Rosemary Watt
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🥰 Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante, Orchestra of the 18thC + Frans Brüggen 🎶🎼 🥰
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In Breakfast on bbcradio3 a little tribute to Angela Lansbury who would have been 100 today. Felix Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, the legendary pianist Maurizio Pollini playing Chopin and bask in the brilliance of Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole. 6.30-9.30
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This is a very long thread... but I continue to see European politicians (EU and UK) failing to understand the changes in the world before 2025 thus not noticing that political turbulence has so far had very little actual impact on trade, and that their "solutions" aren't...
New - Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory

I got to write about one of my favourite Chinese sci-fi novels. Europe, realising it can’t fix systemic chaos, is instead trying to shift its own orbit.
Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory
Some are sceptical the EU’s talk of ‘economic security’ can translate into action, but there are early signs that may be changing.
www.scmp.com
NEW! This week, on SMR Rejoin Radio, we ask "Has Nasty Nigel finally met his NEMESIS in Zack Polanski?" Well, has he?

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NEW! This week, on SMR Rejoin Radio, we ask "Has Nasty Nigel finally met his NEMESIS in Zack Polanski?" Well, has he?

Listen FREE whenever EU like! Please help! Subscribe TODAY for just £5 a month and help us grow! 👉 Link's in bio/graphic!
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I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting
The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget
www.independent.co.uk
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Secretary of Defense picks a public battle which he loses straight away.

Somebody throw him a copy of Art of War.
It looks like every media company in American that covers the Pentagon except OAN is refusing to sign Hegseth’s ultimatum.
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👏 Really welcome to see these coordinated UK-US sanctions aimed at taking down a crypto investment scam in South East Asia, targeting BVI companies which invested in UK property including a £12m mansion in North London, a £100m office building in the City of London, and 17 flats around London.
UK and US take joint action to disrupt major online fraud network
Alongside the US Government, the UK has today sanctioned a network that operates illegal scam centres across Southeast Asia.
www.gov.uk
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The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, don't forget that she called Osama bin Laden a freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela a terrorist, General Pinochet a friend. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
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Back in A&E (kidney problems this time).

A woman turned to me earlier and said - out of nowhere - "are you afraid of getting old"?

I'm in a Beckett play.
Yes! Thank you 🥰 Haydn's C Major Cello Concerto 1st mvt, with Steven Isserlis & The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Now for the 2nd mvt, please? ❤️
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Loving all the mushrooms at the moment. This is a Lawyer's Wig 😂 Breakfast on BBCRadio3 started with a sprout in the dawn chorus, a Sprosser, or a Thrush Nightingale. Here with you till 9.30. Happy Tuesday!
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Claims he's just a regular journalist doing his journalising on behalf of the silent millions... checks out for me..
Tommy Robinson
stopped at border driving
Bentley with thousands in
cash'
Far-Right activist insulted police
officers after being arrested for
refusing to give them pin to his
phone, court hears
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The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division
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Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
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⚡️Ukraine, Netherlands sign memorandum on joint drone production.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans to finalize the agreement, describing drone production as "one of the most promising areas of our bilateral cooperation."
Ukraine, Netherlands sign memorandum on joint drone production
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans to finalize the agreement, describing drone production as "one of the most promising areas of our bilateral cooperation."
kyivindependent.com