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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
3 state/Senate elections in eastern Germany, panic at AfD topping the poll in rural states - aggregated including Berlin stays true with AfD 30%, SPD 17%, Left 16%, CDU 15%, Green 11%. So the traditional centre coalition partners still on 43% and nationwide (unlike in Yeats) the centre can hold...
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Second that.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
March of far right not unstoppable. Berliners won't vote for them next weekend either. Sweden’s left on course to retake power - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Sweden’s left on course to retake power
Social Democrats poised for rare European victory in blow to far-right
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Israel’s hapless British defenders - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Israel’s hapless British defenders
Many Jews still feel kinship to Israel, but refusing to recognise its failings is not an act of support
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism
The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why is it bad ideas never die? The Ribbentrop - Molotov pact didn't end well for either side and the looming Siegmund (AfD)- Wagenknecht (BSW) pact in Sachsen-Anhalt putting the far right in power supported by the far-left won't either.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Financial markets will think the UK has a deluded man in charge of its money if John Healey speechifies today on how it's all looking up with growth & innovation when the facts are unchanged of Brexit-buggered trade & employment, a double deficit, mismanaged public debt, a weak currency & no plan.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Only 72 years since the last V2 was launched - quite a big rocket by the way, go to see it in the Deutsches Museum in Munich - finally the V3!! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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German startup sends first commercial rocket into space from Europe
Isar Aerospace plans rapid expansion amid race to capitalise on expanding satellite-launch market
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So procuring illegal political donations is 'pub talk' 'Jack the Laddery' which is presumably what Cambridge expects of its HTB Alpha 'born again Christian' theology professors? Or normal trash talk for the suited posh boy Dan Jukes (education obscure)? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/474...
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Farage has a Trumpian plan for power – but can he survive this crisis?
Reform faces more questions – the party and Farage need to answer them
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So will the Police and DPP treat these white thugs who've caused misery and disruption to thousands the same as they have climate change or pro-palestine demonstrators, and charge them with terror offences? Of course not. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What would Socrates have done with the new Dyson toothbrush? - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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What would Socrates have done with the new Dyson toothbrush?
No one needs two and a half million photographs of their back molars
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why Andy Burnham should say: Jackdaw yes, Rosebank no - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Why Andy Burnham should say: Jackdaw yes, Rosebank no
Despite the UK’s best efforts, its energy system will require natural gas for decades to come
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The difficult truth about Jason Arday - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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The difficult truth about Jason Arday
From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The shocking and totally inadequate state of English liability law laid bare: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders £23m more in compensation than to fire victims
Report’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Manchester’s towering ambition shows in its new skyline - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Manchester’s towering ambition shows in its new skyline
The city’s economic confidence draws critics as eyes turn to Burnham’s power base
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
90 years ago Jesse Owens made a mockery of Nazi race theories by winning Gold at Hitler's Olympics. He'd surely be smiling today at a Black German winning the Marathon at the European Athletics www.espn.com/olympics/tra...
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Amanal Petros sets records with men's marathon win at European championships
Amanal Petros won the men's marathon at the European championships by a whopping 7 seconds.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New York is having a summer for the ages - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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New York is having a summer for the ages
No matter the scene — start-ups to restaurants, real estate and even politics — the city has never felt buzzier
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
China bypasses shipping chokepoints with ‘Ice Silk Road’ through Arctic - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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China bypasses shipping chokepoints with ‘Ice Silk Road’ through Arctic
First scheduled container service between Europe and Asia will significantly reduce voyage times
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Stormy Daniels: My mother’s adulation of Trump showed me how Americans really think
People I have known my whole life are willing to look away from the truth
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.
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PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Last Angry Bernie Brother cast adrift 😒 @powerfromspace1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You can do it Clacton! Do it for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #VoteBinface 😁
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If karma exists, then the voters of Aberdeen South, who just elected a Tory MP advocating 'Drill, Baby, Drill!' in the North Sea, are getting it with the instruction to close their doors and windows to keep out smoke from wildfires in the Highlands
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
BBC R4 Today business correspondent hasn't grasped that Thames Water in Administration is very different from Bulb, which needed liquidity to purchase power to supply its customers, but when cash outflows on debt payments cease at Thames, the cash flow from customers covers all operating costs.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Macron is right: Starmer's decency & reliability stood in stark contrast to his five Tory predecessors - BBC News - Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive top French honour www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive top French honour
France's President Emmanuel Macron praised Starmer's "decency" and contribution to Ukraine and the security of Europe.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So if this jewel in the crown of the British Empire can join the Schengen Zone without plague and cosmic disorder breaking out, why not Britain?BBC News - New era for Gibraltar with removal of border controls with Spain - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New era for Gibraltar with removal of border controls with Spain
It is hoped that free movement between the UK territory and Spain will provide an economic boost.
