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Matt Mert Somcag

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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · Jan 11

"We are all vulnerable, ı am extremely so and naturally have tried not show it for my own self-preservation. My shyness and insecurity have often made me seem arrogant- its a form of self-protection of timid people." Maria Callas

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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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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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · 6d

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Margaret Thatcher's centenary: 100 years since the birth of the Iron Lady

Tory MP hails the great Tory leader and Prime Minister

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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · 6d

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'She was a true Briton!' Margaret Thatcher honoured 100 years on from day she was born

The former PM was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire

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Thatcher 100th anniversary: Discord or harmony?

Margaret Thatcher's hometown of Grantham hosts a festival to mark the centenary of her birth.

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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · 7d

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Tories invoke Thatcher legacy in search of a comeback

The former PM has featured even more than usual at the party's conference, as activists mark her 100th birthday.

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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · 7d

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Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

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Margaret Thatcher: “Whatever Happened to the British Lion?”| We’ll Be With Europe, But Not Of It🇬🇧

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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · 25d

"Nothing last forever"
Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧
Our Maggie 💙
One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
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Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · Sep 16

Callas and Churchill

Matt Mert Somcag @mertsomcag.bsky.social · Sep 16

"if the right honorable gentleman is suggesting that we ever get to a position when you can not return illegal immigrants to their country of origin, then he is proposing international chaos."

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · Sep 15

Kids, families, listen up! Today's new ep of "If Objects Could Talk" brings this feet-shaped lamp to the podcast studio.

Hear about how ancient houses were designed and lit up in a time before you could just flick a switch. gty.art/48iYwdX