David Soward
@latimer57.bsky.social
Pianist, psychotherapist, poet, photographer, post-Christian, pro-EU, polymath
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As the former pandemic vaccines minister, wasn’t Nadhim Zahawi “at all bothered that Reform had given a platform to a medic who said the king’s cancer had been caused by the Covid vaccine?”
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Step forward, Nadhim Zahawi: the latest, highest-profile rat to flee the Tory ship | John Crace
As a member of Reform, Nadhim was adamant he had more to give. Even if none of us really wanted him
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
As the former pandemic vaccines minister, wasn’t Nadhim Zahawi “at all bothered that Reform had given a platform to a medic who said the king’s cancer had been caused by the Covid vaccine?”
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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'It Never Ended': As the World Moves On, For Gazans It's War as Usual
❝ As global attention drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza describe continued military incursions and air strikes, and a shifting Yellow Line that make daily life as dangerous as ever ❞
archive.md/081ZY
❝ As global attention drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza describe continued military incursions and air strikes, and a shifting Yellow Line that make daily life as dangerous as ever ❞
archive.md/081ZY
archive.md
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
'It Never Ended': As the World Moves On, For Gazans It's War as Usual
❝ As global attention drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza describe continued military incursions and air strikes, and a shifting Yellow Line that make daily life as dangerous as ever ❞
archive.md/081ZY
❝ As global attention drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza describe continued military incursions and air strikes, and a shifting Yellow Line that make daily life as dangerous as ever ❞
archive.md/081ZY
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Breaking news: Every former Federal Reserve chief attacked the Department of Justice’s probe into US central bank head Jay Powell, accusing the Trump administration of behaving like an emerging market. ft.trib.al/aJHxEQx
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Breaking news: Every former Federal Reserve chief attacked the Department of Justice’s probe into US central bank head Jay Powell, accusing the Trump administration of behaving like an emerging market. ft.trib.al/aJHxEQx
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Anne Applebaum's Twilight of Democracy is very good on humiliated (or overlooked) people joining far right movements.
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Anne Applebaum's Twilight of Democracy is very good on humiliated (or overlooked) people joining far right movements.
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Old tweets being deleted now
January 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Old tweets being deleted now
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Palestinian students speak out after Israeli forces raided Birzeit University, injuring dozens while shattering a sense of safety, as fear, anger and defiance grow
Birzeit University students confront fear after Israeli raid
We speak to students after Israeli forces raided Birzeit University, injuring dozens while shattering a sense of safety, as fear, anger and defiance grow
www.newarab.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Palestinian students speak out after Israeli forces raided Birzeit University, injuring dozens while shattering a sense of safety, as fear, anger and defiance grow
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The job market “is struggling, and the broader economy is fragile, in big part due to U.S. tariffs .. the fastest way to boost the job market would be for the Supreme Court to declare the reciprocal tariffs unlawful and for lawmakers to let them become a thing of the past.”
@markzandi.bsky.social
@markzandi.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The job market “is struggling, and the broader economy is fragile, in big part due to U.S. tariffs .. the fastest way to boost the job market would be for the Supreme Court to declare the reciprocal tariffs unlawful and for lawmakers to let them become a thing of the past.”
@markzandi.bsky.social
@markzandi.bsky.social
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‘Contra the narrow focus of policymakers on Stem subjects or coding, now more than ever our economy rewards broad skillsets: team players, problem solvers, good communicators and creative thinkers.’ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/5e25...
www.ft.com/content/5e25...
How to AI-proof your job
The data suggests soft skills more than quantitative competency equal success in a rapidly changing labour market
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 AM
‘Contra the narrow focus of policymakers on Stem subjects or coding, now more than ever our economy rewards broad skillsets: team players, problem solvers, good communicators and creative thinkers.’ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/5e25...
www.ft.com/content/5e25...
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
Pedro Sanchez 'made the case that on Venezuela, Ukraine and Gaza he was applying the same reasoning in defence of an international order “based on the observance of fair rules, not on the law of the jungle”.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why Spain’s prime minister has broken ranks in Europe – and dared to confront Trump
Outrage at the US, close ties with Venezuela and mounting domestic challenges have prompted Pedro Sánchez to take a stand, says the Spanish journalist Maria Ramirez
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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Pedro Sanchez 'made the case that on Venezuela, Ukraine and Gaza he was applying the same reasoning in defence of an international order “based on the observance of fair rules, not on the law of the jungle”.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've been writing about this at @hopiumchronicles.bsky.social.
