So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference. Has never happened before under any previous leader bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

This is the biggest rollback of LGBT rights in the history of the UK. I'm ashamed to even live here.

If they'd had the chance, the Quincy Institute folks would've criticized the Munich Agreement for being too lenient on Czechoslovakia.

This is the latest spin from ‘gender critical’ transphobes attacking trans people seeking recognition of their human rights from the ECtHR Apparently, if they win they’ll somehow be responsible for Farage getting into power. No, if that happens it’ll be because Labour are shit! 👉🏻 archive.ph/Gxwvc

Exactly. Trump and @jd-vance-1.bsky.social don't understand what the Russians are fighting for, and thus their attempts to find a compromise are doomed to fail. But at least it has started a much needed conversation in the West about what the war is about.

Carbon colonialism and removal roulette: @kevinclimate.bsky.social and colleagues blast the Climate Change Committee for prioritising "near-term political convenience over scientific integrity and climate stability".

This article gives a good idea on the types of subtle attacks which Russia are constantly carrying out on other countries in the area. Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway have all experienced Russian interference, causing shutdowns and delays of various services. #NAFO

Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.

Incredible that there is still politicians in small nations in Europe that can and will come up with excuses for making sanctions against fascist 🇷🇺 Just 1️⃣ regarding the 🇷🇺n fishing fleet. This is on the Feroese Island 🇫🇴 that relies on 🇩🇰 military protection if the orcs set their eyes on them 🤡.

🧵 One of the big revolutions in the West, which has crept in almost unnoticed, is the decline in the stigma of identifying as LGBTQ. Year, after year the % of ppl who identify as LGBTQ increases. It is now a significant group. Ppl in their 40s, & above, are probably unaware of how much. [1]

I'm afraid of people who ignore their emotional needs.

The European view is that Ukraine should not give up areas of its own country to appease Putin. The Baltic States & Finland are also, in Putin’s warped view, part of Russia. The Europeans could not allow them to be at risk from the fascist regime in Moscow by doing this.

It isn’t that Trump has no cards He deliberately chooses not to play the cards that are available that COULD give him leverage over Putin. The wonder is why he CHOOSES to make that decision….preferring, instead, for himself & 🇺🇸 to be humiliated by going to a gun fight bearing a limp lettuce leaf

A kiss behind the parasol, unseen and unknown — to all but the happy sun. 🌞 An artist well worth a follow: @les-illus-d-alex.bsky.social

Still, two positive moments did emerge in Anchorage. First, Rachel Scott, ABC’s Senior Political Correspondent, asked the pointed question: “Mr Putin, will you commit to not killing any more civilians?” 2/5

Second, the streets of Anchorage turned blue and yellow, thanks to the people who stood in solidarity. Thank you, good people of America! 3/5

No one in their right mind expected anything good was going to come out of this meeting, and, also Putin probably told Trump that he doesn’t want Zelenskyy to be at the meeting and Trump obliged.

Compare the 2 meetings ..... Trump literally giving Putin the red carpet - almost state visit treatment - and Zelenskyy set up and humiliated on the world stage by Trump and his fellow goons . Just grim

Waiting like a teenager for his prom date & clapping his teeny little hands for the bloody dictator... Is this the most humiliating spectacle ever created by a US president? __ Yes __ Hell yes Bonus: If you lived through the Cold War, does this image make your head spin? __ Yes __ Kill me now

Putin got legitimacy and gave up none of his demands. Trump, and the U.S., came out looking even more like Russia's bitch. As predicted the summit brought nothing but humiliation.

Some political pundits are already sharing this image as an example of how Putin should be dealt with. Unfortunately, it’s a terrible example. Ukraine was repeatedly warned not to escalate or use weapons while Russia occupied Crimea. At that time, we didn’t receive military aid, sanctions were weak

Peter Alexander: "What struck me was the looks on the faces of a lot of the American, delegation here. Caroline Leavitt, Steve Witkoff, who came into the room, then left quickly. Leavitt appeared to be a bit stressed out, anxious. Their eyes were wide, almost ashen at times."

US President Donald Trump said he will hold off on raising tariffs on Chinese goods over the country’s purchases of Russian oil, citing progress he said was made with Vladimir Putin toward ending the war in Ukraine

Imagine a German politician coming to negotiations wearing a "Third Reich" sweater. That's what Russia did.

3 years ago reminding people that Russia was immensely homophobic and transphobic was a fun and easy gotcha to people push “Russia is important for a multipolar world” thing. Now the UK is rather embarrassingly heading that way.

