@marlebone.bsky.social
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I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Dutch far-right firebrand Geert Wilders has suffered an unprecedented setback after seven of his parliamentarians rebelled against his one-man party rule.
‘Black day’ for Geert Wilders after historic mutiny within his own party
7 MPs quit Wilders’ party, meaning it is no longer the largest opposition force in the Netherlands.
www.politico.eu
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Dutch far-right firebrand Geert Wilders has suffered an unprecedented setback after seven of his parliamentarians rebelled against his one-man party rule.
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Incredible
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Incredible
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If ANYONE in any other job would send such text messages, EVERYONE would agree that this person is incompetent and insane. But when it is the president of the United States, the establishment sanewashes him... day in, day out.
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If ANYONE in any other job would send such text messages, EVERYONE would agree that this person is incompetent and insane. But when it is the president of the United States, the establishment sanewashes him... day in, day out.
Het is natuurlijk goed nieuws als 7 kamerleden de PVV de rug toe zwaaien en een kansloze splinter beginnen maar er moet een einde komen aan de eindeloze reeks van kamerleden die zetels roven. Geen van deze 7 is op eigen kracht gekozen. De kiezer heeft op de PVV gestemd. Geef je zetel op en vertrek.
Opstand in de PVV tegen Wilders' aanpak: deel fractie vertrekt
Opstand in de PVV tegen Wilders' aanpak: deel fractie vertrekt
Zij hebben zich in een fractievergadering uitgesproken tegen de koers en het beleid van de partijleider.
nos.nl
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Het is natuurlijk goed nieuws als 7 kamerleden de PVV de rug toe zwaaien en een kansloze splinter beginnen maar er moet een einde komen aan de eindeloze reeks van kamerleden die zetels roven. Geen van deze 7 is op eigen kracht gekozen. De kiezer heeft op de PVV gestemd. Geef je zetel op en vertrek.
"What happens to an 80-year-old diplomatic alliance when its leading power threatens a military invasion of one member, wages economic war on the others and vows to cultivate political and cultural resistance to their governments?"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance Onto a Precipice
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 AM
"What happens to an 80-year-old diplomatic alliance when its leading power threatens a military invasion of one member, wages economic war on the others and vows to cultivate political and cultural resistance to their governments?"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
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As a European in the U.S., you don't even get those first hours...
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
As a European in the U.S., you don't even get those first hours...
Not SNL, a message from the PRESIDENT of the USA.
The man is insane.
The man is insane.
In a text message over the weekend, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store, that since being denied the Nobel Peace Prize, he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace.”
Read the full text messages between the two leaders here. nyti.ms/4r1eHTd
Read the full text messages between the two leaders here. nyti.ms/4r1eHTd
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway’s Prime Minister
In the exchange on Sunday, Norway’s leader sought to “de-escalate” the growing conflict over Greenland and Mr. Trump’s latest tariff threat.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Not SNL, a message from the PRESIDENT of the USA.
The man is insane.
The man is insane.
After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out
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January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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According to Alastair Campbell, what should European leaders say to Trump about his Greenland quest?
“Do one, Donny.”
“Do one, Donny.”
January 18, 2026 at 9:32 AM
According to Alastair Campbell, what should European leaders say to Trump about his Greenland quest?
“Do one, Donny.”
“Do one, Donny.”
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Worth reading. EU member states are preparing once again to meet Trump’s agressive provocations with unilateral concessions. I think the politicians involved underestimate how much ordinary European voters have had enough of this weakness dressed up as pragmatism: www.politico.eu/article/hit-...
Hit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensions
Senior politicians want the EU to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States over Trump’s Greenland claims. Capitals aren’t so sure.
www.politico.eu
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Worth reading. EU member states are preparing once again to meet Trump’s agressive provocations with unilateral concessions. I think the politicians involved underestimate how much ordinary European voters have had enough of this weakness dressed up as pragmatism: www.politico.eu/article/hit-...
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Dieu merci pour Macron.
Emmanuel Macron responds to Trump's tariffs:
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
"France is committed to the sovereignty & independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere... No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations."
January 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Dieu merci pour Macron.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Finally some strong words from EU leaders.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Finally some strong words from EU leaders.
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
@movinggallery.bsky.social artist @leoniebos.bsky.social in the New York Times.
