Mujtaba Rahman Good to hear - Germany deserves better. They need to fix internal problems before trying yo lead the EU.

Irish politics. Interviewer: so what country should Ireland model itself on? Pol: The Nordic ones. Int: So bring in a water tax, keep the property tax, and increase tax on low paid workers? And publish every ones tax and income? And join NATO? Pol: Except for those, yes.

Irish pols are obsessed with debating issues over which they have no control. Imagine if South Dublin's 40 Cllrs had spent this time helping renovate a single house, or paint graffiti off a wall. I mean, when was South Dub County Council planning to introduce apartheid anyway?

"Trump has questioned the value of core tenets of British foreign, security, defence and foreign economic and climate policy" 🇺🇸 What are the UK foreign policy implications of a second Trump presidency? 🖊️ Read Richard G Whitman's analysis. ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-foreign-pol…

This is the only thing you need to understand about inheritance tax on farmland ft.com/content/ab3585…

Because we love our cousins and make an effort, despite your donkey-ass Brexit politics You’re welcome

Can we ban Aasmah from using the term ‘@ me’, Times Radio 😉

#Gibraltar and for our followers over nearby Spain - latest radar at 9am, 13/11 - showers and some thundery downpours already developing more widely - recent reports of some downpours from followers near Cadiz & Axarquia. A Weather Advisory issued for Gibraltar, however we are

Lots of serious articles about how different countries face tough challenges from Trump, not least in his unpredictability. Silly to think of the UK as special in any regard towards the US right now. And while all will inevitably talk, we're also all on our own to find solutions.

JUSTAMENTE, 35 AÑOS DESPUÉS, HA VUELTO A OCURRIR... #Málaga #AlertaProtecciónCivilMLG

Kraftwerk plays before a confused audience for the first time (1970). This is one of the earliest existing concert videos documenting the birth of electronic music.

NEW -- The UK government has decided to save the post-Brexit deal to make French School trips easier... ft.com/content/717cca…

Yesterday Trump announced he's nominating Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense. Hegseth's a prominent Fox News personality & veterans advocate, but he also has strong ties to the Christian far right that I've not seen fully exposed yet. Here's a thread w/ receipts... 1/

In news that will send shockwaves throughout the French and European political spheres, prosecutors are seeking a five-year ban from public office for far-right political leader, Marine Le Pen. frenchdispatch.eu/p/prosecutors-…

Hope it's wrong, but I'm hearing through the grapevine about this bonkers plan: Trump would adjourn both Houses of Congress under Article II, section 3, and then recess-appoint his Cabinet.

Or Strasbourg. Not much bigger than Cork. Which has six tram lines. One of which crosses an international border. Meanwhile we can barely get our trams to cross the northside🙄 It's great that the Finglas Luas is finally progressing. But it's not nearly enough.

‼️🇫🇷 Not sure sufficient attention is being paid to this, but there is a growing & now significant chance Marine Le Pen will be banned from public office for at least 5 yrs & thus ineligible to run for president in 2027. Le Pen is on trial for embezzling EU funds. Decision in Jan

We are taking an important step in defence cooperation. Today we fund 5 procurement projects for air & missile defence systems, armoured vehicles & ammunition. They involve 20 EU countries working for a stronger 🇪🇺 defence industry. And for more military support to Ukraine.

Essential check list of Hard Right fruitcakes.

Point being missed about this is Bailey is implicitly *criticising* Reeves/Labour. Or at least warning that Labour ‘reset’ isn’t going to move the dial. And that costs. And, also implicitly, that diffèrent choices can be made.