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Jack Smyth
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Had enough of the other place. Retired teacher from Liverpool. Best City in the World.
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."

"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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The London Economic: Reform UK is trailing in the one poll that really matters
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/refo...
Reform UK is trailing in the one poll that really matters
Britain is heading for a hung parliament. In a world of coalitions and compromises, Reform’s isolation could prove fatal.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Imagine the boost in the polls Labour would get if Starmer banned Twitter and told Trump to do one.

Musk and Trump must be two of the most hated people in the UK.
January 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..."

Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Who was the first king of England?
A surprisingly complicated question.
jonn.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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some fascinating stuff at this exhibition, suspect a lot of material there to appeal to some of my mutuals:

events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Big Sam to run Venezuela?
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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1978, Liverpool Uni
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM