Elena Adaal
@elenaadaal.bsky.social
I post mostly on Brexit. I try to think carefully before I post.
It seems strange to have someone like Witkoff in your government.
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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 9:45 PM
It seems strange to have someone like Witkoff in your government.
Incomparable to UK for example, so its very difficult for UK people to understand.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Incomparable to UK for example, so its very difficult for UK people to understand.
Very good:
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Very good:
France is always on the cusp of being taken over by the far right.
I note that we had in the Netherlands a far-right party in government and not much happened.
I note that we had in the Netherlands a far-right party in government and not much happened.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
France is always on the cusp of being taken over by the far right.
I note that we had in the Netherlands a far-right party in government and not much happened.
I note that we had in the Netherlands a far-right party in government and not much happened.
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sure he can push through what he wants, but UK has still to account for the wider world.
When UK starts to enact seriously hostile policies - for example cancelling the Belfast Agreement, we will ensure that there will be increasingly severe damage done to UK, right up to the point of reversal.
When UK starts to enact seriously hostile policies - for example cancelling the Belfast Agreement, we will ensure that there will be increasingly severe damage done to UK, right up to the point of reversal.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Sure he can push through what he wants, but UK has still to account for the wider world.
When UK starts to enact seriously hostile policies - for example cancelling the Belfast Agreement, we will ensure that there will be increasingly severe damage done to UK, right up to the point of reversal.
When UK starts to enact seriously hostile policies - for example cancelling the Belfast Agreement, we will ensure that there will be increasingly severe damage done to UK, right up to the point of reversal.
This is doomerism again: because things are getting worse you expect that it will always get worse.
Have some hope: Trends can - and often are - reversed.
Have some hope: Trends can - and often are - reversed.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is doomerism again: because things are getting worse you expect that it will always get worse.
Have some hope: Trends can - and often are - reversed.
Have some hope: Trends can - and often are - reversed.
It is good to draw the conclusion that the Trump/Vance US is no longer a reliable ally, but it is especially important to act on that.
Europe should build up its own defense as rapidly as possible, of course including a full nuclear umbrella, and consider a new NATO, without the US.
Europe should build up its own defense as rapidly as possible, of course including a full nuclear umbrella, and consider a new NATO, without the US.
Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
The Trump cycle on Russia-Ukraine. Some pro-Russian plan emerges. Instant commentariat renew their "Trump as Russian plant" stories. Plan is amended under EU (and US) pressure. Putin rejects it. Instant commentariat is puzzled. Rinse and repeat. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It is good to draw the conclusion that the Trump/Vance US is no longer a reliable ally, but it is especially important to act on that.
Europe should build up its own defense as rapidly as possible, of course including a full nuclear umbrella, and consider a new NATO, without the US.
Europe should build up its own defense as rapidly as possible, of course including a full nuclear umbrella, and consider a new NATO, without the US.
I believe you, but this is not about what the public thinks, but what is the actual case.
Reform will want to go a lot further than UK Labour, but they will be unable to - see what happened with the Tories. Result will be a standstill - similar to the past Tory gov.
Reform will want to go a lot further than UK Labour, but they will be unable to - see what happened with the Tories. Result will be a standstill - similar to the past Tory gov.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I believe you, but this is not about what the public thinks, but what is the actual case.
Reform will want to go a lot further than UK Labour, but they will be unable to - see what happened with the Tories. Result will be a standstill - similar to the past Tory gov.
Reform will want to go a lot further than UK Labour, but they will be unable to - see what happened with the Tories. Result will be a standstill - similar to the past Tory gov.
Sure it will be worse than UK Labour, but UK Labour is now giving the UK public a small taste how Reform will be.
If the UK public really wants that, there is no helping, and it will have to get worse before it gets better.
This is not certain however.
If the UK public really wants that, there is no helping, and it will have to get worse before it gets better.
This is not certain however.
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Sure it will be worse than UK Labour, but UK Labour is now giving the UK public a small taste how Reform will be.
If the UK public really wants that, there is no helping, and it will have to get worse before it gets better.
This is not certain however.
If the UK public really wants that, there is no helping, and it will have to get worse before it gets better.
This is not certain however.
The LDs and the Greens have good programmes (the proposed fiscal plans by the Greens are a bit strange but will be corrected).
Its very hard to see the UK public voting for Reform when their policies are already enacted by UK Labour, and if elected it will take a bit longer for things to improve
Its very hard to see the UK public voting for Reform when their policies are already enacted by UK Labour, and if elected it will take a bit longer for things to improve
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The LDs and the Greens have good programmes (the proposed fiscal plans by the Greens are a bit strange but will be corrected).
