Arthur Snell
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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Elemental: How we will live in a warming world
I'm excited to share with you the cover of my upcoming book, out in March.
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🚨🚨My book, Elemental, is out in March🚨🚨
But you can pre-order it now from Amazon & Waterstones. Amazon will lock in any future discount.
Why, I hear you ask?
Because *it's my 50th birthday today*
(Prosaic reason - it helps immensely if we get good pre-orders.)
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But you can pre-order it now from Amazon & Waterstones. Amazon will lock in any future discount.
Why, I hear you ask?
Because *it's my 50th birthday today*
(Prosaic reason - it helps immensely if we get good pre-orders.)
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🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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During the podcast, Iuliia talked about her work @globsec.bsky.social on future scenarios for Ukraine. You can find their report here:
www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...
www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
During the podcast, Iuliia talked about her work @globsec.bsky.social on future scenarios for Ukraine. You can find their report here:
www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...
www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...
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Reminds me of the Tory lockdown party
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reminds me of the Tory lockdown party
“How dare they smile, enjoy snatched moments, or for that matter, breathe.”
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“How dare they smile, enjoy snatched moments, or for that matter, breathe.”
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I turned suddenly to my son and said: Name two pronouns! He panicked and yelled back: Who? Me?
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I turned suddenly to my son and said: Name two pronouns! He panicked and yelled back: Who? Me?
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Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/656F...
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🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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NBC: In June, Don Jr & Eric touted the new Trump cell phone. Months later, there's no sign the phone is real. The Trump Mobile website scrubbed any mention of a release date but continues to collect $100 down payments on the promise of availability “later this year.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ProudBlue #Pinks
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NBC: In June, Don Jr & Eric touted the new Trump cell phone. Months later, there's no sign the phone is real. The Trump Mobile website scrubbed any mention of a release date but continues to collect $100 down payments on the promise of availability “later this year.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ProudBlue #Pinks
The Age of the Toddler
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Age of the Toddler
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But, surprisingly cheap to buy a politician.
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
But, surprisingly cheap to buy a politician.
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Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
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Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
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The Conservatives have failed to win a single council seat in the South East since May.
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Conservatives have failed to win a single council seat in the South East since May.
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns on.ft.com/48gamUG
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns
Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy
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November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
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possibly they'd just assumed primary residences were fully exempt. I'd understand it more if it was something that had just happened, but she died in April. "it's so unfair we have to pay inheritance tax on a massive unearned million-pound profit". sorry, zero sympathy here.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
possibly they'd just assumed primary residences were fully exempt. I'd understand it more if it was something that had just happened, but she died in April. "it's so unfair we have to pay inheritance tax on a massive unearned million-pound profit". sorry, zero sympathy here.
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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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Moscow's guilty men in the White House are trying to destroy Ukraine and weaken Europe.
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Another Day, Another Russian-US Attempt to Betray Ukraine and Destroy Europe
The Putin-Trump surrender plan will lay the groundwork for Russia to expand its attacks on other parts of Europe
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November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Moscow's guilty men in the White House are trying to destroy Ukraine and weaken Europe.
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💬 US President Trump: "UKRAINE "LEADERSHIP" HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS."
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
💬 US President Trump: "UKRAINE "LEADERSHIP" HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS."
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Anyone with their eyes and ears open in modern, and certainly very recent history knows that Arthur has absolutely nailed it with this analysis of the supposed peace plan…
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Anyone with their eyes and ears open in modern, and certainly very recent history knows that Arthur has absolutely nailed it with this analysis of the supposed peace plan…
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It’s so important to understand- as Arthur explains here - that the so called peace plan is not only a disaster for Ukraine but a threat to all of Europe
Moscow's guilty men in the White House are trying to destroy Ukraine and weaken Europe.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Another Day, Another Russian-US Attempt to Betray Ukraine and Destroy Europe
The Putin-Trump surrender plan will lay the groundwork for Russia to expand its attacks on other parts of Europe
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s so important to understand- as Arthur explains here - that the so called peace plan is not only a disaster for Ukraine but a threat to all of Europe
on.ft.com/4icxVlG A country in the grip of a doomsday cult. Anti-vaccines, climate denial, gun ownership encouraged…
Moderna is most shorted stock in S&P 500 as Americans skip jabs
Maker of Covid-19 shots has slumped since pandemic as people turn against vaccines
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November 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
on.ft.com/4icxVlG A country in the grip of a doomsday cult. Anti-vaccines, climate denial, gun ownership encouraged…
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"If implemented, or even if a version of this deal is implemented, Russia is handed victory on a blood-spattered platter."
Moscow's guilty men in the White House are trying to destroy Ukraine and weaken Europe.
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open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Another Day, Another Russian-US Attempt to Betray Ukraine and Destroy Europe
The Putin-Trump surrender plan will lay the groundwork for Russia to expand its attacks on other parts of Europe
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"If implemented, or even if a version of this deal is implemented, Russia is handed victory on a blood-spattered platter."
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Tusk slips the knife in right at the end.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tusk slips the knife in right at the end.
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Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
To me, the current situation is very similar to February 2025: pressure, rigid deadlines, ultimatums for Ukraine as a "plan to end the war."
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.