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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 11h

"An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories."

Excellent by @stephenkb.bsky.social #Giftlink

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 16h

Über das vergleichsweise schwache Abschneiden der AfD auf kommunaler Ebene wird wenig berichtet: taz.de/AfD-unterlie...

Dabei ist es wichtig, die Misserfolge der Partei zu kommunizieren – und sich von ihrer Propaganda nicht einschüchtern zu lassen: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Sachsen-Anhalt: AfD vor der Macht?

Die Aussichten sind trübe, aber die Messe ist noch nicht gesungen: Laut einer aktuellen Umfrage können sich 39 Prozent der Sachsen-Anhaltiner vorstellen, bei den kommenden Landtagswahlen im September…

www.blaetter.de

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

apple.news

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 1d

Really impressive BBC coverage on the events in Israel and Gaza today, presented by the fantastic #LyseDoucet
When the BBC is good, it's brilliant.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 1d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d

So much talk of economics and far right radicalisation but my increasingly view is we are all - myself included - underestimating the impact of both internet culture and (more importantly) the economics of the internet/social media on politics and radicalisation

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 2d

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 2d

The EU found some courage. Let’s see for how long

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 2d

Brussels to back net-zero shipping deal despite Trump sanction threat

Trump administration threatens 'sanctions on officials sponsoring activist-driven climate policies'

dlvr.it

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Und wer zu ungeduldig ist. Man muss erst den App Store öffnen. Dann kommt der Link.

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Einfach drauf klicken. Auf Öffnen. Dann kommt der Link.

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Giftlink for nonsubscribers.

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Woher die religiöse Rechte kommt und wie gefährlich das für Europa werden könnte.

Sehr gute and v timely Analyse. 👇👇
@rbingener.bsky.social

F.A.Z. Apps – Alle Apps der Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

faznet.go.link

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

So much for Bluesky being the lovely nice and cuddly place … 😉

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

For my German speaking followers:
Bin gleich mit Köln verbunden und live auf WDR 2. Eine Stunde mit Musik in meiner alten Heimat, sozusagen 😉.
Freu mir.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 5d

Die Übernahme von Rechtsaußenpositionen führt zur #Normalisierung dieser Parteien - das ist empirisch mittlerweile sehr gut belegt, wird aber immer wieder ignoriert. Für @lagedernation.org haben @tabouchadi.bsky.social und ich hier versucht aufzuräumen (ab 1h 13). 🎤 lagedernation.org/podcast/ldn4...

LdN449 Was wird aus Trumps Gaza-Plan?, Zwei Jahre nach dem Oktober-Massaker (Meron Mendel, Leiter Bildungsstätte Anne Frank), Unruhe regiert Frankreich, Chat-Kontrolle gefährdet unnötig Bürgerrechte, ...

lagedernation.org

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

Good. ;)

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 4d

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

😂

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen for a while. Congrats @deutschebahn.com !

And yes Germans do a sense of humour as well. I guess things need to go to shit before you discover it. 😉

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 4d

Fascinating: Germans love to complain about their trains never being on time. Deutsche Bahn plays for humor and sympathy by commissioning a YouTube sitcom (an Office on wheels).
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Boah, Bahn! - YouTube

BOAH, BAHN! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke Engelke.

www.youtube.com

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 4d

Well done to the Nobel Peace Prize panel for resisting pressure and giving this year’s award to the courageous Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado. She is such a deserving winner

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 5d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 5d

BBC & HMG deciding Gaza’s (for how long?) peace is all due to the unique style of Trump

Really?

Any US President could surely have pressed this on a war-weary Israel. Potentially earlier

In 1956 Eisenhower said a firm “stop” & Israel stopped www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...

Message to Prime Minister Ben-Gurion Urging Withdrawal of Israeli Forces in Egypt. | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

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