Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

King Charles’ US state visit has gone well so far — but what does it really mean for the UK’s increasingly strained “special relationship”? @jacobjarvis.bsky.social is joined by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to unpack the week's biggest stories. LISTEN HERE ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

This is good on why insurgent parties experiencing rapid growth become magnets for cranks and also lack the buffering layer of veterans and stalwarts that might stop the maniacs becoming candidates

Its important the Green Party, during + beyond this electoral cycle, set out much more clearly what they will exclude as antisemitic hatred + hostility, and to articulate how to criticise Israel's govt & support Palestinian rights without antisemitism vs Jews [or this type of hate vs Israelis+Jews]

After Golders Green adamwagnerkc.substack.com/p/after-gold...

Column. A king meets a president in a pageant of old world analogue power; time to focus on the tech oligarchy that comes next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It does. And the number of people replying “no it doesn’t because Israel/because Jews have media” or variations on those themes is pretty depressing, albeit unsurprising.

this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Column. A king meets a president in a pageant of old world analogue power; time to focus on the tech oligarchy that comes next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 It’s a weird world when someone tries to kill Trump… and nothing changes? Plus: watch out wokesters, Reform’s school curriculum is coming! With @rostaylor.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @gavinesler.bsky.social & @mattgreencomedy.com 📲 Listen everywhere linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

Cryptocurrency has come a long way since it was a fringe enthusiasm for get-rich-quick bros/anti-state libertarian fantasists. @katie0martin.ft.com takes @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on an enthralling nightmare tour of "the biggest conflict of interest in history." ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

This was not only fun but illuminating.

Anyone in or near Salisbury in June, come and set the world to rights*, 16th June. www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/events/an-au... *within reason

*Sean Connery voice

As someone who lived for several years in Italy when Berlusconi was prime minister, the low stakes of UK corruption scandals will never not be funny

On the part that Trump appeasement plays - traits that should have disqualified Mandelson were seen as credentials to be emissary at the court of a rogue president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The news is no longer what people in power want to hide – it’s what algorithms say will keep you clicking. As powerful people tighten control over what we consume, how do you know what to trust? @eliothiggins.bsky.social tells @rafaelbehr.bsky.social how news is changing. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

On the part that Trump appeasement plays - traits that should have disqualified Mandelson were seen as credentials to be emissary at the court of a rogue president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don't know why but I'm suddenly overcome by this urge to divest myself of dollar denominated assets

Regional ITV.

The Mandy scandal that won’t die is back. Can Starmer style this one out or is his credibility finally shot? @philtinline.bsky.social is the guest alongside @rmcunliffe.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social, @philipoltermann.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social. LISTEN ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

The Man Who Knew Too Little: my SKETCH of Keir Starmer trying to pin the Mandelson blame on Olly Robbins. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

"All these fiercer, faster leopards eating people's faces are making it harder for us more mature leopards to find a decent meal"

Who does this description of Kaiser Wilhelm II remind you of? (Written by Christopher Clark in 2015).

This is an extraordinary saga that Sunder is pursuing indefatigably. The BBC has repeatedly tried to excuse itself from responsibility for allowing Nigel Farage to lie egregiously about immigration without challenge. It is illustrative of a much wider malaise & so very important. Thank you, Sunder.

On the limits of trying to unpick Brexit by stealth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Having spent a lot of time recently with someone (unlike Trump in almost every way) who is in mid-stages of dementia I have to say this style of conversational glitching and swerving is bleakly familiar.

How long can you have a truce for rather than an actual peace treaty? Quite a long time! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_...

On the limits of trying to unpick Brexit by stealth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Avignon or, as Sherlock Holmes put it, a three pope problem.

Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

On the Trumpdemic, a mutating crisis that comes in waves. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ageless

On the Trumpdemic, a mutating crisis that comes in waves. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tories had a chance this week to go for Farage's jugular over his dodgy extra curricular moneymaking activities (recording Cameos for assorted far right nutters, pumping crypto etc) which old school Tories find tacky & Trumpian. Instead, they're all in on Muslim-bashing.

This is v good on Tories failing to understand what they are leaving behind in their dash to compete with Reform on Reform’s terms.

On what Liberation Day and Iran war have in common - teaching Trump that ‘America First’ doesn’t cancel facts of global economics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Starmer/Reeves EU policy: 2024 - reset, but within the red lines 2025 - strategic partnership, but within the red lines 2026 - dynamic alignment, but within the red lines And yet such slow progress, negligible economic dividend. I wonder why. What could the obstacle be?

On what Liberation Day and Iran war have in common - teaching Trump that ‘America First’ doesn’t cancel facts of global economics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

this piece is really interesting - a counter to the consensus narrative on US-Iran at the moment. Generating a lot of debate h/t @semaforben.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

🔥 NEW EDITION 🔥 Liberalism has had a terrible decade… but has its time to save the world come again? Plus, Mandy Files latest. 🔥 With @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & special guest Adrian Wooldridge of @opinion.bloomberg.com 🔥 Listen up - linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

I should have spotted this earlier, but Trump always or almost always refers to NATO as "them", not "us". He doesn't regard the US as part of the alliance, apparently, so Russia invading one of NATO's neighbours & closest partners doesn't affect the US.

With everything else going on I missed Badenoch committing the Tories to a policy of “enforced” assimilation into officially approved culture.

Djokovic and Draper serving up probably the most insane point you're likely to see.

On the absurdity of setting UK interests by a Trump doctrine when not even the US national interest is served by the president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On the absurdity of setting UK interests by a Trump doctrine when not even the US national interest is served by the president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨🚨Start Your Week🚨🚨 Trump’s war in Iran continues and Britain’s right-wing gang are desperate for Starmer to get more involved. Why are they cheerleading what could be another drawn out conflict in the Middle East? @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

Yorkshire, black, pease, rice.

🔥🔥🔥NEW🔥🔥🔥 As Trump’s ill-defined Iran conflict unfolds, is it game over for the so-called Special Relationship? Are there any good choices left for Starmer? @mattgreencomedy.com, @jonnelledge.bsky.social, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com & @rafaelbehr.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...