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Former chief of defence staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin tells @LawDavF that Boris Johnson was so uncertain whether to back Ukraine just days before the full-scale invasion he asked for papers to be drawn up on supporting Ukraine or 'looking the other way.'
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Voting to preserve democracy:
Serbia 👋
Brazil 👋
Israel (Tomorrow) ?
USA (November 3) ?
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When we rush to defend feudal Gulf dictatorships, it exposes our weakness and hypocrisy towards Ukrainian people fighting for freedom on our own continent.
My @theipaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/disgrace…
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Thank God Serbia borders Europe, which is why we preserved our democracy. If we bordered Russia, we might have suffered the same fate as Belarus or Georgia. That's why I'm also sad tonight, because our Georgian and Belarusian friends continue to suffer the fate we managed to escape.
When we rush to defend feudal Gulf dictatorships, it exposes our weakness and hypocrisy towards Ukrainian people fighting for freedom on our own continent.
My @theipaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/disgrace…
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‘Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged.’
Simon Heffer gives zero stars to a ‘preposterous’ rant by a crank conspiracy theorist who for a few days was once PM, @trussliz. telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi…
Great news
🚨 BREAKING: Aleksandar Vučić announced the end of his 12-year reign as the most powerful man in Serbia today following a pivotal election that swept the Student List protest movement to victory.
Full story: vist.ly/5pxap
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SpaceX Investor @GerberKawasaki tells me he’s not only “disgusted…from a humanity perspective” by restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine, but also: “…they've given everybody a reason not to use Starlink, that Starlink isn't reliable for national security for anybody but Trump.”
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It begins....
Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month. wapo.st/47GV3EC
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Trump family friends doing business with Russia, which it turns out secretly controls the $25 billion Alaska LNG project. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
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Hopeful sign: early voting in Texas is up 74% compared with 2022
Texas was Trump country but now many Republicans and swing voters want change. So can the Democrats really pull off a famous victory in the Lone Star State? My @theipaper report inews.co.uk/opinion/texas-tr…
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full
- Violence at lowest since records began in 1981
- Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds
- Robbery: record low
- Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak.
- Shoplifting up
More:-
comment.press/lawless
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Stunning reportage by Ian Birrell in the I Paper on Trump and Texas. Helped me understand why he was elected and how he is now seen by diehard Republicans
link.news.inews.co.uk/view/5…
Hopeful sign: early voting in Texas is up 74% compared with 2022
Texas was Trump country but now many Republicans and swing voters want change. So can the Democrats really pull off a famous victory in the Lone Star State? My @theipaper report inews.co.uk/opinion/texas-tr…
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Texas was Trump country but now many Republicans and swing voters want change. So can the Democrats really pull off a famous victory in the Lone Star State? My @theipaper report inews.co.uk/opinion/texas-tr…
Remember how Jim Ratcliffe - the Brexit-supporting and anti-immigration billionaire tax exile who runs Manchester United - berated the failure of British politicians who ran the country badly and were scared of taking tough decisions?
Texas was Trump country but now many Republicans and swing voters want change. So can the Democrats really pull off a famous victory in the Lone Star State? My @theipaper report inews.co.uk/opinion/texas-tr…
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Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
