@susannahtarbush.bsky.social
Long-time journalist & reviewer for various - mainly M East-related - publications
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The state of corruption in America’s first family set out in detail by this comprehensive article in @guardian by @tomburgis bit.ly/3KvAmn6 this is the corruption the Rutger Bergman referred to in the sentence in his first Reith Lecture, now deleted “for legal reasons”
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
tonight on BBC Radio 4 at 7.15pm 'Currently, Four Months in Gaza'. The audio diary of aid worker Hanya Aljamal www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, Four Months in Gaza
A raw and intimate perspective on the terror, anger, and hope of living through war.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
tonight on BBC Radio 4 at 7.15pm 'Currently, Four Months in Gaza'. The audio diary of aid worker Hanya Aljamal www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u... President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u... President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.
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He’s gonna start a war with Venezuela because killing things and people is the only way a weak man can feel strong.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
He’s gonna start a war with Venezuela because killing things and people is the only way a weak man can feel strong.
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Stop Trump from making Venezuela his Ukraine.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Stop Trump from making Venezuela his Ukraine.
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
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I didn’t vote for war against Venezuela. How about you? 😡
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I didn’t vote for war against Venezuela. How about you? 😡
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Woah.
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 9:57 AM
Woah.
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Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Today’s the feast day of St Cecilia patron saint of music.. here self portrait as St Cecilia by Artemisia Gentileschi Spada gallery Rome.
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Today’s the feast day of St Cecilia patron saint of music.. here self portrait as St Cecilia by Artemisia Gentileschi Spada gallery Rome.
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Much as I value the FT and don't want to be one of those punctuation obsessives, I wish it (and others) would desist from turning the Chancellor into a plural possessive. She is one individual, so it should be Reeves's gambit, not Reeves' gambit. I mean, no wonder the country's going to the dogs...
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Much as I value the FT and don't want to be one of those punctuation obsessives, I wish it (and others) would desist from turning the Chancellor into a plural possessive. She is one individual, so it should be Reeves's gambit, not Reeves' gambit. I mean, no wonder the country's going to the dogs...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis.
Will our political leaders and media elite ever be honest about the need for people from abroad?
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Will our political leaders and media elite ever be honest about the need for people from abroad?
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis.
Will our political leaders and media elite ever be honest about the need for people from abroad?
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Will our political leaders and media elite ever be honest about the need for people from abroad?
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Mahmood is right to acknowledge the ugliness in communities. She's wrong to try to oppose it by adopting policies those who swear at her will only push further.
Stand back, and make your "open, tolerant and generous place" the starting point. Then, only then, can your policies be tough.
#R4Today
Stand back, and make your "open, tolerant and generous place" the starting point. Then, only then, can your policies be tough.
#R4Today
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Mahmood is right to acknowledge the ugliness in communities. She's wrong to try to oppose it by adopting policies those who swear at her will only push further.
Stand back, and make your "open, tolerant and generous place" the starting point. Then, only then, can your policies be tough.
#R4Today
Stand back, and make your "open, tolerant and generous place" the starting point. Then, only then, can your policies be tough.
#R4Today
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To quote Tony Benn
"The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows how they would treat the rest of us if they could get away with it"
#R4Today
"The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows how they would treat the rest of us if they could get away with it"
#R4Today
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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#r4today Does Shabana Mahmood think saying “we are a generous ppl” will somehow make the proposed immigration changes any more palatable?
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#r4today Does Shabana Mahmood think saying “we are a generous ppl” will somehow make the proposed immigration changes any more palatable?
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
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Powerful truth telling from Sir John Major @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social on Brexit ⬇️, populism, global conflict & Gaza
Full lecture a #mustwatch when YouTube is released, meanwhile @implausibleblog.bsky.social has key moments ⬇️
#JohnMajor #r4today #NigelFarage #Gaza #BrexitHasFailed #BrexitReality
Full lecture a #mustwatch when YouTube is released, meanwhile @implausibleblog.bsky.social has key moments ⬇️
#JohnMajor #r4today #NigelFarage #Gaza #BrexitHasFailed #BrexitReality
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Powerful truth telling from Sir John Major @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social on Brexit ⬇️, populism, global conflict & Gaza
Full lecture a #mustwatch when YouTube is released, meanwhile @implausibleblog.bsky.social has key moments ⬇️
#JohnMajor #r4today #NigelFarage #Gaza #BrexitHasFailed #BrexitReality
Full lecture a #mustwatch when YouTube is released, meanwhile @implausibleblog.bsky.social has key moments ⬇️
#JohnMajor #r4today #NigelFarage #Gaza #BrexitHasFailed #BrexitReality
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Any news of the "Hero of Huntingdon knife attack"?
He seems to have been airbrushed from BBC news, like the old Indian man in Leicester.
But some images of crime are shown almost daily.
#r4today
He seems to have been airbrushed from BBC news, like the old Indian man in Leicester.
But some images of crime are shown almost daily.
#r4today
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Any news of the "Hero of Huntingdon knife attack"?
He seems to have been airbrushed from BBC news, like the old Indian man in Leicester.
But some images of crime are shown almost daily.
#r4today
He seems to have been airbrushed from BBC news, like the old Indian man in Leicester.
But some images of crime are shown almost daily.
#r4today
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