Jon Bloomfield

Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?

McSweeney lives.

Telling poll of which partners Germans trust - France as always on top, with the UK now as joint E3 partner a close second.

Trump's USA is just 3 points above Russia.

America's Next Top Mullah

Your 3-minute guide to today’s asylum policy changes

Crystal clear from
@clivelewis.bsky.social.

Extraordinary passionate statement from Vincent Kompany in support of Vinicius Jr. And he breaks the managers' omerta by saying Mourinho has made a mistake and bringing up Eusebio is ridiculous.

Telling it like it is. Can Labour ministers do the same?

So when will the UK government stop prevaricating and join?

Photo of Prime Minister Carney with President von der Leyen of the European Commission and President Costa of the European Council.

Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.

As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances

Employment rates for non-EU born are now *above* those for the UK born.

Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points.

A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years.

Something government should celebrate..

Spain's roadmap against global disinformation: "The law of the jungle or the law of democracy" Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares points out from the Munich Security Conference that "sovereignty means being free from trade coercion, from the threat of the use of force, and also achiev...

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Trump’s endless, opaque bombing obliterates all hope of a... Over the past 13 months, the US has carried out 157 airstrikes, drone strikes and ground raids in the east African country

Trump’s endless, opaque bombing obliterates all hope of a free Somalia

Over the past 13 months, the US has carried out 157 airstrikes, drone strikes and ground raids in the east African country, writes Steve Bloomfield
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@sundersays.bsky.social on the ball as ever.

The Epstein Files tell a horrific and heavy story of abuse and corruption. But power protects itself through the expectation that we will feel paralysed by the sense of powerlessness.

Their release is a seminal moment.

That's why our new Byline Times print edition delves into the deeper story 👇

Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin? How did Reform's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a 'fully-paid up member of the liberal left' to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield

As the Gorton by-election approaches read our 'deep dive' into the ever more extreme politics of Reform’s Matt Goodwin. @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

Very clear rebuff to Ratcliffe.

The Guardian view on a ‘Made in Europe’ industrial strategy: an idea whose time has come | Editorial Editorial: Defending European strategic interests must be a priority to level the economic playing field in an increasingly volatile world

Spot on. The EU needs a concerted Keynesian investment drive funded by Eurobonds but still it hesitates. If not now, when? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While his football team welcome immigrants - Fernandes, Mbeumo, Diallo, Cunha, Mainoo, Martinez, Dalot and more- and asks the government to fund his new stadium.

Goodwin exposed. All you need to know about the Matt mindset and its never-ending journey from liberal left to extreme right.

No, the perils of being a populist ideologue.

Trump ally and tech billionaire Peter Thiel brings Antichrist warning to Paris “I heard more about the Antichrist during those 45 minutes than during the rest of my life,” one attendee tells POLITICO.

Following Bannon and Vance, now Thiel comes to Europe to spread the MAGA gospel. These guys are serious and have wealth and power as welĺ as crazy ideas. Don't ignore them. www.politico.eu/article/trum...

Spot on.

"Starmer didn't pick Mandelson in spite of his Epstein connections… He picked him because of them."

Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won?

"Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.

SMS. Selective memory syndrome.

And this guy is meant to be a super-brain!

Tell that to Blue Labour MPs like Jonathan Hinder and of course their guru Maurice Glasman.

OK, that's a proper achievement (unfond memories of previous visa applications...). Sure to be trashed opportunistically by the other parties but this is something tangible.

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The Brutalist: How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s New World Order For all its chaos in operation, Trump's regime has a strategic rationale and must be fought strategically, argues Jon Bloomfield

I am pleased to say, I got there a year before Carney. How long will it take before the UK government realises the post-war order has gone? bylinetimes.com/2025/03/11/t...