Will buy the guardian today. When big issue explodes i like to buy a paper and keep it for my records.

Lock him up

Sobering reporting on the risk of Iranian civil war. 'According to multiple accounts, masked men armed with knives killed basijis, the regime’s volunteer vigilantes. “It’s already a civil war,” says a young woman in Mashhad. “We’re just not saying it.”' www.economist.com/middle-east-...

On the Grammys red carpet, some nominees and guests could be seen wearing "ICE OUT" pins in protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

I lived in london for a year. That was enough for me. Not a city. Likw to visit though.

The world’s best and brightest flock to London. Its future—and Britain’s—depends on continuing to be a magnet

We are celebrating Philip Collins’s first issue as Prospect editor by dropping the paywall on our website! Visit www.prospectmagazine... to unlock free access to all our online journalism. Free access is available until 12pm GMT Monday 2nd February.

“Yep, Mr Burns is now a Democrat!” Honestly the best thing on the internet today- do yourself a favour and read it

Today’s Bird Buffet

Same article seems to appear ecery few weeks on drinking alcohol

The Drezner and Saunders analysis of Year 1 of Trump 2 is close to perfect: "The anarchy that is emerging under Trump, in other words, is more chaotic. It is closer to the more primitive anarchy of the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes—a world of “all against all,” where sovereign power

While obviously Trump backing down is a good thing, there will be two frustrating immediate consequences: 1) he will be praised for doing so despite having caused so much unrest and disruption and 2) the lesson he will learn is treat allies shabbily and you get what you want

Always enjoy reading Lawrence pieces.

This dude is intense and correct

RIP heroes.

So weird. Why can MPs be on all platforms. They should all use YouTube as well. Most of the world still on X as well. Stupid leaving it as i think people need to know what you have been working on.

I get my peruvian news from X from journalist there though. Cant leave as i need to know what happening in my home country.

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YouGov most important issues tracker, 10-12 January 2026 Economy: 53% (-1 from 3-5 Jan) Immigration: 50% (=) Health: 34% (=) Defence: 26% (+6) Tax: 18% (=) Crime: 16% (-1) Housing: 16% (-3) Welfare: 16% (-1) Environment: 15% (-1) Europe: 13% (=) yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...

MPs should be in all social platforms. Dont have to engage with it but put work they do. Each should have a youtube channel but hardly any of them do.

UKIP leader is a far right thug.

Man is a lunatic.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Goverments should post on all social media. Thanks for coming for my ted talk.

Watch the full interview here: econ.st/3L5gDuY

Some economic stories are complicated. This one is not. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Am just a royal mail postman and always read some papers but on social media sam and his dad substack get promoted. So thanks for the 25% and i just signed up. My politics are centre right and nice to read some sensible stuff.

Ukraine's allies met Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country's security after any potential peace deal is reached with Russia. https://to.pbs.org/3LzLmQT

Oh, well turns out Denis Kapustin is alive and it was a special operation all along

We didnt win but we keep pushing. West ham are awful. #bhafc

Yanks are weird. Obsessed with posting.

Now is not the time to give up. If anything, it's an opportunity to fight for the real changes we need. Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.

This prat cannot become President

‘Netanyahu could talk himself out of any fix. Not for nothing has hasbara or good-news publicity on behalf of Israel been seen as his special, perhaps only, political gift.’ Jacqueline Rose on her encounter with Benjamin Netanyahu. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆

‘All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism?’ @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on post-liberal political thought. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Wonder if zohran will run for president in the future

F*ck is this.

This loser raised tarifffs.

May the force be with you Dwight

Crony capitalism writ large. Putin had the Trump administration sussed out from the start. Great reporting by the WSJ. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

My quick verdict on the Budget, now up. "Fifteen thoughts on the Budget" open.substack.com/pub/archieh...

Thanks Thomas! I don’t think it will be broadcast. Might be recorded. There are a few of my lectures on YouTube. This one has the highest production values! Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hC...

Russian asset. Belongs in jail

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup

Guardian review of civilisation 😂 they corrected it now.

My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…

I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.

NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.