US citizens trying to move to Spain: Does anyone have any information on how a teacher of Spanish and a teacher of Maths with two teenagers could move to Spain? Thanks in advance for any info/ideas 🙏

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

Hell, fuck it: Give the UK ID Card project to the 🇫🇷 Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS), IDEMIA, and La Poste while you're at it We'll do a better job and have been running ID card systems for decades while you brits have been crying about the illuminati coming to steal your jaffa cakes

My hunch is that Starmer is personally quite Labour soft left but has been convinced by advisors and career path that he has to cosplay a caricature of forms of Yorkshire or Midlands cultural conservatism he doesn't really understand

In London, hate will never win.

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

Keep thinking of arguments for why it would be completely insane to dump a prime minister with a huge majority just 14 months in, and also about how if he's not going to say a single word in opposition to the kind of shit we saw today then I no longer feel convinced by any of those arguments.

The obvious response if Trump II doesn't lift the visa ban is to hold the UN General Assembly in Geneva.

Too much attention in Europe being paid to Trump's incoherently futile diplomacy and not enough to his dangerously destabilising actions in US domestic politics

To talk about trade in Britain without mentioning the EU is a bit like trying to explain the solar system without mentioning the sun. (A chart from the forthcoming piece of work...)

150% TARIFFS ON ALL MEETINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL

makes sense

Anyang Museum in Henan Province finished restoration on a local tomb mural depicting a black and white cat (note the bell collar!). Belonging to official Zhao Yigong, the tomb was completed in 829 CE; it's thought to be the earliest Chinese tomb mural of a domestic cat. #caturday

I've seen many issues linked to trade agreements, but this seems a first... It should be clear by now that one cannot seriously negotiate with the current US administration.

Trump’s tariffs and Brexit red tape are hammering British manufacturers—I saw it firsthand today with @iansollom.bsky.social at a factory making vital components for the car industry. We need to stand up to Trump’s trade war and secure a UK–EU customs union to protect British businesses.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

You are our Canadian Hero!! 👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Dear China hands, If Trump eventually caves to Beijing, which seems more likely to me because he just did so to the bond market, signaling to China — second biggest holder of US treasury bonds — that he “has no cards”, what will it mean for the wider geopolitical competition?

Die Pinguine haben gewonnen

Financial markets 2, Lettuces 0

Wow. Rep. Jake Auchincloss minces no words about Signalgate on Piers Morgan: “Pete Hegseth is lying to the American people, lying to Congress, lying to the military.” “It’s incompetence incarnate…It’s embarrassing & it’s dangerous.” This is how it’s done.

Trump administration meets the first rule of European politics: |￣￣￣￣￣￣| | TROIKA | | ALWAYS | | WINS | | ＿＿＿＿＿_| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ

JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.

Trump is probably the best thing to happen to the idea of EU membership since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In Germany, there's a volunteer organisation of 400 #journalists called 'Lie Detectors'. Between them, they organise 1,000 school visits a year, training 10-15 yr olds how to spot fake news & pictures, the motives behind them, & the need for critical thinking. lie-detectors.org/de/

Thoughts and prayers with Mark Rutte at this difficult time.

Sent to me by my cousin in Canada - Canadians are banding together #Trump #TrumpTariffs youtu.be/8peiLVFsLdw?...

»The political scientist Kenneth Waltz famously argued that when it came to the spread of nuclear weapons, “more may be better”—because all international rivalries would be durably stabilized by the prospect of mutually assured destruction. The world may be about to test his hypothesis.«

Many politicians are likely learning a lesson from the cases of Canada, Ukraine, and Mexico: that clashing with Trump is the most effective strategy for winning elections.

Justin Trudeau just tweeted this video by Canadian actor/comedian Jeff Douglas www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...

While everyone was watching Washington, interesting noises from Minsk: Lukashenko gave a wide-ranging interview to far right blogger Mario Nawfal, who is close to Elon. Bear in mind, Belarus has been a Russian colony since 2020 so assume his statements were vetted by the Kremlin. A short 🧵 (1/5)

Worth watching the whole speech. Fascinating how Trudeau simplifies his English when he addresses Donald directly…

I swear to God every woman knows this exchange

Please share. 🙏🏻

Amid the political turmoil, I encourage you to watch our recent discussion between Dmytro Kuleba and Clive Myrie. In this ‘new world’ of transactions and tantrums, we must not lose sight of what truly matters: dignity, freedom, and justice. Link to the full recording below. 1/2

I find many calculations about endless Russian capacity tend not to match up more limited Russian production realities. My hunch is that the EU/UK will find it easier to contain Russian aggression than many assume yet will struggle far more in containing the fallout from US strategic implosion

BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment. This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back. Well done AP👏

»Erstens ist [Trump] ein sehr leichtes Opfer. Er ist intellektuell nicht besonders gut ausgestattet, hat weder historische noch regionale Kenntnisse. Zweitens leben Trump und seine Mitstreiter wie die Nationale Geheimdienstdirektorin, Tulsi Gabbard, oder ... 1/2

A v good episode on the current madness unfolding. Lewis Goodall increasingly one of the best and sharpest minds around.

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," or so Potus recently tweeted. But that is what Cicero claimed after 63 BC, and he was sent into exile nonetheless

🚨🚨 "There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America". Stellar piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social making sense of the dramatic constitutional crisis which is underway under the new Trump administration. 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Carer trainees at Nuremberg hospital in Germany recorded this. How many are left when all those with a migrant background walk away...

Multi-function table, it is a wonderful masterpiece, made in #Damascus from several types of wood and hand-decorated، #Damascus is famous for this type, and when you enter old houses, you will find the entire house made of it, the walls, the tables, and everything.

Does anyone know anything about the messenger app Signal? Online reports seem to suggest it is open-source. A group I am part of is trying to find an alternative to using WhatsApp due to Zuckerberg‘s latest actions but someone has just said they will leave if Signal adopted. Any insights welcome 🙏

Do join me and Rory tomorrow 11am uk time 3pm Tbilisi for a special @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE with Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili. What is happening in Georgia in the coming days really matters.

Just drove past a Santa pedalling calmly, nay gracefully, up a hill on a penny-farthing. I have never wanted someone’s life story more.

No contest, then

Melissa is great. Do follow

I post a lot of good news about dogs on Twitter but A lot of people asking to also post here now. Struggle to find the time but if I get over 20k followers here I'll find a way to post daily. 🎤 Mic check. Is this thing on?