Richard Kavanagh
@richkav.bsky.social
After 30 great years there, I'll always be a bit of a Londoner, but very happy to be back in the EU, (wondering what the hell is happening to non-London England)
Ghost ship appears in Wicklow (AKA, the benefits of getting out and about early doors)
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ghost ship appears in Wicklow (AKA, the benefits of getting out and about early doors)
Apropos nothing in particular..., I never thought Staten Island fitted in with the other 4 boroughs.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Apropos nothing in particular..., I never thought Staten Island fitted in with the other 4 boroughs.
To all rugby reporters: Ireland were playing with one player less/fewer from the 2nd min.
While trying to analyse why Ireland lost the match, will you please mention that fact or at least mention it before the 15th paragraph...
While trying to analyse why Ireland lost the match, will you please mention that fact or at least mention it before the 15th paragraph...
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
To all rugby reporters: Ireland were playing with one player less/fewer from the 2nd min.
While trying to analyse why Ireland lost the match, will you please mention that fact or at least mention it before the 15th paragraph...
While trying to analyse why Ireland lost the match, will you please mention that fact or at least mention it before the 15th paragraph...
The more comes to light on the Letby case, the more I think the conviction was unsafe. Now it emerges that part of the case against her was that air was injected by her into baby C on the 13th June. Yet an x-ray on the 12th June showed air was already present. Letby was not on duty on the 12th.
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The more comes to light on the Letby case, the more I think the conviction was unsafe. Now it emerges that part of the case against her was that air was injected by her into baby C on the 13th June. Yet an x-ray on the 12th June showed air was already present. Letby was not on duty on the 12th.
First Brexit and now this... 😂
(Taken at La Rochelle airport today)
(Taken at La Rochelle airport today)
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
First Brexit and now this... 😂
(Taken at La Rochelle airport today)
(Taken at La Rochelle airport today)
It's being said that Trump is not reshaping systems of international trade, but extracting the US from them.
Truth:
Truth:
Droits de douane : 86 opérateurs suspendent leurs services postaux avec les Etats-Unis, selon l’ONU
Droits de douane : 86 opérateurs suspendent leurs services postaux avec les Etats-Unis, selon l’ONU
Fin juillet, l’administration américaine avait décidé, avec effet au 29 août, de supprimer l’exemption de droits de douane qui bénéficiait jusqu’alors aux petits colis postaux, soit les envois de marchandises d’une valeur égale ou inférieure à 686 euros.
www.lemonde.fr
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's being said that Trump is not reshaping systems of international trade, but extracting the US from them.
Truth:
Truth:
In his first term the system of checks and balances held firm
So far it has been too easy to fool ourselves that in this term they will do so again
But Freedland is right: autocracy is unfolding before our eyes. It's time to recognise it for what it is
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So far it has been too easy to fool ourselves that in this term they will do so again
But Freedland is right: autocracy is unfolding before our eyes. It's time to recognise it for what it is
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In his first term the system of checks and balances held firm
So far it has been too easy to fool ourselves that in this term they will do so again
But Freedland is right: autocracy is unfolding before our eyes. It's time to recognise it for what it is
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So far it has been too easy to fool ourselves that in this term they will do so again
But Freedland is right: autocracy is unfolding before our eyes. It's time to recognise it for what it is
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Guess which one...
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Guess which one...
I was wondering why Trump banged on for so long earlier on the magical benefits of paper ballots.
Aux Etats-Unis, la chaîne Newsmax va payer 67 millions de dollars à l’entreprise de machines à voter Dominion
Aux Etats-Unis, la chaîne Newsmax va payer 67 millions de dollars à l’entreprise de machines à voter Dominion
Le géant des machines de vote électronique avait poursuivi la chaîne pro-Trump en justice pour avoir diffusé des accusations mensongères de fraude électorale après l’élection présidentielle de 2020.
www.lemonde.fr
August 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I was wondering why Trump banged on for so long earlier on the magical benefits of paper ballots.
Reposted by Richard Kavanagh
Payola. That supposed new US "global" trade system seems to have as one of its core anchors simple bribery. www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government
Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration
www.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Payola. That supposed new US "global" trade system seems to have as one of its core anchors simple bribery. www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
This is not going away...
(and before any reply guys say, yes, "beyond reasonable doubt" is not the preferred phraseology these days.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
(and before any reply guys say, yes, "beyond reasonable doubt" is not the preferred phraseology these days.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? review – one of the most meticulous documentaries in years
The science and statistics around Letby’s case are brilliantly unpacked by this considered programme. By its end, you are filled with questions
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is not going away...
(and before any reply guys say, yes, "beyond reasonable doubt" is not the preferred phraseology these days.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
(and before any reply guys say, yes, "beyond reasonable doubt" is not the preferred phraseology these days.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
tHiS is noT A geNoCidE
August 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
tHiS is noT A geNoCidE
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Poor Bernard doesn't realise there is already a bloody and protracted war going on in Palestine.
