There's smartphone footage of people getting entangled at one exit, blocking others getting out. it's sadly a common occurrence when people panic in situations like this. I really wonder how people hold phones up to video this instead of helping pull people out or smash windows, using the phone.

dear Americans. this is a story about Bjørnar Moxnes, a Norwegian politician, who resigned over stealing a pair of sunglasses. 👇 Happy New Year!

I hear trump himself has penned a new national anthem for the USA. insiders say it sounds really similar, almost the exact same, as chopsticks.

More musicians have canceled upcoming concerts at the Kennedy Center after the board voted to add Trump’s name to the venue. Singer Kristy Lee: "When American history starts getting treated like something you can ban, erase, rename, or rebrand for somebody else's ego, I can't stand on that stage."

The great pianist Sir Andras Schiff has cancelled all of his scheduled US recitals for 2025 and 2026.

Starmer’s ‘great reset’ with the EU is imaginary. Meanwhile Brexit is being allowed to continue to damage the country and make us poorer. It’s very sad to see our great country in the ‘doom loop’. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Kennedy Center has just one show scheduled in the next six months. What a burn...

whenever someone says "brexit is complicated", or uses made up words like "brexitism", tell them to get in the feckin sea. There are no benefits to brexit and it's political cowardice of epic proportions for labour and others to not be honest about that. It really is that simple. 1/2

I wonder when the penny will drop in england that these protests in Georgia (clip below), Ireland, Germany, Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and elsewhere around Europe...are against the same pro russian & anti EU actors that helped deliver brexit.

a thing of absolute beauty. hang it in the louvre. (splainer in ALT)

fascinating story behind the song. And a cameo from Matt Dillon.

well done the Jewish Council of Australia for promoting this. www.theage.com.au/national/wha...

Zionists 0-1 Reginald D Hunter TL;DR: he cracked a joke about israeli settlers. A registered charity went after him in a private case and lost. He was cancelled by a lot of venues prior to this judgement and campaign against him. I presume he will be uncancelled now.

Stares in Palestine Action

Belgium has formally filed a declaration of intervention at the ICJ in South Africa v Israel, invoking Article 63 of ICJ Statute The legal wall is growing Belgium now joins Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, Türkiye, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Ireland, Cuba, Belize, Brazil & the Comoros

the race is on for 2026....will Canada trigger article 49 before the british?

So very interesting that in Alan Dershowitz’s deposition in January 2016, there were lots of questions about Clinton, but this volunteered answer about Trump (who was then running for president) was skipped over www.jmail.world/drive/COURT_...

Europeans watch the protests in Ireland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria etc. against pro russian & anti EU actors to see if those countries fall, like the UK already did. It's political corwardice of the worst kind to pretend "closer ties" will fix this. Triggering Article 49 is the only fix.

Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in. A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.

Zionists: What on earth keeps radicalizing those annoying Palestinians? Two Palestinian children look on as Israeli occupation forces demolish their home this morning.

this is such a bad look for the UK. the UN has described what Israelis are doing as genocide, not Greta. It reminds me of the thatcher years when the ukgov openly supported apartheid in south africa and tried to brand Nelson Mandella as a terrorist.

Did they read her message?

So you can be arrested for supporting imprisoned peaceful protesters who may die on hunger strike. Interesting. The government makes itself worse and more cruel daily. Excellent of Greta Thunberg to do this to heighten concern for their plight.

BREAKING: Greta Thunberg has been arrested in central London at a demonstration in support of the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike

quite something to see the british to be on the wrong side of history, yet again. I remember how they supported apartheid in South Africa and tried to brand Nelson Mandella a terrorist. Greta's sign is clearly worded "Palestine Action Prisoners", some of whom are on hunger strike.

Sweden detains Russian vessel linked to arms transport — Expressen 👀 ​Swedish customs and the coast guard have detained the Russian container ship Adler. Its owner is under EU and US sanctions for allegedly transporting weaponry used in the war against Ukraine.

quality.

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year theonion.com/cia-realizes...

‘Brexit Betrayal’ bleats the Telegraph. Gibraltar voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU - Brexit itself was their betrayal.

As someone who uses Eurostar a lot - I just passed thru STP - I find it truly astonishing "Brexit" isn't in the headline for this. That's the reason why they have to spend £100m and the reason Eurostar cannot stop at all those "international" train stations they spent billions building.

Also worth noting that if US Treasuries cease to be a safe asset there is an emerging possibility that Eurobonds could act as an alternative option

good thread on the EU move over seized russian assets. putin was in a panic over it and showed his hand, with the threats to Belgians involved in Euroclear and other institutions.

Amazing but I do not trust those chairs.

Food and drink exports from the UK to the EU reduced by 23.4% in the past five years, compared to the five-year period before Brexit, according to the latest figures from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2025/12/18/u...

well done EU...great summary of the financial deal for Ukraine.

Latest Poll results for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Next election (if it doesn't collapse before that) is May 2027. Pro Reunification / Unaligned / Pro EU: 54% Pro UK Union / Brexit: 41.6% Via Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool Samhain/Nov2025

I’ve been interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster about my book The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza. It’s about 20 minutes long and begins at 12.36. My first interview with any BBC outlet in the last 26 months of genocide! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

why won't labour extend the enquiry into dark money used during the brexit referendum?

YES exactly where DID that dark money come from Arlene ? Was Santa Putin going Ho Ho Ho Happy Brexitmas ?

This is such a weird scam

this is truly incredible. Ex-First Minister of NI Arlene Foster jokes and laughs about a £432,000 dark-money donation to the DUP ahead of the Brexit referendum. "we used it to bring about brexit...and it worked....ha ha ha ha!"

quick summary of the ukgovs response to the post brexit WF protocol recommendations that highlights problems, lack of cover for services and clearly not a long term fix for brexit in NI. TL;DR: "tough titties" - the ukgov has no intention of returning to the EU Customs Union or Single market.

very good. private eyes review of the year 2025. Trump impersonation by Lewis Macleod is brilliant.

President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call. The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.

quite incredible to think abramovich still has control over this cash. why didn't the UKGov seize it properly like other European nations did?

if the translation is correct, this is quite extraordinary. Orban says putin will take "countermeasures" towards EU member states that vote today to use the €210b+ of frozen russian assets to help Ukraine.

The EU parliament just voted in favour of banning the import of Russian oil & gas. 500 Yes 120 No 32 Abstained. Embarrassing to see Irish MEP and massive eejit, Flanagan, on the list of No Voters. press release: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

more like the UK EU "Undo" talks. fun fact: there are no brexit benefits. it's all down sides, no upsides. this. is not. complicated.

🚨🇩🇰 BREAKING: Denmark has called for Israel to be expelled from all international platforms, demanding that global institutions hold it accountable for its actions. Clear message: An occupying power has no place among nations that respect international law.