Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
Pinned
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Will no one think of the people who pretend to have jobs they don't have
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Will no one think of the people who pretend to have jobs they don't have
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“A noose on a minister’s lapel is not a policy statement – it’s a declaration of intent,” said Yair Golan, chair of HaDemocratim (Labor-Meretz). The noose shows that this government is "no longer fighting terrorism; it’s rehearsing dictatorship.”
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Yair Golan condemns gold noose pins worn by far-right lawmakers
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“A noose on a minister’s lapel is not a policy statement – it’s a declaration of intent,” said Yair Golan, chair of HaDemocratim (Labor-Meretz). The noose shows that this government is "no longer fighting terrorism; it’s rehearsing dictatorship.”
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Ben-Gvir's noose pin, adds Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz HaDemocratim, is a "disgrace to Judaism and Zionism. And the one who legitimized this ... is Netanyahu."
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December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ben-Gvir's noose pin, adds Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz HaDemocratim, is a "disgrace to Judaism and Zionism. And the one who legitimized this ... is Netanyahu."
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I mean. Honestly. Amazed anyone thought this was a serious suggestion. Also explains the leaking that he is "planning to overhaul Labour".
NEW: Tony Blair has been dropped from a top role on the Gaza 'board of peace' after concerns from Middle East nations, reports say
Tony Blair 'dropped' from Gaza 'board of peace' after objections from states
www.thenational.scot
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I mean. Honestly. Amazed anyone thought this was a serious suggestion. Also explains the leaking that he is "planning to overhaul Labour".
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We know that Europe’s defence is our responsibility. We continue to forge ahead with urgency – on implementing our readiness roadmap, military mobility and pan-European flagships. While we are still examining the SAFE plans received from Member States, Ukraine is included in 15 of the 19 submitted.
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We know that Europe’s defence is our responsibility. We continue to forge ahead with urgency – on implementing our readiness roadmap, military mobility and pan-European flagships. While we are still examining the SAFE plans received from Member States, Ukraine is included in 15 of the 19 submitted.
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Russia’s brutal war sought to divide us but it has achieved the opposite. Our ties are stronger than ever. We are not only bound by defence interests but by our common values. And this is how we will proceed. United, in supporting Ukraine and in defending Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Russia’s brutal war sought to divide us but it has achieved the opposite. Our ties are stronger than ever. We are not only bound by defence interests but by our common values. And this is how we will proceed. United, in supporting Ukraine and in defending Europe.
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Today, that façade remains firmly in place. But we will not fall for it, we know who is the aggressor and who is the victim in this war.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today, that façade remains firmly in place. But we will not fall for it, we know who is the aggressor and who is the victim in this war.
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As Ukraine engages in genuine diplomatic efforts for peace, Russia repeatedly deceives and stalls for time. Mocking diplomacy and increasing strikes while pretending to seek peace.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As Ukraine engages in genuine diplomatic efforts for peace, Russia repeatedly deceives and stalls for time. Mocking diplomacy and increasing strikes while pretending to seek peace.
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Fancy that. There is always a quote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview
Defense secretary’s comments recirculating amid dispute over US strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fancy that. There is always a quote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was about to unleash a tirade of snark against this until I saw the author was rehearsing the claim for Gen X starting in 1961, the year of Douglas Coupland's birth. Now I am stroking my chin and thoughtfully nodding in agreement. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was about to unleash a tirade of snark against this until I saw the author was rehearsing the claim for Gen X starting in 1961, the year of Douglas Coupland's birth. Now I am stroking my chin and thoughtfully nodding in agreement. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Me on the difference between negative and positive peace and deal making in the light of a recent award that appears staggeringly ignorant of any of the above, and which ... ummm ... events have swiftly overtaken. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump appears not to know the difference between making a deal and making peace
US president’s efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waver
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Me on the difference between negative and positive peace and deal making in the light of a recent award that appears staggeringly ignorant of any of the above, and which ... ummm ... events have swiftly overtaken. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WTAF
NEW: Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WTAF
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Farm bankruptcies are up 60% in the first year of Trump's new term, compared to the last year of Biden's term.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Farm bankruptcies are up 60% in the first year of Trump's new term, compared to the last year of Biden's term.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
You fuck US agriculture with tariffs then shell out 12 billion to keep farmers on side. Moronomics writ large
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You fuck US agriculture with tariffs then shell out 12 billion to keep farmers on side. Moronomics writ large
Gah.
No 10 declines to comment on White House claim Europe facing 'civilisational erasure' due to migration, speech laws and EU - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gah.
We met the pianist Anne Lovett at a party yesterday and then listened to her album the Eleventh Hour this morning. Really fabulous music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8h2...
Anne Lovett The Eleventh Hour Teaser
YouTube video by Anne Lovett
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December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We met the pianist Anne Lovett at a party yesterday and then listened to her album the Eleventh Hour this morning. Really fabulous music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8h2...
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"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
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For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the DSA Observatory.
www.techpolicy.press
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
AFP: "EU dismisses ’completely crazy statements’ after Musk attack: spokeswoman."
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
AFP: "EU dismisses ’completely crazy statements’ after Musk attack: spokeswoman."
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'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
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www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...