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It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski just schooled Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka into accepting that the European Union operates as a democracy.

Populists have nowhere to hide when met with hard facts.

An extraordinary exchange. Well worth a watch.

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Windmill or 'windmill'? 🤔

I suspect it's political tact at a time when the EU and UK need really good relations. She knows such comments can be politically difficult, not unlike raising the red flag to the proverbial bull. Such oratorical gestures, albeit well meant, would only give anti-EU cranks even more undue prominence.

Lads. You've invented Rumbelows.

A pair of arseholes.

'Now, my love, you've got the trouser press, the set of allen keys and the kiddies' deep fat fryer, as well as £34. Do you want to keep that, or gamble against what's behind Bully's Prize Board?'

I seem to remember that there was a lot of fuss by the US about providing a GNSS system that was more accurate than GPS (for civilian use) and outside USA's control. I may be wrong but I think some agreement was made to disable Galileo under certain conditions (e,g. in areas of armed conflict).

“Every Viktor who lives off European money while trying to sell out European interests deserves a slap upside the head.” - Zelensky at Davos

Nice trolling.

Well, if Indra doesn't implement anything like the terrible navigo app that's used in Paris/île de France, then it sounds promising. By contrast, I genuinely much prefer to use the navigo NFC top-up card rather than trying to use their app.

NEW | 2025 was another RECORD-breaking year for the EU’s electricity transition, as wind and solar overtook fossil fuel generation for the first time.

Here’s what happened in the 🇪🇺 power sector last year, all in one thread 👇

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Although we have this momentary respite, what is clear is that anything coming out of this Whitehouse cannot be taken for granted. I get the feeling that most of Europe has had enough of Trump's antics, and I think what occurred has ruined US reputation, current relations and future cooperation.

Jim Hacker PM, on the phone to the defence minister.

Now hear me out - I wonder whether Keir Starmer could take a leaf out of Jim Hacker's book and send an airborne battalion on a goodwill visit to Greenland.

"A goodwill visit. Just showing the flag. Yes, an instant goodwill visit.. A routine visit. All right - a routine surprise visit".

Samwise says, "Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew"

Surely this was teed-up for the most obvious of memes!

I wonder whether a joint statement threatening to seize all of his European golf courses & turning them into freely accessible public spaces would be a more effective initial response to get him to back down... It would be a very tangible personal sanction against him rather than all of the USA.

While I agree with you on your core points, my comment was merely created in jest. The juxtaposing idea of attempting to train real hamsters to front NHS adverts, and to do so with a particularly good grasp of English, just amused me. It really was nothing more than a bit of harmless levity.

I would hazard a guess that training a real hamster to do those adverts would take far too long, be too expensive and generally considered a waste of public money in such stringent times. 😏

Judging by their prosaic use of written (scrawled?) English, it appears that they are shouting at one American in particular. And based on recent events, that's presumably while the poor sod is handcuffed to a tatty table with the proverbial Anglepoise lamp directed at their face.

As someone not from Germany, may I profer: Süßesdingdassgeradeimkopfangekommenist

The soldier has the look of someone who is altogether not to sure about the wisdom of handing Badenoch an assault rifle.

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Delightful, isn't it! It's just Manchester!

Great analysis by my colleague @julianasuess.bsky.social on EU space policy - both for the challenges and opportunities in the area itself, and as a case study on what is needed on the path to reduce dependencies on the US for core strategic capabilities:

On the other hand, they were positively rapturous about Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng losing billions in one day with absolutely nothing to show for it. The Daily Mail is just repulsive.

Presumably they mean pensioners over 75, right?

Many forget that the licence fee is much better value and cheaper than paying for Netflix for a year when you have multiple users in one household. And adverts are just an irritating intrusion when you already have a subscription. And lest we forget, 70% of Netflix's output is complete cack.

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

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Good lord! They had Camping Gaz stoves, as well?!

It seems to me that they haven't actually sought the advice of the Metropolitan Police. If there is the likelihood of criminal elements travelling to the UK to disrupt the game and by definition, who are a significant security risk, then why not refer to the concerns of the police?