Richard Sambrook

This is what happens when politics turns from ideology to attention, and that's not good for a functioning democracy.

Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?

Six Days of War, 10 Rationales The administration has laid out a buffet of reasons for Operation Epic Fury—take your pick.

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Dubai influencers: The entitlement, denial and moral vacuum in the so-called 'safest city' As the death toll climbs, some Western expats in Dubai fret about golf courses, bottled water and weight-loss injections, writes Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC.

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Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke | Gaby Hinsliff The city was portrayed as an aspirational place to live, but now those who moved there are realising the precarity that comes with being an economic migrant, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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".. Now they know how it feels to pack up and run from falling bombs, I’d like them to interrupt the #sponsored content just long enough to reflect on lessons learned from this luxury version of a refugee experience."

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Refused asylum seeker families will be offered up to £40,000 to leave Britain under pilot scheme, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live The home secretary said that Britain will trial a scheme to encourage a small number of asylum seekers whose claims are rejected to exit the country

I’m not a political strategist but what is rhe logic of Labour not owning the falling migration numbers and saying ‘we’re controlling our borders’ rather than ever time repeating far right talking points

Seems a very odd approach….

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At CBS News, where staffers are apparently barred from reading history books, the hostilities between Iran and the US don’t begin until 1979.

The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the “special relationship” is genuinely pathetic

If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

Those paid a fortune to assess global risks say ‘not these global risks’.

Opinion | How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran

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Paul Conroy RIP An interview I did with Paul Conroy, who sadly died at the weekend, on his career and how to work safely in conflict zones.

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He was known as a photographer - but boy he could write too…

Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a day after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

So sorry to hear my friend Paul Conroy has died. Great photojournalist -obviously in Ukraine, Syria and recently Cuba. Lovely man who lived life to the full, brave and principled. We worked closely on the board of The Frontline Club for many years.

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One of my favourite movies. Back on trend.

Manosphere podcasters have second thoughts What have they wrought?

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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

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My news feed is all “speculation,opinion,speculation, speculation,opinion..” when what I want is “evidence,data,evidence,data, evidence…”

Or maybe it does! Fair play - hat eaten….

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How war stopped working Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan — the story of the century so far is the ineffectiveness of force

How war stopped working

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“Genuine mistake” oh, that’s ok then….! 🙄

Low pathetic stuff from
Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. We need leaders who will raise our politics not drag it deeper into the gutter.

“…the same editorial incentives that shape everything else in media now: spend little resources per story, optimize X for clicks, fit Y to “the narrative,” don’t alienate subscribers.”

Greens have run a great by election campaign on social media - but maybe social media doesn’t dictate public opinion or behaviour?!

Political journalism needs fewer "takes" and more analytical legwork Why I think what you’re getting with this newsletter is different, and why it matters right now

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Former UK PM Gordon Brown is providing - voluntarily and not for the first time - information to the police about abuses of power relating to the Epstein files. As PM Brown was briefed against by people such as Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson as being ‘psychologically flawed’ ….1/

Wasn’t he great!

And wasn’t he/they fantastic? #jefftweedy