What Trump fails to understand is that China will view his abandonment and betrayal of Ukraine as an indicator that he will so the same with Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. His approach is strategically illiterate & hugely dangerous to global stability.

Trudeau's final act of his premiership has been his finest. Very few leaders in history can say that. He's unified Canadians ahead of a historic challenge & delivered a masterclass to international leaders on how to respond to Trump's global thuggery with force, grace & dignity.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 & history is on your side! History, as it often does, has a way of repeating itself - though, perhaps, not always to the benefit of those who fail to heed its lessons. In 1890, the United States,🧵

1/ under the guise of economic self-interest, imposed he Tariff Act, slapping duties of nearly 50% on imports. While ostensibly aimed at fortifying American industry, its architects harbored another motive:

2/ 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. It was a gamble - one that backfired spectacularly. Congressman William McKinley, later to become President, was the driving force behind

10/10 𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 - 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬. It must be confronted and it must be stopped before it is too late.

‘Away with the fairies?’ ‘He’s away with Putin, I think’ Lord Andrew Robathan urges Americans to ask themselves ‘what Putin has on Trump’

Interesting and relevant thread

⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ ⁦Vice President JD Vance⁩ Shame of America

All night, a rescue operation continued in Kryvyi Rih at the site of a Russian missile strike. A ballistic missile struck an ordinary hotel. Just before the attack, volunteers from a humanitarian organization – citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom – had

It is worrying how the UK continues to pursue policies of privitisation & liberalisation (the so-called Washington Consensus that wreaked havoc in the Global South), even today. Some reflections on how dangerous this is in my piece for The Guardian today theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Danny Sriskandarajah The Guardian A brilliant informative article.

In the cathedral early this morning to prepare a small anniversary tribute to Maurice #Ravel for tonight's Evensong #Ravel150

A right-leaning journalist asked me yesterday why I stopped writing the Brexit blog. I said I’d run out of things to say on the subject. He replied, “Well, you were proven right, so that makes sense”. Much of the British right privately knows Brexit was a mistake but can’t say it

Given the scrutiny of Reeves & Sabrina Carpenter tickets, I was perusing the Members Register of Interests and wowzers, look at the amount Kemi Badenoch has declared ! That family ‘gift’ is nearly 24 times the value of the Carpenter tickets yet not a single comment from the media

Join us on Easter Monday for our annual organ concert performed by our Assistant Director of Music, Peter Dyke. The recital begins at 1.15 pm, and will last approximately 45 minutes. Admission is free, with a retiring collection. herefordcathedral.org/Event/easter-m…

Getting some practice in for next Sunday's #Langlais Messe Solennelle at Hereford Cathedral #Easter

"The White House argues the mere presence of US businesses would put off Russia from further aggression, but that did not exactly work when they invaded in 2022" #Ukraine #Trump

Inequality is fuelling discontent and boosting far-right populists and all the harm they create. Yet we learn that bank chiefs are to receive a 40% rise this year, claiming salaries (£7.7m+ pa) will still be "below market". Untamed market forces will destroy us

Hereford Cathedral looking good on #Easter Day Hereford Cathedral