Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialAndy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"their hydronyms" 😂 Textbook bathos from @mark-carney.bsky.social 1216842
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"“When we’re serious, we don’t say the opposite of what we said the day before every day, and maybe one shouldn’t speak every day” Macron on Trump 000
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This country, man. 😵💫 35317
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialAxel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Horen jullie het ook eens van iemand anders, van @mathijsbouman.nl in het @fd.nl namelijk: Juist de groene gekkies hadden gelijk. “We hadden veel sneller moeten elektrificeren, met zon, wind, waterstof en batterijen, precies zoals zij zeiden. Dan was Nederland nu minder kwetsbaar geweest.” 21597233
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/01/2026Protests continued in Minneapolis after federal agents on Saturday fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old man who was the second person to be killed in the city during demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Follow live updates. trib.al/NIyNYZi 871090284
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialReinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 26/01/2026Why are our institutions still on a platform that creates nudes of women, produces child pornography? What’s next- broadcasting our plenary speeches on Pornhub?ec.europa.euPress cornerHighlights, press releases and speeches 1168
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialTimothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caRead Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC NewsRead the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 415441
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20/01/2026Dutch far-right firebrand Geert Wilders has suffered an unprecedented setback after seven of his parliamentarians rebelled against his one-man party rule.politico.eu‘Black day’ for Geert Wilders after historic mutiny within his own party7 MPs quit Wilders’ party, meaning it is no longer the largest opposition force in the Netherlands. 129226
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialJoshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Incredible 2114
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/01/2026If ANYONE in any other job would send such text messages, EVERYONE would agree that this person is incompetent and insane. But when it is the president of the United States, the establishment sanewashes him... day in, day out. 08924
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Het is natuurlijk goed nieuws als 7 kamerleden de PVV de rug toe zwaaien en een kansloze splinter beginnen maar er moet een einde komen aan de eindeloze reeks van kamerleden die zetels roven. Geen van deze 7 is op eigen kracht gekozen. De kiezer heeft op de PVV gestemd. Geef je zetel op en vertrek. 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 20/01/2026"What happens to an 80-year-old diplomatic alliance when its leading power threatens a military invasion of one member, wages economic war on the others and vows to cultivate political and cultural resistance to their governments?" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...nytimes.comTrump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance Onto a Precipice 010
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/01/2026As a European in the U.S., you don't even get those first hours... 020028
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Not SNL, a message from the PRESIDENT of the USA. The man is insane. 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 18/01/2026After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...nytimes.comAfter Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out 000
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 18/01/2026According to Alastair Campbell, what should European leaders say to Trump about his Greenland quest? “Do one, Donny.” 1618342
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialJoshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Worth reading. EU member states are preparing once again to meet Trump’s agressive provocations with unilateral concessions. I think the politicians involved underestimate how much ordinary European voters have had enough of this weakness dressed up as pragmatism: www.politico.eu/article/hit-...politico.euHit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensionsSenior politicians want the EU to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States over Trump’s Greenland claims. Capitals aren’t so sure. 1288
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialMyrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Dieu merci pour Macron. 310322
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...nytimes.comTrump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Finally some strong words from EU leaders. 000
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty 580395438671
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 07/12/2025@movinggallery.bsky.social artist @leoniebos.bsky.social in the New York Times. 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025@robjetten.bsky.social zou Yesilgöz niet mogen belonen voor haar drammerige uitsluiten van @gl-pvda. @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl heeft alle recht een D66-CDA-VVD minderheidskabinet niet aan een meerderheid te helpen. Yesilgõz's strategie is self-defeating. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...volkskrant.nlYesilgöz zou deemoedig het hoofd moeten buigen, maar doet alsof ze de koningin van Seba is 020
