Paul Clarke
@clarkeeeeee.bsky.social
Father of two amazing boys. Husband.
Labour member. Pro-EU.
Other interests generally include whatever my kids tell me to like.
Labour member. Pro-EU.
Other interests generally include whatever my kids tell me to like.
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Is this your guy on RT?
January 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Is this your guy on RT?
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Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
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Zack Polanski acting all high and mighty, over Trump is extremely irritating. Everyone, including Keir Starmer, knows and has known for a long time that Trump is a complete madman, but unlike Polanski, Starmer is the PM, his words and actions have consequences for millions. Polanski's do not.
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Zack Polanski acting all high and mighty, over Trump is extremely irritating. Everyone, including Keir Starmer, knows and has known for a long time that Trump is a complete madman, but unlike Polanski, Starmer is the PM, his words and actions have consequences for millions. Polanski's do not.
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Farage picked his side a long time ago … and it isn’t the UK.
That journos are slow to this realisation is really quite worrying.
We’ve been screaming it for years.
That journos are slow to this realisation is really quite worrying.
We’ve been screaming it for years.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Farage picked his side a long time ago … and it isn’t the UK.
That journos are slow to this realisation is really quite worrying.
We’ve been screaming it for years.
That journos are slow to this realisation is really quite worrying.
We’ve been screaming it for years.
Project this, fuckface!
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Project this, fuckface!
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
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Meloni's reaction to Trump's announcement in conversation with journalists during a trip to South Korea (source: La Stampa):
"The announcement of an increase in tariffs on countries that have sent troops to Greenland is a mistake, and I don't agree with it".
"The announcement of an increase in tariffs on countries that have sent troops to Greenland is a mistake, and I don't agree with it".
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Meloni's reaction to Trump's announcement in conversation with journalists during a trip to South Korea (source: La Stampa):
"The announcement of an increase in tariffs on countries that have sent troops to Greenland is a mistake, and I don't agree with it".
"The announcement of an increase in tariffs on countries that have sent troops to Greenland is a mistake, and I don't agree with it".
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Logically, nothing can grow if it does not exist.
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Logically, nothing can grow if it does not exist.
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The joint statement just published by European leaders reads like something they would say to Russia about Ukraine: "we stand ready to engage in a dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that we stand firmly behind." www.government.se/statements/2...
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The joint statement just published by European leaders reads like something they would say to Russia about Ukraine: "we stand ready to engage in a dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that we stand firmly behind." www.government.se/statements/2...
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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Bloody hell. After disarming Ukraine’s air defences so Putin could strike its critical infrastructure, it now looks like Trump’s administration is feeding intelligence to Russia on Ukraine’s forces
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Bloody hell. After disarming Ukraine’s air defences so Putin could strike its critical infrastructure, it now looks like Trump’s administration is feeding intelligence to Russia on Ukraine’s forces
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If I were a military superpower concerned my geostrategic adversaries might seize Greenland, I think what I'd do is enter into a military alliance with Denmark, and build a base on the island, so there would be no way for an enemy to take the place without starting a war with me they can't win.
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
If I were a military superpower concerned my geostrategic adversaries might seize Greenland, I think what I'd do is enter into a military alliance with Denmark, and build a base on the island, so there would be no way for an enemy to take the place without starting a war with me they can't win.
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New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, leading Democrat on Foreign Relations, currently in Denmark on cross-party mission, on Trump’s threat to Europe: “My first thought was, Vladimir Putin wrote that.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, leading Democrat on Foreign Relations, currently in Denmark on cross-party mission, on Trump’s threat to Europe: “My first thought was, Vladimir Putin wrote that.”
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A compilation of 47's trophies 😏
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January 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
A compilation of 47's trophies 😏
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Having not watched #BBCLauraK in years, what a mess!
Nandy(?!) discusses Transatlantic crisis.
Tice smarms his way through a lightweight "interview".
Kay Burley, because...erm...reasons?
Mike Johnson interview - why?
Jeremy Hunt was normal for 47 seconds.
Why does this format still exist?
Nandy(?!) discusses Transatlantic crisis.
Tice smarms his way through a lightweight "interview".
Kay Burley, because...erm...reasons?
Mike Johnson interview - why?
Jeremy Hunt was normal for 47 seconds.
Why does this format still exist?
January 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Having not watched #BBCLauraK in years, what a mess!
Nandy(?!) discusses Transatlantic crisis.
