Luke McGee
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How Labour should handle the looming debate on Brexit
Labour cannot afford their own version of the Tory madness that paralysed politics
lukemcgee.substack.com
Labour cannot afford their own version of the Tory Brexit madness that paralysed politics. They must remain sane and grounded in reality
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lukemcgee.substack.com/p/how-labour...
People don’t use starter packs on here anymore I seem to remember someone saying (apologies I am still getting used to this over Twitter )
January 27, 2026 at 11:14 PM
People don’t use starter packs on here anymore I seem to remember someone saying (apologies I am still getting used to this over Twitter )
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the more than 6 million Jews — and millions of others — who were murdered by the brutal Nazi regime.
May their memory be a reminder that we must fight antisemitism, hatred, & bigotry in all their forms.
Never Again.
May their memory be a reminder that we must fight antisemitism, hatred, & bigotry in all their forms.
Never Again.
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the more than 6 million Jews — and millions of others — who were murdered by the brutal Nazi regime.
May their memory be a reminder that we must fight antisemitism, hatred, & bigotry in all their forms.
Never Again.
May their memory be a reminder that we must fight antisemitism, hatred, & bigotry in all their forms.
Never Again.
Interesting thing just come out of state department on Iran nuclear proliferation.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Interesting thing just come out of state department on Iran nuclear proliferation.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
This will hopefully smoke out Putin’s bullshit
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
This will hopefully smoke out Putin’s bullshit
Russian drones strike passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast, 4 killed, 2 injured
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Ukraine war latest updates: Russian drones strike passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast, 2 injured (9)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates. Updated 8 times today. Russian drones struck a passenger train in Kharkiv oblast on Jan. 27, hitting a locomotiv...
kyivindependent.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Russian drones strike passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast, 4 killed, 2 injured
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
Electric car sales edge above petrol in EU for first time - www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Electric car sales edge above petrol in EU for first time
Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European Union for the first time in December, data from the auto industry group ACEA showed on Tuesday, even as hybrids h...
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Electric car sales edge above petrol in EU for first time - www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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oh the story? you're going to put the story first? it's going to be multimedia? wow, what a bold new vision!
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
oh the story? you're going to put the story first? it's going to be multimedia? wow, what a bold new vision!
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imagining listening to this combination of bluster and tedium, from somebody who has never actually reported news and whose only talent is sucking up to power, and knowing that your colleagues or you were about to be laid off so she could bring another Substack chud on board.
Here, in three posts, are the written remarks by Bari Weiss at today's CBS News town hall meeting. Part one of three:
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
imagining listening to this combination of bluster and tedium, from somebody who has never actually reported news and whose only talent is sucking up to power, and knowing that your colleagues or you were about to be laid off so she could bring another Substack chud on board.
Barbaric
🤬 Passenger train Barvinkove–Lviv–Chop came under a Russian drone attack in Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine’s Deputy PM Oleksii Kuleba.
He said the strike hit near the locomotive and a passenger car, causing a fire. 291 passengers were evacuated. 2 people with injuries have been hospitalized.
He said the strike hit near the locomotive and a passenger car, causing a fire. 291 passengers were evacuated. 2 people with injuries have been hospitalized.
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Barbaric
The final step from a credible academic to a living meme.
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The final step from a credible academic to a living meme.
"The French government responded curtly to Mark Rutte after the NATO secretary-general said Europe could not defend itself without the U.S."
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
France snaps back at NATO chief Rutte in feud over Europe’s defense muscle
Paris fumes after NATO secretary-general tells the European Parliament that the continent could not defend itself without America.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"The French government responded curtly to Mark Rutte after the NATO secretary-general said Europe could not defend itself without the U.S."
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
"The CIA is quietly working to establish a permanent US presence on the ground in Venezuela, spearheading the Trump administration’s plans to exert its newfound influence over the country’s future, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning."
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
Exclusive: CIA moves to establish foothold in Venezuela following Maduro’s capture | CNN Politics
The CIA is quietly working to establish a permanent US presence on the ground in Venezuela, spearheading the Trump administration’s plans to exert its new-found influence over the country’s future, ac...
edition.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"The CIA is quietly working to establish a permanent US presence on the ground in Venezuela, spearheading the Trump administration’s plans to exert its newfound influence over the country’s future, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning."
