Andrew Connelly
@connellyandrew.bsky.social
Writer. Broadcaster. Shouter into the abyss.
Presenter of Fortress Europe: tracking the EU’s violent borders
https://open.spotify.com/show/3uh4hHdjFLxRoTPfznlyNd?si=Ibzf0gvRSPOKuFII3b2wxA
Presenter of Fortress Europe: tracking the EU’s violent borders
https://open.spotify.com/show/3uh4hHdjFLxRoTPfznlyNd?si=Ibzf0gvRSPOKuFII3b2wxA
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Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border
Refugees and migrants have to navigate terrain laden with leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance on Bosnia's border with Croatia.
inkstickmedia.com
With @ahnidzara.bsky.social and Maryam Ashrafi, I explored minefields, memory, and migration in Bosnia for @inkstickmedia.com inkstickmedia.com/mines-memory...
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I agree with this, but I think if the BBC were better led, it would make fewer culpable errors and it would both directly and indirectly be better placed to fight the real and concerted campaign against it.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I agree with this, but I think if the BBC were better led, it would make fewer culpable errors and it would both directly and indirectly be better placed to fight the real and concerted campaign against it.
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
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October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
This is a very thorough and fair demolition of Zarah Sultana’s poor understanding or sympathy for a country currently resisting genocidal invasion.
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a very thorough and fair demolition of Zarah Sultana’s poor understanding or sympathy for a country currently resisting genocidal invasion.
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
Another border control PR piece by the Times’ immigration enforcement stenographer. Not one mention of well-documented and longstanding violence by Bulgarian authorities against asylum seekers.
At the ‘gateway to Europe’ 1,600 miles from Calais, police — and a British-trained sniffer dog — are seizing rubber dinghies used by people smugglers ⬇️
On the Bulgarian border, where fight to stop Channel boats begins
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Another border control PR piece by the Times’ immigration enforcement stenographer. Not one mention of well-documented and longstanding violence by Bulgarian authorities against asylum seekers.
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The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
The Home Secretary is very cross! And she wants Sun readers to know about it!
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Home Secretary is very cross! And she wants Sun readers to know about it!
Westminster hacks who neither know nor care about geopolitics should not cover international summits.
Starmer failed to take decisive step to smash the gangs at leaders summit - as small boat crossings exceed 2024
Starmer failed to take decisive step to smash the gangs at leaders summit - as small boat crossings exceed 2024
There were some wins for the UK at the Western Balkans Summit at Lancaster House in central London today.
news.sky.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Westminster hacks who neither know nor care about geopolitics should not cover international summits.
“Cultural coherence”
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Cultural coherence”
Labour takes 24 hours to respond to neo-BNP proposals from the Tories and then issues a statement so bland and garbled that the reader is left wondering whether they oppose them or not.
Labour spokesman
“The Tories want to retrospectively change the rules to deport people who have been in this country and contributed to our society for decades. They would separate British children from their parents and expel doctors and nurses who have been serving patients in the NHS for years."
“The Tories want to retrospectively change the rules to deport people who have been in this country and contributed to our society for decades. They would separate British children from their parents and expel doctors and nurses who have been serving patients in the NHS for years."
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Labour takes 24 hours to respond to neo-BNP proposals from the Tories and then issues a statement so bland and garbled that the reader is left wondering whether they oppose them or not.
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WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.
The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
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The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
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US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer.
apnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.
The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
apnews.com/article/vene...
The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
apnews.com/article/vene...
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Russian president then delivered a rambling historical discursion spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky.Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out
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How Vladimir Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine
Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other
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October 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Russian president then delivered a rambling historical discursion spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky.Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out
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Being a useful idiot for the Assad regime should rule out being a candidate for Ireland’s President.
Catherine Connolly met militia leader behind war crimes against Palestinians in Syria, photos show
Catherine Connolly met militia leader behind war crimes against Palestinians in Syria, photos show
Group accuses presidential candidate of ‘misleading’ statements over meeting ‘Palestinians’ on 2018 trip
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October 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Being a useful idiot for the Assad regime should rule out being a candidate for Ireland’s President.
Smuggling networks thrive with the connivance of compromised border officers. If the UK was remotely serious about this issue they would ramp up investment in civil society and independent media that can tackle and expose corruption.
Border security officers sent to Balkans to disrupt people-smuggling networks
Border security officers sent to Balkans to disrupt people-smuggling networks
British team sent to develop new ways of working with Frontex, the EU’s border agency
British border security officers have been deployed to the Balkans for the first time in an effort to disrupt the networks smuggling migrants into the UK.
Officers have been sent to develop new ways of working with Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to track down and arrest people-smugglers operating along key routes into western Europe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Smuggling networks thrive with the connivance of compromised border officers. If the UK was remotely serious about this issue they would ramp up investment in civil society and independent media that can tackle and expose corruption.
Welcome to the UK. Your professional qualifications mean nothing. Recite the Wife of Bath's Tale or get out.
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
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October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Welcome to the UK. Your professional qualifications mean nothing. Recite the Wife of Bath's Tale or get out.
It receives little media attention these days but the Libyan militiamen that the EU funds and trains are shooting migrants indiscriminately. One man arrived in Italy yesterday with a bullet in his head. mediterranearescue.org/en/news/dopo...
After Libyan gunfire, 140 people disembark in Pozzallo: one person is critically injured, two others seriously wounded
mediterranearescue.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It receives little media attention these days but the Libyan militiamen that the EU funds and trains are shooting migrants indiscriminately. One man arrived in Italy yesterday with a bullet in his head. mediterranearescue.org/en/news/dopo...
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Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.
They should reply that they do the fucking news.
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They should reply that they do the fucking news.
Ninety thousand pounds a year to post gifs of planes taking off and send ‘go home’ texts to international students. Nice work if you can get it!
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Ninety thousand pounds a year to post gifs of planes taking off and send ‘go home’ texts to international students. Nice work if you can get it!
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Lines in the sand drawn by the British government - famously incontestable.
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lines in the sand drawn by the British government - famously incontestable.
No Brit should be saying ‘antifa’ anyway but at least pronounce it properly: ‘aunty-fah’.
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
No Brit should be saying ‘antifa’ anyway but at least pronounce it properly: ‘aunty-fah’.
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WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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Gov. JB Pritzker advises Chicagoans to knows their rights and to film everything after President Trump deployed the Federal Guard to the city.
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Gov. JB Pritzker advises Chicagoans to knows their rights and to film everything after President Trump deployed the Federal Guard to the city.