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In case of interest: thoughts on Trump - Ukraine/ Russia.
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In case of interest: Russian Elections 2026 - interview with Andrew Levi & Ekaterina Kotrikadze on BBC News, 18 Sep 2026
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Andrew Levi retweeted
Thoughts on Ed Miliband as the new UK Foreign Secretary, and the challenges he faces coming into the job.
youtu.be/HgNTuTcCB3Q?is=bHBx…
Thoughts on Ed Miliband as the new UK Foreign Secretary, and the challenges he faces coming into the job.
youtu.be/HgNTuTcCB3Q?is=bHBx…
Andy Burnham PM Alert
Perhaps this is boring.
But much discussion of Andy Burnham becoming PM ignores it.
To be PM you need to be an MP able to command a majority in the House of Commons.
Andy Burnham is the only MP able to.
How long that will last, we don’t know.
The end.
Andrew Levi retweeted
There’s film of Farage posing outside a polling station in Gorton (I believe) and standing behind him is a Protec officer with an automatic weapon covered by his jacket. He’s clearly a cop bc ordinary security personnel aren’t allowed to carry guns.
🚨 This is getting ridiculous.
Farage has used his security needs to help justify the £5m “gift”.
He turned down state-funded security.
Now, following Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform has moved the entire conversation to Farage’s safety — and The Times leader column says the state should fund an official protection team.
So what exactly was the £5m for?
Ann has almost disappeared from her own murder story.
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Spot on from @AnthonyGlees.
We don’t know.
But we do know enough of what’s already happened - recent cases: Russian & Iranian states violently attacking the UK PM (arson) & the UK Jewish community (arson & more), respectively - for this to be considered a serious possibility.
There’s not a little truth in @USWPColby’s analysis (see attached ⬇️).
Yet the fact he feels a need to say it, highlights the radically, rapidly deteriorating relationship between the US & the very middle powers - crucial US allies - he refers to.
The opposite of reassuring.
There is a great deal of hubbub about a collective “middle powers”strategy these days.
At DoW, we are not concerned that this is a serious possibility. Rather, we are more concerned that a few allies and partners will *think it is* and waste valuable time, money, and political capital on a distraction. 1/
See also @ischinger ⬇️
Ann Widdecombe
Terrorism is criminal. Reasonably suspecting someone of such criminality is grounds for arrest & holding for 14 days (extendable).
Terrorism crimes involve political motivation.
What does that tell us about the killing of Ann Widdecombe?
Very little.
A 🧵 /1.
There are multiple hypothetical scenarios in which such a killing could be a terrorist/political act. Or not be one.
Increasingly fevered, some might say sometimes manipulative, speculation about the killing based on misunderstood or twisted facts, is highly regrettable./18. End