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Breaking News: Germany said it would suspend any exports to Israel of military equipment that could be used in Gaza, a significant break with its postwar past.
Germany Says It Will Suspend Military Exports to Israel for Use in Gaza
The move followed weeks of debate over reports of hunger in Gaza, but it was precipitated by Israel’s decision to expand military operations there.
nyti.ms
August 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Breaking News: Germany said it would suspend any exports to Israel of military equipment that could be used in Gaza, a significant break with its postwar past.
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Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
Lionel Shriver tells those of us who live here what our country looks like if you leave it + rely on the media ecosystem of the very online right as a proxy for reality
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
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Sooner or later something terrible is going to happen at one of these hotels and the politicians and media outlets who have spent the past year whipping it all up will have to carry the blame
July 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Sooner or later something terrible is going to happen at one of these hotels and the politicians and media outlets who have spent the past year whipping it all up will have to carry the blame
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Reality has a well known anti-Israel bias.
June 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reality has a well known anti-Israel bias.
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What’s a worse lie:
The lie from the US that Iran is close to nuclear weapon, which US intel & the IAEA disagree with.
Or the lie from the EU that Iran could avoid all this by returning to the negotiating table when they were ALREADY at the negotiating able & heading to Oman when Israel attacked?
The lie from the US that Iran is close to nuclear weapon, which US intel & the IAEA disagree with.
Or the lie from the EU that Iran could avoid all this by returning to the negotiating table when they were ALREADY at the negotiating able & heading to Oman when Israel attacked?
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What’s a worse lie:
The lie from the US that Iran is close to nuclear weapon, which US intel & the IAEA disagree with.
Or the lie from the EU that Iran could avoid all this by returning to the negotiating table when they were ALREADY at the negotiating able & heading to Oman when Israel attacked?
The lie from the US that Iran is close to nuclear weapon, which US intel & the IAEA disagree with.
Or the lie from the EU that Iran could avoid all this by returning to the negotiating table when they were ALREADY at the negotiating able & heading to Oman when Israel attacked?
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England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
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BREAKING: Suspect in shooting of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota had a hit list with nearly 70 names, including abortion providers, pro-choice advocates and lawmakers - CNN
June 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING: Suspect in shooting of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota had a hit list with nearly 70 names, including abortion providers, pro-choice advocates and lawmakers - CNN
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For all its obsession over ‘DOGE’, we had a massive example of government fraud and waste recently - it was called the PPE scandal - and the right totally ignored it
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For all its obsession over ‘DOGE’, we had a massive example of government fraud and waste recently - it was called the PPE scandal - and the right totally ignored it
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Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.
We won. This is from my closing statement.
There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.
We won. This is from my closing statement.
There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.
June 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.
We won. This is from my closing statement.
There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.
We won. This is from my closing statement.
There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Counterpoint - it is
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Counterpoint - it is
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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
Immigration fell by a third in the 9 months after General Election. (From 1.2m visas to 800k in year to March 2025). The new lower headline migration figure (the 12 months of 2024) will come out 10 days after the white paper. Saying net migration is 700k (last stat: year to June 2024) is out of date
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
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I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
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The US bombing campaign against the Houthis is much more intense & aggressive than before. CENTCOM given much more latitude. "More than 750 strikes have been authorised since the decision in mid-March to raise the level of bombardment."
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 68 dead in US airstrike on prison
Alleged attack on facility holding African detainees raises fresh questions over US military operations in region
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The US bombing campaign against the Houthis is much more intense & aggressive than before. CENTCOM given much more latitude. "More than 750 strikes have been authorised since the decision in mid-March to raise the level of bombardment."
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My bit on the Lineker interview and people in sport having views on the world www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Gary Lineker’s critics have got it wrong. It’s reasonable to talk about more than sport | Max Rushden
The Match of the Day presenter has been challenged again on his views on Gaza and Israel. But can we really expect him to have no opinions about the outside world?
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My bit on the Lineker interview and people in sport having views on the world www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘Free Speech’ latest.
The New York Times found three users on X who feuded with Mr. Musk in December only to see their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
‘Free Speech’ latest.
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When there’s an economic emergency, a climate energy, or a security emergency, our leaders take immediate action. The child poverty emergency has been with us for some time now, yet action seems further away than ever.
Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap.
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
When there’s an economic emergency, a climate energy, or a security emergency, our leaders take immediate action. The child poverty emergency has been with us for some time now, yet action seems further away than ever.
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Israel killed 15 unarmed emergency workers, buried them with their crushed-up vehicles in a mass grave, then lied repeatedly about the circumstances.
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ in killing of Gaza medics
IDF says a commanding officer will be reprimanded and a deputy commander dismissed over inaccurate accounts
www.ft.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Israel killed 15 unarmed emergency workers, buried them with their crushed-up vehicles in a mass grave, then lied repeatedly about the circumstances.
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
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This is horrifying and dangerous.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is horrifying and dangerous.
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Jan enlisted the German government to help out, who launched a criminal investigation into Wirecard's critics and banned short selling in the stock to protect the German economy. (It still seems mad to write that)
Germany bans Wirecard 'shorting' as prosecutors probe FT journalist
Germany's financial watchdog has banned "short" selling of Wirecard shares due to volatility in the payments firm's stock following reports in the Financial Times which are now the subject of an investigation by German authorities.
www.reuters.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Jan enlisted the German government to help out, who launched a criminal investigation into Wirecard's critics and banned short selling in the stock to protect the German economy. (It still seems mad to write that)
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People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
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“Audacious”? Truly disgusting.
February 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Audacious”? Truly disgusting.
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not saying polls are meaningless but in December 1980 the Labour party had a 24-point lead over Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
not saying polls are meaningless but in December 1980 the Labour party had a 24-point lead over Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives
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One of the most annoying things about the Rwanda policy was people saying "well what's your plan".
As if me not having some magical solution obliged us to do something that wouldn't work at enormous cost.
As if me not having some magical solution obliged us to do something that wouldn't work at enormous cost.
I think this - and Will's piece in his next tweet - are about right. Something I feel you often collide with when you write about politics is there are a lot of people who think that 'but that is unpopular' obliges the universe to produce a popular policy option for you.
It's the thing I grappled with on my substack; just because mass immigration is unpopular no more means it will actually work as a governing agenda than keeping taxes low in face of public services imploding or maintaining full employment in the face of high inflation. Policy impact actually matters
February 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of the most annoying things about the Rwanda policy was people saying "well what's your plan".
As if me not having some magical solution obliged us to do something that wouldn't work at enormous cost.
As if me not having some magical solution obliged us to do something that wouldn't work at enormous cost.