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialAxel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Op de titelpagina van @trouw.nl staat wat hét verkiezingsthema zou moeten zijn: de desastreuze gevolgen van de doordenderende klimaatramp verergeren in steeds rapper tempo en de eerste kantelpunt lijkt bereikt: het afsterven van de koraalriffen lijkt nu onomkeerbaar. 1114588
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2025President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...youtube.comFrench President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVEYouTube video by WION 22676672674
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialTom van der Lee @tomvanderlee.bsky.social · 30/09/2025“Links wordt niet radicaler, maar rechts wel.”, blijkt uit het Kieskompas. Via @trouw 25612
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 25/09/2025"In deze omgekeerde wereld is Frans Timmermans steevast een linkse extremist en zijn siegheilende massa's alleen maar boze hooligans". Tommy Wieringa in de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...volkskrant.nlWilders is handig genoeg om niet direct zelf met geweld te worden geassocieerd 041
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Zonder enige lering te trekken uit het rampzalige VVD-PVV kabinet zetten Yeşilgöz en Brekelmans de @VVD op ramkoers met GL-PvdA met de illusie dat dat stemmen trekt. Er moet een stabiel kabinet van middenpartijen komen. Niet met de PVV, niet met GL-PvdA: Waarom niet meteen voor de oppositie gekozen? 010
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2025The leaders of China, Russia and India, the three largest powers not aligned with the West, smiled and laughed like good friends as they greeted each other at a summit on Monday. nyti.ms/4lN0Z3n 70220101
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Trump actions drive India into the arms of the anti-West. 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 01/09/2025If you want a nuanced, fact-based, human and honest analysis of the Israel-Hamas war and the state of the Israeli democracy read this piece by Fania Oz-Salzberger. 032
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 18/08/2025If the choice at the next election is Corbyn vs Farage - who are Rory & Alastair choosing? 8255
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 14/08/2025"White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions". The Trump administration censorship gets stronger. One expects to read about this kind of censorship in China, Russia, Hungary or Turkey. Under Trump the US democracy is hollowed out and replaced by a modern form of autocracy. 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 14/08/2025White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...nytimes.comWhite House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions 000
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Maybe Trump should cede Alaska to Poetin. Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Suggestion That Ukraine Swap Territory With Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/w...nytimes.comZelensky Rejects Trump’s Suggestion That Ukraine Swap Territory With Russia 000
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialVPRO Zomergasten @vprozomergasten.bsky.social · 04/08/2025'Als Joodse journalist heb je de plicht om Israël te bekritiseren.' Schrijver en journalist @simonkuper.bsky.social verzet zich tegen het idee onder Joden dat zij altijd het slachtoffer zijn. ‘We kunnen ook de dader zijn.’ Kijk ‘VPRO Zomergasten’ op NPO Start npo.nl/start/serie/... 46916
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/07/2025In @nytopinion.nytimes.com: “Netanyahu still insists on ‘total victory’ over Hamas, which he will never achieve, and the Hamas leadership still insists on surviving this war in order to still control Gaza the morning after, which it does not deserve,” @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes.nytimes.comOpinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in GazaThis is the first Israeli-Palestinian war where the worst leaders on both sides are calling all the shots. 4016864
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Europe blinked. You never blink if you face a bully. You simply hit back until he stops bullying you. 010
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Corporate America no longer has a backbone. Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...nytimes.comParamount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit 021
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/06/2025More than 100,000 people marched in Hungary’s annual Pride parade in Budapest on Saturday after Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ban on the event backfired, turning what is usually a low-key parade into a mass rally against his government. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w... 642811596
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Gelukkig durfden Laurens Dassen en Femke Halsema wél. 021
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Bill Clinton, "Under Netanyahu, the Israelis have no intention of giving the Palestinians a state" "Netanyahu has long wanted to fight Iran because that way he can stay in office for ever and ever. He's been there for 20 years" 22858339
Reposted by @marlebone.bsky.socialFrans Weisglas @fweisglas.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Tijdens rechtszaak over t ( bewezen)lek in de ( met een sisser afgelopen)zaak Arib zijn in verklaringen bij Rijksrecherche van oud Voorzitter Bergkamp en oudgriffier Roos gebeurtenissen onthuld die de Kamer verder moet onderzoeken.Dat niet doen is slechtvoor aanzien Kamer 2467
marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...nytimes.comAmsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the HolocaustThe city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday. 000
