Paul Edridge
@pauledridge.bsky.social
Non luddite. Like trivia but many things are not trivial. Trying to live a normal life in wild times.
Farage (rhymes with garage) can’t apologise for his behaviour as it would alienate his core voters. They agree with him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Farage (rhymes with garage) can’t apologise for his behaviour as it would alienate his core voters. They agree with him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Vance meets the pope and a day later the pope is dead.
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Vance meets the pope and a day later the pope is dead.
We really shouldn’t be upset, angry or surprised by Hegseth and his mates leaking their war plans or them using unauthorised means of communicating quite sensitive information. It’s not as if we expected them to be competent…
March 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We really shouldn’t be upset, angry or surprised by Hegseth and his mates leaking their war plans or them using unauthorised means of communicating quite sensitive information. It’s not as if we expected them to be competent…
It seems Russia is willing to negotiate ‘over’ Ukraine and not ‘with‘ Ukraine. As if Ukraine is not a party to the war.
February 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It seems Russia is willing to negotiate ‘over’ Ukraine and not ‘with‘ Ukraine. As if Ukraine is not a party to the war.
The Kremlin disputes agreeing to Nato peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. Putin will get over this though as the troops will be in Ukraine. And Putin has no say in that.
February 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Kremlin disputes agreeing to Nato peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. Putin will get over this though as the troops will be in Ukraine. And Putin has no say in that.
Reposted by Paul Edridge
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
Maybe Rome needs to be reminded of the ROME statute.
www.politico.eu/article/ital...
www.politico.eu/article/ital...
Italy’s Meloni under investigation for freeing wanted Libyan warlord
“I can’t be blackmailed, I can’t be intimidated,” a defiant PM Giorgia Meloni said.
www.politico.eu
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Maybe Rome needs to be reminded of the ROME statute.
www.politico.eu/article/ital...
www.politico.eu/article/ital...