John Edward 🙊

How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground

How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/b...

Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU A referendum on resuming membership talks had been expected in 2027, but could come as early as this August.

🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
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The case for modern languages Why bother learning a language today?

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But he is very thinn-skinned, as his response to the FT shows. hence his several walk-aways in the past.

His thin skin about anything that gets too close has been there since his early EP days, hates personal and professional scrutiny. One of the reasons he kept walking away...

Sport and the power of soft power Sport and the Power of Soft Power, a panel event at the Festival of Politics, delivered in partnership with the SCGA. Taking place at the Scottish Parliament, the discussion will explore how sport ope...

16 February, 2026
5.15-7pm
The Scottish Parliament,

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SCGA State of the World What happens worldwide affects life in Scotland. SCGA’s 2026 State of the World brings Scotland-based experts together to explore global challenges—health, trade, tech, climate, security, migration—an...

All of our set-piece State of the World events in one place: 👇🏼
International Trade, Finance, and Development;
Global Peace & Security;
Pandemic Preparedness;
Climate Change & Biodiversity loss.
...more to follow...
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Donate to Stockholm Marathon 2026!, organized by Mariana Edward I am running the Stockholm marathon on the 30th of May, in support of the Fragile X Society! … Mariana Edward needs your support for Stockholm Marathon 2026!

#FragileX always a family cause, happy to share
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Europa Institute Annual Mitchell Lecture 2026 Sir Dominic Grieve KC - Dead or alive? What future for the international rules-based system and Britain’s place in it?

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Terrible terrible news. One of the most decent and funny men, in any walk.

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Perhaps the US should reach out to (or their surviving families) among others:
Actions:
Sgt Johnson Beharry VC (Iraq).
L/Cpl Joshua Leakey VC (Afghanistan).
Cpl Bryan Budd VC (Afghanistan): posthumous.
Lt. James Ashworth VC (Afghanistan): posthumous.

This was true a decade ago and led to a raft of privately-owned nurseries pulling out of council partnerships and losing capacity all round.

While Robert Jenrick is getting most of the attention, don’t miss that today a Reform staff member grabbed a journalist in Scotland to try and get them to stop asking questions. This is what we’re dealing with

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Even in town...

UK Elections 2026 Preview: Reform UK, Labour, SNP & Plaid Cymru Podcast Episode · Holyrood Sources · 07/01/2026 · 1h 12m

A good, and rare, comprehensive look round the houses that make up the UK, and how every electoral challenge is different👇🏼
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."

"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

“This house believes Scotland and the UK should rejoin the European Union.” (Glasgow Uni Debating Society) euromovescotland.org.uk/event/this-h...

Boost from joining euro would have covered cost of NHS, adviser told Blair Push to join the European single currency stoked tension between Labour PM and chancellor in 2003

Boost from joining euro would have covered cost of NHS, adviser told Blair ft.trib.al/EIGXeWQ

@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofglaw.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social
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Soul Music - Soul Music at 25 - BBC Sounds A special programme marking 25 years of the award-winning series.

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Why the world is running out of frankincense The precious, fragrant resin is the scent of the festive season and rising in popularity in the wellness industry – but its natural source is being decimated.

For symbolism lovers everywhere

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The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Where to start with this...?

Taking positive news wherever it can be found (from 14.40)
#Erasmus
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Joint Statement by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maroš Šef\u010Dovi\u010D and HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The... In May, the United Kingdom and the European Union held their first ever Summit and agreed to strengthen cooperation through a new strategic partnership. This partnership will make us more secure, will

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There is mini-generation of young adults whose disrupted passage from school to adulthood during Covid-19 coincided with (temporary and pointless) removal of freedom of study across Europe. System of youth mobility would be another welcome support for opportunities of those young people.
#Erasmus

The Overshoot What happens to politics, and the country, as net migration collapses?

New post just out:

"The Overshoot"

Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.

What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?

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Something is underway...