PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use. So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/

This is odd, cos he hasn’t been short of an opinion or two on stuff like who should play at Glastonbury or whether racist football fans should be banned

Eighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for return to France under “one in, one out” scheme call on UN bodies to investigate their treatment, claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

British media and political elite just utterly degraded, unbelievable. It's not even like he's an interesting thinker, his only claim to fame is just that he's an edgelord fascist for irony poisoned chuds. Of course they're too cowardly to uphold quality filters that'd keep him out, of course.

This is it, isn’t it, no-one is expecting either Streeting or Starmer to call Trump the Fanta Fuhrer or whatever, but they can expect the govt to do more than make a sad face while what remains of the rules-based international order is flushed down the toilet

Given that the UK either wasn’t consulted by the US over Venezuela, or (less likely) was consulted but was ignored, it’s far from clear what relationship the govt thinks is worth preserving, certainly at the price of dumbly looking on while what remains of international law is burned to the ground

A bit better, though two cheers for this at best, given that Staunchly Defending Our Values has involved nothing more than vague sloganeering while looking in the other direction as far as Venezuela is concerned

This is it, isn’t it, no-one is expecting either Streeting or Starmer to call Trump the Fanta Fuhrer or whatever, but they can expect the govt to do more than make a sad face while what remains of the rules-based international order is flushed down the toilet

Given that the UK either wasn’t consulted by the US over Venezuela, or (less likely) was consulted but was ignored, it’s far from clear what relationship the govt thinks is worth preserving, certainly at the price of dumbly looking on while what remains of international law is burned to the ground

🔴 Farage is a foot soldier in Trump’s oil war Reform is being advised by the architects of Trump’s oil agenda 👇🏻

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.

Fascinating watching people who celebrated the rise to power of an ex-human rights lawyer, as a sign that sensible, law-based politics had returned, now making excuses for their man’s refusal to uphold international law

If laws only apply to "good" people they aren't laws. That's as true for international laws as it is for domestic.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

One of the most maddening things about our current government is the way that they seem to think that if you find the right ambiguity of framing, they can continue to have it both ways and be everyone’s friend indefinitely.

Best take I’ve heard, IRL: “This operation looks like it was designed by the same people who did the East Wing.”

Fascinating watching people who celebrated the rise to power of an ex-human rights lawyer, as a sign that sensible, law-based politics had returned, now making excuses for their man’s refusal to uphold international law

My "Lifelong Advocate of International Law" t-shirt is raising questions etc

This leaves me wondering how many other countries are on Trump's "to invade" list for 2026, and whether the UK government will oppose any of them.

The thing about being a "lifelong advocate of international law" is you have to have the courage to speak up when it’s broken

The legal assessment of the US intervention is not, in fact, complex

#OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1972, Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to preside at the Old Bailey (the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales). It had taken 53 years after women were able to be lawyers in the UK. #BritishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️

The world desperately needs the EU to stand up for international law if we’re to have any chance of avoiding barbarism, but instead we got whatever this is

All that ‘protect-our-sovereign -borders-against-people-with-no -guns-in-tiny-dinghies’ rings hollow in a world where our so-called allies kill or extract leaders extrajudicially and by invading sovereign territory. Borders are being breached illegally and violently & not by people seeking asylum

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

The world desperately needs the EU to stand up for international law if we’re to have any chance of avoiding barbarism, but instead we got whatever this is

this is a careful and thorough interview with Oona Hathaway where neither of them ever concedes a premise to the Trump administration

Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is. It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime. This is not patriotism. It's subservience.

This is a statement.

"Spain did not recognize the Maduro regime. But neither will it recognize an intervention that violates international law"

The thing about being a "lifelong advocate of international law" is you have to have the courage to speak up when it’s broken

‘Asked if he condemned the Russian invasion, Sir Keir told reporters he wanted to "establish facts" and speak to Putin first about the "fast moving situation".’

Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address. First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it. 1/

you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.

The lack of serious leadership in the EU at the time where the world would need it the most is genuinely tragic

Who is “we” here, given the fate of people who live under regimes toppled by America this century has been chaos, warlordism, spectacular violence and deep poverty? I don’t think you need to be a pipe-hitting enthusiast for the Ayatollah, to note the general trend and these people’s indifference.

The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law. After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.

But this is exactly not what’s happening, so…?

‘Asked if he condemned the Russian invasion, Sir Keir told reporters he wanted to "establish facts" and speak to Putin first about the "fast moving situation".’

Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering. stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...

The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.

Pathetic stuff, honestly.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

And this is why we will replace Labour and not be disappointed in them. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything

Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

It's not surprising that a man who resigned over his abusive "jokes" about Diane Abbott also thought a British political prisoner a "joke" and colonial reparations a "distraction". The problem is that this casual racist disregard for human rights was, and remains, at the heart of Starmer's project.

I am going to tell you right now that despite all the turmoil and pain we are going to win. Things will get better and the world will become kinder because we will rebuild it that way. We will carry hope and use it to craft a beautiful new gentle world. We are going to win.