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Venezuela is also not in North America.
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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NEW

Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins

The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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As predicted, a month ago.

No government willingly discloses adverse information, *especially* when it says it is doing so.
One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents.

And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Had another lovely afternoon recording this great little podcast.
Enjoy! 🥳👇
NEW EPISODE: The space between peace and war

☠️ Europe's choice on Ukraine: be galvanised or paralysed
😎 How spies are waging their own war on us
🧞 Inevitable pantomime references

🎧 SPOTIFY open.spotify.com/episode/1Qn9...
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The Space Between Peace And War
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December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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If the BBC supposedly owed Donald Trump an apology for its edit – which had no negative consequences for the President – then surely Michael Prescott owes the BBC an apology for his own misleading edit, too? Especially given how serious its consequences could be?
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...

🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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There are some podcasts that really deserve support by way of a donation, if you can. I'm listening to season 1 of Alex Andreou's Podyssey again (directors cuts! bonus episodes!!) and the second listen may well not be the last.

ko-fi.com/podyssey
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"

The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This is really happening. Right now.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.

A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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So the cows jumped over the wall?
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Why do they lie about something so easily verifiable?
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"

That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Love Rishi, of all people, saying the BBC, “misjudged the nation’s mood, mishandled its people and mismanaged its own processes.” Admittedly, he's an expert on all three counts.😂
Rishi Sunak: We cannot allow the BBC to be captured by factionalism
The corporation enhances Britain’s standing and appeal, but its unique status requires a unique approach to ensuring trust. It must challenge its own failings
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein mentioned Donald Trump multiple times in private emails, a new release shows. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.i8kl.fxmKojfJjfkM&smid=url-share
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I reckon a reasonable test of someone’s patriotism might be if they want to see the end of an historic national institution that is trusted and respected worldwide because they don’t like everything that institution does.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.

Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.

This is not good sign for our polity.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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If you want to sustain your carefully-cultivated fury at the stupid Panorama edit then don’t, whatever you do, read or listen to Trump’s speech in its entirety…
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM