Founder & Publisher @TheLocalEurope. Chair Swedish Magazine Publishers’ Assoc @SvTidskrifter. Chair Utgivarna . Brit by birth, Swede by choice. Own views.

Stockholm, Sweden
Joined January 2009
James Savage retweeted
I think @andyburnham wants to rejoin the EU. Not spin. It's incredibly bold to even raise free movement. Perhaps testing the water to see if public opinion on immigration has changed. The Europeans are paying attention
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Mark Rylance is such a wonderful actor.
Probably my favourite version. It's much less bombastic than Olivier's or Branagh's. #StCrispinsDay
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James Savage retweeted
Was the bird dead?
Bird’s-eye view of the ballroom. Next stop: The Sunshine State 🌴
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James Savage retweeted
Barack Obama decided to hit Pete Hegseth with the elbow from the top rope. Absolutely brutal takedown.
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Best social media advice of the day!
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Ha, this is savage.
I am a perfectly ordinary person. I am simply a human being. Perhaps not as great a humanist as Putin—but, in any case, I try to do everything in my power. — Zelenskyy.
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James Savage retweeted
50% of maga voters sympathize with ukraine, 5% (!) with russia. bots really have their work cut out for them.
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We’ve been doing this for years in Sweden. It’s not a deep state conspiracy, it’s common sense.
“Be ready by having some everyday essentials… three litres of water per person per day, tinned goods... to last a few days” Speaking to @vicderbyshire, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting details advice to households to be prepared for a “dangerous and turbulent world”. #Newsnight
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Trump might have sided with Russia; America has not.
.@EconUS/@YouGovAmerica: In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, who do you sympathize with more? Registered voters 🇺🇦 66% 🇷🇺 3% Dem 🇺🇦 82% 🇷🇺 1% GOP 🇺🇦 52% 🇷🇺 4% Ind 🇺🇦 64% 🇷🇺 4% Lib 🇺🇦 88% 🇷🇺 1% Mod 🇺🇦 65% 🇷🇺 2% Con 🇺🇦 52% 🇷🇺 6% MAGA 🇺🇦 50% 🇷🇺 5% Oct. 19-20, 2026
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The sequence every French voter needs to hear daily between now and the election.
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This is an entirely accurate description of Guy Fawkes Night!
We should use Hugh Grant to explain all British traditions to the world* *Particularly Americans.
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UK crime was four times higher when Oasis first played Knebworth than at last year’s reunion gigs. The collapse of crime and safer streets is one of the biggest stories of our time. But one almost never told - or believed. My take on today’s figures: comment.press/lawless
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James Savage retweeted
"Top officials in the State Department made clear that only candidates who voted for President Donald Trump would be eligible for the mid-to-upper level foreign service roles. They also told candidates that their campaign donation history would be examined and any donation to Democrats would be disqualifying."
SCOOP: The State Dept has started asking career diplomats up for promotion if they voted for Trump in 16, 20, 24. Federal law prohibits politically based hiring for career staff. State tells @washingtonsun it's screening for "fidelity" and execution of the president's vision👇
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James Savage retweeted
The collapse in violent crime over three decades has been one of the most striking developments of my lifetime. News is about what’s going wrong, and rightly so. But the bigger picture also matters From today’s figures:-
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This is so damaging! Corpses and their burials tell us so much about the past — especially the distant past. Of course we shouldn’t be displaying the stolen body parts of indigenous peoples from the 19th century, but to ban the display of human remains from civilizations that disappeared hundreds or thousands of years ago is to deprive people of a chance to engage with history. Stop this nonsense.
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It's crazy that there's a tool out there that's become vital to they way I do my job, parent my kids, and make major life decisions; and yet we barely spend more on it than AI
TIL that global spending on alcohol is still larger than AI infrastructure spending this year ($1.7T vs $1.5T)
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James Savage retweeted
The latest cover of Private Eye is 😘
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Putin, the baby-murdering kind of humanitarian.
Witkoff to Putin: “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian -- you are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”
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James Savage retweeted
Jag bad Claude (sic) ta fram siffror på hur välfärdsstatens andel av BNP utvecklats under Macrons tid vid makten. För att möta bilden av de enorma nedskärningar som ska ha gjorts.
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