Ian Wallis
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Ian Wallis
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Distant snow covered Shropshire hills glinting in December sunshine.
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Actually there is a lot of evidence that young people don't share the manufacturing obsession. They work in services where China is not so strong and an importer. The EU and US are by any standards rich. They still do well from openness. Domestic leadership could find new paths. Etc.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Actually there is a lot of evidence that young people don't share the manufacturing obsession. They work in services where China is not so strong and an importer. The EU and US are by any standards rich. They still do well from openness. Domestic leadership could find new paths. Etc.
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Given that Trump is ridiculous, it is worth pointing out that anyone who flatters or admires him also comes across as an idiot.
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Given that Trump is ridiculous, it is worth pointing out that anyone who flatters or admires him also comes across as an idiot.
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Trump ruling out the use of military force does not defuse this crisis
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump ruling out the use of military force does not defuse this crisis
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
Because Starmer is not, and never has been, a suitable character to be PM. IMO...
Distressing that Canada, which has the most to lose from this change, is ready to face reality, whilst Starmer bets on Churchillian nostalgia for the 'special relationship' and actively rejects meaningfully closer economic engagement with the EU, which must be where our future lies.
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Because Starmer is not, and never has been, a suitable character to be PM. IMO...
Doctor: "It's like watching one of my patients in a reality TV show..."
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DOCTOR: Trump has 2 to 4 months to live
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January 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Doctor: "It's like watching one of my patients in a reality TV show..."
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It's all about the Epstein files.
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It's all about the Epstein files.
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think, and at last they seem to realize so
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/nsSlUOT #davos #wef
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/nsSlUOT #davos #wef
Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think
Alberto Alemanno warns policymakers against panic-driven reforms that threaten to undo hard-won gains.
prosyn.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think, and at last they seem to realize so
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/nsSlUOT #davos #wef
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/nsSlUOT #davos #wef
The board of "blown to pieces".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joining President Trump’s “Board of Peace.”
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM
The board of "blown to pieces".
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Trade experts still pushing the EU not to respond to American economic pressure are struggling to adapt to a world where the breakdown of the transatlantic alliance became far more than a trade dispute a long time ago
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
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For those of you unclear why some of us are distinctly concerned about a digital ID system in the UK, this is what our Home Secretary is currently thinking about. www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
Labour want 'Panopticon' to have 'eyes of the state on you at all times'
THE Home Secretary has said she wants to create a “Panopticon” system of state surveillance.
www.thenational.scot
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For those of you unclear why some of us are distinctly concerned about a digital ID system in the UK, this is what our Home Secretary is currently thinking about. www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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It really stinks that Ofwat, under pressure from Treasury, is putting the public interest second. And we're lining them up to be sued if they continue down this path. 👇
It’s time for Ofwat to come clean on Thames Water | Good Law Project
Thames Water’s creditors are still trying to hang on to their cash – it’s time for the regulator to publish the details of all the bids on the table
goodlaw.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
It really stinks that Ofwat, under pressure from Treasury, is putting the public interest second. And we're lining them up to be sued if they continue down this path. 👇
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Fortunately - you can hear the actual argument rather than rely on Labour politicians spinning it in a desperate attempt to cover up the fact their governments only strategy is that Keir Starmer is convinced that everything is going to be ok.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Ditch Nato and dump Trump: Zack Polanski’s foreign policy – podcast
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk to the Green party leader Zack Polanski on Donald Trump, Greenland and rejoining the European Union
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Fortunately - you can hear the actual argument rather than rely on Labour politicians spinning it in a desperate attempt to cover up the fact their governments only strategy is that Keir Starmer is convinced that everything is going to be ok.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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Appeasement will not work. Trump is already threatening us. Enough with this dithering.
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Appeasement will not work. Trump is already threatening us. Enough with this dithering.
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Monday, Starmer: "Alliances endure because they’re built on respect and partnership, not pressure."
Tuesday, Trump (of Diego Garcia): "The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."
When do you conclude Starmer's strategy is built on hope not evidence?
Tuesday, Trump (of Diego Garcia): "The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."
When do you conclude Starmer's strategy is built on hope not evidence?
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Monday, Starmer: "Alliances endure because they’re built on respect and partnership, not pressure."
Tuesday, Trump (of Diego Garcia): "The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."
When do you conclude Starmer's strategy is built on hope not evidence?
Tuesday, Trump (of Diego Garcia): "The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."
When do you conclude Starmer's strategy is built on hope not evidence?
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Tough but fair
If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Tough but fair
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We should, of course, have been preparing for this since November 2024. We should have had contingency plans. We should have been making the relevant trade arrangements without involving the US. We should have an economic plan for independence from the US.
We didn't do any of that.
We didn't do any of that.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We should, of course, have been preparing for this since November 2024. We should have had contingency plans. We should have been making the relevant trade arrangements without involving the US. We should have an economic plan for independence from the US.
We didn't do any of that.
We didn't do any of that.
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Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
Please read, as I have, as much as you can about the narcissistic personality disorders and imagine - nay witness in real time - how disordered people can become horrifyingly dangerous if you give them unfettered power and a nuclear button...
There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Please read, as I have, as much as you can about the narcissistic personality disorders and imagine - nay witness in real time - how disordered people can become horrifyingly dangerous if you give them unfettered power and a nuclear button...
By way of comparison, the Trump and Putin approved Brexit has cost the UK 6-8% of GDP. We need to rejoin the EU and work hard to earn their trust. This requires a strategy and a new PM. IMO...
Starmer at Downing Street: The US and UK are "close allies and close partners" in a relationship that "matters profoundly".
He wants to keep the relationship strong.
The US has invested "hundreds of billions" of pounds into the UK because of its "sustained engagement".
He wants to keep the relationship strong.
The US has invested "hundreds of billions" of pounds into the UK because of its "sustained engagement".
January 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
By way of comparison, the Trump and Putin approved Brexit has cost the UK 6-8% of GDP. We need to rejoin the EU and work hard to earn their trust. This requires a strategy and a new PM. IMO...
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EXACTLY. Wake the fuck up already.
January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
EXACTLY. Wake the fuck up already.