Tice smarms his way through a lightweight "interview".
Kay Burley, because...erm...reasons?
Mike Johnson interview - why?
Jeremy Hunt was normal for 47 seconds.
Why does this format still exist?
Nandy(?!) discusses Transatlantic crisis.
Tice smarms his way through a lightweight "interview".
Kay Burley, because...erm...reasons?
Mike Johnson interview - why?
Jeremy Hunt was normal for 47 seconds.
Why does this format still exist?
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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Jake Lang - far-right influencer and pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist - promised to burn Qurans to provoke anti-ICE protestors.
Instead, we watched him get peppered with silly string and chased out of town.
Join @maitlis.bsky.social from the streets of Minneapolis as tensions run high...
Instead, we watched him get peppered with silly string and chased out of town.
Join @maitlis.bsky.social from the streets of Minneapolis as tensions run high...
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Jake Lang - far-right influencer and pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist - promised to burn Qurans to provoke anti-ICE protestors.
Instead, we watched him get peppered with silly string and chased out of town.
Join @maitlis.bsky.social from the streets of Minneapolis as tensions run high...
Instead, we watched him get peppered with silly string and chased out of town.
Join @maitlis.bsky.social from the streets of Minneapolis as tensions run high...
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Leaders of centrist Renew and Socialist & Democrat groups also pledging to block Trump's tariff deal with the EU.
After previously kiboshing China's CAI over sanctions on MEPs, EP extending to Washington the same red line it once drew for Beijing.
After previously kiboshing China's CAI over sanctions on MEPs, EP extending to Washington the same red line it once drew for Beijing.
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Leaders of centrist Renew and Socialist & Democrat groups also pledging to block Trump's tariff deal with the EU.
After previously kiboshing China's CAI over sanctions on MEPs, EP extending to Washington the same red line it once drew for Beijing.
After previously kiboshing China's CAI over sanctions on MEPs, EP extending to Washington the same red line it once drew for Beijing.
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“They’re starting to resist more. We’re gonna end up shooting some of them.” — leaked ICE footage
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“They’re starting to resist more. We’re gonna end up shooting some of them.” — leaked ICE footage
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Because of IEEPA and other Acts, tariffs are one of the toys Trump can most easily throw out of the pram during a tantrum.
This means he will be tempted to reach for them each and every tantrum regardless of any past pinky promises to the contrary you and he exchanged.
This means he will be tempted to reach for them each and every tantrum regardless of any past pinky promises to the contrary you and he exchanged.
January 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Because of IEEPA and other Acts, tariffs are one of the toys Trump can most easily throw out of the pram during a tantrum.
This means he will be tempted to reach for them each and every tantrum regardless of any past pinky promises to the contrary you and he exchanged.
This means he will be tempted to reach for them each and every tantrum regardless of any past pinky promises to the contrary you and he exchanged.
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Maybe the supreme court will take those toys away from him.
In a sensible polity, the SC would limit his "emergency" power to personally set tariffs to, well, emergencies.
Rather than the current situation, where he uses tariffs to create emergencies.
Emergency legislation the wrong way around.
In a sensible polity, the SC would limit his "emergency" power to personally set tariffs to, well, emergencies.
Rather than the current situation, where he uses tariffs to create emergencies.
Emergency legislation the wrong way around.
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Maybe the supreme court will take those toys away from him.
In a sensible polity, the SC would limit his "emergency" power to personally set tariffs to, well, emergencies.
Rather than the current situation, where he uses tariffs to create emergencies.
Emergency legislation the wrong way around.
In a sensible polity, the SC would limit his "emergency" power to personally set tariffs to, well, emergencies.
Rather than the current situation, where he uses tariffs to create emergencies.
Emergency legislation the wrong way around.
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It’s not just that he’s a dictator. It’s that he’s a dictator who would look out of his depth running a small, banana-based economy.
I mean, aside from everything else, isn’t Army-Navy generally a mediocre game of football?
January 18, 2026 at 7:13 AM
It’s not just that he’s a dictator. It’s that he’s a dictator who would look out of his depth running a small, banana-based economy.
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Imagine waking up and seeing everything that Trump and Putin are doing to the world and thinking to yourself "I'll spend the day attacking Keir Starmer on social media, that should sort it".
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Imagine waking up and seeing everything that Trump and Putin are doing to the world and thinking to yourself "I'll spend the day attacking Keir Starmer on social media, that should sort it".
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I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.
January 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.