Piers Morgan isn’t a proper journalist -he’s in showbiz

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · yesterday

5/5 It is mind-boggling that high-profile journalists still give him airtime. We must stop treating commentary as authoritative from academics whose theories fail every real-world test

"Can I ask you for your three pieces of advice to @andyburnham.bsky.social, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social, Healey for how to go about building this national conversation on #defence?" @armida.bsky.social asked Lord Robertson in the latest CER podcast. Listen here: buff.ly/jCJqMnw

I always wondered what it would take for the Telegraph to decide there might be a downside to climate breakdown. Well, now we know. Even so, this article manages not to mention it.

Pretty moderate for an intergalactic tyrant

Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱@dailyherald.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 NEW: Count Binface has revealed his manifesto for the Clacton by-election

Peking duck is the latest salvo in an escalating EU-China trade conflict m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KaZ...

EU targets Peking Duck in dumping probe | DW News

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giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Andy Burnham’s regional privilege -interesting piece on Burnham’s attempt to big up the regions although comparing his rise to J D Vance’s seems a little unfair

Andy Burnham’s regional privilege

Reflections on an under-scrutinised prime minister

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France will license Ukraine to manufacture SCALP cruise missiles on its own soil, President Macron said after a summit of Kyiv’s allies in Paris. The licenses also cover AASM guided bombs and Aster interceptor missiles for the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air defense system. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Macron says France will license Ukraine to produce SCALP cruise missiles, Aster interceptors, and AASM guided bombs — Meduza

France intends to grant Ukraine a license to produce SCALP cruise missiles, French President Emmanuel Macron announced after the “Coalition of the Willing” summit in Paris, the Ukrainian outlet…

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🛳️❌ Russia has halted shipping through the Don-Azov Channel and Kerch Strait after Ukraine attacked Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov, - Reuters 🌾Since roughly 25% of Russia's wheat exports use this route, traders fear disruptions to global grain supplies, causing wheat prices to jump about 4%.

Unbelievable, just when you think they can't sink any lower Sky news have doorstepped Count Binfaces family😆

Royal Holloway university is hiring! 📣 Looking for a full time lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy 🌟 You can find the application down below! The deadline to apply is 20 August 2026 🎉 👉 https://ow.ly/6yY650ZlVWf

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in International Relations

Full-Time, Permanent.The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Lecturer in International Relations (Teaching and Research focus). The successful applicant would be expected to start...

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We're launching a funding drive on Bellingcat today. It's a tough funding environment at the moment with global funder cuts & the fear of Trump scaring off donors, so support us here www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... A short video about what your donations will fund www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzb...

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Russia's fuel subsidy mechanism already costs 200 billion rubles a month. Now, facing a deepening gasoline crisis, Moscow plans to extend it to cover imported fuel — even as one analyst calls suppressing prices during a shortage "madness." meduza.io/en/cards/rus...

Russia has a plan to ease the gasoline crisis: lower fuel standards, expand subsidies, and wait out Ukraine’s refinery strikes — Meduza

Russia is going through an acute phase of its gasoline crisis. We’ve written before that several indicators — among them a drop in refining volumes to multiyear lows alongside high crude exports —…

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It's much too late now to save large parts of Higher Education, but there's lots that can still be done if we stop and pause this madness. Otherwise most HE will just be concentrated in SE England at Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial, Kings and a few others. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Insurers seek to define ‘war’ as risk rises of global power clashes

Insurers seek to define ‘war’ as risk rises of global power clashes

Trade body considers updating Five Powers exclusion to incorporate hostile drone incursions and subsea attacks

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"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

A Ukrainian drone dives lazily through Moscow skies to strike an oil refinery in the SE of the Russian capital earlier on June 16. The refinery, 16km from the Kremlin, provides a large proportion of Moscow and its region's fuel needs, Ukrainian news sources say. Russia's fuel crisis set to worsen.

30-min special 60-day extension of ceasefire but no clarity on #StraitOfHormuz, US sanctions and unfreezing of #Iran assets, Iran nuclear program, and #Israel attacks in #Lebanon Why Iran regime not only survived but in better political position than before #IranWar

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EA-DW News Special: US- #Iran --- The "Deal" That Is Not A Deal (Scott Lucas/Tania Kraemer with Alex Forest Whiting) #IranDeal #IranTalks #IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #Israel #Lebanon eaworldview.com/2026/06/us-i...

Look forward to reading!

Sten Hansson@stenhansson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This may be of interest to international security & stratcom experts @popovaprof.bsky.social @maudinet.bsky.social @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social @emma-briant.co.uk @shekhovtsov.substack.com @benoloughlin.bsky.social @natashakuhrt.bsky.social @adler-nissen.bsky.social @preciouschatd.bsky.social

We are fighting the satanic west to defend traditional Christian values. By bombing cathedrals.

Under 16s to be banned from social media, and a white supremacist who fuels riots on our streets, still allowed to run a whole platform.

Breaking News: The U.S. and Iran reached a cease-fire agreement, President Trump said. There was no immediate confirmation from Iran. Follow live updates.

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls for Restraint After Israel Strikes Beirut Suburbs

There was no immediate official confirmation from Iran after President Trump’s statement on social media.

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Across a long lifetime and productive until the end, David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was Britain’s most popular artist, and one of very few painters anywhere to be a household name: ft.trib.al/1YrcUn3

My gf has roped a load of churches into getting their members to collect a load of food that can then be distributed to those who need it across Belfast. Many are afraid to leave their houses, even to get food. People have been delivering food to strangers since this started.

History shows us there are 2 options when faced with a rising far right. 1. Deal with it quickly and decisively. 2. Let it win. The great majority reject it. But it doesn't need majority support: just enough thugs to intimidate everyone else. Weakness and indecision by government let it rise.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Rightwing MPs increase use of Musk’s X as centre-left rivals quit

Rightwing MPs increase use of Musk’s X as centre-left rivals quit

Majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are on alternative social media platform Bluesky, report shows

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If you are a policy interested researcher we have opened a fantastic call for our Innovation Fellowships. Spend a year working with a policy partner on themes of resilient communities or digital society. We offer up to £120k. More detail below in this 🧵 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

My latest for @uk.theconversation.com is out, asking whether #Russia's war against #Ukraine might contribute to political change at the top theconversation.com/could-the-wa...

Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia?

The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.

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"From afar, occupation may seem like a temporary military event — checkpoints, soldiers, flags replaced with other flags. In practice, occupation is the systematic destruction of human agency," writes journalist Dinara Khalilova in this op-ed.

What I realized about life under Russian occupation as a war crimes researcher

Some names have been changed to protect the identities of those featured in the story. After over two years of full-time reporting on the war in my country, I spent several months with the Reckoning ...

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The Houthis are ready to enter the Iran war on Tehran’s behalf, even as regular Yemenis are anxious about how that would impact their lives.

Yemenis Oppose Going to War for Iran. The Houthis Don’t Care

Yemen’s Houthis are ready to enter the Iran war on Tehran’s behalf. But regular Yemenis are anxious about how that would impact their lives.

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How Britain could afford to pay for war ft.trib.al/7uDOtYl | opinion

How Britain could afford to pay for war

Keynes’s 1940 financing plan contains lessons for the current government

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