“We do not know what the motives are behind this attack. But then if there are people out there who want to kill your friends, their motives are irrelevant.” Powerful piece by @jayelwes.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/jay-elwes-ki...

A very moving piece of writing by @jayelwes.bsky.social in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

A reminder that no one knows who did this or why.

A belligerent and terrifyingly effective liar, Leavitt isn’t just Trump’s press secretary – she’s the very embodiment of his media strategy. But signs of strain are beginning to show... ✏️ Nicky Woolf

One for you @raskin.house.gov ?

"we have actually banned @jamesrball.com from the conference"

"In his opening remarks, Democrat Jamie Raskin dismissed Farage as a “far-right, pro-Putin politician”, who “calls England an authoritarian regime while saying that Vladimir Putin is the world leader he admires the most”."

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...

Free speech for me. You, on the other hand… www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...

The right have been radicalised, while abuse forces moderators off platforms. This can’t go on ✏️ @jamesrball.com

it’s a game where you can waive the rules for your buddies, but ruthlessly enforce the letter of the law on your enemies. It’s Trump all over. ✏️ @jayelwes.bsky.social

Why the world needs debate @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

Like the hapless Fantasia character, Donald Trump has learned that wielding the axe without experience, humility and understanding ends in chaos ✏️ @moisesnaim.bsky.social 🔓Free to read www.thenewworld.co.uk/moises-naim-...

All those tanks being shipped into Washington DC — I do hope that, after this weekend parade, they’re shipped out again. I really, really hope they are.

All those people who’ve been banging on about free speech for so many years — how remarkably silent they are. bsky.app/profile/moth...

RIP Sly. X open.spotify.com/track/4WyVRn...

When the facts change: www.ft.com/content/a9b5...

I wrote about Ukraine's view of the summer offensive for @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/luke-mcgee-u...

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When the facts change… www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed, writes @jayelwes.bsky.social

“For decades, the rest of the world has been funding America’s budget deficit. America has effectively taken out a huge mortgage on itself, and by the introduction of blanket global tariffs, it is now attacking the people who loaned it the money.” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jay-elwes-tr...

Time to get ready for the Trump Slump.

Trump and all his Maga disciples, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, see Europe as little more than a parasite – how did it all go so wrong? Asks @jayelwes.bsky.social

it's easy to forget some of the more hallucinatory observations made by some Brexiteers back in the day

“The one thing an authoritarian detests more than anything is the spectacle of a successful, open, liberal society, because it contradicts everything they stand for…Vance, Greene and the other Maga disciples hate Europe. They feel threatened by its success.” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jay-elwes-eu...

Wait — isn’t this the plot of Die Hard 2?

Ok - this is something I do know about. Trump doesn’t seem to understand is that “whisky” is only made in Europe. What he’s actually talking about is “whiskey”, with an “e”, which is made in the states and which, frankly, is completely disgusting and they’re welcome to it.

Tesla doubled in value in just a few weeks following Trump’s election victory – and now it’s lost all of those gains. That’s a bigger deal than it first seems. Here’s why: Full article: www.theneweuropean.co.uk/james-ball-e...

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A little understood fact is that your brain isn’t fully developed until you’re 23, and that’s why teenagers are incapable of picking up the fucking bathmat or flushing the fucking loo. According to cognitive scientists.

This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped

What do Sumption, Sandel and Piketty tell us about our current civilisational trajectory? www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jay-elwes-ar...

Jim O’Neill is very bearish on Trump. Here’s his column in @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jim-oneill-w...

Tariffs, tax cuts, deporting millions of people — might be time to start reading books about Paul Volcker

just saw someone in the FT comments section referring to Tesla as the swasticar

“It was hard to see his first term as fascist because it was such a mess, and the general sense of fascism is that it involves political order. But the other reason why his first term didn’t feel fascist was because it was beset with such extreme silliness” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-sillines...

I'll get me coat.

“Th’abuse of greatness is when it disjoins Remorse from power”. One hell of a good line.

Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Zeno’s Karaoke

“We know two things: first, in Musk’s hands, social media has become a means by which powerful figures in US politics can interfere directly in the affairs of other nations; and second, this is not the act of an ally.” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/social-media...

In 2025, 🇳🇴Norway will provide the largest military assistance in its history — over 2 billion euros — specifically to 🇺🇦Ukraine, - Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov

The short-lived former prime minister is a doughty campaigner for free speech - unless you point out she crashed the economy

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown