Really enjoyed Matthew Syed in the @thesundaytimes today. Gave me a small sense of relief that others maybe bored of the entrenched screeching from the political extremes. The last paragraph sums it up so well.....enjoy 😊 thetimes.co.uk/article/when-d…

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Impossible to get any response from Moncler UK customer service team 🤷‍♂️

⁦Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales⁩ brightened up our journey home…. 🎅

267 1st inns and win by an innings 😳 can’t have happened too often #Ashes #AusvsEng

Breakfast is ready … All ready to welcome the boys riding the Doddie 500 for the my names Doddie foundation My Name'5 Doddie Foundation Go steady Everyone 👏Team Dragons

Wow. It seems the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island really did tell Russian warships to "go to hell" before they were killed. unian

How long can Russia endure Western sanctions? A THREAD based on my research on the political economy of Russian grand strategy. Data from World Bank, IMF and Russian Ministry of Finance. 1/

New The Associated Press reporting tonight: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked to evacuate Kyiv at the behest of the U.S. government but turned down the offer. An American official tells me Zelenskyy said, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.”

+UPDATE+ Senior Conservatives now openly lobbying to remove the co-chairman of the Conservative Party - Ben Elliot - as his links to oligarchs and associates of the Russian Mafia make his position "no longer tenable".

Three thoughts, adapted from my book The Art of Sanctions, on the Russia campaign thus far: 1) It's still early days, but the cohesion of the coalition facing Putin right now is remarkable. Coordination has been tight and messaging consistent. 1/9

Amazing unity & bravery….

Two weeks since the Russian invasion of #Ukraine began. Today I will examine the discovery of ‘old truths’ about war, and how it has impacted on leadership in this particular conflict. 1/25

Follow up thread on Russian force availability and long-term prospects. The Russian military has taken significant casualties. After redeploying, and pulling additional units from standing formations, it may be tapped out of available forces, for now. Thread 1/

Great summary, read on….

Re: "Switzerland Style Deal" Have we learned nothing in 6 years? You can and should ignore any Times/Telegraph story wherein "sources" say government ministers have unilaterally and without consultations with the EU decided on a new <country>-model form of EU-UK relations.

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