Matt Mert Somcag
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"Liberty is fundamental." MT
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"We are all vulnerable, ı am extremely so and naturally have tried not show it for my own self-preservation. My shyness and insecurity have often made me seem arrogant- its a form of self-protection of timid people." Maria Callas
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"Nothing last forever" Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧 Our Maggie 💙 One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
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Callas and Churchill
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"if the right honorable gentleman is suggesting that we ever get to a position when you can not return illegal immigrants to their country of origin, then he is proposing international chaos." 1989 Nov 30 Th
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Getty
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Kids, families, listen up! Today's new ep of "If Objects Could Talk" brings this feet-shaped lamp to the podcast studio. Hear about how ancient houses were designed and lit up in a time before you could just flick a switch.
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Marie
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Callas and Churchill
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Callas and Churchill
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One of my favourite pictures of her, thoughtful By Gemma Levine 1986
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Does any of it matter ?
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With Harry Borden
@expremiers.bsky.social
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I Photographed Margaret Thatcher and She Was... Not Evil?
YouTube video by Fred and Harry Borden
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WegwEZhMzfw&si=YpTbS_6iQE-K02tK
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Colourised photograph By Fergus Greer From 1995 He is also one of my favourite photographers He worked for Avedon
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They truly liked each others Lady T by Fergus Greer From the collection of NPG From 1995 NPG x128527; Margaret Thatcher; Fergus Greer - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
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She truly liked working with Nigel Parry October 1993
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The Times & Sunday Times
2 months ago
Kamala Harris has ruled herself out of the race to become governor of California, fuelling speculation about a second presidential run
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Kamala Harris rules out running for governor in 2026
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/kamala-harris-rules-out-governor-california-h7dkkr527?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753906355-2
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Peter Just
2 months ago
📘 ICYMI: it was great to speak to Michael Portillo on GB NEWS yesterday about 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'. 📺 You can listen in from c.30:17, including for whether I think her life after 1990 was one of sadness.
www.gbnews.com/shows/sunday...
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Sunday with Michael Portillo Show
Join Michael Portillo and guests for a relaxed look at the world of politics, culture and the arts | GB News
https://www.gbnews.com/shows/sunday-with-michael-portillo/
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Lord Norton of Louth
3 months ago
The
@uniofhull.bsky.social
Politics contingent at last night's launch at the House of Lords of 'Margaret Thatcher" Life After Downing Street' by
@expremiers.bsky.social
- Cliff Grantham, me (host), Peter Just (author) and Zeena Mistry
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Carl Rosman
3 months ago
Anyway. Playing it tomorrow! With my
@musikfabrik.bsky.social
colleagues and guests, conducted by our dear friend Bas Wiegers. Do come along if you’re in or near Köln. (Alas there won’t be a recording/broadcast/stream.)
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Ensemble Musikfabrik
23.06.2025, Montag 20:00, Kölner Philharmonie, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Köln
https://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/de/programm/ensemble-musikfabrik/4343
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The Economist
4 months ago
Latin America’s tax and welfare systems are shockingly bad at reducing inequality. This has physical, political and economic implications for the region
https://econ.trib.al/MzQW2uH
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Slums, swimming pools and Latin America’s inequality
Its tax and welfare systems are shockingly bad at reducing inequality
https://econ.trib.al/MzQW2uH
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Nick Pearce
4 months ago
New piece on the UK welfare state by me &
@gavin-kelly.bsky.social
for a special edition of
@oxrepjournal.bsky.social
We examine the economic, political & demographic forces reshaping our welfare state.
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The recent history and future prospects of the UK welfare state
Abstract. This article examines how the UK welfare state was significantly retrenched, reshaped, and selectively expanded in the era of austerity and Covid
https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/41/1/28/8157930
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Yale University Press London 📖
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Sussex Modernism Towner Eastbourne Thought Provoking And Original - Claudia Barbieri
Sussex Modernism at the Towner Eastbourne Gallery one of the most thought-provoking and original exhibitions in the current summer season.
https://artlyst.com/reviews/sussex-modernism-towner-eastbourne-thought-provoking-and-original-claudia-barbieri/
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From "The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal order" by Gary Gerstle
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Meanwhile in UK Cartoon showing Mrs Thatcher Cartoon from her collection anonymous Auction happened at the Christie's
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British fishing boat named after Thatcher held in French custody days after Starmer’s EU fish deal
British fishing boat The Lady T has allegedly been caught fishing for whelks without a licence in the English channel, and is being held in French custody.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/british-fishing-boat-thatcher-held-in-french-custody/
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'A Double Helping of Impressionists!' | Michael Portillo Visits EXCITING New London Exhibition
YouTube video by GBNews
https://youtu.be/zap1K6I7_VY?si=gbqzlTKtU35eURO4
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LSE Blogs
5 months ago
Following the recent
#UK-#EU
summit,
#Britain
is moving closer to the EU again. So why does the idea of Britain rejoining the customs union, single market or the EU itself still seem so unlikely? Mitya Pearson
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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@drdavidjeffery.bsky.social
on
@lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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Is the UK-EU reset a step to Britain rejoining the single market?
