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Arthur Snell

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Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. https://www.rusi.org/people/snell arthursnell.substack.com

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · Nov 15

I was going to do a starter pack of former diplomats who like mountaineering and geopolitics and seventeenth century music and Gloucester rugby but it turns out I'm the only person on it.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1h

...marzipan hat goes back into cupboard..

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 5h

If he wins the Nobel Prize I’ll eat my hat*

Not because I’m dismissing the Gaza deal but because of the Nobel Committee timing.

*marzipan hat, obvs

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 4h

I think you’re missing Israel’s sense that it only had one ally left and it risked losing that too

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 4h

All the people who argued that Palestine recognition had no impact whatsoever, might want to consider whether Israel’s diplomatic isolation was a factor, alongside the pressure from Trump. None of these things exists in a vacuum.

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 16h

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 13h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 5h

If he wins the Nobel Prize I’ll eat my hat*

Not because I’m dismissing the Gaza deal but because of the Nobel Committee timing.

*marzipan hat, obvs

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 6h

⚡️Russia attacked Ukraine’s homes and energy grid overnight.

A 7-year-old boy was killed in Zaporizhzhia, at least 9 people were injured in Kyiv, and large parts of the capital were left without power.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 22h

I bet they all do

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23h

Well that’s a disgrace. Trump should have got it for Art of the Deal, as well as his other seminal works: How to Get Rich and Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life.
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23h

Yup

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😢

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

There's no way Amos isn't a rather baroque extended practical joke.

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 1d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

🤬 The Russian commander who gave the order to shoot three civilians in Kupyansk has been identified

This is Andrey Syrotyuk, commander of the 121st Regiment of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation.