We in Europe have been very stupid and trusting. #deyankification is now an urgent defence issue.
Posts by Chris Smith
🇪🇺🇺🇸 Brussels Times: EU Defence at Risk of US “Kill Switch”
A Brussels think tank warns that over three-quarters of European countries depend on US cloud giants like Microsoft, AWS, Google, and Oracle for critical defence systems.
The Russian interference in the EU referendum is a classic. Nobody either Labour or Tory wants to lift that rock.
THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION IS BIZARRE…..EVEN THE MAFIA WOULD BE IMPRESSED BY THE TRUMP GANG….
Beading in mind that his allies like Bannon and Miller are trying to undermine all European democracies, why is it reasonable to play games with this monster? Do they really think they are going to influence him to stop?
The assumption that we needed to appease Trump and his ally Putin rather than oppose them and work with European allies was a big mistake.
🇯🇵 The Japanese government has decided to abolish the “five categories” of restrictions on arms exports, - Kyodo News
“Five categories”: Rescue operations, Transport, Surveillance, Intelligence, Demining.
The seeds of Starmer's downfall were sown by Blue Labour before the General Election, with stupid red lines that guaranteed a weak economy unable to pay for what people want. All of the bad decisions stem from "make Brexit work". No government could survive with that economic millstone.
When the print media is owned almost entirely by foreign right wing oligarchs and the news agenda of the BBC is set by "what the papers say" it's a tough environment for honest journalists. Most simply keep their heads down and write the crap they are paid for.
It’s not just our media that’s declined in every imaginable way. It’s everywhere.
Once a proud profession. The current crop of hacks have destroyed every vestige of respect they had. There are a few outliers who show integrity but it must be hard and feel very isolating.
RIP British Media.
"… the engineering elite must participate in 'the articulation of a national project,’ wrote #Palantir co-founder Alex Karp.
That is to say: Men like Karp should decide what this country is."
tinyurl.com/yfe2ucb5
I don't know about you, but I refuse to live in the dystopian world that Palantir is not only ideating, but implementing.
It's time for companies to divest, lawyers to go to court, voters to demand that their reps refuse and return their contributions.
We can't just stand by.
Too late. They should have been doing this 18 months ago.
Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) * ... @magyarpeterMP Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then - on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office.
Hungary’s Péter Magyar issues an ultimatum.
💥Days after Viktor Orbán lost reelection, Hungary's data protection authority is investigating Webloc — an Israeli tool that harvests mobile ad data for mass surveillance, likely violating GDPR. We exposed its use by Hungary on @vsquare.bsky.social with @citizenlab.ca: vsquare.org/goulash-with...
Good news!
"EU top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules.
"Viktor Orbán had banned mentions of homosexuality in media accessible to children and outlawed Pride marches."
Appeasing fascists never works.
🇺🇦 Good news for Ukraine. Europe must keep supporting our allies in their battle against Putin's illegal war.
They picked a slimeball to deal with a slimeball. Just as you might pick someone who can speak French to be the French ambassador, you pick someone fluent in sleaze to deal with the world’s sleaziest human.
Nigel Farage approved of Mandelson as US Ambassador. He offered to work with him.
The hypocrites who wanted to appease Trump, who welcomed Mandelson's appointment, now say Starmer made a mistake. To say Blue Labour was a disaster is an understatement.
Lies Industry UK - Sopel from News Agents podcast now:
“Starmer must resign because he appointed Mandelson.”
Sopel then:
“Mandelson is a class act.”
It is clear that Richard Tice should resign, he and the right wing mainstream media, bullied Angela Rayner to resign, even though it was a genuine mistake. Now it is clear that Tice has done this twice, it is definitely deliberate. If he had any integrity or honour he would.
ICYMI Good news! Bo Wang University of Toronto: ‘Pancreatic cancer has one of the most suppressive tumor microenvironments in oncology.
But two pancreatic cancer results dropped today. Both matter.’1/
Dr Steve Taylor
@DrSteveTaylor
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson
Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS
Nothing to see or everything to see
Palantir must be removed from the NHS
This could well be one of the biggest insider trading scandals in history.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/white-h...
“Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed. This has been a very damaging episode for the government” - Energy Secretary Ed Miliband
Mandelson was a "bad pick" because of his connections to Epstein and dodgy Russians. US voters should take note.