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A decade ago, I wondered if Daniel Hannah was really clever and I was neive. He was on the winning side of the Referendum and picked up a peerage. Events have shown him wrong on so much, and it's dawning on him.
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A decade ago, I wondered if Daniel Hannah was really clever and I was neive. He was on the winning side of the Referendum and picked up a peerage. Events have shown him wrong on so much, and it's dawning on him.
What happened to Make America Great Again? Embarrassing.
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
What happened to Make America Great Again? Embarrassing.
This is embarrassing.
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 AM
This is embarrassing.
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Every time I listen to the music of Sergio Mendes, I can't help thinking of this photo of him and his band with Harrison Ford in 1970, just after Ford had finished building a recording studio in Sergio's back garden. I like to think Mendes later went to see Star Wars & shouted "That's my carpenter!"
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Every time I listen to the music of Sergio Mendes, I can't help thinking of this photo of him and his band with Harrison Ford in 1970, just after Ford had finished building a recording studio in Sergio's back garden. I like to think Mendes later went to see Star Wars & shouted "That's my carpenter!"
It may seem trivial, but I have booked a hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans for this year's French Quarter Festival. I can cancel now with no penalty. I cancelled a St Petersburg holiday when Russia invaded Ukraine. There are good people in Louisiana, but America has changed. Moral decision.
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM
It may seem trivial, but I have booked a hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans for this year's French Quarter Festival. I can cancel now with no penalty. I cancelled a St Petersburg holiday when Russia invaded Ukraine. There are good people in Louisiana, but America has changed. Moral decision.
It’s not about Greenland. It about how nations, people, relate to each other. It’s about morality. It’s about civilisation.
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
It’s not about Greenland. It about how nations, people, relate to each other. It’s about morality. It’s about civilisation.
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Everybody was sure that Somebody would stop Trump invading Greenland. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Everybody was sure that Somebody would stop Trump invading Greenland. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
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Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
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Meanwhile China gets on with the real reordering of the global economy, the one in which the EU and US are both losing. www.ft.com/content/ab8e...
Beijing pours cash into Belt and Road financing in global resources grab
Spending on Xi Jinping’s signature overseas investment project hit a record in 2025, new research shows
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Meanwhile China gets on with the real reordering of the global economy, the one in which the EU and US are both losing. www.ft.com/content/ab8e...
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I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵
Those who sold the anti-Europe, pro-America, leave the EU dream - Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, the Telegraph and Mail … - have a lot to answer for.
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
January 18, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Those who sold the anti-Europe, pro-America, leave the EU dream - Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, the Telegraph and Mail … - have a lot to answer for.
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So Nigel Farage, who turned up to 1 out of 43 Fishing Ministery meetings as an MEP, who doesn’t hold constituency surgeries, who frequently doesn’t attend PMQs today doesn’t attend his leaders interview on Kuenssberg.
It seems he loves contentious shit stirring but not accountability or democracy.
It seems he loves contentious shit stirring but not accountability or democracy.
January 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So Nigel Farage, who turned up to 1 out of 43 Fishing Ministery meetings as an MEP, who doesn’t hold constituency surgeries, who frequently doesn’t attend PMQs today doesn’t attend his leaders interview on Kuenssberg.
It seems he loves contentious shit stirring but not accountability or democracy.
It seems he loves contentious shit stirring but not accountability or democracy.
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Brexit increasingly resembles a middle-aged man insisting on going off on a remote wild camping trip shortly before the arrival of a mini Ice Age.
January 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Brexit increasingly resembles a middle-aged man insisting on going off on a remote wild camping trip shortly before the arrival of a mini Ice Age.
If you are in a group and one of the group starts acting belligerently, the group is entering the realms of joint enterprise. If the group can’t restrain them, they have to break from them. Is it time for NATO to split? America has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If you are in a group and one of the group starts acting belligerently, the group is entering the realms of joint enterprise. If the group can’t restrain them, they have to break from them. Is it time for NATO to split? America has changed.
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This is why it was wild for Kemi Badenoch to describe Greenland as a “second-order issue” last weekend. www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...
Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland
The US president says the countries will be charged a
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This is why it was wild for Kemi Badenoch to describe Greenland as a “second-order issue” last weekend. www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
Reform/Conservative - with Zahawi and now Jenrick going, an old Who song comes to mind.
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Reform/Conservative - with Zahawi and now Jenrick going, an old Who song comes to mind.
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Also, in an alternate world, allies would be meeting to forge a common policy in Iran. Instead, we are talking about Greenland
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Also, in an alternate world, allies would be meeting to forge a common policy in Iran. Instead, we are talking about Greenland
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
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Kemi, this is just a population density map
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Kemi, this is just a population density map
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I love Mamdani’s interest in small, unflashy reforms that make a material difference to the life of the city
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I love Mamdani’s interest in small, unflashy reforms that make a material difference to the life of the city
Can't go to the exhibition as I live up North, but love the enthusiasm of @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in this thread - and her choice of examples.
I went to the Secret Maps exhibition at the British Library last night, and it was GREAT. Hurry along before it closes in a week or so!
This submarine cable linked Cornwall to India, in 1870. Usually I'm too interested in the ancient world to be impressed by the modern one, but that is pretty cool
This submarine cable linked Cornwall to India, in 1870. Usually I'm too interested in the ancient world to be impressed by the modern one, but that is pretty cool
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Can't go to the exhibition as I live up North, but love the enthusiasm of @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in this thread - and her choice of examples.
Hope not - but he is exceptional.
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Hope not - but he is exceptional.
Excellent thread.
I feel like every European leader is waiting for the Trump storm to blow over.
But what happens if the storm invades Greenland, Cuba, Columbia, destroys NATO, abandons Ukraine, shrugs as China takes Taiwan?
Can post-Trump Dems put all that right again? Nope.
This storm changes everything.
But what happens if the storm invades Greenland, Cuba, Columbia, destroys NATO, abandons Ukraine, shrugs as China takes Taiwan?
Can post-Trump Dems put all that right again? Nope.
This storm changes everything.
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Excellent thread.
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Getting rid of DCMS meant there was no one in government able to warn the prime minister that creatives can't live off thin air. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Getting rid of DCMS meant there was no one in government able to warn the prime minister that creatives can't live off thin air. thecritic.co.uk/brin...