Kenny Mactavish
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The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
Don’t block the assisted dying bill from passing in the Lords
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Sign the petition to support the Assisted Dying Bill
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December 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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€210 billion of Russia's money sits frozen in Brussels. Zelenskyy just told EU leaders: not using it tells Putin aggression pays.
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
€210 billion of Russia's money sits frozen in Brussels. Zelenskyy just told EU leaders: not using it tells Putin aggression pays.
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 Confiscating Russian assets will show EU strength to the world, - Kallas
"This will send a strong signal to Russia that it cannot outlast Europe. We know that the Russian economy is in bad shape and they are clearly counting on us to fail, so we should not give it to them."
"This will send a strong signal to Russia that it cannot outlast Europe. We know that the Russian economy is in bad shape and they are clearly counting on us to fail, so we should not give it to them."
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Confiscating Russian assets will show EU strength to the world, - Kallas
"This will send a strong signal to Russia that it cannot outlast Europe. We know that the Russian economy is in bad shape and they are clearly counting on us to fail, so we should not give it to them."
"This will send a strong signal to Russia that it cannot outlast Europe. We know that the Russian economy is in bad shape and they are clearly counting on us to fail, so we should not give it to them."
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On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
38d.gs
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
Protest 17 December: Make Russia pay - Send the assets to Ukraine ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/12/10/p...
Protest 17 December: Make Russia pay – Send the assets to Ukraine
Protest called by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, Vsesvit and Campaign for Ukraine One of a number of demonstrations across Europe in the week running up to the Council of Europe summit: see here Wedn…
ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Protest 17 December: Make Russia pay - Send the assets to Ukraine ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/12/10/p...
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Bravo, Amanda!
Amanda Seyfried Refuses To Back Down After Calling Charlie Kirk 'Hateful': 'I'm Not F—king Apologizing'
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December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Bravo, Amanda!
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
Don’t block the assisted dying bill from passing in the Lords
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Sign the petition to support the Assisted Dying Bill
38d.gs
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
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The cat is out of the bag:
The Danish intelligence service names the US as a threat and sources from the Swedish military intelligence share the assessment that the politicisation of the FBI and CIA has caused a deep crisis of trust
The Danish intelligence service names the US as a threat and sources from the Swedish military intelligence share the assessment that the politicisation of the FBI and CIA has caused a deep crisis of trust
USA pekas ut som del av hotbild i Danmark
För första gången pekas USA ut som en del av hotbilden mot Danmark.
www.svd.se
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The cat is out of the bag:
The Danish intelligence service names the US as a threat and sources from the Swedish military intelligence share the assessment that the politicisation of the FBI and CIA has caused a deep crisis of trust
The Danish intelligence service names the US as a threat and sources from the Swedish military intelligence share the assessment that the politicisation of the FBI and CIA has caused a deep crisis of trust
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A group of German journalism students investigated the drone sightings over military installations in Western Europe and in one instance tracked it back to three commercial vessels belonging to Russian services.
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A group of German journalism students investigated the drone sightings over military installations in Western Europe and in one instance tracked it back to three commercial vessels belonging to Russian services.
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MAGA: Down with snowflakes and hurrah for FREE SPEECH!
also
MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
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MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
MAGA: Down with snowflakes and hurrah for FREE SPEECH!
also
MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
also
MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
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"Try out a little backbone, a little populism," former Obama deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes advises European leaders.
"Because this guy is coming to fuck with you and he's not gonna stop."
"Because this guy is coming to fuck with you and he's not gonna stop."
Trump Forfeits AI Race to China
Podcast Episode · Pod Save the World · 10/12/2025 · 1h 19m
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December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Try out a little backbone, a little populism," former Obama deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes advises European leaders.
"Because this guy is coming to fuck with you and he's not gonna stop."
"Because this guy is coming to fuck with you and he's not gonna stop."
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"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
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I think the answer is "More than we think we can, but less than we need to be able to do". That definitely applies in the NB region, where our NATO Enhanced Forward Presence contribution is underpowered & a long way from potential reinforcements in a crisis.
What I ask every time when I talk to British officials is:
What are you able and willing to do without the US ?
Because that is the no. 1 question on my mind looking at the UK from the Nordic-Baltic region, where faith in the UK is perhaps even a bit unrealistically strong.
What are you able and willing to do without the US ?
Because that is the no. 1 question on my mind looking at the UK from the Nordic-Baltic region, where faith in the UK is perhaps even a bit unrealistically strong.
I agree. I understand the urge to keep trying to stop Trump doing more harm to UK interests, but Starmer & other European leaders need an honest conversation with voters about the effect of US abandonment on our security, & what we now need to do to protect ourselves.
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I think the answer is "More than we think we can, but less than we need to be able to do". That definitely applies in the NB region, where our NATO Enhanced Forward Presence contribution is underpowered & a long way from potential reinforcements in a crisis.
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“The UK will not diverge much from the European model. That means Brexit really is the worst of all possible worlds, like a divorce where you neither move out nor download a dating app, but instead remain confined to one room in the marital home.”
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“The UK will not diverge much from the European model. That means Brexit really is the worst of all possible worlds, like a divorce where you neither move out nor download a dating app, but instead remain confined to one room in the marital home.”
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
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Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
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I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
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Has anyone done a really big survey asking not how you would vote in rerun Brexit referendum but how you *did* vote and, as far as is possible, if it even is possible, mapped it onto actual result. I bet more people now think they voted remain in 2016 than voted remain.
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Has anyone done a really big survey asking not how you would vote in rerun Brexit referendum but how you *did* vote and, as far as is possible, if it even is possible, mapped it onto actual result. I bet more people now think they voted remain in 2016 than voted remain.
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It's interesting because the online model of masculinity today is everything that I was taught not to be. Whiney, self-centred, arrogant, narcissistic, unkind, vain, selfish.
I'm re-watching Magnum P.I. and I can't believe how vastly superior the 1980s ideal of masculinity is, vs today's whining, lying misogynist edgelord ideal that we see in culture all the way up to the Presidency.
The 50's stereotypical man had at least some other things to offer. Typically noble or stoic. Perhaps serving the greater good. Instead it's now a bunch of energy drink selfish neurotics who spend too much time at the gym and have no developed personality at all but being online.
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It's interesting because the online model of masculinity today is everything that I was taught not to be. Whiney, self-centred, arrogant, narcissistic, unkind, vain, selfish.
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NEW
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
emptycity.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs/trump_gbnews...
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OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs/trump_gbnews...
38d.gs/trump_gbnews...