Wait until they hear about the European Court of Human Rights.

‘We are definitely in the midst of yet another “great transformation” — but the future it heralds couldn’t be farther from the democratic, co-operative international order Karl Polanyi envisioned.’

Thomas Fazi: 👇 buff.ly/3JAAo9a

“They say Karma’s a bitch but I hear she’s a TERF” - JKR.
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'We must not link the idea of the end of life with old age'. Is it my translation or is this as ridiculous as it sounds? Not reassuring that the French Health Minister conducts the discussion of #euthanasia and #assistedsuicide with as much deception as our discussion in the UK.

I worked as a teacher for a month at a school run by conspiracists who believed they were battling a sinister plot against humanity. The children were taught that crystals could cure them of illnesses and that Bill Gates was going to force them to eat insects.

Here’s the story:

A brilliant response by Timothy Snyder to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusation of Nazis in Ukraine. As a leading scholar on the subject of nationalism, Snyder makes three points:
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'Scots have recently been beginning to question not just Yousaf’s own competence, not just the policy objectives of the SNP, but also the future of devolution itself.'

'The truth is that large sections of Scotland’s largest party are, for instance, just as committed to gender ideology woo-woo as the Greens. This included Sturgeon herself...'

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Peter Foster Jun Du Gregory Messenger Financial Times But is veterinary deal easy? Agreement on surveillance/enforcement (ECJ?) tricky? UK press could cut up rough on rule taking? Not all EU MS might see advantage? And if UK borders not secure (Sevington, etc), could be risks to EU from letting food from UK in with few checks?

Long overdue, other European countries should follow - especially in terms of employment permits, the West's insatiable appetite for cheap labour is undermining Ukraine on.ft.com/3Qi1iq6

Good old M&S. A British holidaymaker who was mauled by a brown bear in Romania claims her thick Marks & Spencer coat saved her life ⁦JosephineMcKenna⁩ ⁦Stampa Estera⁩ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Lots of people don't get why Israel exists, resists and persists (I had lunch with someone today, who should have known better, with literally no idea). Great literature (and this is up there at the top) can shine a light
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An amazing piece of #Roman graffiti - a sketch of a centurion, complete with helmet & spear, scratched into the rock of the theatre at Leptis Magna (Libya). A fantastic & very unusual piece of Roman military art!

(📷E Lennox Manton 'Roman North Africa') #Archaeology

Just a quick one.

I had dental surgery this week, which has left me a bit of a groggy mess.

After said surgery, I accidentally said I don’t care if St George was Turkish (actually) or not.

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Look at the strength and spirit of @EvanGershkovich—who has now served almost 400 days in an infamous Russian prison on patently bogus charges.

I don’t know how he retains such dignity and good humour, locked up 1000s of miles from home.

I can’t wait to ask him over a beer.

Consciousness in humans is manifest in language, culture and civilisation - that is the measure and it is unique to us
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A great endeavour
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