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

Stockholm, Sweden
Joined January 2009
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Dr Evil: “My father would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark.”
Republicans against Trump
@RpsAgainstTrump19h
Trump: “My uncle invented radar. Can you believe it?” (Fact check: false)
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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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Was the bird dead?
Bird’s-eye view of the ballroom. Next stop: The Sunshine State 🌴
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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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ian bremmer
@ianbremmerOct 23
50% of maga voters sympathize with ukraine, 5% (!) with russia. bots really have their work cut out for them.
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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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"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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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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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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The latest cover of Private Eye is 😘
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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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Grindr already exists
JUST IN: Donald Trump announces he is looking into launching a dating app for MAGA men
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Is the neoliberal French state that is oppressing the citizenry in the room with us right now?
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It is now quite obvious that Trump wants Ukraine to lose the war for its survival and, consequently, that he wants Russia to win.
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I think “calme et joyeux partout quand les policiers ne sont pas là” may mark a turning point in the French presidential campaign
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La France de Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Not a good day in France.
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No hiding it now. A Molotov-Ribbentrop pact for our times
Latest: ​Zelenskyy tells reporters over WhatsApp that restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone." He says Ukraine has done tests to determine whether SpaceX is truly facing technical issues, as has been told Kyiv by the US side, or if this is a "deliberate operation... to restrict us, cut us off, and prevent us from defending ourselves and protecting our people, both at the front and among the civilian population." He says Ukraine "sent a couple of vehicles equipped with Starlink terminals into European Union territory." "They moved at speeds exceeding 180kph, and the Starlink systems worked perfectly. We have the relevant logs and evidence to prove this." He adds: "The conclusion is clear: the restrictions are in effect within Ukraine but do not apply within the European Union. In other words, this is a planned operation."
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Reminder: Putin’s the bad guy.
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Party to celebrate Ian Hislop's 40 years as editor of Private Eye & 65 years at the magazine. Has anyone currently in public life held the same job for longer? The Eye is the greatest journalistic institution of my lifetime. Long may Ian and the Eye reign.
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