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Boris Johnson in 2013, 'I'd vote to stay in the EU Single Market. I'm in favour the EU Single Market. I want. I want us to be able to trade freely with our European friends and partners'

Never forget Boris Johnson divided the country with populism, trashed our economy,

Angela Eagle DBE Their whole campaign against Khan has been disgusting, 100% based on smears and lies, just shocking really.
Whatever has happened to the Conservative Party that they should sink so low

This is horrendous deliberately deceptive & unacceptable

In a bizarre election year move, Trump VP contender, Kristi Noem brags about shooting her dog because she hated him. Perhaps this will appeal to the dog killing vote? Not clear why she killed the goat: suspected it of Democrat sympathies, perhaps? theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

this @ft piece in appalling customer service is a must read for all suffering citizens. Brian Adams just emailed me a number to call. It comes up as an unrecognised number. I’d like to say this is unbelievable, but sadly all too believable.

A useful guide to securing that place in the (admittedly overcrowded) HoL. (He seems to have missed being a young female friend of a louche PM:) What do I have to do to get a peerage? via Financial Times
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'Tibet’s Cultural Revolution'
The brutality of Maoist Red Guards is well documented, but lesser known in relation to Tibet, where its spiritual damage ran deep. Few records remained — until a Tibetan writer found a trove of photos taken by her father.
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An imperial superpower losing touch with reality is the first concerning sign of its decline, in this case with potential, massive, global geopolitical implications. The sooner the US recovers its lucidity, the better. My latest article for Middle East Eye middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-mus…

A militarized, black-hooded police officer dragging away the Chair of this university's Philosophy Department is like a scene from a dystopian movie about fascism. But it is real.

Do listen to the audio. The calm and the fear in her voice...

TikTok 'hired dozens of lobbyists from high-profile DC firms & took on former Obama officials as consultants & advisers.TikTok & ByteDance, spent at least $27 million lobbying Washington since 2019, according to federal records.' politi.co/3UeDHYH

Macron on industrial sovereignty (protectionism?):

He suggests🇪🇺could be naively the last on Earth still insisting on free market principles even after 🇺🇸has abandoned them. 'There must be European preference in areas like defence & space, b/c out competitors already have that'

I wonder who Macron could possibly be talking about here? Rishi Sunak

Israel has produced no evidence of its accusations that UNRWA employees took part in the October 7 attack, but the accusations crippled UNRWA at a time of desperate need for people of Gaza. Starvation and collective punishment nytimes.com/2024/04/24/wor…

A great evening debating UK policy towards China. Thanks to all 💥Beijing to Britain💥 and all who attended

Private Eye Magazine Another Cinna

Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson, who unexpectedly reopened the investigation into Angela Rayner’s addresses, spoke at the last Tory conference.

The appearance raised questions about his political impartiality, as since the event he's garnered Tory support for

Something not getting much coverage in the media but very important.
Goldman Sachs has relocated part of its operation from London to Paris because of Brexit. The rest of the company also expected to move in near future.

Victoria Derbyshire speaks with an asylum seeker from Iran, Nima Moradi

'When I left my country, I wasn't thinking about the destination, I was thinking about being safe'

'When I was in Greece I was thinking to go to Germany, but when I was granted asylum I thought, because I

In this 🇨🇳propaganda narrative, unruly folks from the 'global south' try to attack a Chinese man & his blond girl friend. In response to the aggression, the young man wields his mighty PRC passport like a sacred talisman--the attackers see it and immediately bow several times