Tom Bakhurst

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

Donald Trump is now again having a mental breakdown over NATO not providing the help he claims he does not need, in an offensive war of his choosing that he claims to have already won, after spending the past year threatening to invade and annex several NATO members.

No English team in UCL history has now reached the last-16 more often than Chelsea 😉

There are number of Treaties already in place allowing the US forces to be based in Denmark. The last Visiting Forces treaty was signed in 2023. It doesn’t cover Greenland but a simple amendment to it could do, subject to Greenland agreement. 1/4

There plainly isn't even a proper 'deal', just an agreement to discuss certain things. This is a disaster for Trump. He has alienated longstanding and dependable allies, totally isolated his nation, caused Russia and China to laugh up their sleeves, bolstered the liberal-progressive movement (his arch opponents) across Europe and the US, performed a major and humiliating climbdown on his threats - and all for something that his allies and Nato would have been prepared to give him anyway. What a calamity.

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security ... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition ... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

I’ve no clue what solutions he’ll have in part 2, or if I’ll agree with them, but this is just brilliant communication.

NEW: 93 murders in London (pop: ~9m) in 12 months to October. The city's murder rate is now lowest for decades; perhaps centuries. comment.press/7892

Israel has dropped about 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza since Oct 7, equivalent to nearly 13 Hiroshima bombs.

Reform’s policy started with “deport people who are here illegally”. Fine. Then it was “deport people here legally who commit a serious crime”. Fine. Now it appears to be “deport people here legally”. Where’s this going to end up.

Abolishing ILR is a revolting proposal - particularly the threat to do so retrospectively. A personal example: my wife, who has ILR & has studied, lived, worked here since 08 would be under threat of deportation. We have a son here. There are hundreds of thousands like us.

Every second a Labour MP spends campaigning for a wealth tax is a second that could be spent campaigning for real tax reform that could make the tax system fairer, boost economic growth and (unlike the wealth tax) actually happen. A thread:

ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza

ahhhh yes good morning let’s open up the Infinite Information River for a nice 20 minutes before getting out of bed or thinking any original thoughts at all

@TomMcTague missing these times. Is it coming back?

The perfect Venn Diagram doesn't exist…

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@Cianirvine @CialnicoNio Can you dm me

@TBakhurst @CialnicoNio I've two also if needed

@Cianirvine @CialnicoNio I do! Will DM