026/08/03/t...
TIE holders in Spain still confused by EES gates
Valid TIE holders are fully exempt from EES. Use the EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and residents lane, present both passport and TIE at the desk, & never use the e-gates
euroweeklynews.com
An investigation by the public-interest law firm Institute for Justice reveals a concerning trend of police officers using Flock surveillance cameras to stalk women. The results are shocking. Moral corruption. Absolute, undeniable moral corruption. And you wonder why people don't trust the police?
Badenoch represents double-down conservatism. Never apologise or moderate. Insult your opponents. Patronise journalists when challenged. Contradict yourself, lie, whatever it takes, but never back down. And that's how you end up creating an extremely avoidable Tory antisemitism scandal overnight
Reminder that the Tories believe any non-British person who commits more than a minor parking or traffic offence should be automatically deported. They “believe in second chances”, apparently, but only for literal Nazis.
Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
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Crikey! #KemiBadenoch is having an absolute mare on this racist appointment to her local election list. The lastest is ‘it doesn’t matter because it’s only rubbish local issues he will deal with’. She just isn’t a serious person. Can see challenge to her by this time next year.
Beijing's investment drive in Morocco and Turkey is opening new routes into the EU market, forcing Brussels to prepare its response. But its trade defence toolbox is increasingly struggling to keep pace. #EuropeNews
Brussels vs Beijing: The new trade battle begins in Morocco and Turkey
Beijing's investment drive in Morocco and Turkey is opening new routes into the EU market, forcing Brussels to prepare its response. But its trade defence toolbox is increasingly struggling to keep pace.
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First off - why is Badenoch impersonating a police officer? Doe she really need to wear a police tabard? Barwell/Shapps not suitable for Conservative Party. They failed the extremist test. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – UK politics live
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
theguardian.com
Absolutely crackers, extremely self serving as a defence as there is absolutely no chance she'd extend this same benefit of the doubt elsewhere, which becomes obvious in the, factually incorrect, statement on early release she can't resist tagging on at the end.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · yesterdayKemi Badenoch certainly seems to be advancing with her agenda to turn the Conservatives into Reform.
This thread from the Spanish Foreign Office is really useful for anyone faced with mis/disinformation about the situation in Ceuta. There is one hell of a lot of that about at the moment!! Please use it to counteract ignorant claims, wherever they're from. It's available in French and Spanish too.
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación de España@exterioresgob.bsky.social · 2d ago1/5 🧵 Entering Spain irregularly through Ceuta or Melilla does not grant any right to remain in the country, travel to mainland Spain, or move freely within Europe. It also poses a grave risk to life. No court ruling has changed this. 🔗 www.exteriores.gob.es/en/Comunicac...
🔴 NEW 🔴 Campaigners are now demanding a parliamentary investigation into Reform MP Sarah Pochin following a donation to her office by food industry millionaires. 📝 @desmog.com & @goodlawproject.org report 👇🏻
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning. According to an investigation ...
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This is a sensible decision, it seems like a high quality development of a site that has been empty for 37 years and is derelict It is daft for Tower Hamlets council to say it wants a housing scheme of 350 homes on a site it does not own and has no money to build www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Almost *everything* you see in this format, whether infinite power cubes or solar powered houses for the homeless that fold out of suitcases or French "bread libraries" for the poor is liberal catnip bullshit by content farms. Stop being idiots. Thank you.
Is it possible China,Russia/Iran are trying to do to USA what US did to USSR. Force it to spend unsustainable amounts on military driving it into ever greater debt?
This is an important post on the complexities of last week’s events in Ceuta, so readily harnessed by right-wing groups, including Reform and Vox, as well as by, more shamefully, the elected governments of Italy and France.
Éamann Mac Donnchada@almagroschool.bsky.social · 2d agomacdonnchada.substack.com/p/eight-more...
