For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I support the Priess Plan.

The full 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, reportedly backed by Trump, has been published by MP Honcharenko. This thread outlines the key points. What’s clear is that the so-called Witkoff plan heavily favors Russia while offering little to nothing for Ukraine. 1/9

Austria’s enthusiasm to kill Ukrainians and prop up the Russian financial system is impressive Perhaps it’s all that neutrality

Better than Mull of Kintyre

Worth keeping an eye on this story. It’s early days but I can see the “I Support Palestine Action” crowd looking a bit silly soon. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The US administration has said passports must now reflect the numbers of legs attached to the waist This ends the decades old practice of all US administrations to allow citizens the choice of leg numbers on their official documents Quadrupeds say their lives will be impossible

If they don't call this the Quorn Laws then the country truly is gone.

Sex Matters letter to BBC's board 👇 5 CALLS: Root out oppressive influence of transgender ideology in the BBC Replace gender ideology activist language Stop output normalising trans ideology ensure all BBC journalists can fearlessly tell the unvarnished truth. Retrain staff #TimeToAct

Germans are waking up I wish Britain would do likewise

Today one Russian paper suggests the US midterms “could undermine Donald Trump’s power & hurt Russia.” Other papers focus on Russia’s economic problems: “Zero growth in the 4th quarter…a gradual increase in crisis phenomena in manufacturing.” #ReadingRussia

The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report. Musk has used thousands of replies and quote-tweets to massively boost the audiences of pro-Russian accounts on X. He is working with Putin to destroy democracy. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...

“All we were doing was bringing the music we like to a mass audience. We hope we’ll be home soon. It’s what we’re dreaming of most,” Stoptime vocalist Diana Loginova tells me. She & the other members of the band are still in jail after their street concerts. My report from St Petersburg.

TAYLORS BUTTONS: This type of shop has all but disappeared from London. Pls pls pls get behind the campaign to save this unique button shop. Details on screenshots of Gentle Author's post on Insta. The crowdfunder link is: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut... @sewingbee.bsky.social

Kyiv said farewell to journalist Alyona Gramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, killed by a Russian drone strike in Kramatorsk. 🧵 1/6 ⬇️

I agree with Joshua that this intervention is by the Human Rights Commissioner is spectacularly badly timed. At a moment where two of the four largest political parties in the UK are advocating an exit from the Convention system, his criticisms seem tin eared.

Beyond the Frontier: Unearthing the Secrets of Scotland’s Silver Hoard www.historyhit.com/beyond-the-f...

❗️🇷🇴Romania ready to defend 🇲🇩Moldova in case of 🇷🇺Russian attack - Romanian Army Commander-in-Chief Gheorghiță Vlad “Romania remains a loyal ally of Moldova, we have a strategic partnership and we will definitely help the Republic of Moldova in case of attack”

"We used to ring up our GP and get an appointment on the same day," says Kemi Badenoch. She does not add: we're all looking for the guy who did this!

Uh oh

"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty." Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

President of Moldova Maia Sandu: Russia doesn’t act alone.The Kremlin has allies in Moldova -people who have repeatedly proven in the past that for money they would sell even own country.They have no homeland.They’ve only masters. They don’t believe in Russia or in Europe.They believe only in money

Things Europe Must Fix: Chapter 1

🇵🇱‼️ Sikorski: If another Russian missile or aircraft enters our airspace and gets shot down, don’t come here to whine. You have been warned.

Great article by @ejfoundation.org on the unregulated (as in the second U of IUU Fishing) squid fishing happening In the South Atlantic - this picture shows 3 months of activity in the area by 105 fishing vessels - half of them Chinese flagged app.starboard.nz/link/f89lzja...

Russia is escalating its military provocations. We shall “escalate” the strengthening of our #DefenceReadiness and deterrence capabilities.

French hospitals have been asked to prepare for a possible military engagement. Health minister rightly points out that this is part of preparedness (and resilience). www.bfmtv.com/politique/vi...

Beachy Head Lighthouse looking epic. The lighthouse first became operational in October 1902. During construction, a temporary cable car was installed to transport workers & materials from the cliff top to a platform adjacent to the lighthouse site. 📷 Ania Woodgate

RIP, Robert Redford.

Important piece by John Simpson in @theobserveruk.bsky.social, on the American money funding Yaxley-Lennon and the far-right in Britain. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

When Russia introduced self-destructing drones from Iran into its war against Ukraine three years ago, Moscow made headlines around the world by launching 43 of them into Ukraine in a single strike. This month, in just one night, Russia sent more than 800 drones. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...

Musk is dangerous. “Speaking to the crowd… Musk said that the left was “the party of murder” and urged protesters to “fight back.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/w...

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Standard issue Kremlin bullying of a small NATO state The Cold War is back, though it feels remarkably warm

I’ve been in London for over 2 hours and nobody has mugged me even once. Really disappointed. Where are all the no-go areas?

Boooommm 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Fffiiiiiirrreee 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit the NPS “Vtorovo” fuel pumping station, a key facility partially responsible for supplying diesel fuel to Russia's capital, Moscow.

Today, after 25 years and 5 days of existence, the domain agentura.ru— where we’ve investigated Russian secret services all this time—has been taken down. Not by the FSB, as we expected, but by Hostinger, a Lithuanian hosting company that cited sanctions. THREAD 1/7

Common diabetes drug metformin cuts long covid risk by 64% in UK study A study of 624,308 adults, including 2,976 who began metformin after COVID infection, found a significant link between metformin use and reduced Long COVID risk. Initiators showed a 64% lower risk in intention-to-treat analysis.

There is *no evidence whatsoever* that the Covid vaccine causes cancer in *anyone*. I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.

Day Two of Reform conference, and we're getting the good stuff. At the Heartland Institute's fringe "Is Climate Realism Inevitable", we've learned that electric cars are part of a Marxist plot to control humanity, and heard calls for the abolition of the BBC.

It’s a bad thing when you chop your own legs off and you go to prison. But it’s super good and to be celebrated when you amputate your penis or breasts. All clear?

Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to @raskin.house.gov ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions. This happened to me *literally today*.

The Coalition Of The Killing 👇🏻

This is America's great intellectual magazine? Next up - Since at least the Middle Ages, gastronomes have reflected on the deep, intuitive marriage of wheat-based bread and dairy butter

Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK. So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...