Its very hard to see the UK public voting for Reform when their policies are already enacted by UK Labour, and if elected it will take a bit longer for things to improve
Its very hard to see the UK public voting for Reform when their policies are already enacted by UK Labour, and if elected it will take a bit longer for things to improve
"Anything that comes after this government will be worse".
This is doomerism. To paraphrase: "things are bad, so they can only get worse".
For sure there is grounds for optimism - at some point the UK people will elect those that go for the better options.
This is doomerism. To paraphrase: "things are bad, so they can only get worse".
For sure there is grounds for optimism - at some point the UK people will elect those that go for the better options.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"Anything that comes after this government will be worse".
This is doomerism. To paraphrase: "things are bad, so they can only get worse".
For sure there is grounds for optimism - at some point the UK people will elect those that go for the better options.
This is doomerism. To paraphrase: "things are bad, so they can only get worse".
For sure there is grounds for optimism - at some point the UK people will elect those that go for the better options.
Reposted by Elena Adaal
Turns out I wasn’t the only one who thought this paper was an excellent x-ray of the UK economy.
It features prominently in Martin Wolfs new FT column
It features prominently in Martin Wolfs new FT column
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Turns out I wasn’t the only one who thought this paper was an excellent x-ray of the UK economy.
It features prominently in Martin Wolfs new FT column
It features prominently in Martin Wolfs new FT column
Further proof that the UK is closed for business.
UK does not like foreigners, and that goes for an awful lot of people in the UK.
Sensible people avoid going to UK.
UK does not like foreigners, and that goes for an awful lot of people in the UK.
Sensible people avoid going to UK.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Further proof that the UK is closed for business.
UK does not like foreigners, and that goes for an awful lot of people in the UK.
Sensible people avoid going to UK.
UK does not like foreigners, and that goes for an awful lot of people in the UK.
Sensible people avoid going to UK.
The Tories hardly feature in the public discourse anymore, but sometimes they resurface and remind all of us again why that is the case.
Keep pushing austerity Tories...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
...I look forward to never seeing you in power again
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
...I look forward to never seeing you in power again
Badenoch says growth being held up because ‘the state is too big’ and claims she is getting better at being Tory leader – UK politics live
Kemi Badenoch tells CBI conference that fewer people are working to support more people out of work
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Tories hardly feature in the public discourse anymore, but sometimes they resurface and remind all of us again why that is the case.
UK and Europe will become strangers to each other.
Note: the reason Europeans won't come to study in UK anymore is likely a practical one: For Europeans, studying in UK costs 10 times or more what it costs in Europe.
Note: the reason Europeans won't come to study in UK anymore is likely a practical one: For Europeans, studying in UK costs 10 times or more what it costs in Europe.
No European country left in the top 10 countries of origin for international students.
Matching the pattern in overall migration to the UK, after Brexit there was a sharp drop off from the EU, and a rise from the rest of the world.
Matching the pattern in overall migration to the UK, after Brexit there was a sharp drop off from the EU, and a rise from the rest of the world.
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
UK and Europe will become strangers to each other.
Note: the reason Europeans won't come to study in UK anymore is likely a practical one: For Europeans, studying in UK costs 10 times or more what it costs in Europe.
Note: the reason Europeans won't come to study in UK anymore is likely a practical one: For Europeans, studying in UK costs 10 times or more what it costs in Europe.
I hope that these extremists that try to undermine European democracies will be investigated and exposed in all European countries.
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 11:32 AM
I hope that these extremists that try to undermine European democracies will be investigated and exposed in all European countries.
For sure Reeves knows this won't work.
Then why does she follows such an obviously doomed strategy?
My theory is that results are unimportant in UK politics: only appearance (pretending to work) matters, and jousting with opponents.
By that measure this trade policy will surely be a success.
Then why does she follows such an obviously doomed strategy?
My theory is that results are unimportant in UK politics: only appearance (pretending to work) matters, and jousting with opponents.
By that measure this trade policy will surely be a success.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
For sure Reeves knows this won't work.
Then why does she follows such an obviously doomed strategy?
My theory is that results are unimportant in UK politics: only appearance (pretending to work) matters, and jousting with opponents.
By that measure this trade policy will surely be a success.
Then why does she follows such an obviously doomed strategy?
