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@FT science editor. @mikepeeljourno .bsky.social. Book: What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British) -

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Michael Peel

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My book What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British) is out next week! If you want to hear about it, I'm talking April 25 @WaterstonesTraf to ace Guardian political columnist @rafaelbehr . And there's more below:👇(1/x)

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If Hartlepool falls to the UK Conservatives, it will fit into a pattern of Tory wins where home ownership rates are 50%+ - wherever in the country this is. Is this the central narrative? Data: See also: . @davies_will . @redhistorian

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The most exquisite part of this delicious Ghanaian government slapdown is that it renders "Operation Red Meat" to save Boris Johnson as "Operation Dead Meat". 🔥🔥🔥

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Something has gone badly wrong in UK politics when a deal with such profound and historic implications is winning approval on this basis. #Brexit

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NEW: Brussels to withdraw incendiary plan floated hours ago to use new vaccine export curbs to in effect create a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, per EU officials. "It was an error. We are changing it," said one EU official of the abortive plan.

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🚨🚨🚨NEW: The mysterious story of the AstraZeneca Netherlands factory that explains in part why the company has fallen far behind its early coronavirus vaccine delivery commitments to the EU. THREAD 👇 (1/X)

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EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine problems linked to mystery factory delay

Dutch facility listed in EU contract is yet to deliver a single dose to the bloc

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This gets to the heart of the matter on the UK supply chaos. Ministers talk of a “transition period” to a fairer economy, but there is little evidence of a strategy to do that. Rather, it all feels improvised, the rhetoric a cover for the lack of a plan.

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Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland has left the EU at a time when it has never benefited from it more, and has never needed it more because of the rise in “intolerance and bigotry” in the world.

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EU summit fatigue: a triptych

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I wrote this week about how most Britons will be barred from visiting the EU once the UK falls out of a bloc-wide pandemic travel plan on Dec 31. It foreshadows the emergence of other Brexit “surprises” which shouldn’t really be surprises. THREAD 👇(1/7)

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Most Britons face bar from visiting EU under Covid safety rules

Non-essential travel from UK will be subject to curbs after Brexit transition ends

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This is very good on an extraordinary political movement in Thailand >>> BBC News - Thailand protests: Risking it all to challenge the monarchy. Here's my 2017 FT magazine piece on why this moment was likely to come:

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Thailand protests: Risking it all to challenge the monarchy

In Thailand, criticising the royal family can mean secret trials and long prison sentences.

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This striking . @Reuters . @jgesilva photo showing Queen Suthida of Thailand’s shock as protesters confront the royal motorcade in Bangkok on October 14 captures why #whatshappeninginThailand right now is historic and deserves your attention. A THREAD (1/10)👇

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The ECHR and its guardian institution the Council of Europe were part of Europe's collective response to the atrocities of the the Second World War. The Council's key architects included Winston Churchill, who is an idol of Boris Johnson. 👇 (2/x)

Winston Churchill and the Council of Europe - Documents, Records and Archives - www.coe.int

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Expect more such shade from other autocratic governments.

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Turkey concerned over developments in US, urges calm and lawful solution to problems, says parliament head

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Boris Johnson mused in 2016 without evidence that Barack Obama - Joe Biden's ex-boss - might have removed a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office as a "snub to Britain" or because of "the part-Kenyan President’s ancestral dislike of the British empire".

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The affair raises questions about both AZ’s management of its EU deal and the EU’s supervision of it. The EU also isn’t receiving production from the two UK drug substance sites named in the contract. In other words, it has supply from only one European factory out of four. (8/X)

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NEW: Brexit is about to get real: most Britons will be barred from visiting the EU after December 31 under Covid safety rules, once the UK falls out of a pan-European pandemic travel plan. How will London handle this? via @financialtimes

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Most Britons face bar from visiting EU under Covid safety rules

Non-essential travel from UK will be subject to curbs after Brexit transition ends

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There's much debate on here about whether to take this and other attacks on the US election's credibility seriously. My answer, having worked in places where people were shocked at how quickly systems fell apart, is: you must. Democracy, like money, depends on public confidence.

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NATO leaders warn Beijing after summit today in Brussels: “China’s growing influence and international policies present challenges to alliance security,” says secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg.

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"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is helping to obscure China's expansionism in Asia, where it continues to redraw its land and maritime borders and exert growing pressure on Taiwan." . @Chellaney in . @NikkeiAsia

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China continues its territorial advances in Asia

Strategy relies on a steady progression of actions to outmaneuver rival states

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Extraordinary time in Malta as the battle to bring the killers of Daphne Caruana Galizia to justice reaches a crucial moment: Inquiry into murder of Malta journalist steps up pressure on PM via @financialtimes

Inquiry into murder of Malta journalist steps up pressure on PM

Protests swell as public figures are caught up in Caruana Galizia investigation

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EU expected next week to back countermeasures on Hong Kong, including protections for activists in Europe and ban on exports of equipment used for repression and surveillance, as flagged here. Watch for any US pressure for more action. via @financialtimes

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US ambassador to Nato Kay Bailey Hutchison says planning of announced pullout of 9,500 US trooops from Germany has “not happened yet” and will “take some time”. “I don’t think anything has been set in concrete yet.” Nato defence ministers will hold talks on it this week.

