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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 17h
France’s far right goes woke. Or is it neoliberal? - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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France’s far right goes woke. Or is it neoliberal?
Marine Le Pen gives a cognitive dissonance-inducing economic speech
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 18h
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
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What’s the Matter With France?
Is Europe’s #2 economy too big to save?
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 18h
substack.com/@berniesande...
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Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders)
This is oligarchy: If you paid $1 in income taxes in 2019, 2020 or 2023, you paid more than Larry Page & Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founders, who became $400 billion richer since 2019. Now, Brin is sp...
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 19h
Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £11bn – almost twice the advertised price taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/10/08/c...
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Tory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised price
Our modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BBC News - Children killed while they slept as Russian missile kills 19 in block of flats www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Children killed while they slept as Russian missile kills 19 in block of flats
Five children are among the victims of a strike that destroyed 30 flats in northern Ukraine as families slept.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Plainly, Trump does not care about the mid-terms
Whatever the outcome of the vote on November 3rd, Donald Trump has made it clear he expects to carry on doing what he loves best: making money, behaving like a gangster and ignoring Congress
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
'Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence': The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted Jason Arday – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/10/06/e...
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'Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence': The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted Jason Arday
Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of Gaza
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
unlockdemocracy.substack.com/p/why-electo...
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Why Electoral Reform could be the most consequential decision from Andy Burnham
A National Commission on Electoral Reform is a massive step towards change and we look forward to engaging with it.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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עומדים ביחד - نقف معًا | שלום, שוויון, צדק חברתי
עומדים ביחד - אנחנו מתארגנים, בונים כוח, ובונים תנועה שתוביל את המאבק למען שלום, שוויון וצדק חברתי. نقف معًا - نحن نتنظم، نبني القوة، ونبني حراكًا ليقود النضال من أجل السلام، المساواة والعدالة الاجتما...
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns
Labour MP Graeme Downie’s research highlights lack of consistent framework for measuring economic impact of Moscow-backed hybrid warfare
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Midweek Update #30: Trump Has Lost His Political Touch
The US Pulls Back Its Bombers: More Winning, Obviously; Hegseth’s Frightening Speech
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump In South America chadbourn.substack.com/p/trump-in-s...
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Trump In South America
The Far Right shift is almost complete
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Here’s How to Save American Democracy from the Oligarchs
A guest post by oligarchy and kleptocracy expert Casey Michel
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
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The route back into the EU
Back in 2022 I wrote about the long-term prospects for undoing Brexit and made two predictions.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
tinabrown.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Trump and the AI Antichrists
The doom that Trump is now facing in the midterms is the result of getting exactly everything he wanted: A cabinet and a Congress of fawning enablers.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Worth re-reading: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Yuval Noah Harari: Only generosity can secure peace between Israelis and Palestinians
Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of violence is to be broken
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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GB News seems to have become Reform TV—and Ofcom hasn’t stopped it
Whether they are charged with keeping our news impartial, our water clean or our elections fair, Britain’s regulators are dozing
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/a-biting-c...
margaretsullivan.substack.com
A biting critique of the New York Times that may change what you read
Plus: Something for which I’ll forever be grateful to Joe Biden
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Burnham could learn a thing or two from Thatcher - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Burnham could learn a thing or two from Thatcher
Centralising power may feel like speeding things up but the rest of government actually slows down, waiting for decisions
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
nixons.substack.com/p/europe-reu...
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Europe Reunited?
How Britain rejoins, France’s bond scare, why the worst of Trump is yet to come, beware looming capital wars, and has Burnham lost his marbles?
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia Declares War on Europe alexzfinley.substack.com/p/russia-dec...
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Russia Declares War on Europe
Europe strongly condemns it, but doesn’t do much else
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
nickcohen.substack.com/p/why-the-gr...
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Why the Greens won’t fight the Muslim right
Learning to love Islamo-fascism
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Operation Vivaldi: the four seasons
Surprise, deception, and operation security - lessons from Ukrainian success
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”
Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
BBC News - Russia hits second major bridge in Ukraine's capital Kyiv www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Russia hits second major bridge in Ukraine's capital Kyiv
The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Zack Polanski and the shadow of antisemitism
The Jew will get the blame
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
resolutionfoundation.substack.com/p/why-nobody...
