Ethan Chandler

#Starmer in #Yerevan - This is the first time a sitting British Prime Minister is visiting an Independent #Armenia. Ofc Thatcher visited when it was still part of the USSR in 1990.

@Gusclownworld @barst1_paul @KieranMaguire I agree with you regarding the travelling public but - equally - I don’t think many people would argue that the system at Euston works well. It needs a complete redesign.

@ethantchandler @barst1_paul @KieranMaguire I never said you did, why can’t people walk to a train, the travelling public need to take a look at themselves and take some personal responsibility instead of looking to blame someone else, nothing wrong with the system in place, the problem is the behaviour of people

Carnage at Euston tonight. Not seen crowds like this since the screening of Melania, The Movie at the local Odeon

@janekin24 @KieranMaguire All the more reason to sort it out!

@ethantchandler @KieranMaguire That's usual every single day

@Gusclownworld @barst1_paul @KieranMaguire I didn’t say they were oversold. It’s about the management of the station.

@barst1_paul @ethantchandler @KieranMaguire Trains were not oversold tonight, there was an incident at Milton Keynes and the travelling public were there usual inconsiderate selfish selves ……. & behaved like retards!

@AvantiWestCoast @CrossCountryUK @WestMidRailway @LNRailway @chilternrailway Nothing with @GWR heading out of Paddington?

Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.

Does he not understand that NATO members are under no obligation to aid the US in an unprovoked illegal attack on another country?

@WhiteHouse “The USA won’t be there to help you”. Remind me who started this myopic war. It certainly wasn’t the Europeans.

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

The Royal Navy is like the wine cellar of Christ Church, Oxford. Never out of port.

In this perspective article, Ethan Chandler and Stephanie Theodorou argue that the presence of British military bases on the island may place Cyprus in greater danger as regional tensions escalate following the drone strike on Akrotiri. Read the full piece on Policypress.

Cyprus High Commissioner Kyriacos Kouros sounding furious about the lack of British action to defend RAF Akrotiri, telling @skynews: 'Greek forces are present on the island, the French are coming - the least we expect is the British are present'

@EssexgoonerMr Fake news combined with a complete lack of critical thinking skills are reaching unprecedented levels. The clip is from 2024. A simple check would reveal this simple truth.

Oh GOD Starmer's arrived in Cyprus to BORE the ass off the British Troops. He'll send them to sleep.

lots of people in Britain figuring out today that Cyprus is 1) former colony 2) perhaps further east than they might have expected 3) not only somewhere that Brits go on holiday to or retire to, but a) a place where people actually live and b) a forced military outpost

@appistol This is a completely fake story.

Μήνυμα του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας @PresidentCYP @Christodulides l Συμπατριώτες, Συμπατριώτισσες   Υπό το φως των γεγονότων επέλεξα να απευθυνθώ σε όλους εσάς για να σας ενημερώσω απευθείας για όσα διαδραματίστηκαν χθες βράδυ.   Στις 12:03 τα μεσάνυχτα μη επανδρωμένο αερόχημα τύπου Shahed, προσέκρουσε εντός των στρατιωτικών εγκαταστάσεων των Βρετανικών Βάσεων στο Ακωτήρι, προκαλώντας μικρές υλικές ζημιές.    Από την πρώτη στιγμή όλες οι αρμόδιες Υπηρεσίες της Δημοκρατίας βρίσκονται σε εγρήγορση και πλήρη επιχειρησιακή ετοιμότητα.  Την ίδια στιγμή, συγκάλεσα αμέσως, το Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφαλείας, για αξιολόγηση της κατάστασης, το οποίο παραμένει σε συνεχή διαβούλευση.    Ταυτόχρονα, για τις εξελίξεις είμαι σε συνεχή επαφή με όλους τους Ευρωπαίους ηγέτες και ηγέτες άλλων κρατών. Κυρίες και Κύριοι, Βρισκόμαστε σε μια περιοχή ιδιαίτερης γεωπολιτικής αστάθειας με πολλές προκλήσεις και προβλήματα, η οποία διέρχεται μια πρωτοφανή κρίση.    Θέλω να είμαι σαφής: Η πατρίδα μας δεν μετέχει με οιονδήποτε τρόπο και ούτε προτίθεται να αποτελέσει μέρος οποιασδήποτε στρατιωτικής επιχείρησης.   Παραμένουμε προσηλωμένοι στον ανθρωπιστικό ρόλο, τον οποίο υπηρετήσαμε όλο αυτό το διάστημα, πάντοτε ως μέρος της λύσης και όχι του προβλήματος, και θα συνεχίσουμε να λειτουργούμε με την ίδια υπευθυνότητα.   Πράττουμε ό,τι πρέπει με πρώτιστο μέλημά μας την Ασφάλεια της χώρας και των πολιτών.

@Peston She let Anas Sarwar stick his head above the parapet before working out which way the wind was blowing. Weak.

The leader of Welsh Labour Eluned Morgan says - in contrast to Anas Sarwar - that “I support the Prime Minister in the job he was elected to do.” It will be more than interesting to evaluate after May’s election which of the two national leader’s chosen relationships with Starmer proves a more effective electoral strategy

@EU_Social @EU_Eurostat Quite remarkable that Greek youth unemployment is now markedly below the EU average.

EU #youth #unemployment in December 2025: 🇷🇴26.9% 🇸🇪24.7% 🇪🇸23.4% 🇫🇮22.5% 🇮🇹20.5% 🇧🇪19.6% 🇱🇺18.6% 🇵🇹18.4% 🇸🇮18.2% 🇫🇷18.1% 🇪🇪17.3% 🇭🇷17.2% 🇸🇰16.4% 🇪🇺14.7% 🇱🇹14.7% 🇭🇺14.4% 🇮🇪14.0% 🇬🇷13.0% 🇨🇾12.9% 🇵🇱12.7% 🇧🇬12.0% 🇲🇹11.9% 🇱🇻11.7% 🇩🇰11.4% 🇦🇹10.5% 🇨🇿10.1% 🇳🇱9.2% 🇩🇪6.8% @EU_Eurostat

@PolitlcsUK Some of these comments are disgusting. People should be ashamed at the casual xenophobia displayed so blatantly here.

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In this Perspective article, Ethan Chandler argues that the Cyprus problem is shaped not only by high-level diplomacy but by everyday governance realities that affect people’s lives on both sides of the island. policypress.cy/dear-diplomats… #CyprusProblem #Diplomacy #PeaceProcess