Jon Lansdell
@jonlansdell.bsky.social
Technical writer, trainer, developer. Cricket, tech, Ukraine, politics.
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Ok grandpa let’s take you to the hague
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ok grandpa let’s take you to the hague
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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⚡️Russia has 'no say' over whether Ukraine can join NATO, Rutte says.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Nov. 26 that Ukraine's accession to the alliance depends on unanimous agreement among member states — not on Russian demands.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Nov. 26 that Ukraine's accession to the alliance depends on unanimous agreement among member states — not on Russian demands.
Russia has 'no say' over whether Ukraine can join NATO, Rutte says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Nov. 26 that Ukraine's accession to the alliance depends on unanimous agreement among member states — not on Russian demands.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
⚡️Russia has 'no say' over whether Ukraine can join NATO, Rutte says.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Nov. 26 that Ukraine's accession to the alliance depends on unanimous agreement among member states — not on Russian demands.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Nov. 26 that Ukraine's accession to the alliance depends on unanimous agreement among member states — not on Russian demands.
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www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n... What a bunch of c*nts. "As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook"
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n... What a bunch of c*nts. "As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook"
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Ukraine has shown zero gratitude? You just wrote down what Putin told you Donnie. They're supposed to be grateful for that? 🤦♂️
Ukraine has shown zero gratitude? You just wrote down what Putin told you Donnie. They're supposed to be grateful for that? 🤦♂️
Ukraine war latest: Trump says Ukraine leaders have shown 'zero gratitude' - as Europe counters US-Russia peace plan
Donald Trump has criticised Ukraine's leadership, claiming it has shown "zero gratitude". It comes after the US leader said his peace plan was not his final offer. Meanwhile, US, Ukrainian and Western...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Ukraine has shown zero gratitude? You just wrote down what Putin told you Donnie. They're supposed to be grateful for that? 🤦♂️
Ukraine has shown zero gratitude? You just wrote down what Putin told you Donnie. They're supposed to be grateful for that? 🤦♂️
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Senator Wicker 🇺🇸🇺🇦
This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to war criminal Putin.
The size and disposition of Ukraine’s armed forces is a sovereign choice for its government and people.
This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to war criminal Putin.
The size and disposition of Ukraine’s armed forces is a sovereign choice for its government and people.
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Senator Wicker 🇺🇸🇺🇦
This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to war criminal Putin.
The size and disposition of Ukraine’s armed forces is a sovereign choice for its government and people.
This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to war criminal Putin.
The size and disposition of Ukraine’s armed forces is a sovereign choice for its government and people.
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Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
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President Zelensky is currently holding a call with France’s Macron, Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer, the Ukrainian president’s office tells me. They are working to develop counter points to the Trump peace proposal that is very pro-Russian & filled with demands that are red lines for Kyiv & Europe.
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
President Zelensky is currently holding a call with France’s Macron, Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer, the Ukrainian president’s office tells me. They are working to develop counter points to the Trump peace proposal that is very pro-Russian & filled with demands that are red lines for Kyiv & Europe.
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The biggest killer of Christians since Hitler and he has the nerve to call Ukraine a ‘criminal state.’
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The biggest killer of Christians since Hitler and he has the nerve to call Ukraine a ‘criminal state.’
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President Zelenskyy will talk about the 28-pt surrender/peace plan "in the coming days"
A carefully worded statement was published by the President's office.
N.B. It's 254 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump's demand for a ceasefire. Trump's weakness is shown by Putin refusing.
A carefully worded statement was published by the President's office.
N.B. It's 254 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump's demand for a ceasefire. Trump's weakness is shown by Putin refusing.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
President Zelenskyy will talk about the 28-pt surrender/peace plan "in the coming days"
A carefully worded statement was published by the President's office.
N.B. It's 254 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump's demand for a ceasefire. Trump's weakness is shown by Putin refusing.
A carefully worded statement was published by the President's office.
N.B. It's 254 days since Ukraine agreed to Trump's demand for a ceasefire. Trump's weakness is shown by Putin refusing.
"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI" www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI" www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Reuters reports Europeans are pushing back hard against the US backed plan that would force Ukraine to give up more land and accept limits on its military. France says peace cannot mean capitulation, while Poland insists the victim cannot be restricted from defending itself.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reuters reports Europeans are pushing back hard against the US backed plan that would force Ukraine to give up more land and accept limits on its military. France says peace cannot mean capitulation, while Poland insists the victim cannot be restricted from defending itself.
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Russians murdered this entire family this morning in Ternopil.
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Russians murdered this entire family this morning in Ternopil.
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This video is reportedly from Ternopil. A little girl is injured and terrified by the Russian attack.
My heart breaks for Ukrainian kids and their suffering. I'm a dad myself. It's very hard to see what nightmares Russia makes of Ukrainian childhoods.
My heart breaks for Ukrainian kids and their suffering. I'm a dad myself. It's very hard to see what nightmares Russia makes of Ukrainian childhoods.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This video is reportedly from Ternopil. A little girl is injured and terrified by the Russian attack.
