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Ian Slater

@iansslater

Scot and new citizen of Germany, living in Cologne. Trying to escape from political economy, passionate about music, interested in literature, photography, travel, and culture generally.

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Forbes proudly prints a story of the 3500 billionaires as the average American tries to make ends meet. These 3500 social maggots are why you cannot afford your rent, mortgage and groceries. Republican policies create the conditions for these parasites to exist.

10.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'This is β€” unbelievably β€” Sky News third attempt at this tweet and still they still can’t say: β€œIsrael has killed 400 people in Lebanon”

Shocking. These three iterations of the same tweet tell us so much.'

x.com/PhilipProudf...

10.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is about to ease oil sanctions with Europe’s enemy Putin.
That makes Trump our enemy doesn’t it?

10.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure.

10.03.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 1103 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 19
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It is THE fundamental problem. To survive and prosper we must make billionaires history. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.03.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 1007 πŸ” 333 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 18

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

10.03.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 7318 πŸ” 2495 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 130

Your military family members are dying to cover up that the American president sexually tortured little kids.

The Epstein Wars

09.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Epstein helped Russia blackmail Trump

09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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A quick tip for Americans:

If a candidate is heavily backed by far-right tech oligarchs who despise democracy and by people who promote pyramid schemes, do not support him.

They are buying a puppet to enrich themselves, and he will eventually destroy your country

09.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this β€˜special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

09.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 2586 πŸ” 720 πŸ’¬ 198 πŸ“Œ 49

Americans had better get used to. Hardly surprising that people want to know if they are likely speaking to an enemy or a friend.

09.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Russians are providing military technology to Iranian proxies

09.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 1440 πŸ” 648 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 26
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'Night turned into day': Iranians tell of strikes on oil depots Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj overnight, with videos showing huge fires and plumes of smoke in multiple locations.

Bombing water supplies, killing children at school and choking ordinary people on burning oil is highly unlikely to make them cheer on the bombers and overthrow the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
But, rather than receiving a formal
invite to meet Trump, Farage was in
fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a
member of the club, according to
multiple people briefed on the matter


They said Farage had hoped he would
be able to catch Trump for a
conversation as the US president was
scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that
evening. However, Trump had a
change in his itinerary and decided to
stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s
drive away


The Reform leader's failure to secure
an audience with the US president
underscores a weakening of ties
between the two populist leaders who
famously formed a close friendship in
the vears before and after the 2016

But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter They said Farage had hoped he would be able to catch Trump for a conversation as the US president was scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that evening. However, Trump had a change in his itinerary and decided to stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s drive away The Reform leader's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders who famously formed a close friendship in the vears before and after the 2016

Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.

09.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 1688 πŸ” 552 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 86
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In case you missed..more documents from the Epstein files were released on Friday πŸ‘‡

08.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 963 πŸ” 537 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 48

It turns out the U.S. did a β€œdouble tap” attack just as emergency responders were arriving at the girls’ elementary school. This is what the Russians do routinely in Ukraine.

That’s a war crime under international humanitarian law.

08.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3152 πŸ” 1910 πŸ’¬ 221 πŸ“Œ 141
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The first lesson of war is β€˜know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

08.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Though there are some exceptions to this rule (Thatcher for one, and several currently in Washington DC), #IWD2026 is a reminder that the world would be a far better place if women were in charge of everything.

08.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More like North Korea by the day.

08.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low - Carbon Brief The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in...

The UK used less coal in 2025 than in 1600 when Shakespeare was writing Hamlet, according to CarbonBrief. Meanwhile Trump is taking the US in the opposite direction.

UK emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025.

08.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 385 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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Richard Haas excellent in today's FT

08.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

The people who told us austerity was crucial, Brexit would be brilliant, Boris Johnson’s amazing and Liz Truss is an economic genius, are now insisting the country should join an illegal war

#BBCLauraK

08.03.2026 09:38 πŸ‘ 624 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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If Europe is not careful, we are going to end up exactly like the US.

A system where a tiny group of tech oligarchs buy elections and dictate policy is not a functioning democracy.

We cannot let extreme wealth concentration destroy our political system

07.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts Gove claims he had no β€œactive role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over Β£1billion, reports Russell Scott

πŸ”Ž From the archive: We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts β€” by Russell scott

πŸ” Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer

07.03.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 417 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 13
Duke of Windsor with Hitler in the 1930s.

Duke of Windsor with Hitler in the 1930s.

Can’t imagine why but all the talk of Farage flying off to America to talk down his own country brought this to mind.

07.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This isn’t a hallucination, Michael Gove. You’ve never explained the millions you disbursed to buddies with your crony Covid Contracts.

Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently.

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...

07.03.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1369 πŸ” 530 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 19
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KΓΆln, this evening

06.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Think there's a large element of disbelief around at what on earth the US is doing and hope that somehow Trump will just stop, because otherwise the economic outlook is pretty dire.

06.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Wondering when Reform and Conservatives are going to realise that their unconditional backing of Trump is highly unpopular outside of their own bubbles.

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 20226 πŸ” 7900 πŸ’¬ 1086 πŸ“Œ 510