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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15h

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 23h

"The problem is I would be happier if I could at least tell myself it was just me being paranoid instead of feeling like, in a more dangerous world for Jews, even our lifeboat is no longer wholly reliable, let alone inviting."

www.ft.com/content/14d4...

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 23h

well try reading the headline

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 1d

read the piece

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 1d

"Of course, like around two-thirds of British Jews, I am a Zionist. What about the history of Jews in Europe would make me not see the case for a Jewish lifeboat outside of it?"

100 per cent agree with this excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/14d4...

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews

Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

www.ft.com

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it the principle of "good enough"? If your printer useage is low and irregular, the higher price is off-putting even when it is a false economy.

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 2d

When someone tells you who there are, believe them.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Tommy Robinson blames "the elitist Jews" "the woke liberal elitist Jews like the Board of Deputies who are pro-Open Borders" & who are responsible for all of the problems Jews face, with their hugging up to Islam + open borders, not "like the real Zionist Jews"
x.com/HeidiBachram...

Heidi Bachram 🎗️ on X: "Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0" / X

Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 2d

yes, me too

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 2d

It should be obvious that this is not a tiger Jews want to ride.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Tommy Robinson blames "the elitist Jews" "the woke liberal elitist Jews like the Board of Deputies who are pro-Open Borders" & who are responsible for all of the problems Jews face, with their hugging up to Islam + open borders, not "like the real Zionist Jews"
x.com/HeidiBachram...

Heidi Bachram 🎗️ on X: "Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0" / X

Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0

x.com

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 5d

🙏

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 5d

should credit Charlotte Ivers for having this thought ahead of me

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 5d

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe

cst.org.uk/donate-now

Donate Online Now – CST – Protecting Our Jewish Community

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 7d

Really good piece this from @stephenkb.bsky.social. Hilariously brutal on the “What did we learn on our summer holidays?”memo. "The title sounds like it was written by an eight-year-old, which would surely have been preferable to the actual content."

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think Labour's policy agenda is a winning one, but combining some quite traditional leftwing economics with, essentially, not being willing to talk about how you are leftwing feels like the worst *possible* way to govern and campaign:

Memo for Labour: globalisation is good, actually

This government is in many ways the party returned to its factory settings. But the product was faulty in the first place

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 8d

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 9d

ooh vicious

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 9d

What gift to I give to a host who hates me? An ill-qualified journalist solves your domestic issues

Your one stop shop for family warfare and petty passive aggression.

www.ft.com/content/3a46...

What do I buy for someone who hates me?

Much will depend on the message you wish to convey

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11d

I do think this has been a week in which new levels of 'why don't senior Labour politicians understand we can ALL hear them' have been reached. Why would Andy Burnham do a 'I'm gonna hike taxes on London and the south, you're all rich!' Why would Steve Reed use 'regional politician' as a putdown?

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11d

Talking Starmer vs Burnham, Liberal Democrat conference and all that on this week's FT Political Fix podcast:

Does Starmer have a northern problem?

A look-ahead to the Labour party conference in Liverpool

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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 12d

Brutal new MRP poll out today showing Reform at 311 and Labour support collapsing.

Worth reading steaming @financialtimes.com column on Starmer by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

“Starmer can’t afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode”

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 12d

Terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social: laughed out loud at the description of Andy Burnham, " popping up, as so often, like a hopeful beneficiary at a deathbed"

Starmer can’t afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode

Farage’s path to power is strewn with landmines planted by his own side

www.ft.com

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 12d

thanks

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 12d

The way to defeat Reform is not to parrot them on immigration while hoping they'll self-destruct. Instead, it is to take the fight to Farage relentlessly and aggressively, while offering hope voters can buy into. Can Starmer do it? He has no choice. @robertshrimsley.bsky.social absolutely nails it.

Starmer can’t afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode

Farage’s path to power is strewn with landmines planted by his own side

www.ft.com

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 12d

'Starmer can't afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode' – by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/e895...

Starmer can’t afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode

Farage’s path to power is strewn with landmines planted by his own side

www.ft.com

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 13d

Hmm, I wonder if there is some kind of lesson/ message in this.

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 18d

To no-one's deep surprise, the Charlie Kirk aftermath shows Repubicans and conservatives never really believed in free speech after all. Which is a pity, because their criticism had a point. My latest.

www.ft.com/content/2dcc...

When free speech evangelists lose the plot

Charlie Kirk’s deplorable murder has sent Republican hypocrisy on the subject rocketing

www.ft.com

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 19d

"What makes the Republican and conservative hypocrisy so depressing is that, at a time when free speech in the west needs thoughtful defenders, its self-proclaimed champions have revealed themselves as posturing partisans." @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2dcc...

When free speech evangelists lose the plot

Charlie Kirk’s deplorable murder has sent Republican hypocrisy on the subject rocketing

www.ft.com

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