There’s a new buzzword in fashion — but it’s not clear if it actually means anything, Isabel Cristo writes. “For the conscious shopper, ‘quality’ becomes a new permission structure to soothe our shopaholic souls.”
Opinion | Everyone Wants High-Quality Clothes. That’s Become Its Own Trend.
Being a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@movinggallery.bsky.social artist @leoniebos.bsky.social in the New York Times.
@robjetten.bsky.social zou Yesilgöz niet mogen belonen voor haar drammerige uitsluiten van @gl-pvda. @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl heeft alle recht een D66-CDA-VVD minderheidskabinet niet aan een meerderheid te helpen.
Yesilgõz's strategie is self-defeating.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Yesilgõz's strategie is self-defeating.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Yesilgöz zou deemoedig het hoofd moeten buigen, maar doet alsof ze de koningin van Seba is
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December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@robjetten.bsky.social zou Yesilgöz niet mogen belonen voor haar drammerige uitsluiten van @gl-pvda. @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl heeft alle recht een D66-CDA-VVD minderheidskabinet niet aan een meerderheid te helpen.
Yesilgõz's strategie is self-defeating.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Yesilgõz's strategie is self-defeating.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
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Op de titelpagina van @trouw.nl staat wat hét verkiezingsthema zou moeten zijn: de desastreuze gevolgen van de doordenderende klimaatramp verergeren in steeds rapper tempo en de eerste kantelpunt lijkt bereikt: het afsterven van de koraalriffen lijkt nu onomkeerbaar.
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Op de titelpagina van @trouw.nl staat wat hét verkiezingsthema zou moeten zijn: de desastreuze gevolgen van de doordenderende klimaatramp verergeren in steeds rapper tempo en de eerste kantelpunt lijkt bereikt: het afsterven van de koraalriffen lijkt nu onomkeerbaar.
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
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October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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“Links wordt niet radicaler, maar rechts wel.”, blijkt uit het Kieskompas. Via @trouw
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Links wordt niet radicaler, maar rechts wel.”, blijkt uit het Kieskompas. Via @trouw
"In deze omgekeerde wereld is Frans Timmermans steevast een linkse extremist en zijn siegheilende massa's alleen maar boze hooligans".
Tommy Wieringa in de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Tommy Wieringa in de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Wilders is handig genoeg om niet direct zelf met geweld te worden geassocieerd
www.volkskrant.nl
September 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"In deze omgekeerde wereld is Frans Timmermans steevast een linkse extremist en zijn siegheilende massa's alleen maar boze hooligans".
Tommy Wieringa in de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Tommy Wieringa in de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Zonder enige lering te trekken uit het rampzalige VVD-PVV kabinet zetten Yeşilgöz en Brekelmans de @VVD op ramkoers met GL-PvdA met de illusie dat dat stemmen trekt. Er moet een stabiel kabinet van middenpartijen komen. Niet met de PVV, niet met GL-PvdA: Waarom niet meteen voor de oppositie gekozen?
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Ja, nee, de vorige kabinetten waren super stabiel.
September 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Zonder enige lering te trekken uit het rampzalige VVD-PVV kabinet zetten Yeşilgöz en Brekelmans de @VVD op ramkoers met GL-PvdA met de illusie dat dat stemmen trekt. Er moet een stabiel kabinet van middenpartijen komen. Niet met de PVV, niet met GL-PvdA: Waarom niet meteen voor de oppositie gekozen?
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The leaders of China, Russia and India, the three largest powers not aligned with the West, smiled and laughed like good friends as they greeted each other at a summit on Monday. nyti.ms/4lN0Z3n
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The leaders of China, Russia and India, the three largest powers not aligned with the West, smiled and laughed like good friends as they greeted each other at a summit on Monday. nyti.ms/4lN0Z3n
Trump actions drive India into the arms of the anti-West.
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump actions drive India into the arms of the anti-West.
If you want a nuanced, fact-based, human and honest analysis of the Israel-Hamas war and the state of the Israeli democracy read this piece by Fania Oz-Salzberger.
Paywall-free access to my FT article on Israel and Palestine.
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
If you want a nuanced, fact-based, human and honest analysis of the Israel-Hamas war and the state of the Israeli democracy read this piece by Fania Oz-Salzberger.