Anand Menon

Actually, we're nowhere near as negative as we might be given our plight. But we don't have depth of sheer attacking excellence the top clubs have

Fair

Fascinating conference coming up on assimilated law, hosted and organised by the Institute of European and Comparative Law @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Germany’s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office The chancellor’s strategy of never contradicting the U.S. president is front of the cameras looks humiliating, but he believes he can talk him around on Ukraine and trade.

'Perhaps the biggest question for Merz, however, is whether the appeasement is working'. Quite the choice of words . Not sure it's fair - we don't know what was said in private. The optics of the public meeting were, as so often, a cringe. www.politico.eu/article/frie...

Yeah, and that ended well for us 🤦🏾🤦🏾

Actually, we were open and aggressive against you, as I recall. Ok, it didn't work but..... And yes, that's a view on the uncommitted. I was simply saying making a point about the 'product'.

😂

Well yes. Arsenal have such a wealth of talent they could play more attractive football. I also think it might be more effective than the 'keep it tight and score from a corner' approach. My point is that the product is less attractive to the uncommitted now.

It's a crap game

Oh sod off

Oh ffs

Is "deliverism" dead? Lawrence gave his first take on Iran at the weekend and will return to it later this week.

What is "deliverism"? Is it dead? And what would its death mean for progressive politics?

This essay (kindly published by @samfr.bsky.social) is my attempt to trace five years of trans-Atlantic debates, to set out what I see as the stakes, and to analyse where these arguments have now gotten to:

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Pretty good for mid table premiership too 😉

Great player.

I mean, even I see we have worse players than Arsenal.

Aggressive, attacking, front foot football. We’re a joy to watch.

Yeah but we’re near the bottom of the table. We’re meant to be scrappers

Massive signs of progress in terms of people talking football on Bluesky

While I hate to agree with a Liverpool manager, he’s right. Arsenal in particular are practising a brand of football that will turn audiences off.

Blimey. You're a fast reader....

After the strike: The danger of war in Iran | Brookings Brookings experts break down what the war in Iran means and what's at stake internationally and domestically.

Hats off @BrookingsInst for putting out such a timely and interesting collection www.brookings.edu/articles/aft...

How to deal with emotionally immature parents, according to TikTok A term coined by the American psychologist Lindsay Gibson a decade ago has gained traction with a new wave of Gen Z followers on social media

Buy them loads of presents 😉 www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

Last week, Shabana Mahmood visited Denmark and has made changes to the UK's asylum policy that emulate the stricter Danish system

✍️ In this piece from September, @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social argues there key pitfalls to copying this approach

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"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect."

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on 'pull factors' & whether stricter asylum policies matter

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Well that’s not ominous at all….

No, indeed. They've not fielded that well for a while now

Some decent bowlers too….

Ha!

Howzaaaaaat. Thank God for that.