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Weidel auf dem Weg zum Platz in der ersten Reihe auf dem MCC Feszt

Ludwig und Weidel schütteln sich die Hand und reden

Ludwig, Tichy und Weidel lächelnd im Gespräch

Ludwig und Weidel (im MCC T-shirt) nach dem Panel, lächelnd im Gespräch

Saskia Ludwig (CDU), war am Freitag Teil eines Panels des MCC - der Orbánschen Kaderschmiede - zusammen mit Max Tichy, Sohn von Roland Tichy, der ebenfalls bei Tichys Einblick arbeitet. In der 1. Reihe im Publikum: Alice Weidel. Ludwig und Weidel schütteln sich die Hand, sprechen 2x miteinander

So this is how democracies drift into dictatorship.

The organs of state nod along. The satirists crack jokes and do no more. The press and other appeasers simply turn a blind eye. The people... for the most part... just groan & let it happen.

And very soon the future is no more.

David Lammy and JD Vance bonded over ‘dysfunctional’ childhoods – and a Diet Coke The UK foreign secretary opens up about his friendship with the VP, that ‘island of strangers’ speech, and his guilt over Zelenskyy’s Oval Office encounter

We need to learn to internalise - I find this difficult and I guess others do too - that there is no sense in which this is actually a Labour Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why is a former Murdoch exec set to run government comms? Ex Sun editor David Dinsmore has been given the task of truth-teller in chief over the machinery of government. It feels like magical thinking

“For more than 50 years Rupert Murdoch has loomed like a media shaman over British politics. Installing one of his
executives to preside as truth-teller in chief over the machinery of government feels like magical thinking.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

The inside story of the Murdoch editor taking on Donald Trump Since her arrival at the Wall Street Journal, British editor-in-chief Emma Tucker has shaken up not only her own newsroom but also the White House

The inside story of the Murdoch editor taking on Donald Trump

Is this tough US-EU trade deal a triumph for Brexit Britain? Only in leavers’ most delusional fantasies | Polly Toynbee Yes, Britain secured better terms with the US than most other countries. But compared with the huge loss of European trade, it’s a drop in the ocean, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Their glee was unrestrained when the great US global bully gave Britain a less hard beating with a 10% tariff on its goods, compared with the EU’s 15%

Yes Britain secured better terms with the US than most other countries. But compared with the huge loss of European trade, it’s a drop in the ocean

Our vertiginous descent into flat out National Front-style racism* seems pretty much complete

*headline not poster of course

What Happened When Hitler Took On Germany’s Central Banker Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank—but he wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands.

Hans Luther was the principled and independent president of Germany’s central bank, Timothy W. Ryback writes. “But when Luther wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands, he feared for his life and had to leave”:

This is the point

welcome to the post-truth future for US macro data:

Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications adviso...

🔴 Starmer & The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power & the Press in Britain

The PM has signalled the direction of his Government by hiring a former Sun Editor – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones

“Trump’s name is in the Epstein Files but Kash Patel had FBI agents go through them and black out his name” is the kind of statement that will surely put out this fire

What did you do in the AI Revolution, Daddy? Pre-GPT-5, Post AGI? For too many, hope is the largest part of their AI strategy. We are still under-estimating the speed of AI progress, and the profundity of its implications.

“AI watchers daren’t look away for a moment such is the pace of progress. My concern remains that as a country, a society, and in many…companies, we in the UK are still under-estimating the speed of AI progress, and the profundity of its implications.” cassiai.substack.com/p/what-did-y...

Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done' Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done, adding that "it's hard to believe how they did it."

He’s not wrong is he?

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

The special relationship that wasn’t British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.

The special relationship that wasn’t, by Steve Richards. British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.

Idiocracy

How our water went to shit Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in

Poisoned rivers, soaring bills, crumbling infrastructure and “vampire kangaroos”: in this month’s Prospect cover story, @oliverbullough.bsky.social reports on how privatisation in 1989 wrecked Britain’s water system.
www.prospectmagazine...

How the Grift Works Trump pulls off a nasty con--and maybe he gets rolled too

1. A characteristically brilliant explanation by @billmckibben.bsky.social of why Trump's attempt to force the EU to buy US fossil gas (please let's stop calling it "natural gas") will fail. Unfortunately, the UK is now locked into US gas dependence. 🧵 billmckibben.substack.com/p/how-the-gr...

Europe’s summer of humiliation America knew the EU was weak. The rest of the world knows it now

Europe’s summer of humiliation. A sobering read by Marc de Vos on Europe’s self imposed capitulation

Gangsterism by proxy:

(S+) Das steckt hinter Keir Starmers Palästina-Plan Es wäre eine Zäsur: Keir Starmer will Palästina anerkennen, falls Israel keinen Frieden mit der Hamas schließt. Der Plan ist typisch für den britischen Premier und hat auch mit Ärger in den eigenen Re...

Die Wut auf die israelische Kriegsführung wird in ganz Europa zunehmend zu einem innenpolitischen Faktor. In Großbritannien ist das besonders sichtbar.

Ein paar Gedanken zu Starmers Palästina-Plan und dem Timing
www.spiegel.de/ausland/gros...

Sunder is right. X should be shut down until it moderates extreme content in line with existing UK law.

London’s Mayor: Islamophobes’ enemy No 1 Trump, Khan and the global far right

How does Trump even know who the London mayor is ? Because of the online far right he follows.
Good portrait of an otherwise completely normal centre left London mayor by @nickcohen.bsky.social

Das Überwachungsimperium Als in Los Angeles im Juni zehntausende Menschen gegen die Massenabschiebungen der Trump-Regierung auf die Straßen gehen, patrouillieren hoch oben am Himmel MQ-9-Predator-Aufklärungsdrohnen der US-Gre...

Überwachung total mit Software von #Palantir. Laut @afelia.bsky.social “designt für Totalüberwachung“ und damit „inkompatibel mit einer Demokratie“.
Da bestellen wir doch gleich mal ordentlich …
Erhellender Beitrag von @crimewatch.bsky.social in @blaetter.bsky.social über u.a. Einsatz und Pläne in D

Laura Bates: Billionaires are hijacking AI—and we should all be furious The activist and author on her latest book, how powerful algorithms are fuelling the backlash against feminism, and what we can do about it

Laura Bates explains how powerful algorithms are fuelling the backlash against feminism, and what we can do about it.
www.prospectmagazine...

Stealing, as in human trafficking maybe.. ?
Trump keeps digging.. Interesting.

Tommy Robinson leaves UK after being filmed at alleged assault British Transport Police say a man was left with serious injuries after an incident at St Pancras station on Monday night

Police want to question Tommy Robinson over an assault at a train station, which left a man with serious but not lifethreatening injuries. The suspect left the country. These latest allegations of violence may disrupt his Sept 13th rally plan/theme of unity & non-violence
inews.co.uk/news/tommy-r...

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

Devon campaigners call for ‘right to riverbank’ after finding Dart has 108 owners Research shows difficulties ahead for ministers if they are to keep manifesto pledge to extend riverside public access

Who owns the River Dart? 108 separate landowners, it turns out - with 11 miles of it owned by offshore companies!

Great research by @lewis-winks.bsky.social which shows why the Government's 9 river walks policy won't work without a right of responsible access 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks for all your answers. Guess it’s fine then.