Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
A leader willing to work across party lines; tackle tough issues; level with voters; address issues affecting young (education, employment), the old and infirm; rich and poor; North and South. Am I dreaming ? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham wants to fix social care. It’s personal for him and for a lot of us tooFinally a grownup is in charge who speaks to voters as fellow adults. If he fixes this, he’ll achieve more than most other PMswww.theguardian.com🔥🔥🔥Yet another beautifully written piece by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael BehrThe Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behrwww.theguardian.com
🦩 #StandWithTheFlamingos 🦩 🚨 While all eyes on #JoshuaKushner and #FIFA, need to keep abreast of what brother #JaredKushner, #Trump son-in-law, and #IvankaTrump are planning in #Albania. Great @channel4news.bsky.social reporting from #LindseyHilsum 👏
Channel 4 NewsIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s plans to build a high-end luxury resort on a nature reserve in Albania have sparked an uprising known as the “flamingo revolution”, writes Lindsey Hilsum. Read our latest newsletter:
A solid majority of Labour members back PR, as do eight of the 11 Labour-affiliated trade unions, and there is a growing caucus of MPs now calling for electoral reform that spans all wings and factions of the party. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Burnham should take the first steps towards electoral reform in his first 100 daysAs Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, he does so in a Parliament produced by the most unrepresentative general election result on record.www.politicshome.com
"Russia's invasion becomes a 'war in Ukraine.' Moscow's neo-imperial bid for a sphere of influence, where neighbors are to be murdered until they give up sovereignty, becomes "security interests." Ukraine's refusal to be massacred morphs into an obstacle to peace," writes Andrew Chakhoyan.
When righteous calls to end the war become warmongeringRussia's war on Ukraine has yet to end because Russia keeps waging it.
It is shocking, though regrettably unsurprising, that in the fifth summer since the 2022 escalation by the aggressor, and 12 yea...kyivindependent.com
It is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.
So utterly grim. I would support the war in Iran if I thought it had a real chance of overthrowing the vile regime. But, sadly, the Trump/Netanyahu disaster has just made everything worse. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail sew lips shut in hunger strike as executions soarAt least 1,500 protest after six men on drug-related charges put in solitary confinement before possible executionwww.theguardian.com
The hypocrisy of those criticizing Miliband’s appointment, when it’s been Trump systematically eroding transatlantic trust, attacking allies, coddling dictators, not UK. Moreover, it’s Trump who’s appointed wildly unsuitable people to key positions - JFK Jr; Hegseth; Patel; Noem; Gabbard; Bondi😡
Byline Times"What all the critics of Miliband’s appointment are overlooking is that it is not actually the purpose of the Foreign Secretary to appease Donald Trump. The job of Foreign Secretary is to stand up for British interests." ✍️ @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/i...
Full list of what #Brexit took from us #RejoinEU #BrexitDisaster verybrexitproblems.com/blogs/news/t...
The Full List of What Brexit Took From BritainThe full inventory of what Brexit took from Britain, plus the polling that shows why rejoin is now demographically inevitable.verybrexitproblems.comMany of you have seen me rant away in despair at the current trajectory of the US. I wrote this piece after experiencing the better America, more wholesome, steady, tolerant and welcoming than Trump’s shadow and the cult of MAGA would portray. “Don’t give up on us, baby…; we can still come thru..”🤞
Byline Times📚 GEOPOLITICS (Edition 88) Former British diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social found reassurance in the America she has always loved and recognised this Fourth of July – in the deep red of West Virginia Read the full piece below.