My theory is that results are unimportant in UK politics: only appearance (pretending to work) matters, and jousting with opponents.
By that measure this trade policy will surely be a success.
Also: The 'trade deals' solution relied on the assumption that UK alone could do much better trade deals than the EU as a whole.
This was never possible, as is now made clear by evidence.
This was never possible, as is now made clear by evidence.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Also: The 'trade deals' solution relied on the assumption that UK alone could do much better trade deals than the EU as a whole.
This was never possible, as is now made clear by evidence.
This was never possible, as is now made clear by evidence.
Excellent.
For sure a referendum on a United Ireland will be like Brexit, with the uninformed in fruitless discussion with the zealots, while reason takes the back seat, but the effort of trying to have a good debate beforehand is laudable.
For sure a referendum on a United Ireland will be like Brexit, with the uninformed in fruitless discussion with the zealots, while reason takes the back seat, but the effort of trying to have a good debate beforehand is laudable.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Excellent.
For sure a referendum on a United Ireland will be like Brexit, with the uninformed in fruitless discussion with the zealots, while reason takes the back seat, but the effort of trying to have a good debate beforehand is laudable.
For sure a referendum on a United Ireland will be like Brexit, with the uninformed in fruitless discussion with the zealots, while reason takes the back seat, but the effort of trying to have a good debate beforehand is laudable.
The odious stench emanating from UK..
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The odious stench emanating from UK..
Than say 30 years ago, but it could be an awful lot better. And people see that.
(2/2)
(2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Than say 30 years ago, but it could be an awful lot better. And people see that.
(2/2)
(2/2)
I would say its reasonable to expect sensible policies from your government.
Given the stagnating real incomes in UK for over 15 years now due to austerity and Brexit, coupled with services which similarly have not improved its reasonable that people are not happy.
Its not that it’s worse..
(1/2)
Given the stagnating real incomes in UK for over 15 years now due to austerity and Brexit, coupled with services which similarly have not improved its reasonable that people are not happy.
Its not that it’s worse..
(1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I would say its reasonable to expect sensible policies from your government.
Given the stagnating real incomes in UK for over 15 years now due to austerity and Brexit, coupled with services which similarly have not improved its reasonable that people are not happy.
Its not that it’s worse..
(1/2)
Given the stagnating real incomes in UK for over 15 years now due to austerity and Brexit, coupled with services which similarly have not improved its reasonable that people are not happy.
Its not that it’s worse..
(1/2)
Another step in the alienation of foreigners by UK.
Some say this is done by UK gov to woo Reform voters. This never works, so the conclusion must be that UK gov. is anti-foreigner.
Sensible people should avoid UK.
UK is closed for business.
Some say this is done by UK gov to woo Reform voters. This never works, so the conclusion must be that UK gov. is anti-foreigner.
Sensible people should avoid UK.
UK is closed for business.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Another step in the alienation of foreigners by UK.
Some say this is done by UK gov to woo Reform voters. This never works, so the conclusion must be that UK gov. is anti-foreigner.
Sensible people should avoid UK.
UK is closed for business.
Some say this is done by UK gov to woo Reform voters. This never works, so the conclusion must be that UK gov. is anti-foreigner.
Sensible people should avoid UK.
UK is closed for business.
The Russia-US plan is funny:
100 billion from Russia frozen in Europe will be unfrozen, 100 billion will be added by the Europeans, the US will get 50% of it, and US-Russia will get the rest.
So, met effect is that Russia gets its money back, and the Europeans pay the US 100 billion.
lol....
100 billion from Russia frozen in Europe will be unfrozen, 100 billion will be added by the Europeans, the US will get 50% of it, and US-Russia will get the rest.
So, met effect is that Russia gets its money back, and the Europeans pay the US 100 billion.
lol....
Have been thinking about comments from people saying the "peace plan" also includes things that Russia won't like, and citing the use of Russia's frozen assets for reconstruction of Ukraine. But nothing in the plan says the money couldn't be spent in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Russia-US plan is funny:
100 billion from Russia frozen in Europe will be unfrozen, 100 billion will be added by the Europeans, the US will get 50% of it, and US-Russia will get the rest.
So, met effect is that Russia gets its money back, and the Europeans pay the US 100 billion.
lol....
100 billion from Russia frozen in Europe will be unfrozen, 100 billion will be added by the Europeans, the US will get 50% of it, and US-Russia will get the rest.
So, met effect is that Russia gets its money back, and the Europeans pay the US 100 billion.
lol....