Simon Taylor

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’ Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Kasteel? Are you crazy? That stuff is as strong as wine.

Book presentation: Live Forever: The Rise, Fall And Resurrection Of Oasis - zo 7 dec 25 Naar aanleiding van John Robb’s boek Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis gaat de Britse, in Brussel gevestigde cultuurjournalist Simon Taylor met hem in gesprek. Samen duiken ze in ...

Delighted to announce that I will be interviewing the mighty @johnrobb at AB on Sunday, 7 December talking about his new book on Oasis. John is a great speaker and the evening will be full of anecdotes about the brothers.

www.abconcerts.be/nl/agenda/bo...

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Russia and the rise of the radical right Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

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I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.

Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.

Wow, just wow. At one stage reading this, I thought I’d been whacked by a flying carp.

i’m the secretary of defense, and this is jackass

I'm sorry, what?

"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...

Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says (Published 2023)

The Brookings Institute found that Charlie Kirk was the 2nd largest misinformation spreader among podcasts they analysed.

"Mr. Kirk, a conservative activist and the founder of Turning Point USA, ranked second, with 17 percent of his episodes containing an unsubstantiated or false claim."

Gifted:

Trump's Energy Secretary aims to claw back billions slated for clean energy projects Former fracking CEO Chris Wright calls climate action a "green new scam" that makes people's lives worse.

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, on Wednesday announced that his department will return to the treasury billions of dollars set aside for green projects, calling climate action a “green new scam” that makes people’s lives worse.

RIP to the great Danny Thompson. Here he is on 2024's "So Quietly" by Paul Weller, his final recording session. Weller "Danny said it was his “last plonk”, which was a very sad thing in a way but what a life man. We felt very honoured to be part of that final recording performance."

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Having pondered it all morning, I'm still incredulous that all that Today programme coverage of migrant hotels at no point (unless I missed it) mentioned why people were here, what they might be fleeing from etc.

Lib Dems conf, leader offers alternative to Reform/Farage & says BBC simply cut & paste Reform press releases & fail to scrutinise.
So the BBC sends Chris Mason, recently pilloried for his breathless coverage of Reform's conf, to interview Davey for 3min segment.
Followed by 6min piece on Reform.

This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

I know you are but what am I?

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Does anyone know why Congolese singing legend M'Bilia Bel postposned her show at La Madeleine in Brussels last night? Illness, poor ticket sales? Did the venue communicate about it?

Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines

America plunges headlong into Onion territory

Oklahoma lawmakers introduce legislation requiring every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader"

Or get fined

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It feels like there was a refusal here and it has been taken very personally.

The media - no, we're not going to report on serious Lib Dem policies

The media - yes, we will report on fun stunts

The media, also - the Lib Dems need to show they've got serious policies

James Dyson lives in Dodington Park - a 35000 sqare foot mansion he paid 15 million for in 2003. He is not, in any sane reality, vacuuming his own home.

So I found out Stephen miller lives in my general neighborhood.

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage?

BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country.

Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right?

BBC:

Lib Dems: Right?

Lefto will be playing a 30-hour set for Kiosk Radio next Saturday and a special 30th anniversary show at l'Ancienne Belgique on 30 November.