Nowhere but nowhere do you see the question: where is HMRC in all this? How much has he not paid in gift taxes?

Ireland shows the way. www.rte.ie/news/2026/06... @chrisbjohns.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social

Latest podcast with the doyen of Brexit commentators, @chrisgrey.bsky.social As always, he is brilliant. We have a new term for what afflicts the U.K.: Brexitism. It’s a metastatic and mutating disease open.spotify.com/episode/5rtE...

This is the ‘most read’ thing I have ever written. Including all my years as a journalist. Something that surprised me. open.substack.com/pub/cjpecono...

Jack Oliver recently signed a two-year senior deal with Glasgow This three years after the death of his father Greig, in South Africa watching his son with Ireland U20 After leaving Munster, Oliver has a new path in the country his dad played for Interview⬇️ www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/0...

Truly one of the all time great takes

Ever since Andrew Goodman said he wanted Ireland to be better on transition, we’ve tracked progress Twickenham was Irelands best counter attack display of this cycle Where France go sans structure, Ireland turned transition into another set-piece Analysis ⬇️ www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...

Unfortunately this is blithering idiot territory. Of course, there are many very good reasons for not putting up trade barriers that would be quite possibly *very effective* if the UK was actually still in the EU.

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

Goodwin's decline from pretty mediocre academic to racist right wing incel isn't new or particularly original. It's also not the fault of women, migrants or anyone else. It is a tale as old as time, a sad, arrogant, loser trying to blame their deficiencies on everyone else. So perfect for Reform.

The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.

@chrisbjohns.bsky.social This should give you a laugh.

It's almost like being fabulously rich doesn't make you happy or well adjusted. It's almost like it makes you sad and lonely. And leaves you forever casting about for scapegoats to offset your deep self-loathing. Thank you Jim Ratcliffe and Elon Musk for these important life lessons.

Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home

can we all agree on robber bros?

If asked to describe the major features of the Epstein archipelago looming out of its offshore dark money and billionaire kompromat - I’d say Putin, Trump, Musk, Bannon and Thiel And with that you have a map of our current political era

Trump's skin is thinner than a paper straw halfway through a McDonald's milkshake.

A message from Greenland…

Lewis is right. And if that is the ultimate destination why must everything involve baby steps?

It might be the only language they still understand.

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

Brilliant piece

If you liked Mark Carney's speech, then have a listen to this podcast interview with the Canadian prime minister by @gideonrachman.bsky.social recorded just after that interview www.ft.com/content/19f1...

I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise

It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.

Well that finishes any idea of the EU as a serious player in the emerging world order.

The time for sane-washing is surely over.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Does your #UnhingedHeadline spot have an “on this day” section? Thankfully I missed this first time around.

Hungary and Czech Republic choose not to back Denmark. I hope they're not not looking for anyone to back them in in future. EU doesn't have the mechanisms but should suspend these two states from EU, meanwhile carry on dealing with Trump's absurd megolamania without them.

All of these people - Mogg, Farage, Carswell, Jenrick, Hannan and the rest need to be forever reminded of what they backed and supported

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Repressive occupying forces often believe that a few acts of horrifically unjustified violence will get the public to forfeit freedom and kowtow to them, especially if the violent is well publicized. But it usually does not work that way.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Your eyes are lying to you, says the Dear Leader.

I strongly encourage people to watch the videos circulating and decide whether they think the President’s claims are accurate.

Interesting stylistic clash on Saturday night which dominated the post-match press chat Munster are raging against rugby's trend of kicking and set-piece battles. Leinster want to be more creative but think it's naive. Who is right? www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...

Absolutely nothing going on here.

Grit and niggle aplenty, but enough quality to give punters their money's worth? Report from Thomond ⬇️ www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...

It’s all so pathetic isn’t it

The main @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social account also has a string of aliases which join in the harassment, the latest including @lorcantwomey.bsky.social and @martin-finnucane.bsky.social. Anyone who thinks this shouldn't be happening, please block and report. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team 2/2

WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN

Fucking disgraceful. We should be culling peers, not increasing them.

I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.

In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.