My heart breaks for Ukrainian kids and their suffering. I'm a dad myself. It's very hard to see what nightmares Russia makes of Ukrainian childhoods.
My heart breaks for Ukrainian kids and their suffering. I'm a dad myself. It's very hard to see what nightmares Russia makes of Ukrainian childhoods.
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Vile fascist-Russia propagandist Graham Phillips, a UK citizen, under investigation for war crimes. Hopefully he can be captured and face trial. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3736357...
Pro-Putin traitor becomes first Brit to face Ukraine war crime charges
AN ex-civil servant who backs tyrant Vladimir Putin has become the first Brit to face war crimes charges over the Ukraine conflict. Kremlin mouthpiece Graham Phillips, 46, is being probed by the Me…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Vile fascist-Russia propagandist Graham Phillips, a UK citizen, under investigation for war crimes. Hopefully he can be captured and face trial. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3736357...
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Russia attacked #Kharkiv last night. 32 people injured, two of them children.
Supermarkets, vehicles, other infrastructure damaged.
Russia continues making Kharkiv's life pure hell under the pretext of "liberation" or whatever their excuse for terror is.
Supermarkets, vehicles, other infrastructure damaged.
Russia continues making Kharkiv's life pure hell under the pretext of "liberation" or whatever their excuse for terror is.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Russia attacked #Kharkiv last night. 32 people injured, two of them children.
Supermarkets, vehicles, other infrastructure damaged.
Russia continues making Kharkiv's life pure hell under the pretext of "liberation" or whatever their excuse for terror is.
Supermarkets, vehicles, other infrastructure damaged.
Russia continues making Kharkiv's life pure hell under the pretext of "liberation" or whatever their excuse for terror is.
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“The Chinese embassy said that allegations it is spying on the UK by having agents pose as HR recruiters is "pure fabrication" and "malicious slander"”- that confirms it then.
“The Chinese embassy said that allegations it is spying on the UK by having agents pose as HR recruiters is "pure fabrication" and "malicious slander"”- that confirms it then.
Politics latest: China responds to MI5's 'headhunter' spy alert to MPs
Security minister Dan Jarvis has told MPs the government will not tolerate "covert and calculated" attempts by China to interfere with the UK's sovereign affairs, following an MI5 warning over an espi...
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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“The Chinese embassy said that allegations it is spying on the UK by having agents pose as HR recruiters is "pure fabrication" and "malicious slander"”- that confirms it then.
“The Chinese embassy said that allegations it is spying on the UK by having agents pose as HR recruiters is "pure fabrication" and "malicious slander"”- that confirms it then.
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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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Nataliia Khodemchuk, 73, died from burns in a Russian strike on Kyiv. Her husband, Valerii, was the first to die at Chornobyl in 1986. His body remains under Reactor 4
She fled Prypiat & lived in Kyiv in a building for Chornobyl liquidators
She survived Chornobyl. Russia killed her
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She fled Prypiat & lived in Kyiv in a building for Chornobyl liquidators
She survived Chornobyl. Russia killed her
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November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Nataliia Khodemchuk, 73, died from burns in a Russian strike on Kyiv. Her husband, Valerii, was the first to die at Chornobyl in 1986. His body remains under Reactor 4
She fled Prypiat & lived in Kyiv in a building for Chornobyl liquidators
She survived Chornobyl. Russia killed her
📷 UrbanNasledie
She fled Prypiat & lived in Kyiv in a building for Chornobyl liquidators
She survived Chornobyl. Russia killed her
📷 UrbanNasledie
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The real issue isn’t immigration, it’s the feedback loop: platforms amplify anxiety → voters feel it → politicians chase it → hollow policy follows. Until we break that cycle, we won’t get functional decisions or functional democracy.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The real issue isn’t immigration, it’s the feedback loop: platforms amplify anxiety → voters feel it → politicians chase it → hollow policy follows. Until we break that cycle, we won’t get functional decisions or functional democracy.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It was a very difficult night for #Kyiv
The sounds on the video you can hear were filmed by Vlada, who is 9 months pregnant. Imagine going through your pregnancy with sounds like these?
📹🖊libkos
The sounds on the video you can hear were filmed by Vlada, who is 9 months pregnant. Imagine going through your pregnancy with sounds like these?
📹🖊libkos
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It was a very difficult night for #Kyiv
The sounds on the video you can hear were filmed by Vlada, who is 9 months pregnant. Imagine going through your pregnancy with sounds like these?
📹🖊libkos
The sounds on the video you can hear were filmed by Vlada, who is 9 months pregnant. Imagine going through your pregnancy with sounds like these?
📹🖊libkos
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One more video from Kyiv, still recovering from a dreadful night.
Russia is the terrorist - but the west still lets this happen.
#StopRUSSIA
Russia is the terrorist - but the west still lets this happen.
#StopRUSSIA
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
One more video from Kyiv, still recovering from a dreadful night.
Russia is the terrorist - but the west still lets this happen.
#StopRUSSIA
Russia is the terrorist - but the west still lets this happen.
#StopRUSSIA