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
WWE POST COMING UP, THIS IS FAIR WARNING.
Really annoying that it seems HHH is going to be the real star of 2K26, if the focus is on Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars. As the top boss in the company, he is rewriting history to make himself the top guy historically, which just isn't true.
#wwe2k26
Really annoying that it seems HHH is going to be the real star of 2K26, if the focus is on Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars. As the top boss in the company, he is rewriting history to make himself the top guy historically, which just isn't true.
#wwe2k26
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
WWE POST COMING UP, THIS IS FAIR WARNING.
Really annoying that it seems HHH is going to be the real star of 2K26, if the focus is on Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars. As the top boss in the company, he is rewriting history to make himself the top guy historically, which just isn't true.
#wwe2k26
Really annoying that it seems HHH is going to be the real star of 2K26, if the focus is on Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars. As the top boss in the company, he is rewriting history to make himself the top guy historically, which just isn't true.
#wwe2k26
Rutte does have a point but should word it more delicately. You cannot on one hand demand EU allies pay more but on the other say it’s all indefinitely futile without the US and expect people to believe both at the same time. Europe can theoretically do anything it wants, it’s more about time
January 26, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Rutte does have a point but should word it more delicately. You cannot on one hand demand EU allies pay more but on the other say it’s all indefinitely futile without the US and expect people to believe both at the same time. Europe can theoretically do anything it wants, it’s more about time
You know, every so often I feel less concerned about AI
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
You know, every so often I feel less concerned about AI
I just don't understand how Suella Braverman defecting to Reform becomes such a big story. This is not a criticism of the media, by the way, just the 2016-pilled nature of British politics.
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I just don't understand how Suella Braverman defecting to Reform becomes such a big story. This is not a criticism of the media, by the way, just the 2016-pilled nature of British politics.
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Oh that's a shock about Suella Braverman defecting to Reform said nobody.
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Oh that's a shock about Suella Braverman defecting to Reform said nobody.
Another fascinating move from a super relevant star of politics
January 26, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Another fascinating move from a super relevant star of politics
"Trump has turned the United States from an already unpredictable ally to a potential hostile state that could threaten the future of NATO"
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/trump-europe-standing-army-greenland-threats/
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/trump-europe-standing-army-greenland-threats/
Europe Is Prepared to Create Its Own Army
As the United States blusters and threatens, European leaders are making tough choices.
foreignpolicy.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"Trump has turned the United States from an already unpredictable ally to a potential hostile state that could threaten the future of NATO"
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/trump-europe-standing-army-greenland-threats/
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/trump-europe-standing-army-greenland-threats/
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“The Gilded Age saw an eruption of scandal and corruption that accompanied and even enabled the transformation of the American economy alongside explosive changes in technology,” Walter Russell Mead argues. “Trump’s Washington looks like the Gilded Age on steroids.”
The Rise of the Tech Hamiltonians
The political coalition that has formed under Trump’s banner has the potential to reshape American politics.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“The Gilded Age saw an eruption of scandal and corruption that accompanied and even enabled the transformation of the American economy alongside explosive changes in technology,” Walter Russell Mead argues. “Trump’s Washington looks like the Gilded Age on steroids.”
This is a fascinating story. EU may seek to replicate the strategy that turned China into an industrial powerhouse.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...
The EU’s industrial policy goes full China
Brussels risks scaring off investors with new red tape and Beijing-style requirements for foreign companies.
www.politico.eu
January 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
This is a fascinating story. EU may seek to replicate the strategy that turned China into an industrial powerhouse.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...
At a social event this weekend people kept commenting on how well-rested I looked which is interesting as I’ve not slept well for at least a month
January 26, 2026 at 10:43 AM
At a social event this weekend people kept commenting on how well-rested I looked which is interesting as I’ve not slept well for at least a month
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I spend a lot of time chewing this one over - why did some of the people who agreed with, say, this piece I wrote in 2020 become people who now think that race is real, that a black person born in Britain cannot ever be 'properly' British', etc.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I spend a lot of time chewing this one over - why did some of the people who agreed with, say, this piece I wrote in 2020 become people who now think that race is real, that a black person born in Britain cannot ever be 'properly' British', etc.