PianO
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Realistically optimistic, which is a bit of a triumph in these hard times (and out of character for an O).
Largely swapped teaching History and Politics and worrying about 6th Form, for golf, and worrying about the Orient
Largely swapped teaching History and Politics and worrying about 6th Form, for golf, and worrying about the Orient
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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Wait..so he's blowing up random boats in the name of fighting drugs but pardons the highest ranking drug traffickers..
OK. Seems very normal and rational.
OK. Seems very normal and rational.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Wait..so he's blowing up random boats in the name of fighting drugs but pardons the highest ranking drug traffickers..
OK. Seems very normal and rational.
OK. Seems very normal and rational.
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He is responsible for the deaths of countless American citizens, and will now be pardoned by Donald Trump.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
He is responsible for the deaths of countless American citizens, and will now be pardoned by Donald Trump.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Don't really understand why Darts get so much grief. I suspect they were a fairly rare example of a multi-racial band at the time, and that alone is probably quite significant #totp
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don't really understand why Darts get so much grief. I suspect they were a fairly rare example of a multi-racial band at the time, and that alone is probably quite significant #totp
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
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People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
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Rose Window of the south transept of the Amiens Cathedral in France
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Rose Window of the south transept of the Amiens Cathedral in France
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
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Apparently at that time there was an ‘Anti Corruption Minister’ 😬called John Penrose .. who was married to … oh .. Dido Harding
How cute
How cute
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Apparently at that time there was an ‘Anti Corruption Minister’ 😬called John Penrose .. who was married to … oh .. Dido Harding
How cute
How cute
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Our foreign policy is currently an embarrassing clown show. Much worse than merely amateur hour.
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds on the Ukraine “Peace plan”
“Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon, and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is NOT our recommendation, it is not our peace plan”
What’s going on??
“Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon, and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is NOT our recommendation, it is not our peace plan”
What’s going on??
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Our foreign policy is currently an embarrassing clown show. Much worse than merely amateur hour.
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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A cross-party group of MPs and peers has written to Ofcom demanding stronger action against rising antisemitism on Elon Musk's X
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
Cross-Party MPs Demand Ofcom Investigation Into Antisemitism On X
Exclusive: A cross-party group of MPs and peers has demanded that Ofcom take action against a surge in antisemitic posts and calls for violence aga...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has written to Ofcom demanding stronger action against rising antisemitism on Elon Musk's X
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
The parliamentarians believe the social media platform may have already breached the Online Safety Act
@zoecrowther.bsky.social exclusively reports
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
„You don’t have to embarrass our guest“
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Never mind Scotland, Haiti just qualified for the first time in over 50 years. ICE are going to have a lot of fun with that one #worldcup2026
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Never mind Scotland, Haiti just qualified for the first time in over 50 years. ICE are going to have a lot of fun with that one #worldcup2026