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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 2d

As relevant today as it was when Carole Cadwalladr first wrote it. Britain has a Russia problem. And his name is Nigel Farage. She says: “Where is the BBC in all of this, that’s another thread.”

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

I know how I would describe Priti Patel’s TWELVE secret meetings with senior Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, a trip she said was a holiday.
• Failure to inform Foreign Office or Prime Minister
• Two additional meetings,
• Visit to Israeli-occupied territory not recognised by U.K. Gov

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute gall of Priti Patel

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

Apartheid MUST end #londonprotest London stands with #Gaza

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

Quantum computers may solve problems that are currently intractable. This week, “Babbage” explores the underlying science that won this year’s Nobel prize in physics

Nobel prizes: the 2025 science awards

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, our correspondents give their guide to this year’s prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

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Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most significant indicators of emotional intelligence, the ability to cope with, welcome even, growth and change.

JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

“The worse the news cycle gets, the more I escape into fiction.” Tom Hollander

JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the introduction. 🙏

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 2d

That’ll do nicely.
Farage | Nathan Gill | Bribery | Putin | Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Met chief Mark Rowley's comments are being interpreted by this racist stalker as a green light. (I am fine with not recording non-crime incidents if the police will police hate crimes, and the government/regulators clean up an unlawful sewer. BUT the racists are hearing permission for more racism)

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 2d

Exc: The Electoral Commission has been given early notice of the UK's first ever crypto donation

The has been "made, but not declared", to a party understood to be Reform

Reform spox said: "All donations above the reporting limit will be disclosed in the usual way"

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Calls for transparency on political funding after first c...

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is rumoured to have been handed to Reform UK

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 2d

As relevant today as it was when Carole Cadwalladr first wrote it. Britain has a Russia problem. And his name is Nigel Farage. She says: “Where is the BBC in all of this, that’s another thread.”

x.com/carolecadwal...