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Arthur Snell

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Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. https://www.rusi.org/people/snell arthursnell.substack.com

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · Nov 15

I was going to do a starter pack of former diplomats who like mountaineering and geopolitics and seventeenth century music and Gloucester rugby but it turns out I'm the only person on it.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28m

Oh God. I thought the main reason we Got Brexit Done was so we didn't have to hear any more bunkum from Shanker Singham.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3h

Righty-o.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1h

Took me 5/6 and a map to look for a city that I admit never having heard of which has a population the size of London

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 3h

But Biden could have tightened the screws. He didn't because he had a history of supporting Israel and that overcame his desire to do something for the hostages (which I'm sure he wanted to). But he could have done it.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 23h

Perhaps then the Nobel Peace prize should go to the family as a whole?
Is that how it works?

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 19h

SPOILER ALERT: The leader of Egypt met Hilary Clinton too on that day.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21h

High-level political analysis, I know.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21h

Isn't it Blair something something Iraq war something Good Friday Agreement probably knows Epstein?

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

This is rather remarkable.

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

I happened to attend a lit fest event in a private school theatre yesterday and was really struck by the state of the art facility. Nothing like the shabby, struggling theatre of the same size in our town.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...

Private schools upstage the West End with cutting-edge theatres

Anyone wanting a night out at a London theatre need not only consider the West End — there are far more theatres at private schools. A survey by The Sunday Time

www.thetimes.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...

Private schools upstage the West End with cutting-edge theatres

Anyone wanting a night out at a London theatre need not only consider the West End — there are far more theatres at private schools. A survey by The Sunday Time

www.thetimes.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite factoid is that there are more professional-standard theatres belonging to private day schools in London than there are in the whole of the West End.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

As do often, Alex expresses concisely what many of us are surely thinking today.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 3d

If we can’t even talk in general terms about MPs’ workload- which MPs of all parties agree is v casework- heavy and getting heavier- without a lot of responses being to assume that MPs are not telling the truth/just whinging/ working on the wrong things etc- then I think we’re in a bad place

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Alpine Migrant @alpinemigrant.bsky.social · 1d

Your occasional reminder that 93% of UK parents do not send their children to a private school.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

www.thetimes.com

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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 1d

A day of joy and hope. But unless the international community moves very fast in getting a security presence on the ground in Gaza, the situation could descend into gangland violence: the last thing the people of Gaza need. Welcome that the summit in Egypt happens today as well x.com/skynews/stat...

Sky News on X: ""The second phase starts today." Former National Security Adviser Lord Peter Ricketts tells @SkyYaldaHakim while it's a day to celebrate the release of hostages, there's also a narrow window to ensure the ceasefire lasts. Follow live 🔗 https://t.co/C301Bd67jE 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/gCDMDXyAR6" / X

"The second phase starts today." Former National Security Adviser Lord Peter Ricketts tells @SkyYaldaHakim while it's a day to celebrate the release of hostages, there's also a narrow window to ensure the ceasefire lasts. Follow live 🔗 https://t.co/C301Bd67jE 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/gCDMDXyAR6

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 3d

My simple gauge of best city-ness is where the kids (defined broadly) want to go. London *was* that place for many European kids - but that’s effectively impossible now.

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1d

Media
Do your job

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve always believed that Eddie and Norbert are two different people and ultimately powerful mob-type bosses. Eddie controls Northern Europe, Norbert southern. Occasionally they meet in expensive restaurants overlooking white sand beaches to discuss how to carve up the road haulage sector.

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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 1d

Why isn't this a bigger story?
The joint intelligence committee prepare a report saying our national security is at risk from environmental collapse. And No. 10 bury because they don't to draw attention to how little they care!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Bash @bashthebox.bsky.social · 1d

Something I noticed earlier - he looks like Frank Sidebottom

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

“He was simply the best-qualified candidate”

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

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Steve King @stevemking.bsky.social · 2d

"Fired in error"

Bruh, it's your second term. This kinda stuff is amateur hour, you absolute numpty asshole idiot

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 2d

Ten homes. Ten.

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Cameron Thomas MP 🔶 @libdemcam.bsky.social · 2d

In occupied Ukraine, toys like these stuffed with plastic explosives, are left by Russian soldiers.

This is terrorism, sanctioned by the Russian state.

Once Russia is defeated, it must never be able to wage such a war on its peaceful neighbours again.

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