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Why nobody knows how much we’ll save from the triple lock announcement
Ruth Curtice and Parth Pandya consider the uncountable savings from the PM’s new policy
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amid rising diesel prices, Republicans turn against Trump for first time on handling inflation open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Amid rising diesel prices, Republicans turn against Trump for first time on handling inflation
In our September poll, 52% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents disapprove of Trump's handling of prices. That could be dragging down Republican Senate candidates in red states
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
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Écrits antisémites de Bardella : la démonstration en vidéo
Des échanges sur la messagerie Messenger, des mails et de nombreux entretiens avec des témoins des premières années en politique de Jordan Bardella : « Mediapart » explique dans une vidéo de 9 minute…
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What about Brentry, Brentrance, Bre-ingress?
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years
Exclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘If you’ve got £1 million or £2 million to spend on political advertising, forget it,…. If you’ve got £8 million, you can make people believe anything you want.’ I wrote about Britain’s broken political finance system for the latest @lrb.co.uk
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How will the Telegraph cope with its German owners? alanrusbridger.substack.com/p/how-will-t...
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How will the Telegraph cope with its German owners?
The Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner has courted controversy for his views—will he be able to resist interfering in British politics?
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.wsj.com/opinion/jami...
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Opinion | Jamie Dimon: A Plan for the Western World’s Revival
A U.S. trade pact with Europe could encompass friendly democracies and revive the old alliance.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A Globalist Comeback?
Hints of a business break with MAGA
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)
The foreign funded Farage Brexit con has been a disaster
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lend your support to entrepreneurs in low-income countries through @lendwithcare.bsky.social Make your first loan for free with this link! lendwithcare.org/referral/LUA...
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Microfinance from CARE International UK
CARE International's microfinance lending initiative
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WDR Zeitzeichen Podcast: www.podcastrepublic.net/podcast/2068... Subscribe to this podcast: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au... ---- Sent from Podcast Republic 26.9.22R play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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WDR Zeitzeichen
Der tägliche Podcast über Geschichte von der Antike bis heute, über Europa und die Welt, über die Geschichte der Menschheit: 15 Minuten zu historischen Persönlichkeiten und Erfindungen. Von George Was...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family sues US government over her killing in Minneapolis
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Renee Good's family sues US government over her killing in Minneapolis
The 37-year-old woman was killed by an immigration official during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis in January.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ideas of Israel. Episode: shows.acast.com/ecfr/episode... . Media: sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65b... .
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The ideas of Israel | Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
Mark Leonard welcomes Beth Oppenheim, Ariel David and Neri Zilber to discuss the battle of ideas for Israel’s future and what it means for Europe
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
mediapart.fr
Écrits antisémites de Jordan Bardella : les preuves du mensonge
« Propos délirants », « dinguerie », « faux grossiers »… Depuis nos révélations sur ses écrits antisémites, Jordan Bardella, soutenu par Marine Le Pen et le Rassemblement national, a violemment mis e…
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/divide-and...
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Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe
And Why It Could Work
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Atzoma | לא שותקים
Atzoma on לא שותקים. המרחב הדיגיטלי להפגין.
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How Europe can stall Russia’s hybrid war - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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How Europe can stall Russia’s hybrid war
Enhancing domestic security, using new technologies and negotiating guardrails could lessen the risk of mass-casualty events
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Accusé en 2024 par l’écrivain et philosophe Bernard-Henri Lévy d’être « certainement antisémite », Jordan Bardella avait déposé plainte pour injure publique. Il s’est discrètement désisté quelques jo… www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
mediapart.fr
Jordan Bardella « certainement antisémite » : le précédent judiciaire qui fragilise le président du RN
Accusé en 2024 par l’écrivain et philosophe Bernard-Henri Lévy d’être « certainement antisémite », Jordan Bardella avait déposé plainte pour injure publique. Il s’est discrètement désisté quelques jo…
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ces dernières années, le camp présidentiel, mais aussi une grande partie du patronat et des médias, ont validé presque sans réserve l’entreprise de dédiabolisation du Rassemblement national, tout en … www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
mediapart.fr
L’affaire Bardella, miroir des égarés de la République
Ces dernières années, le camp présidentiel, mais aussi une grande partie du patronat et des médias, ont validé presque sans réserve l’entreprise de dédiabolisation du Rassemblement national, tout en …
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emilswells.bsky.social @emilswells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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What Britain’s Catholic Prime Minister could learn from St Augustine
Burnham cannot govern indefinitely on a platform of virtue deferred
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