Deborah Bonetti

Italy sends Navy ship to protect and escort the Sumud flotilla, trying to deliver aid to Gaza. What is the UK gov doing to protect its own citizens on board?

At an EU-UK Summit most of the international press has been denied accreditation.
This makes no sense.

The @nytimes.com today shows what the Trump effect has been on the world's major economies...

Still pretty high all things considered

"We're gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you'll say, 'Please, please. It's too much winning. We can't take it anymore. Mr. President, it's too much.'

"The #Trump administration’s most overt anti-press freedom moves have been direct threats and restrictions against journalists and their outlets" says @rsf.org
The US has fallen on the RSF World Press Freedom Index and now sits at 55th out of 180 countries, its lowest-ever ranking.

Main takeaway from today’s launch of the Military Balance Report by IISS was: “Can the UK defend itself if attacked with a ballistic missile? The short answer is no” 😳

Lego is anti-LGBT and promotes only two genders, says Science Museum The plastic bricks may reinforce heterosexuality as the ‘norm’ because the blocks are seen as ‘male and female’, according to a tour at the London attraction

😳 Lego?!?

Lego is anti-LGBT and promotes only two genders, says Science Museum

www.thetimes.com/article/70af...

Elon Musk tweet: We spent the wekend feeding USAID

Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

Four years? Trumpism will outlast the man Much of Europe may shrink from the president’s worldview but it was widespread in the US for much of the 20th century

Brilliant, sobering article by #DanielFinkelstein in @thetimes.com

Four years? Trumpism will outlast the man

www.thetimes.com/article/c595...

Looking forward to this with Roar News next week 🙌

For foreign correspondents, getting access to the @ukhouseofcommons.bsky.social can be tricky, so it’s crucial to get events like the FPA Day in Parliament to get right to the centre of British politics.

Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money

Finally caps on political donations in UK going mainstream

Ex Labour home sec David Blunkett has called for caps. I've written for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on it today

What do you think? A couple of days left to take our Safeguarding Democracy survey

Please share!
democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

Coolest camel 🐪 ever 😂

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Has Giorgia Meloni made herself the new queen of Europe? The Italian prime minister has combined populism with pragmatism to charm sceptics of her right-wing agenda. Now world leaders — including ours — want to be her best friend

Meloni going from strength to strength, according to @thetimes.com

Has Giorgia Meloni made herself the new queen of Europe?

www.thetimes.com/article/7179...

Who is the most powerful person in Europe? Giorgia Meloni, according to @politico.eu

www.politico.eu/politico-28-...

Representing the @fpalondon.bsky.social at the @councilofeu.bsky.social in Strasbourg on #journalismmatters campaign

Deputy PM #angelarayner at the #Pontignano Conference today in Rome talking about the UK-EU reset

Our #FPAawards24 are tonight! 🔥

Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇

Thanks to my colleague @marcovarvello.bsky.social who did this brilliant story on Urban Regeneration in Milan post-Expo. Proud to have been part of its presentation at the Italian Embassy in London

Proud to have chaired a cracking couple of panels on Urban regeneration in Milan and Lombardy. As a Milanese, born and bred, this was close to my heart.

Controversial decision by winner Richard Flanagan to refuse the Baillie Gifford Non Fiction Prize and money 💰 until BG stop investing in fossil fuels.
It was elegantly done but it’s a blow to the sponsor and the organisers. Flanagan spoke from the endangered Tasmanian forest.

Super useful MP starter pack

This is truly shocking. Like, we’re still stuck in Dickensian times; or those grainy images of life in factory towns between the wars.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

Spot on, from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social How to survive the broligarchy 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just going to post #TomorrowsPapersToday here tonight as well as at the other place as a little test…

Can I like your book, even if am not a child or a dad?😁

This is a brilliant list of all the "usual" political peeps who are now transferring from X to Bluesky....all in one handy parcel thanks to @adambienkov.bsky.social

Cheers Adam

Pls repost

Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