yes I think that's a reworked version is used in Asimov's Foundation series but I doubt Aesop said Dobbin!
yes I think that's a reworked version is used in Asimov's Foundation series but I doubt Aesop said Dobbin!
I suppose after two world wars it was Britain's turn to turn up late.
oil now reaching the 'um, guys? we sure this is all ok?' stage
Something about this week's political debate reminded me of this
thanks Kate
Didn't feel the distribution of this should be limited to X
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thanks Tim
Three cheers for @robertshrimsley.bsky.social. Am reading and listening to too many self-styled fans of liberal democracy saying, in effect, 'let's park international law for the moment and talk about....'
fair point. In magnum force he turned on the vigilante cops
The guy who filmed Andrew Tate dancing in Dubai
Those who are careless of international law are too often careless of the consequences of war: military, economic, political and human.
And as Trump has demonstrated, contempt for international law is often matched by a disregard similar disregard for rights at home
www.ft.com/content/8117...
In defence of the Iran war's handwringers and pearl-clutchers.
www.ft.com/content/8117...
Am sticking with my bet that the right is reading this wrong and that the majority of voters are not at all unhappy Starmer has upset Trump by holding back from a war whose purpose and end game no-one seems able to define.
This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something
Confirms their story titled: βWe earn Β£345k, but soaring private school fees mean we canβt go on five holidaysβ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...
Agree though he's not been hostile enough to the attacks to get any kudos from this either and Healey interview yesterday was excruciating
Really wonder how much the Tory/Reform atack line on Starmer that he wasn't quick enough to support Trump attack on Iran, resonates with voters. My hunch is not much at all
I may have joined the 10k steps bores. www.ft.com/content/fb56...
On becoming one of the those 10,000 step bores www.ft.com/content/fb56...
Counter argument to this is that the Greens have less need to establish their Green credentials. But it is an issue if the party has simply been turned into a vehicle for the harder left.
British politics gets religion - thanks to the church of Nigel
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Too late. They've already been killed by the Greens. Best they can hope for now is a non-aggression pact for their sitting MPs
The Starmer leadership strategy - as explained by Rutherford Hall - the buck starts here
www.ft.com/content/84af...
At the end of 2026 I'll be very surprised if I don't still think The Secret Agent was the best film I saw this year.
For no particular reason, I remind you of the glories of the reporting on Cecil the lion and his brother Jericho.
This is how I discovered Polanskiβs position on βnatural birthβ and god, fuck this so so much
Farage against the machine
On Political Fix this week, @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social discuss whether Reform can broaden its appeal
Plus: local elxn delay u-turn, fresh Chagos drama, & battles ahead on SEND
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Can't imagine why
Isn't it
before he was Tory