It's now clear Trump doesn't believe the Constitution, domestic law, the UN Charter, international law, or Senate ratified treaties apply to him; and that he has crowned himself Emperor of the Americas, Lord of the Western Hemisphere.
It's now clear Trump doesn't believe the Constitution, domestic law, the UN Charter, international law, or Senate ratified treaties apply to him; and that he has crowned himself Emperor of the Americas, Lord of the Western Hemisphere.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I've been writing about this at @hopiumchronicles.bsky.social.
It's now clear Trump doesn't believe the Constitution, domestic law, the UN Charter, international law, or Senate ratified treaties apply to him; and that he has crowned himself Emperor of the Americas, Lord of the Western Hemisphere.
It's now clear Trump doesn't believe the Constitution, domestic law, the UN Charter, international law, or Senate ratified treaties apply to him; and that he has crowned himself Emperor of the Americas, Lord of the Western Hemisphere.
Maybe what we need right now: a bit of gentle, understated humour.
'The orange man with the yellow hair is getting on my nerves'
'The orange man with the yellow hair is getting on my nerves'
De VS zijn erin geslaagd om op de Atlantische Oceaan met militairen aan boord te gaan van de tanker Marinera, terwijl Rusland een marine-escorte had gestuurd om dat te voorkomen. @Kamagurka.bsky.social maakte hier een dagelijkse tekening bij. buff.ly/Nuk5BS3
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Maybe what we need right now: a bit of gentle, understated humour.
'The orange man with the yellow hair is getting on my nerves'
'The orange man with the yellow hair is getting on my nerves'
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This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
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From a piece earlier this year: Trump wiped away more than 600 years in sentenced prison time for Jan. 6 rioters.
Gift link: wapo.st/4qGmHZY
Gift link: wapo.st/4qGmHZY
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
From a piece earlier this year: Trump wiped away more than 600 years in sentenced prison time for Jan. 6 rioters.
Gift link: wapo.st/4qGmHZY
Gift link: wapo.st/4qGmHZY
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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I had forgotten this, but it is consistent with Trump's efforts to pressure Zelenskyy into dangerous concessions to Putin. It should be (yet another) alarm signal to European leaders - Trump's goals in Ukraine may be the opposite of Europe's.
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I had forgotten this, but it is consistent with Trump's efforts to pressure Zelenskyy into dangerous concessions to Putin. It should be (yet another) alarm signal to European leaders - Trump's goals in Ukraine may be the opposite of Europe's.
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
'... I concede it’s unlikely that 2026 will see Farage pay for his starring role in that ongoing act of collective self-harm. But eventually Trump, Netanyahu, Orbán and the others must face a reckoning for the pain they have caused and the damage they have done. Let this be the year.'
Indeed. Amen.
Indeed. Amen.
Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland
These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
'... I concede it’s unlikely that 2026 will see Farage pay for his starring role in that ongoing act of collective self-harm. But eventually Trump, Netanyahu, Orbán and the others must face a reckoning for the pain they have caused and the damage they have done. Let this be the year.'
Indeed. Amen.
Indeed. Amen.
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Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland
These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Times is giving the Telegraph a run for its money in every ridiculous headlines, what a way to end a once great newspaper.
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Times is giving the Telegraph a run for its money in every ridiculous headlines, what a way to end a once great newspaper.
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
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December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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Honestly also the brass neck of this paper, which cheered this asymmetric trade deal at the time and advocated that Liz Truss, the Cabinet minister who signed it should become *prime minister*.
A quick google informs me that after this surge, Australia provides about 4% of our beef imports, and our beef imports are about 25% of our consumption. So this headline is basically saying “anger as 0.6% becomes 1% of total” and I’m not sure that’s particularly justifiable
December 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Honestly also the brass neck of this paper, which cheered this asymmetric trade deal at the time and advocated that Liz Truss, the Cabinet minister who signed it should become *prime minister*.
@british-airways.bsky.social useless! Never again
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@british-airways.bsky.social useless! Never again
Never again. Chose British Airways for flights to France: chaos at both ends.
Terminal 5 as slick as anything these days but boarding an average BA flight? Hopeless.
Terminal 5 as slick as anything these days but boarding an average BA flight? Hopeless.
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Never again. Chose British Airways for flights to France: chaos at both ends.
Terminal 5 as slick as anything these days but boarding an average BA flight? Hopeless.
Terminal 5 as slick as anything these days but boarding an average BA flight? Hopeless.