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Journalist, photographer, broadcaster, painter. Contributing Foreign Editor @heraldscotland @ScotNational Contributor @BBCScotland @BBCWorld - www.davidpratt.co.uk - views own

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David Pratt: Donald Trump’s 'security strategy' has 'allies' quaking I’VE just returned from another visit to Ukraine. My trip, by chance, coincided with the release of the Trump administration’s new National…

Trump’s ‘security strategy’ has ‘allies’ quaking and despots applauding - Today’s column- 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

11.12.2025 08:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And so the long journey home begins…leaving behind an uncertain Xmas in Ukraine. May it be a peaceful one but sadly I doubt it.

07.12.2025 08:55 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Highlighted this in my @scotnational.bsky.social column last week - You can find it here shorturl.at/kaopW%F0%9F%...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

29.11.2025 20:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Highlighted this very fact in my column last week @scotnational.bsky.social👇
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

29.11.2025 20:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

This is the reality… how would you feel if you were Ukrainian? It’s the same in Gaza. This is the stomach churning reality of these predatory scum. 👇
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

29.11.2025 20:12 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Nail on head yet again!

27.11.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’s repeated lobbying for peace on Putin’s terms is a recipe for disaster In a recent interview with The Economist’s Inside Geopolitics programme, former US national security adviser John Bolton recounts an interesting…

Trump's repeated lobbying for peace on Putin's terms is a recipe for disaster - Today's column www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

27.11.2025 10:48 — 👍 22    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 1
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David Pratt: Would Donald Trump use the military to stay in power? He was once Donald Trump’s chief strategist. He was also once inmate No 05635-509 at the Federal Correctional Institution Danbury in Connecticut,…

Would Trump use the full might of the US military to remain in power? Today’s in-depth read examines the likelihood 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

23.11.2025 11:01 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Just this past week, Trump again used social media to deliver a threatening message As America’s militarisation under the president grows, so too does concern over where the military would stand if presented with 'illegal orders',…

Would Trump use the full might of the US military to remain in power? Today’s in-depth read examines the likelihood 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564273...

23.11.2025 10:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Dark moments from Europe’s recent past serve as warnings for the present Fifty years ago today on November 20, 1975, the Spanish general and dictator Francisco Franco died. His demise set Spain on a new path towards…

Dark moments from Europe’s recent past serve as warnings for the present - Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

20.11.2025 11:58 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Cannot think of something more pressing than our collective amnesia of what fascism means .. it's hell to live under & means certain death for many ..

20.11.2025 10:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Donald Trump, in his thone,... sorry, chair... in the Oval Office.

Donald Trump, in his thone,... sorry, chair... in the Oval Office.

'What the future now holds for ­Venezuela remains unclear, as does how much force America is prepared to use. But the coming days will tell whether “regime change” is ­indeed Trump’s ultimate endgame.'
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20.11.2025 09:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Dark moments from Europe’s recent past serve as warnings for the present Fifty years ago today on November 20, 1975, the Spanish general and dictator Francisco Franco died. His demise set Spain on a new path towards…

Dark moments from Europe’s recent past serve as warnings for the present - Today’s column 👇
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

20.11.2025 10:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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34 years ago the Croatian town of Vukovar fell to JNA and Serb forces. At the time, it was the fiercest battle seen in Europe since 1945. As one of a handful of photographers inside during the 87 day siege my images are currently part of the “Vukovar 91” exhibition in the town.

17.11.2025 18:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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34 years ago the Croatian town of Vukovar fell to JNA and Serb forces. At the time, it was the fiercest battle seen in Europe since 1945. As one of a handful of photographers inside during the 87 day siege my images are currently part of the “Vukovar 91” exhibition in the town.

17.11.2025 15:18 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As the Austrian writer, philosopher and cultural critic Ernst Fischer one observed “entertainment doesn’t mean silliness any more than serious art means boredom”. In short, it means you can make weighty subjects accessible with the proper approach.

16.11.2025 19:27 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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As the Austrian writer, philosopher and cultural critic Ernst Fischer one observed “entertainment doesn’t mean silliness any more than serious art means boredom”. In short, it means you can make weighty subjects accessible with the proper approach. @BBCRadioScot take note

16.11.2025 19:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Is Donald Trump now a champion of regime change? ONE US defence expert last week called it a strategic “shot clock”. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Centre for Strategic and International…

One a critic of regime change Trump has now become its dangerous champion where Venezuela is concerned- Today’s big international read 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

16.11.2025 11:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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'If the aim is ousting Maduro it represents a significant shift in position' Be it through air strikes, boots on the ground or a CIA instigated ‘collapse,’ the ouster of  Maduro now seems to be Washington’s endgame…

One a critic of regime change Trump has now become its dangerous champion where Venezuela is concerned- Today’s big international read 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562479...

16.11.2025 11:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nick Griffin to be star speaker at fascist pro-Putin fest | Searchlight Nick Griffin - star speaker at pro-Putin rally Some of Europe's most extreme fascists - including the UK's Nick Griffin - are heading to Madrid la ...

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15.11.2025 01:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for reading!

13.11.2025 11:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: UK-US ‘special relationship’ looks anything but special these days While the spat between US president Donald Trump and the BBC has captured the main headlines, just on the edge of the news radar, an arguably far…

UK-US ‘special relationship’ looks anything but special these days- Today’s column👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2561797...

13.11.2025 11:35 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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David Pratt: UK-US ‘special relationship’ looks anything but special these days While the spat between US president Donald Trump and the BBC has captured the main headlines, just on the edge of the news radar, an arguably far…

UK-US ‘special relationship’ looks anything but special these days- Today’s column👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2561797...

13.11.2025 09:03 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Yes Bill the rumour has been around for some time - I think we all agree we need verification on this to enable accountable action to be taken if required.

12.11.2025 18:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Likewise

12.11.2025 18:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.

Caution and veracity needed, but if substantiated then as a journalist who covered the conflict - including in Sarajevo - accountability is vital for those Bosnians who were victims and those who lost loved ones. This beggars belief. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.11.2025 18:00 — 👍 29    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 0

Caution and veracity needed, but if substantiated then as a journalist who covered the conflict - including in Sarajevo - accountability is vital for those Bosnians who were victims and those who lost loved ones. This beggars belief. x.com/foreigncorr1...

12.11.2025 17:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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¡No Pasaran! (They Shall Not Pass) by Various Artists on Apple Music Album · 2012 · 16 Songs

Well worth a listen in these uncertain and turbulent political times … music.apple.com/gb/album/no-...

10.11.2025 23:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Give it a listen - www.google.com/gasearch?q=j...

10.11.2025 22:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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David Pratt on X: "Geez … gets me every time. https://t.co/flV6qijMoC" / X Geez … gets me every time. https://t.co/flV6qijMoC

Gets me every time…
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10.11.2025 22:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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