Sean Thomson
@seanthomson.bsky.social
Signal processing liberal. Coastal rowing centrist dad. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪
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All fine - every Chancellor says this.
But won't move the dial when PM/HomeSec tell migrant workers and foreign students their presence is a "squalid chapter" & are changing rules so as to kick them out.
HMT understands damage of current trajectory but needs to act, and soon.
But won't move the dial when PM/HomeSec tell migrant workers and foreign students their presence is a "squalid chapter" & are changing rules so as to kick them out.
HMT understands damage of current trajectory but needs to act, and soon.
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 AM
All fine - every Chancellor says this.
But won't move the dial when PM/HomeSec tell migrant workers and foreign students their presence is a "squalid chapter" & are changing rules so as to kick them out.
HMT understands damage of current trajectory but needs to act, and soon.
But won't move the dial when PM/HomeSec tell migrant workers and foreign students their presence is a "squalid chapter" & are changing rules so as to kick them out.
HMT understands damage of current trajectory but needs to act, and soon.
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Some people still don’t understand why we were SO ANGRY about Brexit (still are) but Carney’s speech explains it perfectly. Of course the delusional morons will reject the notion that the UK is a middle power, denying the reality that is so obvious to the rest of the country and the world.
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Some people still don’t understand why we were SO ANGRY about Brexit (still are) but Carney’s speech explains it perfectly. Of course the delusional morons will reject the notion that the UK is a middle power, denying the reality that is so obvious to the rest of the country and the world.
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Good stuff indeed, however just to note that Carney is describing exactly what the European Union is
and why it is.
and why it is.
"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. It’s time to move on."
Canada Announces Divorce from America
And rightly so.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Good stuff indeed, however just to note that Carney is describing exactly what the European Union is
and why it is.
and why it is.
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Left: Mark Carney, "Canada is a pluralist society that works"
Right: Keir Starmer, "We risk becoming an island of strangers"
Carney is a leader
Starmer is a coward appeasing the far right
Carney inspires
Starmer divides
Right: Keir Starmer, "We risk becoming an island of strangers"
Carney is a leader
Starmer is a coward appeasing the far right
Carney inspires
Starmer divides
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Left: Mark Carney, "Canada is a pluralist society that works"
Right: Keir Starmer, "We risk becoming an island of strangers"
Carney is a leader
Starmer is a coward appeasing the far right
Carney inspires
Starmer divides
Right: Keir Starmer, "We risk becoming an island of strangers"
Carney is a leader
Starmer is a coward appeasing the far right
Carney inspires
Starmer divides
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Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
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Carney reportedly wrote the speech himself. Canada's govt is in good hands. He urges everyone to recognize that the US has joined Ru in finishing off the intl order and is trying to convert allies into vassals but also to remember Canada/EU/others have the power to push back and defend sovereignty.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Carney reportedly wrote the speech himself. Canada's govt is in good hands. He urges everyone to recognize that the US has joined Ru in finishing off the intl order and is trying to convert allies into vassals but also to remember Canada/EU/others have the power to push back and defend sovereignty.
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"In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice – compete with each other for favour, or to combine to create a third path with impact."
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Davos 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Davos 2026
January 20, 2026 at 11:07 PM
"In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice – compete with each other for favour, or to combine to create a third path with impact."
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Davos 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Davos 2026
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Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
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Here's California Governor Gavin Newsom in Davos – telling both Democratic leaders in Washington and world leaders in Europe to stop making themselves look stupid by letting Trump play them. It's hard to argue with anything he says here!
#TrumpOut
Here's California Governor Gavin Newsom in Davos – telling both Democratic leaders in Washington and world leaders in Europe to stop making themselves look stupid by letting Trump play them. It's hard to argue with anything he says here!
#TrumpOut
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Here's California Governor Gavin Newsom in Davos – telling both Democratic leaders in Washington and world leaders in Europe to stop making themselves look stupid by letting Trump play them. It's hard to argue with anything he says here!
#TrumpOut
Here's California Governor Gavin Newsom in Davos – telling both Democratic leaders in Washington and world leaders in Europe to stop making themselves look stupid by letting Trump play them. It's hard to argue with anything he says here!
