“If the medium-sized countries aren’t banding together the giants are going to sit on us.”

The 🙈🤯 part is how UK politics reached a level of nostalgia-nationalist delusion that that’s considered a profound insight, not a statement of the obvious.

'It is time to set an example of asset seizure and dare others not to follow suit.'

The screws are turning on Russia’s state assets ft.com/content/0cca70… via @ft

Britain’s Reform UK party does not exist. It’s fake. Made up. A bogeyman to scare Tory MPs and make them go to bed on time economist.com/britain/2024/0…

While Donald Trump sleeps  ft.com/content/8c68cb… via @ft

The tantalising possibility that a former Subpostmaster in Cornwall has concrete evidence of fraudulent back end transactions taking money out of her branch account in 2012/2013.

postofficescandal.uk/post/pennys-pr…

#PostOfficeScandal

A good overview of how Putin's threats of 'red lines' undermine support for Ukraine and play right into Putin's hands in the Atlantic Council

'The West’s emphasis on escalation management has prolonged the war in Ukraine, allowing Russia to overcome initial setbacks and regain

lawfare in action

The great stink of Thames Water ft.com/content/6ae233… via @ft

Defiant Israel seeks to tough out intensifying international criticism ft.com/content/d84e6b… via Financial Times

A textbook case of Ban It Harderism

economist.com/britain/2024/0…

Antony Blinken warns allies of deepening Chinese support for Russia ft.com/content/ba5244… via @ft

Israelis turn on peace activists amid trauma of war ft.com/content/b96261… via @ft

Teesside body faces potential £4mn legal bill after losing access case ft.com/content/66e5ab… via @ft

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman to share a platform with Viktor Orban at the next National Conservativism Conference in April

Russia’s ‘dark fleet’ rejects navigators for perilous Danish straits ft.com/content/e86f7d… via @ft

The people who know Trump best won’t support him.

Why should you?

A thread

UK housing developments axed as Tory planning reforms take effect ft.com/content/37803a… via @ft

Terrific piece by Polina Ivanova: ft.com/content/8a6a3e…

Ahead of the European parliament elections, the popular myth that sanctions hurt Europe more than they harm Russia is likely to become (even) more mainstream - as I explain in my latest piece for Foreign Policy these claims are wrong and easy to debunk 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/11/rus…

'We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. It is better to be here ready to protect the peace than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost.'
-- Ronald Reagan, 80 years ago