Anthony Glees
@anthonyglees.bsky.social
I'm a professor of politics with a special interest in intelligence-led security policies and practices
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-anthony-glees/
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-anthony-glees/
The current public conflict between Dr Shah & Mr Bannerjee is not just destructive of faith in the mgt of the BBC it mirrors the conflict within the LAB party, on tax & now on bring rid of juries. Our institutions seem hollowed out & impotent. Like the UK more generally.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The current public conflict between Dr Shah & Mr Bannerjee is not just destructive of faith in the mgt of the BBC it mirrors the conflict within the LAB party, on tax & now on bring rid of juries. Our institutions seem hollowed out & impotent. Like the UK more generally.
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Hard to imagine anyone being so foolish & ill-informed as to think Putin wants a peace deal - unless by that Witkoff meant Ukrainian capitulatn. Will we ever reach the point when European leaders accept the US is now acting against Ukraine's & Europe's interests, & they must protect themselves?
“I told the president that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That’s my belief. [...] And I believe the issue is is that we have two nations that are having a hard time coming to a compromise,” Witkoff told Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hard to imagine anyone being so foolish & ill-informed as to think Putin wants a peace deal - unless by that Witkoff meant Ukrainian capitulatn. Will we ever reach the point when European leaders accept the US is now acting against Ukraine's & Europe's interests, & they must protect themselves?
Ditto Chiltern Lines. Pathetic.
Why is train WiFi in the UK so uniformly rubbish? Yeah atm that’s you @greateranglia.bsky.social
a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ditto Chiltern Lines. Pathetic.
USA - You’ve lost your marbles, bigly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
USA - You’ve lost your marbles, bigly.
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Yeah basically it’s: “Keep sudentenland and send us a cut of the stuff you stole from the people being sent to the camps”
Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree.
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
@nicollewallace.bsky.social @mcfaulmike.bsky.social @benrhodes.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social have we lost all ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes? If not, then why is this hard? We’d never consider a proposal like the one we/Putin (gross) offered Ukraine
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yeah basically it’s: “Keep sudentenland and send us a cut of the stuff you stole from the people being sent to the camps”
Compare the actual clip with the (yes) edited clip on BBC News at Ten. Amazingly the actual clip is far more incriminating than the edited version. After seeing Shah & Gibb today, it’s harder to trust the BBC alas, when the Right is on display.
ITV News, "Did you racially insult pupils at school?
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Compare the actual clip with the (yes) edited clip on BBC News at Ten. Amazingly the actual clip is far more incriminating than the edited version. After seeing Shah & Gibb today, it’s harder to trust the BBC alas, when the Right is on display.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns on.ft.com/48gamUG
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns
Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
What a very odd way to spend one’s time.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
What a very odd way to spend one’s time.
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I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
‘Excoriating’…Mahmood is the only person who can save LAB (& the UK) from the REF revolution. Why would any Leftie want to ‘excoriate’ her? Qui bono?
Now that’s writing… from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social’s excoriating piece on Mahmood.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
‘Excoriating’…Mahmood is the only person who can save LAB (& the UK) from the REF revolution. Why would any Leftie want to ‘excoriate’ her? Qui bono?
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Lots of things to dislike about Lord Glasman. A small one of them is repeating private conversations to the press.
Why is transphobia the default state for so many arseholes?
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Lots of things to dislike about Lord Glasman. A small one of them is repeating private conversations to the press.
What happened after the Nuremberg trials.
A surprisingly shallow piece.
www.thetimes.com/article/8850...
A surprisingly shallow piece.
www.thetimes.com/article/8850...
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
What happened after the Nuremberg trials.
A surprisingly shallow piece.
www.thetimes.com/article/8850...
A surprisingly shallow piece.
www.thetimes.com/article/8850...
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Just spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Trump's Ukraine 'peace plan' (or plan for a new war). In short - a lot of it wd be bad for UA & Europe. Some parts might be OK if Putin & Trump cd be trusted to implement them (they can't). Europeans will have to try to improve it while flattering Trump.
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Just spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Trump's Ukraine 'peace plan' (or plan for a new war). In short - a lot of it wd be bad for UA & Europe. Some parts might be OK if Putin & Trump cd be trusted to implement them (they can't). Europeans will have to try to improve it while flattering Trump.
Clotted idiocy.
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Clotted idiocy.
Ouch
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ouch
We should answer lasers with lasers...My thoughts via The Daily Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Brave RAF pilots 'should fire lasers back at Russians' says expert
RAF pilots should be ready to fire lasers at Russia's spy ships in 'retaliation' for Yantar's recent incursion on the edge of UK waters, a defence expert has told the Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We should answer lasers with lasers...My thoughts via The Daily Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Bears a striking resemblance to Jack Whitehall in the brilliant ‘Malice’ (he’s an amazing actor)
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Bears a striking resemblance to Jack Whitehall in the brilliant ‘Malice’ (he’s an amazing actor)
What should disturb many UKIP/Brexit/REF supporters is that Gill’s (public) pro-Russia speeches & acting were seen by them as *entirely consistent with UKIP/Brexit/REF anti-EU policies & so unremarkable. It should make them think again about Farage - & Brexit. Cui bono? Not them.
Farage crony Nathan Gill gets 10.5 year sentence for taking bribes from Russia www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What should disturb many UKIP/Brexit/REF supporters is that Gill’s (public) pro-Russia speeches & acting were seen by them as *entirely consistent with UKIP/Brexit/REF anti-EU policies & so unremarkable. It should make them think again about Farage - & Brexit. Cui bono? Not them.
We’ve spent £23m on admirable Lady Hallett’s independent Covid Inquiry only to have certain parts of our media do their best to undermine it. Why? We note she strongly criticises Johnson - whom they still worship. No wonder the UK can’t deal with realities any longer.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We’ve spent £23m on admirable Lady Hallett’s independent Covid Inquiry only to have certain parts of our media do their best to undermine it. Why? We note she strongly criticises Johnson - whom they still worship. No wonder the UK can’t deal with realities any longer.
