David Turnbull
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Support has grown among Republicans for the idea of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine since March
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Support has grown among Republicans for the idea of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine since March
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This episode of MORE JAM TOMORROW is a game of two halves. We look at what the British were doing in Malaya after WW2, and then explore why Singapore has such a positive memory of its British colonisers.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/malaya
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/malaya
Malaya
In 1948 Britain declared an Emergency in Malaya It wasn't really an emergency. It was a guerrilla war. And Britain would spend 12 years trying to drive...
morejamtomorrow.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This episode of MORE JAM TOMORROW is a game of two halves. We look at what the British were doing in Malaya after WW2, and then explore why Singapore has such a positive memory of its British colonisers.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/malaya
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/malaya
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new knives out is the best of the bunch imo
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
new knives out is the best of the bunch imo
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We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
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God I'm gutted to hear about Tom Stoppard. He was such an immense figure, a titan of ideas.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
God I'm gutted to hear about Tom Stoppard. He was such an immense figure, a titan of ideas.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Thing to remember abt Melania's exciting new venture into movie production is Amazon, Apple are now heavy into movie/tv production. As r the networks and their parents who are ALL tightly bounded into the regulatory framework that Trump has used to extract settlements. Melania's beak will get v wet.
Wow good for her. She must have a special talent for producing movies we didn’t know about. www.tmz.com/2025/11/29/m...
Melania Trump Announces Launch of New Film Production Company
Melania Trump has launched her own production company, Muse Films, which will soon release her first movie project -- a documentary titled "Melania."
www.tmz.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thing to remember abt Melania's exciting new venture into movie production is Amazon, Apple are now heavy into movie/tv production. As r the networks and their parents who are ALL tightly bounded into the regulatory framework that Trump has used to extract settlements. Melania's beak will get v wet.
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Once more I remind people that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda and the Italians seem to survive and even thrive there.
Monty Don's reputation is indestructible (and long may that continue). On a close reading, nowhere is it specified what the invented threat to Rousham Gardens comprises. Even 'Country Life' says the bomber base is 2km away and there's an attractive village in between. It's all a bit Hackney Marshes
'One of the truly great gardens of the world' is at risk of having its vistas and tranquility blighted forever
The views from Rousham, the birthplace of the English landscape-garden movement, are at risk of development if plans for the nearby former RAF Upper Heyford Air Force base get the go-ahead.
www.countrylife.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Once more I remind people that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda and the Italians seem to survive and even thrive there.
Waiting in the barber’s for my turn. The Albanian barber and the German customer in the chair are having a full and frank exchange of views on how to promote cultural integration in the UK.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Waiting in the barber’s for my turn. The Albanian barber and the German customer in the chair are having a full and frank exchange of views on how to promote cultural integration in the UK.
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Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
mmmmmmmmmmk
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The "guy making a case about low taxes" was in fact Karl Williams of the Centre for Policy Studies - author of the fictional/fabricated and now withdrawn "£234 billion" cost number cited by Katie Lam and Reform.
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
And again I wonder why a super expert like Portes is not on BBC4 today instead of a guy making a case about low taxes
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The "guy making a case about low taxes" was in fact Karl Williams of the Centre for Policy Studies - author of the fictional/fabricated and now withdrawn "£234 billion" cost number cited by Katie Lam and Reform.
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I suspect net migration figures are like inflation figures: a claim about rates of change that people hear as a claim about levels.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I suspect net migration figures are like inflation figures: a claim about rates of change that people hear as a claim about levels.
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He can complain about politicized prosecutions all he wants, but the convictions keep being upheld on exhaustive appeals. He talked about racaille in the banlieue, but his presidency was basically an organized racketeering scheme.
France's top court upholds Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012
France’s top court has upheld ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
He can complain about politicized prosecutions all he wants, but the convictions keep being upheld on exhaustive appeals. He talked about racaille in the banlieue, but his presidency was basically an organized racketeering scheme.
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Have you seen Prisoner 951 yet? You should. But don't binge it – it's too good for that.
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
Prisoner 951 is another drama that shames Britain
The fictionalised version of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s torment in Iran is damning for the state, and for Boris Johnson
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Have you seen Prisoner 951 yet? You should. But don't binge it – it's too good for that.
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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It's simply never too late to quit X www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's simply never too late to quit X www.reuters.com/business/med...
Impeccable
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
BOSTON—Prematurely assuming he had reached the end of the 1977 rock masterpiece, local man Peter Verran, who thought Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” was over, was reportedly in for the thrill of his fucki...
theonion.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Impeccable
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Are you an immigrant and want to understand our crazy society better? Then listen to MORE JAM TOMORROW!
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Are you an immigrant and want to understand our crazy society better? Then listen to MORE JAM TOMORROW!
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"Russia is an undefeatable juggernaut against which Ukraine could never hope to score victories. That's why it's imperative we limit Ukraine's military size so as to give Russia confidence Ukraine won't attack it."
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Russia is an undefeatable juggernaut against which Ukraine could never hope to score victories. That's why it's imperative we limit Ukraine's military size so as to give Russia confidence Ukraine won't attack it."
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
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When will Elon pay the tariffs on all his imported tweets?
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When will Elon pay the tariffs on all his imported tweets?
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Danny-Kruger effect (nominative determinism undefeated)
So many laughable assumptions in this opening sentence that I honestly don't know where to start. 🤦
"What I struggle to understand, I say to Danny Kruger in his office at Reform UK HQ, is why a serious Conservative, with a glittering future like yours, would defect to a party led by Nigel Farage?
"What I struggle to understand, I say to Danny Kruger in his office at Reform UK HQ, is why a serious Conservative, with a glittering future like yours, would defect to a party led by Nigel Farage?
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Danny-Kruger effect (nominative determinism undefeated)