@leylaboulton
FT journalist and City of London councillor for Bassishaw ward. Development editor, FT Live and Liaison with the FT's Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign charity. Ex-correspondent in Ankara, Moscow, Paris, Brussels.
Thank you @propublica.org for this really important journalism pinpointing vested interests of Trump administration appointees that could both threaten the public's health and waste its money www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Tony Blair addresses Iraqis after the US-UK war topples Saddam Hussein
Watching The Tony Blair story makes timely viewing on the same day as a US president and Israel launch war on Iran with the same rhetoric as Bush and Blair’s promises of better
times for Iraqis back in 2003 www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
'The “Newsom knee pads” — his accessory for US chief executives and allied leaders who kneel in obeisance to Trump — are selling well' via @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Time to come clean @theboysmithy.ft.com: what map competition are you plotting for the @financialtimes.com in 2026?
@jemima.bsky.social spot on as ever: ‘The idea that we must rely on the likes of Yaxley-Lennon, Trump and Kid Rock to do this for us is at best laughable; at worst dangerous.’ www.ft.com/content/9fbc...
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My impression is that the political class are much more definitive on all this than the rest of the country
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
‘The resolution signals a change in tactics as shareholder groups that pushed for oil and gas companies to set out net zero targets now focus instead on longer-term profitability, as businesses such as BP roll back on climate pledges.’
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My Father’s Shadow: a haunting and beautiful film from Nigeria - which I am now replaying in my head and heart hours after seeing it! www.ft.com/content/9302...
We could have said can Europe and allies go it alone but that’s implicit!
Join FT journalists and special guest @kschake.bsky.social for a @financialtimes.com subscriber webinar on Thurs 12 Feb at 1300 UK: The transatlantic relationship: can Europe go it alone? Register, send us your questions, and take part in our poll
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Bureaucratic teething problems? ‘After the GDC persuaded the government to change the law…the council has gone through a procurement exercise that should lead to more capacity and a fairer booking system’ @financialtimes.com
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Perfectly put on the greek statue avatar brigade
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What if “the book could respond to the reader, and, using AI, generate a unique bespoke text that speaks directly to their concerns”? - my interview with FT/Schroders award-winner Stephen Witt on Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the future of books as.ft.com/r/7aa36214-e...
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Who is Nikki da Costa? Advised Boris Johnson that prorogation of parliament was okay; now on BBC radio 4 leading charge against assisted dying bill en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_d...
Thank you Martin!
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The nub of the story: ‘Analysts said it was possible that Washington had moved the SDRs to Argentina as part of the arrangement.´
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‘The share of Americans who describe themselves as middle class has dropped from 85 pct a decade ago to 54 pct. Over 40 pct consider themselves lower or working class, suggesting that many of the finer things feel completely out of reach’ @brookeamasters.ft.com on what this means
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
FT Editorial on the BBC - The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it www.ft.com/content/406e...
‘Trump’s opponents sense a potential dawn... Since he was re-elected, Democrats had been suffering from the institutional version of depression. Led by ageing time servers, who seemed punch drunk by the audacity of Trump’s manoeuvres, the party’s approval rating kept falling.’ on.ft.com/47FZsHq
@financialtimes.com ‘Despite the claims that Hungary has no other alternatives to Druzhba, there is a Croatian-owned pipeline that could supply Hungary and neighbouring countries with seaborne crude.’ on.ft.com/47EXuHi
Take a look at this extraordinary story by the @financialtimes.com investigations star Alison Killing:
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
FT summary: ‘The vote was the 1st major electoral test of Trump’s 2nd term, in which he has shaken up global trade with high tariffs, cracked down on immigrants, deployed US troops to American cities, and torn down part of the White House to make room for a donor-funded ballroom.’ on.ft.com/4ol0r6V
@edwardluce: ‘There is no elegant way to triangulate Holocaust-deniers with people who grasp basic history. Vance is chiefly after the Christian nationalist base. The term “Judeo-Christian” does not feature in his vocabulary. His aim is to be Trump’s natural heir.’ on.ft.com/4hHr6sd
