Jim Pickard
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Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
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of all the interviews I’ve done this week, this podcast with
@tommctague.bsky.social
was probably the most reflective
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What did Starmer already know about Mandelson and Epstein? | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCHpbYVWkk
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Adam Schwarz
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Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
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one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result: Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was heading for a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections on Sunday night after official projections based on interim results put the opposition Tisza party on course for a clear majority in parliament.
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Hungary’s Orbán concedes defeat as opposition heads for landslide win
Péter Magyar’s Tisza party was projected to win 136 out of 199 seats, giving it a two-thirds majority
https://www.ft.com/content/a9b635f0-6fff-41e5-8e27-245de4500863?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Jon Cooper
about 22 hours ago
Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.
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Josiah Mortimer
about 15 hours ago
This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person
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Adam Bienkov
about 16 hours ago
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Dan Neidle
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The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:
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Mina Kimes
2 days ago
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦
2 days ago
Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!
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Crispin Odey has dropped his £79mn libel claim against the Financial Times over its reporting of sexual misconduct allegations against him, acknowledging that the FT would win in its defence.
www.ft.com/content/6966...
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Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims
The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss
https://www.ft.com/content/69666b46-8452-4807-add9-712a0394a53c?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Crispin Odey has dropped his £79mn libel claim against the Financial Times over its reporting of sexual misconduct allegations against him, acknowledging that the FT would win in its defence.
www.ft.com/content/6966...
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Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims
The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss
https://www.ft.com/content/69666b46-8452-4807-add9-712a0394a53c?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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US inflation jumped to its highest level in two years in March driven by a historic surge in petrol prices, knocking consumer sentiment to record lows as the fallout from Donald Trump’s war in Iran hits the world’s top economy.
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https://www.ft.com/content/7573b421-9c1e-4203-8477-7414f82eb248?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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brevity is the soul of wit
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Sam Gad Jones
3 days ago
I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad
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Alastair Campbell
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Trump makes everything about himself. When I spoke to Zelensky, he was the opposite
When I interviewed the Ukrainian leader for the Rest is Politics Leading, his energy was phenomenal
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trump-makes-everything-himself-zelensky-opposite-4343942
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Roland Smith
6 days ago
Extraordinary. (Douglas Murray and Tim Montgomerie also mentioned in this article.)
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Giles Wilkes
4 days ago
Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to Joe Biden’s lowest point
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From The Economist
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Katie Martin
4 days ago
"this seems like a legitimate misunderstanding"
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
4 days ago
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿
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Jose Carlos Fajardo
4 days ago
I can't stop admiring this photo by the Artemis II crew made of the moon. (Nikon D5 shot at f 7.1 at 800th of a second on 400 iso at 80 mm)
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ancient amphitheatre, Taormina
4 days ago
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Edwin Heathcote
5 days ago
Reopened with a toll.
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so the strait - which was open six weeks ago - will reopen and that will be presented as some kind of victory?
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Dubai exodus: Official estimates obtained by the FT show 30,000 British residents — or between 10-15 per cent of the prewar, long-term population — are outside the UAE, raising concerns among school operators banking on growth in student numbers
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One in eight British residents has left UAE since Iran war, data shows
Departures from Gulf state raise concerns among school operators banking on growth in student numbers
https://www.ft.com/content/3fcc3dbf-3b9f-4639-8034-ded8fbee5ea0?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Mark
6 days ago
This is what I don't get about British politicians remaining on a platform for "the reach" when the light from the influence of Kevin Sorbo hasn't even reached them yet.
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this is why I have encouraged friends and fellow journalists to quit, with mixed results
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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town square, Sicily
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church, Sicily
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church, Sicily
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Strategists, advisers and media personalities who were key to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party have flocked to the Green Party in recent months, as the once “tepid” environmental group has veered to the left
www.ft.com/content/e38d...
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Corbynistas flock to Zack Polanski’s Green Party
Allies of the former Labour leader are being drawn by ‘eco-populist’ pivot to the left
https://www.ft.com/content/e38d4baf-971f-4b91-b46f-52cc4020f634?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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🦇🕷️🕸️Jack Anderson🕸️🕷️🦇
10 days ago
See, I'm not sure the veer to the left is new. Greens have been pretty outspokenly left wing for many years, what's new is them having a competent media strategy fit for the 21st century.
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Strategists, advisers and media personalities who were key to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party have flocked to the Green Party in recent months, as the once “tepid” environmental group has veered to the left
www.ft.com/content/e38d...
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Corbynistas flock to Zack Polanski’s Green Party
Allies of the former Labour leader are being drawn by ‘eco-populist’ pivot to the left
https://www.ft.com/content/e38d4baf-971f-4b91-b46f-52cc4020f634?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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I’m not a financial analyst but isn’t Tesla share price predicated on soaring sales volumes?
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Aaron Rupar
11 days ago
Paula White compares Trump to Jesus during event with faith leaders: "You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. Because of His resurrection, you rose up."
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Helen Czerski
11 days ago
It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.
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not sure this is a mid-terms winning slogan
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Janine Gibson
11 days ago
Good morning and Happy Nigella Day! Because all is briefly right with the world and as a special treat, it's free to read.
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How did I end up here? — Nigella Lawson’s first FT column
A defence of food writing (and a recipe for rice pudding) as Nigella returns to her alma mater newspaper
https://www.ft.com/content/48198cee-407c-4675-adb5-b5cf7e2d6cbb?shareType=nongift
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Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to people briefed on the discussions.
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Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition
Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway
https://www.ft.com/content/d304071a-ca97-4b3b-be93-ff880a6645c3?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Is he dead yet? 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱
11 days ago
Yup. Europe is buying them off the US now. The US monetary contributions are now precisely zero.
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Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to people briefed on the discussions.
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Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition
Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway
https://www.ft.com/content/d304071a-ca97-4b3b-be93-ff880a6645c3?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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new Economist cover
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John Bistline
11 days ago
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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fascinating to watch Starmer pivot from accepting the "finality" of Brexit to admitting how much economic damage it has done
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at last a happy story: also collies are the best dogs, period
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Molly the border collie rescued after a week waiting for injured owner in New Zealand’s remote backcountry
A rescue mission involving volunteer helicopter crew and public donations ended in joy after Molly was located and brought home
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/molly-border-collie-rescued-new-zealand
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Katie Martin
12 days ago
if only there had been some kind of warning
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fascinating to watch Starmer pivot from accepting the "finality" of Brexit to admitting how much economic damage it has done
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a US federal judge has ordered Donald Trump to stop building a new, $400mn White House ballroom until Congress approves its completion
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Judge halts construction of Donald Trump’s $400mn White House ballroom
First major setback for 90,000 sq ft white and gold project since East Wing was demolished in October
https://www.ft.com/content/8c36d518-cafc-45f9-a272-0ef4ef48e1de?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Stephen Bush
12 days ago
Always exciting to see a friend’s book on sale! (Exciting even to see an enemy’s.)
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this is one hell of a wildlife photograph, bravo
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