(Once again) this is a Brexit reflection. ‘Global’ Britain was meant to mitigate losses from Brexit and surpass EU membership. That ‘vision’ was based on trade deals and liberalised ‘fair’ immigration. The latter is now being dismantled and the former relies on no defunct liberal multilateralism.

This is still correct...

This one, regularly whipping up sectarian hatred in Syria. This is a global operation.

Collingwood’s podcast is more specific. Connected via Russian Federation Android App.

A Slovak far-right politician joined TwitterX through the Russian Federation Android App.

We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?

According to Russia's constitution, recently amended by Putin, these five labelled regions of Ukraine are now part of Russia. According to Ukraine's constitution, not amended since the 1990s, they are part of Ukraine. "Trump's peace plan" says Russia only wants Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk. #WATO

Nothing makes me more interested in something than being told it’s no longer relevant/I should move on. See also: Brexit, Farage’s home ownership, Farage’s income streams, Reform’s funding and racism, their links to Russia, MAGA and the mountain of evidence that they’re traitorous lying bastards.

The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election. Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.

Thinking about... Russian Unreality and American Weakness Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. Timothy Snyder Nov 24, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Trade folk (including myself) are unconvinced there is much of a growth dividend for Rachel Reeves from agreements with India, EU, and US. Just as there's no evidence of positive impact from independent UK trade policy since 2021. www.politico.eu/article/rach...

This is a fabulous read. The figures might be specific to the USA, but the principle applies wherever neocapitalism has been applied. Read it, and feel it in your bones.

Day 2124 of #Brexit: ‘The headline finding is devastating in its simplicity. By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU. [] It is the loss of an entire decade of growth.’ eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

I was going to suggest that this sums them up quite well, but I think it may be overly generous. (Plus I’ve always liked it as a cartoon for some reason.)

They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc

Well…be reasonable. If the account said “I’m the third phone from the left on the middle road“ then it wouldn’t look quite as appealing, would it?

Remember when Musk lied about the reason he bought Twitter was to get rid of the Bots and trolls? bsky.app/profile/carn...

Ha! *Surprised face* Mary Tiles Texas joined from Russia in September 2022, a few months after its full invasion of Ukraine. Watch how the Russian trolls now find out ways to set up new “USA“ (UK/French/ Irish etc etc) accounts from place appropriate locations

Reform UK’s Chris Large, Leader of Staffordshire Council, has been boasting that they have repaid £15m of debt, giving the impression they are making savings. This repayment is a routine decision councils make when interest rates are reviewed on these types of loan.

I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*. Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”

To be fair, we'd had a whole 24H without Labour punching down at foreigners, so we were past due...

Putin’s plan for Ukrainian surrender does not serve American national interests

Oh dear, God, Hannan said something sensible.

Have we not reached peak budget speculation yet? I anticipate predictions of a return to sumptuary laws and window taxes before Thursday...

Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference. Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:

Great. More vilification from Labour. Plays right into the hands of the lying liars who wildly overstate instances of benefit fraud, just like kicking the forrins plays into the hands of those burning to give them a good kicking. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I ask again why any Government is still on X. Grok has clearly been shaped in its owner’s image and likeness I would very much like to know what Governments’ and journalists’ red lines are if this sort of thing is not. apple.news/At85Jo9xFRzC...

Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done. He’s scrambling.

The E3 (UK, France, Germany) counter-proposal for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is vastly superior to the US sell-out. It has a strong focus on Ukraine’s sovereignty, EU membership, security guarantees & reparations, and no surrender of free Ukrainian territory to Russian occupation.

“Any peace deal isn’t about Zelenskyy. Ultimately it’s about the Ukrainian people and their understanding of Ukraine as a nation, we definitely can’t allow all these crazy points in this Trump so-called peace plan.” Exactly! Europe must stand firm with Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Dear Bluesky, www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners. We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!

I get why leaders of countries feel they have to be diplomatic to Trump. But I also admire this level of cattiness.

Whoops! 😂

Spot on from @snellarthur.bsky.social on the continuing TRUMP/ 🇺🇸 effort to force Ukraine to reward Russia for its illegal war, murder of its citizens and destroying its infrastructure, whilst grabbing as much as possible to line Trump & CO’s pockets. arthursnell.substack.com/p/another-da...

Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Some of those X accounts are so fake they make AI-generated hands look normal.

LUCID The Noose and the Swastika MAGA's Big-Tent Racism. Ruth Ben-Ghiat Nov 23, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Phillips’s Newsletter Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands Vance To The Fore; The 28 Points — Is It More Interesting Who Backed Them? Phillips P. OBrien Nov 23, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks So in Trump's mind Ukraine should be grateful for being handed to Russia on a plate. Trump is an arsehole and Farage is his frog-faced errand boy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Bishop of Norwich has taken aim at the Home Office’s asylum reforms, warning they’ll make integration harder and deepen division. A rare intervention – and a sharp one. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

You throw around the term 'conservative' despite the brutal murder Colonel Mustard committed with the candlestick in the conservatory?

I think the reason Trump is so bad at peace making is he can't understand why people fight wars - because he can't comprehend why people are willing to die for a cause greater than themselves. He doesn't get why an (apparently) weaker party (eg Ukraine) won't just concede (eg give up the Donbas).

“He insists on civility in public debate” yet regularly goes on GB News is some absolutely wild mental gymnastics from Glasman

Just blocked an account that keeps appearing on my feed campaigning to abandon summertime and maintain standard time all year round on the grounds that they are almost certainly morning people so we’re unlikely to get along.

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Trump's gone back to blaming Ukraine for Russia attacking them.

"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️

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