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France modifies its FDI frigate to use Camm and Camm-ER missiles
Excellent news at it allows the frigate to house 4 times as may missiles
With current versions having 16 or 32 missiles for Aster 15 and 30, this would significantly increase its capabilities
Excellent news at it allows the frigate to house 4 times as may missiles
With current versions having 16 or 32 missiles for Aster 15 and 30, this would significantly increase its capabilities
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
France modifies its FDI frigate to use Camm and Camm-ER missiles
Excellent news at it allows the frigate to house 4 times as may missiles
With current versions having 16 or 32 missiles for Aster 15 and 30, this would significantly increase its capabilities
Excellent news at it allows the frigate to house 4 times as may missiles
With current versions having 16 or 32 missiles for Aster 15 and 30, this would significantly increase its capabilities
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Not often I agree with Gabriel Zucman, but he is right the "euro-sclerosis" thing is overdone. Europe has a long-term productivity issue it needs to handle, yes. It also has an industrial-heartlands/China problem. But the idea it is getting vastly poorer than the US is economically illiterate.
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Not often I agree with Gabriel Zucman, but he is right the "euro-sclerosis" thing is overdone. Europe has a long-term productivity issue it needs to handle, yes. It also has an industrial-heartlands/China problem. But the idea it is getting vastly poorer than the US is economically illiterate.
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Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."
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Napoleon absolutely loves his. To the point where it's one of his "safe spaces" when he's not well.
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Napoleon absolutely loves his. To the point where it's one of his "safe spaces" when he's not well.
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jesus christ russia. Czechoslovakia was landlocked. Czechoslovakia did not exist yet. this is in a lake. In Russia
January 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
jesus christ russia. Czechoslovakia was landlocked. Czechoslovakia did not exist yet. this is in a lake. In Russia
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NYT: President Trump’s agenda for second term remains ambiguous
Trump: I WANT TO BE A DICTATOR
NYT: it’s such a riddle
Trump: I WANT TO BE A DICTATOR
NYT: it’s such a riddle
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NYT: President Trump’s agenda for second term remains ambiguous
Trump: I WANT TO BE A DICTATOR
NYT: it’s such a riddle
Trump: I WANT TO BE A DICTATOR
NYT: it’s such a riddle
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it's been said that the ideological foundation of the LPC is "winning elections".
both cynical and accurate...but Gerry Butts had a point when he said "you can't change anything if you don't win".
both cynical and accurate...but Gerry Butts had a point when he said "you can't change anything if you don't win".
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
it's been said that the ideological foundation of the LPC is "winning elections".
both cynical and accurate...but Gerry Butts had a point when he said "you can't change anything if you don't win".
both cynical and accurate...but Gerry Butts had a point when he said "you can't change anything if you don't win".
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It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
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OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
Congrats to Specialist Journalism winners @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin of Democracy for Sale #BJA2025
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
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Left: Nigel Farage saying he won't wear a mask as flu cases soar in a flu current flu outbreak overwhelming hospitals and GP practices
Right: That time Nigel Farage chose to wear a mask, and also chose to get a covid vaccine
Right: That time Nigel Farage chose to wear a mask, and also chose to get a covid vaccine
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Left: Nigel Farage saying he won't wear a mask as flu cases soar in a flu current flu outbreak overwhelming hospitals and GP practices
Right: That time Nigel Farage chose to wear a mask, and also chose to get a covid vaccine
Right: That time Nigel Farage chose to wear a mask, and also chose to get a covid vaccine
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Liberal Currents is a publication you should get to know. Its mission is to revive liberalism as a fighting faith after a long, loooong, period of complacency. @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com is the publisher. He's undertaking a big fundraising push. I interview him here.
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Liberal Currents is a publication you should get to know. Its mission is to revive liberalism as a fighting faith after a long, loooong, period of complacency. @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com is the publisher. He's undertaking a big fundraising push. I interview him here.
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Via Press Gazette: Press abuse victims including the McCanns, Caroline Flack’s mother and Crimewatch’s Jacqui Hames have written to the PM asking for a meeting over standards reforms 13 years after the publication of the Leveson Report. (Hacked Off)
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Via Press Gazette: Press abuse victims including the McCanns, Caroline Flack’s mother and Crimewatch’s Jacqui Hames have written to the PM asking for a meeting over standards reforms 13 years after the publication of the Leveson Report. (Hacked Off)
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This is not the end of the transatlantic relationship. It‘s the end of the transatlantic relationship as we know it - and this distinction is crucial. My thoughts for WPR.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-nss-us...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-nss-us...
The Trans-Atlantic Partnership as We Knew It Is Over
The National Security Strategy makes it clear that the Trump administration no longer views Europe’s current leaders as partners.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is not the end of the transatlantic relationship. It‘s the end of the transatlantic relationship as we know it - and this distinction is crucial. My thoughts for WPR.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-nss-us...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-nss-us...
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Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
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So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
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Britain cannot rely on the US any more.
Which means we need to be strategically independent. The only way this happens is to start from scratch.
Trade needs to be oriented to Europe.
We need to scoop up all the brilliant scientists being driven out of America.
Which means we need to be strategically independent. The only way this happens is to start from scratch.
Trade needs to be oriented to Europe.
We need to scoop up all the brilliant scientists being driven out of America.
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Britain cannot rely on the US any more.
Which means we need to be strategically independent. The only way this happens is to start from scratch.
Trade needs to be oriented to Europe.
We need to scoop up all the brilliant scientists being driven out of America.
Which means we need to be strategically independent. The only way this happens is to start from scratch.
Trade needs to be oriented to Europe.
We need to scoop up all the brilliant scientists being driven out of America.
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I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
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This should be a wake up call to Keir Starmer. Trump is not a reliable ally.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This should be a wake up call to Keir Starmer. Trump is not a reliable ally.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
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I am extremely proud of the whole team for bringing this project to fruition in under a year. Our young people deserve stable homes in the Borough. #childrenincare #Windsor #RBWM
🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
Creating a haven home for children
Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements.
www.local.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am extremely proud of the whole team for bringing this project to fruition in under a year. Our young people deserve stable homes in the Borough. #childrenincare #Windsor #RBWM
🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
Creating a haven home for children
Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements.
www.local.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
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"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
Sovereignty For Me, None For Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
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Starmer urged to let Labour MPs back vote on joining EU customs union – UK politics live
Starmer urged to let Labour MPs back vote on joining EU customs union – UK politics live
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says backbenchers should be allowed to support party’s 10-minute rule bill
Badenoch accuses Labour of making it harder for people to employ people with its taxes on business.
She says Labour is defending its proposals on the grounds that it will cut poverty. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Starmer urged to let Labour MPs back vote on joining EU customs union – UK politics live