Challenging trading conditions force London wine merchant to close - Decanter London wine merchant Philglas & Swiggot closing because of ‘increasingly challenging trading conditions and the additional complexities of Brexit’.

"The London wine merchant Philglas & Swiggot has been a stalwart of the UK wine scene since 1991, having successfully navigated all manner of challenges for 34 years. It is now closing after struggling with the ‘increasingly challenging trading conditions and the additional complexities of Brexit’."

RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year."

It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni said that it is not possible to have just, lasting peace in Ukraine unless Kyiv gets guarantees that it will not be invaded again by Russia. She sees NATO as the best such guarantee

The EU’s Kaja Kallas flew in to DC for talks with Marco Rubio and he decided to cancel the meeting the moment her flight touched down.

The biggest assholes in the world are now in one government.

Germany can turbocharge Europe’s renewal – if it will only seize this moment | Timothy Garton Ash Three times in the postwar era Germany made strategic choices that benefited Europe – with the US at its side. Now it must do it in opposition to Trump, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

"The good news is that there’s growing clarity about what needs to be done. Europe has to save Ukraine. We must rapidly build a stronger common European defence, including Britain. All of us have to restore economic dynamism."
Very good by @fromtga.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Trump’s actions and rhetoric are a direct threat to the economic and security interests of the US’s European partners – including the UK.

@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social

Read here: https://buff.ly/4aTo0hk

When the U.K. -Cameron -pulled that stunt in 2011 the Euro states just signed the Stability a pact extra-treaty. UK was not an indispensable member state

Not just political-also legal. Protection of seat at the table & decision making autonomy important

You know that this exchange is unavailable-dynamic alignment of regulation is equally important. UK has access to EU single market via TCA but access is not membership

"President Carter appointed more women and people of color to the federal judiciary than all previous presidents combined" civilrights.org/blog/preside...

Jimmy Carter was a good man but there were many other US Presidents who contributed to global institutions

Jimmy Carter was a very good man. RIP

The Milky Way arcing across the sky with some low hills at the base of the image. There is some sunset or zodiacal light near the horizon as well, orange in color.

I love learning about various human societies' legends and beliefs surrounding the Milky Way. Recently I learned about some Australian Aboriginal people who believed the galaxy was a river that souls crossed in a canoe, and the stars were their campfires along the river. Beautiful.

Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control The huge package is announced after the president-elect said US ownership of Greenland was a

Good for Denmark. 🇩🇰 🇪🇺

The Danish government has announced a huge boost (at least £1.2bn) in defence spending for Greenland, hours after Donald Trump repeated his desire to control the Danish territory.

Why do Russians not want the development of their country in the interests of the Russian people-prosperity & health.

Russian proxies sentence 9 Azovstal defenders to 24 years, life in prison Russian occupation authorities in Donetsk jailed nine Ukrainian soldiers captured after defending Mariupol to between 24 years and a life sentence, the city's exiled authorities reported on Dec. 11.

⚡️ Russian proxies sentence 9 Azovstal defenders to 24 years, life in prison.

Russian occupation authorities in Donetsk jailed nine Ukrainian soldiers captured after defending Mariupol to between 24 years and a life sentence, the city's exiled authorities reported on Dec. 11.

Shane Timmons opening the 17th annual workshop on economics, psychology, & policy in Ireland. bsp.ucd.ie/annual-econo... Packed schedule today across a wide range of applications in health, climate, finance and others.

Macron ponders political truce as he struggles to find new French premier President negotiates with party leaders of left and right to ensure survival of next government

Macron ponders political truce as he struggles to find new French premier

https://www.ft.com/content/edabd39a-fdc6-4609-a34e-252af1c7fbc6

Macron was able to convene Trump & Zelensky last week-that is serious

I spent this morning inside Assad’s infamous #Damascus slaughterhouse prison, Sednaya. I’ve spent much of my career investigating what was being done to defenceless human beings in this place. Now we know everything. It’s worse than you could possibly imagine.

The European University Institute, one of Europe’s leading academic institutions has landed here. Our X now frozen. Please help us rebuild our community
@simonhix.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social @maartenpvink.bsky.social @tomaashby.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social #Academicsky #Polsky

Loyalist Jamie Bryson’s legal challenge over Stormont Windsor Framework vote dismissed by High Court Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson’s legal action against a Stormont vote on continuing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland is to be dismissed, the High Court ruled tonight.

In advance of tomorrow’ debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly on whether to grant ‘democratic consent’ to the continued application of Articles 5-10 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework…

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

This is disgraceful. Patrick Devaney: “Brigid, you should receive the same fate as Brian Thompson.” Brian Thompson was shot dead.
Offensive discourse on X is not new. But this is a dangerous threat to University of Limerick Chancellor @brigidlaffan.bsky.social and should be taken seriously by Gardaí

Meanwhile…

Reportedly, the rebels have approached close to a Russian airbase and are near a Russian Navy port in coastal Syria. Separate groups of Russian Armed Forces troops may be cut off in remote provinces.

Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah posted a video of the fighters in the city.

📹: fighters in Tartus

Absolute goosebumps ! 👇

One of man's greatest creations, Beethoven's 5th rattling the core foundations of God's millennial cathedral

It's primal - sound on LOUD !
#NotreDameDeParis

These four men were going to be executed today by the Assad regime. “Our executions were going to be half an hour ago.”

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Rachel Reeves will become on Monday the first British chancellor to attend a meeting of European finance ministers since Brexit. She will lay the ground for an “ambitious” new economic partnership with the EU fully honouring post-Brexit deals - @financialtimes.com.

🕵️The Hungarian secret service has been monitoring #OLAF inspectors in #Hungary as they investigated suspicious business dealings by Viktor Orbán's son-in-law, @direkt36.bsky.social and @tijd.be have discovered