Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined January 2016
"I always delight in...cheating a person of their premeditated contempt." So find me instead at: bsky.app/profile/jde22ix.bsk…
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
Our new trading partner (Putin) just blew up a residential neighborhood near Kharkiv and killed 3 people including a kid on his scooter. But hey you guys, we're going to save $0.27 on diesel soon.
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Not often I requote him...
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel. If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
We've been delighted by the response to the idea of bringing the conversation around human rights up to date with our podcast 'Could we do more to secure human rights' We put our 6 questions to John Edward, Head of Operations @scga_scot Listen in full🎙️⬇️ youtu.be/MXRv2HMqRQw
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
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Merci @BrusselsAirport Je suis arrivé trois heures avant un vol court et je vais le rater à cause d'un manque de moyens et de personnel au contrôle des passeports. Combien de temps à l'avance faut-il arriver ??? @FlyingBrussels Translated with DeepL (dee.pl/app)
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
We supported a very insightful and well informed event this week to mark the 10 year anniversary of the Brexit referendum hosted by @scga_scot & @Con_Soc in Edinburgh. An excellent panel of academics & former diplomats discussed how UK EU relations has evolved since this vote.
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This from a man who is in a position of power to help reduce more than 40k countrymen and women shoot each other *every* year, and does nothing. Let him who is without sin etc etc.
Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it. Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won’t be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response—the only response—is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse. It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.
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Compare and contrast with this week.
We must not allow the tragic murder of a young woman turn into attacks on men and attacks on the police.
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Le décès de Etienne #Davignon nous remplit de tristesse. Sa proximité avec Jacques Delors et la détermination de son engagement pro européen 🇪🇺 font de Davignon une personnalité qui a marqué notre histoire. Il va manquer à nous tous et au dessin européen. @DelorsInstitute
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People mock the EU as “bureaucracy”. But that bureaucracy turned a continent of borders, currencies and wars into a space where 450 million people can travel, pay, call, study and work almost as if it were domestic. That is not boring. That is civilization becoming usable.
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
You would think that with £5 million, he could afford some decent cyber security
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says a “serious” hack of his computer led to the revelation that he received a £5m undeclared gift Reform UK is “exploring” its legal options [@thetimes]
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It’s also been a while since I’ve updated the @commonslibrary summary of the UK constitution, which now takes account of a reformed House of Lords, more paid UK Ministers, a new Senedd voting system and much more: commonslibrary.parliament.uk…
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Jack McConnell calls for the post of Scottish Secretary to be abolished thetimes.com/article/ac4c13f…
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Peter Kellner’s 3 early points 1 Reform did less well than last year 2 Labour and Tories did better 3 Greens vote spread too thinly to convert share similar to Lab/Con/LibDem into seats kellnerp.substack.com/p/yest…
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You're going to hear a lot about how Reform is now a national party. It's not true, as John Curtice sets out here. They're doing very well in areas that voted strongly for Brexit and not very well at all in areas that voted strongly Remain @Prosper_UK_ bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1428pev…
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
Finally someone has said it. Political reporting is hard. Impartiality is hard. It should be. But partisan pundits decrying impartial journalism because it doesn’t fit their own bias is a very dangerous road to go down. Anyway. Carry on.
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
8th Annual Sir Julian Priestley Memorial Lecture, by Jan Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon & chaired by Leena Maria Linnus @EPinUK co-Hosted with @euromove 🗓️ 12 May 2026 ⏰ 17.30 - 21.00 BST 🏠 Europe House 🖥️ Also online tickettailor.com/events/euro…
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
Immigration was the single most powerful weapon mobilised by the No campaign. So let’s start with Brexit’s false prospectus and finish with the Boris wave
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John Edward 🌍 retweeted
🚨NEW SERIES🚨 🇻🇪 Liberator of Latin America: Simón Bolívar vs The Spanish Empire Who was the man who helped liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spanish rule? And how did a privileged teenage boy become South America’s great revolutionary?
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