There is support in the UK for closer relations with the EU, but there remain major obstacles to taking more ambitious steps like rejoining the single market.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/05/20/is-the-uk-eu-reset-the-first-step-toward-britain-rejoining-the-single-market/
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Peter Just
4 months ago
🚨 As covered in 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street', Margaret Thatcher's 'philosophy' role included Central and Eastern Europe. 📘 You can preorder
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet
now:
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margar...
#Thatcher100
#MargaretThatcher
#Thatcher
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America Is In A Late Republic Stage Like Rome
History suggests republics don’t last more than 250 years. An interview with Nathan Gardels, recorded on February 10.
https://open.substack.com/pub/niallferguson/p/america-is-in-a-late-republic-stage?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2e0rlo
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Peter Just
5 months ago
🗓️ With just 10 weeks till the scheduled publication of 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' have you preordered your copy? 📘
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet
is a tale of high drama and low farce with, at its heart, one extraordinary woman. 31/100
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margar...
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Margaret Thatcher
The story of Margaret Thatcher’s life after Downing Street is a tale of high drama and low farce, with, at its heart, one extraordinary woman. No longer in office but never really out of power, ...
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margaretthatcher
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Peter Just
5 months ago
💡 An explanation from
@lordnortonlouth.bsky.social
of why Margaret Thatcher was such a successful Prime Minister. 📘 And, as
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet
shows, why even now we can't stop talking about her, whether we're Conservative or Labour.
#MargaretThatcher
#Thatcher100
#Thatcher
#ExPremiers
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Peter Just
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#OTD
in 1992, Margaret Thatcher spoke in The Hague. 🗣️ 'Bruges Mark II' was one of her most important post-1990 speeches. 🛒 Preorder 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' now for more about it:
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margar...
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet
#Thatcher100
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The Guardian
6 months ago
Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April
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Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April
Prime minister launches contest expected to focus on US relations, as Liberals enjoy lead over Conservatives Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has called a snap election on 28 April, firing the starting gun on a contest that is widely expected to focus on the strained relationship with the US amid threats to Canada’s economic and political future. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetime because of President [Donald] Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” he said. “He wants to break us, so America can own us. We will not let this happen. We’re over the shock the shock of the betrayal, but we can never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves. We have to look out for each other.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/canada-to-head-to-polls-as-mark-carney-calls-snap-election-for-28-april?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
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Labour plan for £2bn in Whitehall cuts will hit frontline services, union warns
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Labour plan for £2bn in Whitehall cuts will hit frontline services, union warns
‘You can’t cut your way to growth,’ says PCS head as Rachel Reeves confirms move to lower admin costs by 15% by 2030 Rachel Reeves’s planned cuts of £2bn to government departments will hit frontline services from jobcentres to HMRC phone lines and efforts to cut the asylum backlog, a union has said. On Sunday the chancellor confirmed plans to seek a 15% reduction in admin costs across Whitehall, amounting to about £2bn a year, by the end of the decade. She said this would also result in about 10,000 job losses in the civil service, although this was not a target. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/23/labour-plan-whitehall-cuts-rachel-reeves-frontline-services-pcs-union?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Le Monde
7 months ago
A Istanbul, des dizaines de milliers de personnes manifestent à nouveau en soutien au maire, qui dénonce des accusations « sans fondement »
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A Istanbul, des dizaines de milliers de personnes manifestent à nouveau en soutien au maire, qui dénonce des accusations « sans fondement »
Malgré l’interdiction des rassemblements, les manifestants étaient encore plus nombreux samedi soir que les jours précédents. Principal opposant au président Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu a été interpellé mercredi pour « corruption » et « terrorisme ».
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/22/a-istanbul-des-dizaines-de-milliers-de-personnes-manifestent-a-nouveau-en-soutien-au-maire-qui-denonce-des-accusations-sans-fondement_6584655_3211.html
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