#TrumpOut
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International rules based order collapsing and its Macron giving a speech like this - inexplicably wearing sunglasses - that has truly sent me over the edge
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
International rules based order collapsing and its Macron giving a speech like this - inexplicably wearing sunglasses - that has truly sent me over the edge
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Gavin Newsom, Governor of California at Davos, does not hold back in criticising Keir Starmer and the European Union for capitulating to Trump,
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California at Davos, does not hold back in criticising Keir Starmer and the European Union for capitulating to Trump,
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
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I’m still amazed to hear colleagues talk about this assuming US institutions will save the day. Outside my Bluesky bubble I think there is a lot of complacency & residual trust in American democracy (especially I’m afraid to say among my East European colleagues). “Oh Congress will stop him.” Nuh-uh
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California at Davos, does not hold back in criticising Keir Starmer and the European Union for capitulating to Trump,
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
"I can't take this complicity, people rolling over, I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders"
"Trump has a police state"
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I’m still amazed to hear colleagues talk about this assuming US institutions will save the day. Outside my Bluesky bubble I think there is a lot of complacency & residual trust in American democracy (especially I’m afraid to say among my East European colleagues). “Oh Congress will stop him.” Nuh-uh
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Donald J. Trump has driven this nation to the precipice. This is not a normal political disagreement. It is a constitutional emergency.
Read more from Rick Wilson:
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/a-declaration-of-independence-from?r=1ne2d&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true
Read more from Rick Wilson:
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/a-declaration-of-independence-from?r=1ne2d&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true
A Declaration of Independence From The Mad King
It's time.
www.againstallenemies.net
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Donald J. Trump has driven this nation to the precipice. This is not a normal political disagreement. It is a constitutional emergency.
Read more from Rick Wilson:
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/a-declaration-of-independence-from?r=1ne2d&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true
Read more from Rick Wilson:
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/a-declaration-of-independence-from?r=1ne2d&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true
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This is exactly why Farage is running scared of the TV studios this morning.
He didn’t apologise for his racism. Because he’s racist.
He can’t talk about Trump.
Because he supports him.
Against us.
He’s a miserable rat.
He didn’t apologise for his racism. Because he’s racist.
He can’t talk about Trump.
Because he supports him.
Against us.
He’s a miserable rat.
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
This is exactly why Farage is running scared of the TV studios this morning.
He didn’t apologise for his racism. Because he’s racist.
He can’t talk about Trump.
Because he supports him.
Against us.
He’s a miserable rat.
He didn’t apologise for his racism. Because he’s racist.
He can’t talk about Trump.
Because he supports him.
Against us.
He’s a miserable rat.
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
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I want a hot take and I want it now.
January 19, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I want a hot take and I want it now.
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Beware!
You may have seen posts about Ukraine sharing fake strategic information to the US and this information being subsequently used by Russia
- LCI is a highly credible source (it is TF1's news channel)
- But no such claim has been made during the segment when they were supposed to be made
You may have seen posts about Ukraine sharing fake strategic information to the US and this information being subsequently used by Russia
- LCI is a highly credible source (it is TF1's news channel)
- But no such claim has been made during the segment when they were supposed to be made
Confirmed that LCI highly credible & no such claim. The story is mainly about France replacing U.S. in providing intelligence support to Ukraine and what are France’s capabilities. If they had proof that US relays intelligence to Russia that would be the story.
January 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Beware!
You may have seen posts about Ukraine sharing fake strategic information to the US and this information being subsequently used by Russia
- LCI is a highly credible source (it is TF1's news channel)
- But no such claim has been made during the segment when they were supposed to be made
You may have seen posts about Ukraine sharing fake strategic information to the US and this information being subsequently used by Russia
- LCI is a highly credible source (it is TF1's news channel)
- But no such claim has been made during the segment when they were supposed to be made
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
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👀
January 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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But perhaps nobody from the United Kingdom should gloat.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
But perhaps nobody from the United Kingdom should gloat.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
The FIFA Peace Prize - like Machado gifting her Nobel medal - no different from UK dangling State Visits.
All debasement, of a kind.
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Logically, nothing can grow if it does not exist.
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Logically, nothing can grow if it does not exist.