In the UK the Mandelson-Epstein coverage is now drawing unhinged parallels with the Profumo Affair. Yes, Mandelson was close to Epstein and Epstein MAY have had vague connections to Russian officialdom. But have we forgotten that Mandelson... literally WORKED FOR OLEG DERIPASKA?

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson expresses remorse and vows to atone for past lies, by walking the Salt Path.

Fashionable to dunk on idiot gold and silver retail investors this week, but meanwhile...

More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here @politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky Please point out anyone who is missing!

man, fuck the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...

if you're still driving a tesla, give your head a wobble

I’m only just catching up on the day’s news, but what’s most striking about this video is the way the shooter’s immediate reaction after pulling the trigger is to check his mask fully covers his face. That’s not what you do if you’re confident you’re on the right side of the law.

These people are vile

yeah I’m sure they’re adopting Grok for “deeper research” in the first 8 days of Jan 2026.

Still want a Tesla?

“The policy implication is that sanctions are highly effective, despite their imperfect implementation and enforcement. The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine is working, but the dose should be increased.”

Russia is running out of money ft.trib.al/5TWRPAN | opinion

Even by @bryce.lol’s standards this was 👌 👨‍🍳

Alice ist lesbisch. Sie hat zwei Kinder adoptiert und erzieht diese gemeinsam mit einer migrantischen Ehefrau in der Schweiz. Dass sie so leben kann, dafür haben Menschen mit dieser Fahne gekämpft. Was hier einmal mehr deutlich wird - Queers haben unter der AfD nichts mehr zu lachen.

This BBC drivel was parodied 44 years ago by Alexander Cockburn: harpers.org/archive/1982... It is - literally - beyond parody.

Countless pieces of sweeping, intrusive surveillance legislation have been passed by the Labour Party, all framed, in large part, as vital measures to protect children. And yet, when a website run by a powerful US billionaire actually becomes a firehouse of vile abusive content, they do nothing.

Went to check if this screenshot (posted by @aric.bsky.social) was real (it is) and then made the mistake of also scrolling through Grok's replies on X. Still constantly cranking out sexualised images of young girls. Beyond bleak.

Sometimes people doubt my hatred of Berlin Airport. POV: your flight from Belgrade landed four hours ago and your luggage is just arriving. (Just the two hours and counting for me)

“Europe’s Trump strategy is a self-defeating trap,” argue Matthias Matthijs and @nathalietocci.bsky.social. Now, the continent must take steps to restore its own sovereignty—or risk strengthening the far right forces “hollowing it out from within.”

Putin: "We've taken Kupyansk" Zelensky: "Here I am in Kupyansk"

Der flüchtige Ex-#Wirecard-Vorstand Jan #Marsalek hat während seiner Zeit bei dem Aschheimer Zahlungsdienstleister in Libyen investiert. Jetzt liefern sich die Geschäftspartner nach Recherchen von BR und FT einen juristischen Streit.👇 www.br.de/nachrichten/...

Had been a little quiet the last couple months and here’s why. Our latest Marsalek investigation!

Zelenskyy: “The United States does not want Ukraine to be in NATO. “What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know. “Over time all secrets come to light.”

Of great interest

Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it

Excellent piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social - which frames the NSS correctly and walks through the three plausible implications for Europe. All of them are worrying, and will be a big part of our research coverage at Eurasia Group going forward

Another disastrous Truss budget

Possibly the most self-destructive reaction towards the US antagonism against the EU is by national leaders offering national partnerships. This is exactly the kind of avenue for the US/Trump to split Europe and reign over smaller European countries.

Deterring Russian sabotage is fraught with difficulty. “Containment is not enough,” Italy’s minister of defence argued. But what does being proactive look like when it comes to an adversary as unpredictable as Putin? Today's Big Read by @samgadjones.bsky.social is on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/44ffqrh

Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.

Ex-Wirecard boss Jan Marsalek linked to multibillion-dollar laundering network on.ft.com/4abx6aK

New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...

What the hell…

"I was confident that Ryanair would match your public spiritedness by refunding you the £100 fee as a goodwill gesture. I was naive." Some epic shithousery from Ryanair here, impressive.

This is just such a shitshow

FT Editorial. “This was the week when any ambiguity surely disappeared. The true cynical, money-grabbing and self-interested nature of his world view was laid bare.”

I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more: www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10

Choose dignity. Once lost it is the hardest of things to regain. America has already lost its.

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10 and a half years after he accepted money to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament. www.ft.com/content/9959...

Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵

Narrator: But the chip sales… were the bubble…

Exclusive: Russia’s spy agencies and Western security services are engaged in a secret struggle to gain custody of a Russian operative suspected of coordinating attacks last year that caused air cargo packages to burst into flames in Europe.

“I fundamentally assess that Putin is not interested in negotiations. There are no negotiations, not real negotiations. He’s attempting to play us… [But] this is a very, very winnable contest… It’s particularly important that we don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”

The Freedom of Russia resistance movement set fire to dozens of locomotives on the territory of Russia - Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Russian locomotives are used to transport weapons, ammunition, and equipment during combat operations against Ukraine.

Take a look at this extraordinary story by the @financialtimes.com investigations star Alison Killing: End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Of course. The noise. That’s what makes On shoes embarrassing. on.ft.com/492l9Uq

Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we? After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism. Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨 🧵 1/22

Interesting thread. Another nuance that gets lost in the narrative about Ukraine “losing”: I guarantee you Ukraine’s injured are looked after a lot better than those in Russia.

Servus Österreich 🇦🇹 Als #BalkonMuppet bezeichnet die Wiener politmediale Blase Ex-Politiker, die frei von Amt & Verantwortung Schelte und Besserwisserei betreiben. Nur: Warum nennt keiner Ex-Kanzler Sebastian Kurz einen „Balkon Muppet“? Mein Text aus Wien. www.spiegel.de/ausland/die-...