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Feargal Cochrane
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Professor (Emeritus) University of Kent. Also Prof at University of Warwick. Have taught & written about political conflict & peacebuilding for last 30 years. Still learning. Living in Peak District England but FROM Belfast in NI. Politics nerd .. more

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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 16h
Interesting report from BBC Newsnight on Gavin Williamson’s comms with BJ. Have to say that I find the sentence structure, syntax and punctuation of the former Education Secretary extremely poor. He would struggle to get a 4 in GCSE on this evidence never mind the A Level now demanded for migrants!
E mail from Gavin Williamson to Boris Johnson shown on BBC Newsnight released during Covid Inquiry
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 1d
Israeli ‘hostages’ ….Palestinian ‘detainees’.
Framing narratives of legitimacy never takes a day off.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Gaza ceasefire live: Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and detainee releases as key truce issues remain
Gaza ceasefire live: Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and detainee releases as key truce issues remain
Thorny questions such as whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza are still to be answered, highlighting fragility of truce
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Gaza ceasefire live: Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and detainee releases as key truce issues remain
Gaza ceasefire live: Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and detainee releases as key truce issues remain
Thorny questions such as whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza are still to be answered, highlighting fragility of truce
www.theguardian.com
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 2d
Delighted for those released today & for their families & friends. But the notion that the war is over is ludicrous as none of the underpinning issues that drove it have been addressed. The region is further away from a viable peace process than after the Oslo Accord in 1993 -& it wasn’t close then.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d
Trump arrives in Israel to lavish reception after declaring ‘war is over’ in Gaza
Trump arrives in Israel to lavish reception after declaring ‘war is over’ in Gaza
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d
Trump arrives in Israel to lavish reception after declaring ‘war is over’ in Gaza
Trump arrives in Israel to lavish reception after declaring ‘war is over’ in Gaza
www.independent.co.uk
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 2d
The UK is finally getting what it wanted. Queuing!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d
BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah thanks a bunch 🤣 one vote gained 1000s lost.
Meanwhile Irish icon Christy Moore endorses Catherine Connolly. 🙃
Not sure the HH campaign has legs.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 3d
Heather Humphreys has thanked Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin for saying he would vote for her after his own candidate's unceremonious exit from the race
www.thejournal.ie/humphreys-mi...
Humphreys thanks Micheál Martin for saying he plans to vote for her
‘I need all the votes I can get, there’s no question about that,’ Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys said.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 3d
Heather Humphreys has thanked Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin for saying he would vote for her after his own candidate's unceremonious exit from the race
www.thejournal.ie/humphreys-mi...
Humphreys thanks Micheál Martin for saying he plans to vote for her
‘I need all the votes I can get, there’s no question about that,’ Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys said.
www.thejournal.ie
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 4d
Outstanding work 👏 🐸
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d
PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 4d
File this under elite trolling 😂😂😂
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d
PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 5d
Not the first time that comments about a post seem better informed than the actual article itself.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp
Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp
A leading Democrat, backed by substantial funding, should enter the 2028 presidential race right now
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp
Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp
A leading Democrat, backed by substantial funding, should enter the 2028 presidential race right now
www.theguardian.com
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
Venezuela opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 5d
There is political space to be moved into on the left -given Labour’s lurch to the right. ZP and the GP seem well equipped for that journey,
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 5d
I have to say, it’s great to see Reform being called out for exactly what they are and what they do by Zak Polanski on #questiontime
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 5d
I have to say, it’s great to see Reform being called out for exactly what they are and what they do by Zak Polanski on #questiontime
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 7d
As pertinent today as it was in 1954 -perhaps even more so… and not just in the US either. Great to see this clip again 🙏💪
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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 7d
March 1954: Edward R. Murrow's most powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast - the one that took down Joe McCarthy. It is Murrow's most famous & most inspiring, 2-min speech
#SpeakingTheTruthToPower
@alansmitheedga.bsky.social @im-just-sayin.bsky.social @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
Murrow on McCarthy, no fear, 1954
YouTube video by pmw8000
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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 7d
March 1954: Edward R. Murrow's most powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast - the one that took down Joe McCarthy. It is Murrow's most famous & most inspiring, 2-min speech
#SpeakingTheTruthToPower
@alansmitheedga.bsky.social @im-just-sayin.bsky.social @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social
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Murrow on McCarthy, no fear, 1954
YouTube video by pmw8000
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 8d
Great story and sure the Nobel committee can wait till he’s back in range …and realises it’s not a scam!Also funny because the Orange manbaby is probably waiting by his phone desperate for his call from Norway!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to the functioning of the immune system. Continue reading...
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 8d
The plan was always to make the US implode onto itself, (that’s one reason he appointed deluded maniacs like RFK to his gov), declare a state of emergency and use legal powers such as the insurrection act to enhance his own power, suspend the constitution, & begin again.
He’s only getting started.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues
Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues
The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a glance Donald Trump threatened to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities, as his attempts to mobilise the military faced legal challenges. The president openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a National Guard deployment in Portland. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues
Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues
The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a glance Donald Trump threatened to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities, as his attempts to mobilise the military faced legal challenges. The president openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a National Guard deployment in Portland. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to the functioning of the immune system. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 8d
Gary Gibbon nailed it on tonight’s @channel4news.bsky.social
‘Is he the Messiah or a very naughty boy?’
If Jenrick is the answer you’ve not understood the question.
Quite something to see how badly the Tories have imploded. Now unelectable & not even able to fill a room with their own supporters.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 9d
They’re never not at it -always looking for cunning plans to undermine the GFA -they know full well that the ECHR and GFA are inextricably linked. But it suits them to forget that in pursuit of populist English nationalism.
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 9d
Chris Philp on R4 yesterday making 3 false statements about the ECHR and the GFA.
1. “The ECHR is mentioned only in the Multi-Party Agreement not the UK/Ireland Agreement.”. Wrong: the latter agreement requires the UK to support the former: they can’t be pulled apart like that.
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 9d
Summary here by @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social of the so far unpublished but apparently “circulating” “legal advice” by Lord Wolfson to the Tory party. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 9d
Chris Philp on R4 yesterday making 3 false statements about the ECHR and the GFA.
1. “The ECHR is mentioned only in the Multi-Party Agreement not the UK/Ireland Agreement.”. Wrong: the latter agreement requires the UK to support the former: they can’t be pulled apart like that.
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 9d
Summary here by @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social of the so far unpublished but apparently “circulating” “legal advice” by Lord Wolfson to the Tory party. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...
How UK could leave ECHR
Withdrawal would allow EU to end criminal law enforcement co-operation
open.substack.com
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 9d
My memory might be playing tricks on me but I don’t remember previous contests being quite such a shit show? With the obvs exception of Brian Lenihan snr, circa 1990.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9d
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect"
Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect".
www.rte.ie
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9d
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect"
Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect".
www.rte.ie
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