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Dr Argue FT @whatsthepointsk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Why we are more like Europe than the US is clear!
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Burnham should beware uncanny echoes of the 1930s on defence - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Burnham should beware uncanny echoes of the 1930s on defence
The UK’s new plan for military spending does not match up to the risks in an unstable world
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I am never leaving Seattle.
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Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The regulation of the dockless e-bike sector clearly isn't working. @londoncentric.media even uncovered Lime offering a carve out for speed limits to delivery drivers using their product.
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Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I'm delighted this Labour government's Devolution Act gives London the power to properly regulate. It's time these companies started playing by the rules.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How the FSB cut Russia off from the internet - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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How the FSB cut Russia off from the internet
Shutdowns have made one of the world’s most online nations resort to cash, paper maps and pet cams
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Some hard truths. We're doomed: Britain gets the politics it deserves - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Britain gets the politics it deserves
Cakeism, impatience and low-quality public discourse contribute to the UK’s instability
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Smartphones, Mark Zuckerberg's and Elon Musk's products actually account for the looming extinction of humankind... Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once
Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This from a dry conservative German Chancellor: Germany’s Friedrich Merz says he would not want his children to move to US - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz says he would not want his children to move to US
Chancellor wary about the ‘social climate developing there’ as relations with Donald Trump hit new low
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Confirmation Trump's tariffs have mostly just pushed up prices for Americans - The company that defied Trump’s tariff war - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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The company that defied Trump’s tariff war
German nut and bolt maker reports stable demand despite facing one of the largest US levy rises in 2025
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The welcome return of German military might - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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The welcome return of German military might
A defence strategy sets the right direction for dealing with the Russian threat
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Starmer's judgement is no wiser with Morgan Mcsweeny gone - they announce King Charles will visit Trump in Apri just as his psychopath 'War secretary' denigrates the Royal Navy & threatens genocidal bombing of Iran. At least Chamberlain didn't send George VI to Berlin in September 1939!
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
From Vienna’s rooftops, the Kremlin is listening in - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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From Vienna’s rooftops, the Kremlin is listening in
Russia has increased satellite dish activity on buildings it owns in Austrian capital
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Concierge Nation: welcome to white-glove America - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT And that's how Farage and friends would like it in Britain too...
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Concierge Nation: welcome to white-glove America
Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the queue for almost anything
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
#SayItLoudAndClear
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Let’s admit it. Americans are not like us
The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Let’s admit it. Americans are not like us
The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'!f you want to create the conditions for a chaotic and unpredictable reordering of our party system, “the governing party is in office during a sharp price shock that the opposition loudly supported the causes of” feels like a pretty good way to do that.' 👏 @stephenkb.bsky.social
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UK should not back a war that boosts Vladimir Putin
Rising energy prices inadvertently strengthen Russia and weaken incumbent European governments
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The underreported story of the night was the Baden-Wurttemberg state election. In Mercedes-Benz land, the AfD failed a breakthrough - picked up 9% from FDP implosion. CDU up a bit, Greens down a bit at 30% but moderate CDU-Green coalition wins solidly again.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m... Right wing they may be, but Die Welt and Bild Zeitung have always been fiercely pro-EU and anti-Russian...unlike today's Tory-Trump- Farrago
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German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams
The European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
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Italy v England: Six Nations 2026 – as it happened
Italy beat England for the first time with a late try as Steve Borthwick’s men reach a new low in Rome.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Senior Reform UK figures attend launch of How to Launder Money book
Co-author George Cottrell is close aide to party leader Nigel Farage and served several months in US prison
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A really sad story and a reminder that if he'd been a Canadian, a Briton, a German or French among others, a system of healthcare solidarity would have looked after him www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why did former teen superstar James Van Der Beek need help to pay his medical bills?
A fundraiser was setup to help the actor's family after expensive cancer treatments devastated their finances.
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Tom Brown @twbrown.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Why Maga loathes London - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Why Maga loathes London
Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’
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