Mel
@mel44.bsky.social
Lover of politics, F1 and all things food related. Currently residing in Sussex by the Sea
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Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
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Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say
Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."
March 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."
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Donald Corleone, turning the US into a mafia state. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state | Jonathan Freedland
The pattern is inescapable – with just one caveat: organised crime bosses occasionally display more honour, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Donald Corleone, turning the US into a mafia state. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.
March 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.
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Brexit has never looked quite so daft
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Brexit has never looked quite so daft
February 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
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Praise for the war criminal, a punishment beating for Zelensky.
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Praise for the war criminal, a punishment beating for Zelensky.
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"America First" becomes "America Alone"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs
Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"America First" becomes "America Alone"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
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Update.
The Telegraph has now corrected its entirely fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners is an "illegal migrant" and has accepted that this claim was false in *four" separate respects.
However, this has not resolved my complaint to IPSO - I will continue to request a front-page correction.
The Telegraph has now corrected its entirely fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners is an "illegal migrant" and has accepted that this claim was false in *four" separate respects.
However, this has not resolved my complaint to IPSO - I will continue to request a front-page correction.
January 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Update.
The Telegraph has now corrected its entirely fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners is an "illegal migrant" and has accepted that this claim was false in *four" separate respects.
However, this has not resolved my complaint to IPSO - I will continue to request a front-page correction.
The Telegraph has now corrected its entirely fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners is an "illegal migrant" and has accepted that this claim was false in *four" separate respects.
However, this has not resolved my complaint to IPSO - I will continue to request a front-page correction.
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TCM seems to have something on their mind today.
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
TCM seems to have something on their mind today.
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How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post | Margaret Sullivan
How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post | Margaret Sullivan
The paper’s owner should show up – soon – to hold a town hall with the newsroom, answer questions, and take the heat
More than 400 newsroom staffers at the Washington Post pleaded with the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, this week to do something about their…
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post | Margaret Sullivan
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“They feel like they are being used like a political football.”
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says some grooming gang victims in Telford feel like they are being used by “people who have never shown any concern about them.”
#Newsnight
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says some grooming gang victims in Telford feel like they are being used by “people who have never shown any concern about them.”
#Newsnight
January 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“They feel like they are being used like a political football.”
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says some grooming gang victims in Telford feel like they are being used by “people who have never shown any concern about them.”
#Newsnight
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says some grooming gang victims in Telford feel like they are being used by “people who have never shown any concern about them.”
#Newsnight
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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
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Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
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He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.
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December 8, 2024 at 12:04 AM
He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.
#NoNamesNeeded
#NoNamesNeeded
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December 5, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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Hegseth has the stink of political death on him.
December 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Hegseth has the stink of political death on him.
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BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler announced that he'll step down as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next term and endorsed Rep. Jamie Raskin to succeed him.
Thank you, Jerry Nadler.
Congratulations, Jamie Raskin. 💙
Thank you, Jerry Nadler.
Congratulations, Jamie Raskin. 💙
December 4, 2024 at 9:42 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler announced that he'll step down as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next term and endorsed Rep. Jamie Raskin to succeed him.
Thank you, Jerry Nadler.
Congratulations, Jamie Raskin. 💙
Thank you, Jerry Nadler.
Congratulations, Jamie Raskin. 💙
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“Global power is shifting… there is a resurgence of geopolitics and it will last for decades” says Admiral Sir Tony Radakin UK Chief of Defence Staff tonight in his annual lecture in London @RUSI_org #cdslecture24
December 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
“Global power is shifting… there is a resurgence of geopolitics and it will last for decades” says Admiral Sir Tony Radakin UK Chief of Defence Staff tonight in his annual lecture in London @RUSI_org #cdslecture24
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Recent events have shown again the power of news photography. People putting themselves in sometimes dangerous places to tell stories through images.
This starter pack has a range of photojournalists & photo editors working globally.
50:50 female/male talent. Pls share & support their work.
🙏📸
This starter pack has a range of photojournalists & photo editors working globally.
50:50 female/male talent. Pls share & support their work.
🙏📸
December 4, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Recent events have shown again the power of news photography. People putting themselves in sometimes dangerous places to tell stories through images.
This starter pack has a range of photojournalists & photo editors working globally.
50:50 female/male talent. Pls share & support their work.
🙏📸
This starter pack has a range of photojournalists & photo editors working globally.
50:50 female/male talent. Pls share & support their work.
🙏📸