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Did UK play a ‘key role’? Steve Witkoff says ‘yes’. Mike Huckabee ‘no’ | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

@financialtimes.com #India newsletter editor made an excellent point about #Indian government's involvement in #Tata's boardroom battle: "It is not the home minister’s job to tell business organisations how they should manage their operations and governance". #US biz & #Trump?

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Steve Witkoff is a bigger beast in Trump-verse than Mike Huckabee. Mr Witkoff is the US president’s envoy for everything; Mr Huckabee is merely envoy to Israel. www.rashmee.com/uk-key-role-...

One of the ugliest sights in the world is to watch a seemingly meaningless fight. The big beast pummels the little guy, repeatedly slamming a rolled-up fist into their throat. Then the big beast gets ...

Did UK play a ‘key role’? Steve Witkoff says ‘yes’. Mike Huckabee ‘no’ | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Did UK play a ‘key role’? Steve Witkoff says ‘yes’. Mike Huckabee ‘no’ www.rashmee.com/uk-key-role-...

One of the ugliest sights in the world is to watch a seemingly meaningless fight. The big beast pummels the little guy, repeatedly slamming a rolled-up fist into their throat. Then the big beast gets ...

Why Local Journalism Matters

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to having you discuss the travails – and pleasures – of doing #local #journalism, @edjennings.bsky.social . Real world stories from #Kent at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social. Roll up, roll up. All who are interested are very welcome
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to speaking at this tomorrow!

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Why local #journalism matters. Join @bbcnews.bsky.social Jason Gibbins, Social Spider's @davidfloydnews.bsky.social & @localauthority.news's @edjennings.bsky.social .bsky.social at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social . Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to speaking at this tomorrow!

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Why local #journalism matters. Join @bbcnews.bsky.social Jason Gibbins, Social Spider's @davidfloydnews.bsky.social & @localauthority.news's @edjennings.bsky.social .bsky.social at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social . Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Real world lessons from and for local journalism

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Why local #journalism matters. Join @bbcnews.bsky.social Jason Gibbins, Social Spider's @davidfloydnews.bsky.social & @localauthority.news's @edjennings.bsky.social .bsky.social at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social . Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Why Local Journalism Matters

Real world lessons from and for local journalism

www.gold.ac.uk

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Spot on @kyla.bsky.social: “A student leaving college for factory work — the very jobs that disappeared in the First Rust Belt, now somehow seeming more reliable than a degree.” open.substack.com/pub/theargum...

What happens to college towns after peak 18-year-old?

As the supply of young people dries up, towns built around America’s higher education system will learn what happens when the students stop coming

SOMETHING GIVEN: REFLECTIONS ON WRITING

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

He writes: “Life in the country you have left may move on, but life in the diaspora is often held in a strange suspension, as if the act of moving has provided too much disturbance as it is”.

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Hanif Kureishi on why an earlier generation of South Asians in Britain didn’t “pursue the notoriously badly paid and indulgent profession of ‘artist’.”
open.substack.com/pub/hanifkur...

An essay on writing - and answers to your questions at the bottom.

Trump’s nominations for the Peace Prize often have an ig-noble trigger | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

#peace #Nobel #thisweekthosebooks
thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/trump-mino...

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

#Peace is hard…as Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel found. #thisweekthosebooks thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/trump-mino...

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

“‘…[the Nobel Peace Prize] is the ‘Lay Down Your Arms Prize’, its most distinctive content…can be summed up in one word: disarmament’.” #thisweekthosebooks via @medium.com
medium.com/this-week-th...

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

#thisweekthosebooks #nobel #peace

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

Is the Nobel #Peace Prize political, as the #Trump White House complained? Of course. And it has an ethical aim that goes beyond ‘firstism’. #thisweekthosebooks has two great reads on 124 years of the world’s most prestigious award. thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/trump-mino...

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

#thisweekthosebooks #nobel #peace #trump

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 3d

Per @occrp.org : Good news for the world’s dictators – the EU's new anti-money laundering rules don’t take effect until 2027 & non-EU Switzerland is outside their reach. So nearly a third of all aircraft tracked by the Dictator Alert project visited aircraft outfitters near Basel in a 3-year period

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 3d

Per @occrp.org: A standard passenger jet belonging to #Turkmenistan's state airline was transformed into a gleaming sky palace featuring gold-plated fixtures & traditional Turkmen carpeting for the ruling Berdimuhamedov family. It was refurbished by a luxury #American aircraft outfitter.

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

Israel’s PM posted doctored image of Trump receiving Nobel Peace Prize. Ukraine's Zelenskyy said he’d nominate him if he got Russia war to ceasefire. Taiwan’s president said 'same' if he works for HIS country. Trump reduced to status of performing monkey? www.rashmee.com/trumps-nomin...

Much of the world has understood how to flatter Donald Trump…or how to get his goat. Nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least declare him the most worthy candidate. Or don’t nominate him and ...

Trump’s nominations for the Peace Prize often have an ig-noble trigger | Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s nominations for the Peace Prize often have an ig-noble trigger www.rashmee.com/trumps-nomin...

Much of the world has understood how to flatter Donald Trump…or how to get his goat. Nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least declare him the most worthy candidate. Or don’t nominate him and ...

Donald Trump has adopted a noble cause | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the #Nobel #Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause.
He has brought hope and happiness to millions.
In #Gaza. In #Israel. In the region. In the world.
www.rashmee.com/donald-trump...

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause. He has brought hope and happiness to mi...

Donald Trump has adopted a noble cause | Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

Donald #Trump has adopted a noble cause: peace www.rashmee.com/donald-trump...

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause. He has brought hope and happiness to mi...

Relentless instability is destroying France’s center.

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

Good analysis @henriastier.bsky.social for Persuasion of what ails #France & #Macron: “French presidents wield outsize powers that leave them exposed as lightning rods for all discontent…The collapse of Macronisme reveals the tragedy of France’s imperial presidency” open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

The End of Macronisme

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 5d

@thenewworldmag.bsky.social ed @sanglesey.bsky.social on how "abrasive Kemi’s charm offensive ended up being just offensive": Tory MPs invited to lunch in Kemi's Westminster office were offered shop-bought sandwiches while their sandwich-hating leader “had something hot brought in” for herself! Geez