The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion. I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans. 🧵 Long thread.

There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing

There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.

Trump: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls…They don’t need 250 pencils, they can have 5.” Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.

Migration is the solution, not the problem. open.substack.com/pub/robrandt...

Three hours on @iandunt.bsky.social. Sign me up. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8...

"Three Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia were present at an event to debate Brexit in a committee room in May 2016." ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The quantity of UK goods exports is lower now than in 2016 or 2021. The UK is the only country in the G7 that has this record. #Brexit

I see we've moved on to putting tariffs on services industries where the US has historically enjoyed a trade surplus with the rest of the world. Looking forward to the formula they conjur up to justify this one.

Vance not so bothered by people being arrested for silently praying in a restricted area now, eh?

“They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.” - Presidental candidate Donald J. Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump's tariffs are designed for maximum damage—to America This is not a both sides have a point situation. Maury Obstfeld @piie.com speaking truth to power. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

What does MAGA stand for again?

Congratulations America! You’ve been liberated from low prices, falling inflation and all of your international allies. Good job!

Not making time to watch the actual programme everyone’s talking about but seemingly having time to absorb a twitter conspiracy about it is the most Kemi Badenoch response I ever heard

But Hilary’s emails!

Where are the Democrats? Rather than taking the high ground, get down in the gutter and fight. Trump is not interested in your rules. Start by calling him Vice President Trump at EVERY opportunity. Childish? Yes. Will it get under his thin skin? Definitely. The old rule book has been torn up.

Someone should write a paper on immigrants, or children of immigrants, wanting to pull the drawbridge up behind themselves. Musk. Badenoch. Raab. Braverman. Sunak. Patel.

Where “peace plan” equals “forcing the democracy to surrender”.

@benstiller.redhour.com I’d be grateful if you could lobby Apple to release the last three episodes of Severance immediately so that I can finish watching it before WW3.

Goats. youtube.com/watch?v=_UXK...

Absolute goosebumps ! 👇 One of man's greatest creations, Beethoven's 5th rattling the core foundations of God's millennial cathedral It's primal - sound on LOUD ! #NotreDameDeParis

The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2024 - on.ft.com/3ZBsSUh via @FT This is pretty cool

On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

I am only 996 followers away from 1,000 followers!

Be still, his beating heart.

£20 million on policing alone. Yet it will get less coverage in the right wing press than Taylor Swifts’ police escort. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Enough.

This is a good block list. Best part is that as MAGA are added, once you subscribe and block all, all the new adds are blocked, too. bsky.app/profile/did:...