Poor Bernard doesn't realise there is already a bloody and protracted war going on in Palestine.
When rushing to recognise Palestine, remember Yugoslavia
History shows that haste could spark a brutal, bloody conflict in a region that has already suffered far too much
observer.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Poor Bernard doesn't realise there is already a bloody and protracted war going on in Palestine.
Poor Bernard doesn't realise there is already a bloody and protracted war going on in Palestine.
Country Road Take Me Home by Toots and the Maytals. I'd forgotten how perfect it is. Thanks Femi Koleoso.
#Radio6music
#Radio6music
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Country Road Take Me Home by Toots and the Maytals. I'd forgotten how perfect it is. Thanks Femi Koleoso.
#Radio6music
#Radio6music
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Everytime I see the word "humiliation" in an analysis of international trade negotiations, I wonder if the authors realise what the important issues are.
Everytime I see the word "humiliation" in an analysis of international trade negotiations, I wonder if the authors realise what the important issues are.
Europe’s trade deal with the US was dead on arrival – it needs to be buried. Here’s how to do it | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The EU should now steel itself and reject the terms imposed by Donald Trump, say Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Everytime I see the word "humiliation" in an analysis of international trade negotiations, I wonder if the authors realise what the important issues are.
Everytime I see the word "humiliation" in an analysis of international trade negotiations, I wonder if the authors realise what the important issues are.
#bbc #AnyAnswers. Please don't allow anyone parrotting Israeli black propaganda on to lie and defame. There can be no sensible discussion when lies and disinformation are continously being presented as fact.
PS Anita Anand did well as possible to counter
PS Anita Anand did well as possible to counter
August 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#bbc #AnyAnswers. Please don't allow anyone parrotting Israeli black propaganda on to lie and defame. There can be no sensible discussion when lies and disinformation are continously being presented as fact.
PS Anita Anand did well as possible to counter
PS Anita Anand did well as possible to counter
Reposted by Richard Kavanagh
I note once again the inability of UK to process outside information.
There are very good reasons for Ireland to insist on the UK membership of the ECHR.
UK is deaf and blind.
There are very good reasons for Ireland to insist on the UK membership of the ECHR.
UK is deaf and blind.
We should thank @stevepeers.bsky.social for this post. For four reasons.
Firstly, a UK gov official said to me a few months ago that Ireland's position was not rational on this specific issue.
Quite clearly it was rational and, more pertinently, it remains rational
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Firstly, a UK gov official said to me a few months ago that Ireland's position was not rational on this specific issue.
Quite clearly it was rational and, more pertinently, it remains rational
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Again - the reason the Irish government/nationalists in Northern Ireland wanted a reference to the ECHR in the Good Friday Agreement is that the European Court of Human Rights had held the UK accountable for human rights abuses in NI - whereas "domestic UK and common law principles" had not
July 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I note once again the inability of UK to process outside information.
There are very good reasons for Ireland to insist on the UK membership of the ECHR.
UK is deaf and blind.
There are very good reasons for Ireland to insist on the UK membership of the ECHR.
UK is deaf and blind.
I for one am glad Wicklow County Council wisely denied homes for Lucifer and the hordes of hell in the locality...
July 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I for one am glad Wicklow County Council wisely denied homes for Lucifer and the hordes of hell in the locality...
After listening to Gary O'Donoghue's interview with Donald Trump on #BBCToday this morning, I'm going to get a T-shirt printed up with:
"The power of positive non-thinking"
"The power of positive non-thinking"
July 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
After listening to Gary O'Donoghue's interview with Donald Trump on #BBCToday this morning, I'm going to get a T-shirt printed up with:
"The power of positive non-thinking"
"The power of positive non-thinking"
Excellent discussion on LBC just now. @lewisgoodall.com talking with Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the USA. IMHO, reasoned arguments disguising unreasonable actions. Lewis did a good job of forcing the ambassador to make illogical leaps to justify the horrors of Gaza.
July 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excellent discussion on LBC just now. @lewisgoodall.com talking with Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the USA. IMHO, reasoned arguments disguising unreasonable actions. Lewis did a good job of forcing the ambassador to make illogical leaps to justify the horrors of Gaza.
Letby was found guilty of murdering Baby O:
July 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Letby was found guilty of murdering Baby O:
Reposted by Richard Kavanagh
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
Hell on earth
While the political class in the UK and the BBC get hot under the collar about some statements a rapper made we have this ... a first hand account from a historian, Jean-Pierre Filiu, who has been studying the Gaza Strip for a number of years, and visited Gaza in Dec '24 😢
@jdportes.bsky.social
@jdportes.bsky.social
Paywall free
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
July 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hell on earth