Former Swedish PM Carl Bildt, conservative but compassionate, writes very personally and sharp minded about Gaza, China, Japan, EU and USA in this brilliant article. Translate from Swedish to your language to understand the message. carlbildt.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/o...

Combining farming and solar parks have several benefits. For example the crops gets well needed shadow during parts of the day. 🌞🔋 #environment #energy www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sola...

Das sind die gleichen Leute, die mit dem instrumentalisierten Antisemitismus-"Argumentideologische Säuberungen an US-Universitäten durchsetzen.

But it’s not fascism, it’s just trans ppl, but it’s not fascism it’s just gay men, but it’s not fascism, it’s just women in the workplace, but it’s not fascism, its synagogues in public spaces, but it’s not fascism, its people of colour, but its not… …its… …not!

I was out as trans in the 1990s - this never happened. We were always welcome in the NHS. Friends who transitioned in the 1980s NEVER SUFFERED THIS BIGOTRY AND MALPRACTICE. Disgusting. Vile. Sick.

This! (But don't believe this isn't a problem elsewhere, please!)

Note to exceptionalists: When we say it’s better with you in the room, that is not an invitation for you to exploit us. When we say we want closer ties, that is not a sign to expect exceptions. When we say it'd be better if you came back, that’s not at the expense of what we have already. 1

The UK Foreign Minister has destroyed his reputation thoroughly. A friend of Israel would have called out genocide two years ago & a supporter of the rules based international order would have prevented UK arms being exported to murder babies. Lammy* must resign & UK weapons must stop

I usedta self deprecate a lot (as my mama taught me) and still occasionally do. A major shift for me happened when a friend pulled me up short and said, “Quit talkin’ about my friend like that.”

🧵 My favourite ever feedback on Twitter was that the respondent liked everything I said in my human rights threads, but asked that I stop sharing my art, as it was putting people [him] off. It shows an astonishing lack of curiosity, never mind rudeness [1]

This is absolutely remarkable of @theatlantic.com. Most of the factual statements in this piece are either unsupported or straightforwardly false. I had thought that The Atlantic tries to fact-check things, but apparently they are happy publishing total garbage. Some examples 1/n

A terrific piece by @gidmk.bsky.social: clear, crisp, focusing only on evidence, data & science—not personalities! In summary: “What I like to focus on is the evidence. And the evidence, to me, is convincing that the pandemic started at the Huanan market in November 2019” Great science writing👏

Back in 2005, a lot of people were CONVINCED that making a movie out of Brokeback Mountain was a terrible idea -- and I was one of them. But now, 20 years later, my thoughts on the film are very different. Here's the opening of my new video -- watch the full thing at youtu.be/lYA9NpjJU4w

Me too. Sitting here with enormous amounts of no expectations...

So, I've seen a lot of replkes to Liberal MPs claiming that: -90/180 is not a maximum (ie that states can give more to Britons), and - that Britons should be alllowed separate visa waivers for each MS (exceptionally, and ending Schengen of course). So, I'd better repost this 👇 1

Majority Govts on 33.9% of the vote?? #Starmer is literally playing Russian Roulette with FPTP and the likelihood of The British Far Right achieving power with a similar result. Be in no doubt if they win, like Trump they will change everything including Election laws.

Well spotted by @alanderminna.bsky.social The new Europe, dominated by security and defense issues, is moving ahead. The price we pay for it: it is totally intergovernmental

If you like my threads, please repost them! 😉

Is the White House beginning to see Putin with more realism? Caolan Robertson interviews Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former British Army officer, now chemical weapons expert, about the seemingly growing rift and what it could mean for the future of Russia, the war & the response of the US/the West.

fun, …and true, at the same time (by and large)

#Starmer is playing Russian Roulette with British Democracy. PR is the antidote to the Extreme Right like Reform. PR only gives a majority with a vote of 50%+1

Another expert concludes that the US has sided with ruzzia. I assume our leaders don't yet dare call it out yet.

youtu.be/Ja6EzWrfg-w Big shoutout to @CaolanReports and @RealJakeBroe, the ones who lit the spark. Jake once said, “Just get a camera and do it.” So I did. After years in the military, I kept quiet, stayed off the radar. But my captivity changed that.

“We need to spend more on defense or learn to speak Russian” is a ridiculous phrase. Defense Analyst Anders Puck Nielsen on why we still need to rearm, despite Mark Rutte using a message that is so easy to refute. What is really at stake?