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V. much typical British arcane political tripe to bamboozle the public.
A primary Q. has to be, Did Mandelson play any role in getting Starmer elected leader of the Labour Party?
We already know Mandelson mentored McSweeney.
search.brave.com/ask?q=What+w...
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😼 for to read to be
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#PeterSichel
‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...
⚪ “If we had not got rid of Mossadegh, Iran today would be a good member of the family of nations, a socialist democratic country,”
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One thing is for sure, if Keith bites the dust the last person in the world we'd want to PM is Yvette Cooper.
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
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And Trump's treatment of VZ, saying he had no cards, will as they say, go down in infamy. To withdraw support from a country invaded by Russia, yet at the same time squeeze a minerals deal is as low as you can go.
We ask if Trump has any grasp of geopolitics and the answer always comes up no.
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Said this before, there's no way Starmer didn't read the files. Not to have done so would have been a dereliction of duty.
Whoever decided they wanted Mandelson could not have done it without something passing across Starmer's desk.
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#Starmer
#Mandelson
Starmer's go-to excuse: 'I was in the dark'. Don't believe it. He's deeply in the loop
Jonathan Cook, 17 April 2026
jonathancook.substack.com/p/starmers-g...
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Well, Lisa Nandy's looks like it's a healthcare and Israel lobby thrown into one.
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#Cambodia
Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat
www.aol.com/articles/cam...
⚪ ",,,,more than a million people continue to work and live on land contaminated by mines and unexploded ordnance.."
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Because his death gets in the way of Trump's near death.
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#Dispensational_premillennialism
How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right
--The waning of a religious concept among younger evangelicals is reshaping the right’s once unquestionable support for Israel.
Joshua Zeitsz, Politico, 8 March 2026
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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#NATO
Frontline: Our Soldiers Facing Putin
Episode 2
www.channel4.com/programmes/f...
⚪ 2 part series obvs. made before Iran.
⚪ US NATO forces train with European allies, but crazy horse and others are promising to pull out
⚪ RAF aircraft flying off US carrier. Presumably not during Iran war
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#Iran
It’s Israel, Stupid!
Sasan Fayazmanesh, Counterpunch, 13 March 2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/i...
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#Iran
Victory Disease in Iran
Matthew Stevenson, Counterpunch, 17 April 2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/17/v...
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The more interesting story is Starmer's reponse to the massacre of Gazans. That Isaac Herzog visited No. 10 in the middle of the genocide and we were not told what was discussed.
Then the overall UK-Israel cooperation thing. In 2020 UK-ISR
search.brave.com/search?q=Isr...
⚪ New tab for refs
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#poetry
"I'm going to go and take the bus and find someone monogamous"
Elizabeth Bishop's poem "Songs For A Colored Singer,"
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#workingclasshistory
#Palestine
2 episode audio podcast on class struggle in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48).
workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e86-...
⚪ ~ 45 mins each
WCH Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/work...
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#JaneAusten
More Sense and Less Sensibility with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf | Bradford Literature Festival 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3k...
⚪ 1 hr 30 mins
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#Algorithmic_bias
oecs.mit.edu/pub/b61joemo...
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#JDVance
The Cosplay Catholic: J.D. Vance and the Limits of Convenience Faith
Notes From Plague Island, 14 April 2026
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-cospla...
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#ChristopherHitchins
youtube.com/shorts/-Ixlp...
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😼 Blame BAE Systems.
Robin Cook of his time in office: "came to learn that chairman of BAE appeared to have key to garden door to No 10. Certainly I never knew No 10 to come up with any decision which would be incommoding to BAE."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Sys...
⚪ BAE: 17% of UK exports.
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#arms
#armssales
#BAESystems
Robin Cook "...chairman of BAE appeared to have the key to ...garden door to number 10...I never knew No 10 to come up with any decision which would be incommoding to BAE."
⚪ Spend some time with the BAE wiki as a prelude to checking out the meat & veg references
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21 stones and 6 pounds.
And according to Trump countdown:
www.tickcounter.com/countdown/61...
he's got just over 1000 days left.
What seems to catch the eye, and quite mesmerising because it's in motion, is the seconds. What's going to happen in the next, 10, 30, 60 secs. What pronouncement?
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#Israel
#nuclearweapons
All true. Wen you see how Israel acquired nuclear weapons and who helped or facilitated their acquisition - a great story - it becomes obvious by that token some of the countries that support Israel now, despite the occasional mild blandishment for its diabolical conduct.
"Which country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons? It's not Iran, it's Israel... Which country in the Middle East attacked six countries last year? It wasn't Iran, it was Israel."
From my Piers Morgan debate with Israeli spokesman Doron Spielman.
Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...
@anderspucknielsen.dk advocating for a sensible strategic policy.
That everyone can be damn sure the Ukrainians will be up to fight the Russians makes them being part of our alliance so important for deterrence purposes.
It's in all of Europe's interest.
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😼 A 3-bird roast - Netanyahu is the chicken
