Amy Hayes

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‘Frankly, it’s rude.’ How Trump’s European envoys play to an audience of one  American ambassadors are bringing a new style of more abrasive and confrontational diplomacy to the EU.

America’s ambassadors in Europe are targeting just one person with their charm offensive:

Donald Trump.

Everyone else can expect little charm and plenty of offense.

Yup. Finally. Well, first item on the app.

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

He’s a weapons-grade tool. Avaricious, duplicitous, mendacious. These right-wing populists are all the same.

Tbh we almost spent more time in the shop in the V&A than the actual museum.
The IWM is fantastic. We said we’d go back when it was quieter and give it another bash.
I forgot about Sir John S’s house. Dammit. Next time!

Smart. Not midterm. We went over and joined the bazillion people in the V&A and the Imperial War Museum last week.

Phew!!

I started to listen to her Desert Island Discs episode yesterday morning and for the first time ever, just turned it off. She’s an incredibly annoying person.

Lovely to see it in the wild like that. Beautiful.

In Dissent, 3 Justices Warn Tariff Decision May Unleash Chaos, at Least in Short-Term

Even I, as a crappy lawyer who hasn’t practised in decades, know that these are not sound legal arguments.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

I was over visiting my best bud who was studying in Siena. I wasn’t even that big a fan before that night, tbh. All changed, changed utterly…

I saw them in 1993 for my 21st in Florence. Peak Heroin Jesus. They were PHENOMENAL. I’ve seen them since and they’ve always been amazing but that night was something else. Probably the best concert I’ve been to and I’ve been to a shedload over the years.

He did a great job!!! Cool dude.

Hmm. It’s noisy and dangerous. I wouldn’t tout it as kid-friendly.

Yeah. ‘Red’ hair is clearly orange. Fox is ‘madra rua’ in Irish (red dog) despite them being obviously ginger.

Avec des centaines et des milliers, naturellement.

Well, exactly. His wife would have to trust that he means it after he’s communicated the issue.

I really wonder sometimes why I subscribe to this ‘newspaper of note’.

Ha!!!

‘By whey of mitigation’? That’s not the phrase.

Remarkably, confidently so.

Way to cement cross-Atlantic ties! Promoting Orban, of all people.

Birds of a feather.

Thank you. I’ll try to get set up to see if it works here too.

It has (not) been a sucess.

Why do we have to placate this muppet? Board of Peace my eye.

I’ll see what I can do. Bearing in mind, I’m useless at this stuff. 😬

I get Desert Island Discs 28 days after it’s been released on iPlayer. I mean, I can listen to it live of course, and it’s not that big a deal, but it’s just odd.

Screenshot ‘Sorry, BBC iPlayer isn’t available in your region’

Everything’s blocked. I’m in the Netherlands.

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