Patrick Lohlein
@patricklohlein.bsky.social
30 years in Campaigns & Comms, International Business & Public Affairs in Asia & Europe | 中国通 | ex- @ToriesVsBrexit @the3million +++ | occasionally ✍️ 📺 🎙 at various | not always serious
"Middle powers must act together, because if you are not at the table. you are on the menu" - excerpt from Mark Carney's speech at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
"Middle powers must act together, because if you are not at the table. you are on the menu" - excerpt from Mark Carney's speech at Davos
A Japanese cypress in what once was Sean Connery's garden
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A Japanese cypress in what once was Sean Connery's garden
Understandably
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Understandably
Government response to the Murphy Review of the Windsor Framework (pdf)
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/694053...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/694053...
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Government response to the Murphy Review of the Windsor Framework (pdf)
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/694053...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/694053...
Contains some interesting data and this map
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Contains some interesting data and this map
Not niche at all as it affects the majority of people in all the countries backing it. I assume the exemption of Article 26 is made for Canada?
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not niche at all as it affects the majority of people in all the countries backing it. I assume the exemption of Article 26 is made for Canada?
I have been inforned that I have 4 grandchildren now, the latest of which had to be saved from being fed to a snake
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have been inforned that I have 4 grandchildren now, the latest of which had to be saved from being fed to a snake
I do like a plot twist
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I do like a plot twist
Some photos from 6 years ago
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Some photos from 6 years ago
While "other EU countries may follow suit," IMHO this is unlikely to get much discussion in the UK as it would inject an uncomfortable degree of honesty into the migration debate
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
While "other EU countries may follow suit," IMHO this is unlikely to get much discussion in the UK as it would inject an uncomfortable degree of honesty into the migration debate
So if I read this right, the purpose of the US Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" is to investgate alleged weaponisation of the Justice Department by weaponising the Justice Department against anyone the president holds a grudge against?
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So if I read this right, the purpose of the US Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" is to investgate alleged weaponisation of the Justice Department by weaponising the Justice Department against anyone the president holds a grudge against?
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
Best not eat any of these 💀
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Best not eat any of these 💀
Lots of mushrooms on our lunchtime walk today, some of which are edible
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lots of mushrooms on our lunchtime walk today, some of which are edible
Appreciating the sun when it's there
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Appreciating the sun when it's there
The impression of the EU being "so inwardly focussed" isn't new and by no means just in the context of climate... It's just that it's been so inwardly focussed for so long that no one noticed before
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The impression of the EU being "so inwardly focussed" isn't new and by no means just in the context of climate... It's just that it's been so inwardly focussed for so long that no one noticed before
Should we expect a defection or a divorce?
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Should we expect a defection or a divorce?
Truss should be kicked out of the Conservatives for this, but I'm not holding my breath
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Truss should be kicked out of the Conservatives for this, but I'm not holding my breath
Completely and utterly "mad as a box of frogs" as one of her cabinet members once told me
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Completely and utterly "mad as a box of frogs" as one of her cabinet members once told me
From the person who is so concerned about representing everyone's views that she doesn't follow anyone
September 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From the person who is so concerned about representing everyone's views that she doesn't follow anyone