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The Halix factory hasn’t been approved because AZ hasn’t submitted all the necessary data to the European Medicines Agency regulator, according to EU officials. AZ insists regulatory authorisation of the site is “on track”. 👇 (7/X)

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A striking image. Session on “A New transatlantic agenda” at the Munich security conference - with the leaders of the US, Germany and France. (Boris Johnson is wrapping up matters related to the G7 leaders call earlier today and will speak at his own session later, m/c says).

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Devastating evisceration by historian . @DavidOlusoga of the UK government-commissioned Sewell report into racism and ethnic disparities.

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"Mr Topol said it was “deeply troubling” to see Mr Trump promote a “false premise” about the drug to the public, when there had been no proper study to shows it worked." FDA contradicts Trump on status of potential coronavirus drug via @financialtimes

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FDA contradicts Trump on status of potential coronavirus drug

Regulator undercuts president’s claim that anti-malarial is approved to treat Covid-19

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Today is the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo that ended the Napoleonic Wars. Last weekend I visited the site of a bloody struggle in which more than a quarter of the 180,000-plus troops who fought there became casualties. A short thread. 👇 (1/7)

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The prime minister of Slovenia, an EU member state, endorses President Donald Trump's baseless claim that he has won the election.

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It’s pretty clear that American people have elected ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩ ⁦ @Mike_Pence ⁩ for #4moreyears . More delays and facts denying from #MSM , bigger the final triumph for #POTUS . Congratulations ⁦ @GOP ⁩ for strong results across the #US ⁦ @idualliance ⁩ ⁦

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The reason: more than six months after AstraZeneca signed its contract with the EU, the Halix factory is not one of the three facilities approved by the European Medicines Agency to make vaccine drug substance. .👇 (6/X)

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EU summit: the third day stare

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Philippine senator Leila de Lima is about to mark 5 years in jail, despite never having been convicted of a crime. Here's the story of her case-and what it says about the rise of elected authoritarians. . @NikkeiAsia quoting . @Richeydarian . @rachelchhoahwd

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Philippine Senator Leila de Lima's campaign from prison

Arch-critic of President Rodrigo Duterte marks five years in jail

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My guest piece in @IrishTimes about what my travels in a world of myth-making autocrats and demagogues taught me about #Brexit Details of my new book The Fabulists here! @IanDunt

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Brexit is blinding Britain to both its history and its present

Demagogic movements from around the world are reflected in UK debate over EU exit

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Also: governments with authoritarian instincts test systems for weak points. If there's no pushback, they press on. The endgame may not be clear - but the strategy is.

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AZ has struggled too with its EU production of vaccine drug substance – the active ingredient. It has seen poor yields at its Belgian plant – and, strikingly, no EU deliveries from its second main plant in the bloc, run by Halix in the Netherlands👇 (4/X)

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Mediterranean Sea battle>>>How disputes over territory and energy have raised the risk of conflict between Turkey and regional neighbours (video particularly recommended) w: @OilSheppard @laurapitel @tomhannen @sdbernard @AdrienneKlasa via @financialtimes

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What is at stake in the eastern Mediterranean crisis?

Competition over gas and regional rivalries fuel stand-off between Turkey and neighbours

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There’s more bad news on the way for AstraZeneca’s second quarter EU supplies. That’s because half of the scheduled 180m doses would need come from outside the bloc – and it has proved impossible so far to get shipments from the US or other nations.👇(3/X)

EU turns to US in scramble for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Move is part of bloc’s effort to boost faltering immunisation programme

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This is Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa, set in vast grounds outside Brussels. It was built by King Leopold II from plunder from Congo’s rubber, in a brutal occupation in which as many as 10 million people died. THREAD 👇 (1/6)

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On February 24 2017, Philippine senator . @SenLeiladeLima was arrested on drugs charges she denies. Five years later, she is still in jail - and campaigning for re-election - while her trial sprawls on. . @NikkeiAsia

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Philippine Senator Leila de Lima's campaign from prison

Arch-critic of President Rodrigo Duterte marks five years in jail

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Two photos, ten minutes, unnerving weather. #Brussels

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This is the first time a Chinese government body has publicly acknowledged questions over the effectiveness of Chinese Covid-19 jabs. It also highlights the gamble European countries such as Hungary and Serbia have taken by using them. via @financialtimes

China considers mixing vaccines to bolster efficacy

Disease control centre makes first public admission over effectiveness of domestic jabs

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AstraZeneca has cut its EU supply estimates for the first quarter of the year from 100m or more doses to 30m. It's one reason why the EU is lagging so far behind the US and UK in its Covid-19 inoculation drive, per the FT’s vaccine tracker. 👇 (2/X)

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🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: Johnson lobbies EU leaders in bid to avert vaccine export blocks - and the big fight is over production in the Netherlands that London wants to claim. >>> . @GeorgeWParker + . @Sam1Fleming The other shoe has dropped 👇(1/x) via @financialtimes

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Johnson lobbies EU leaders in bid to avert vaccine export blocks

Brussels rejects London’s claim of contractual right to supply from AstraZeneca plant in Netherlands

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Elsewhere in the Belgian capital, a man in a dog suit cavorts in front of papier-mâché turds strewn in front of a metro station’s turnstiles.

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Second, the UK is not being treated differently from other countries. All but eight that have very low Covid-19 rates are barred. It feels different for Brits because of their unfamiliar new “third country” status. But that’s how things are now. 👇 (3/7)

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Travel restrictions: Council reviews the list of third countries for which restrictions should be...

Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries for which travel...

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NEW: NATO is planning to open a liaison office in Japan, the first of its kind in Asia. The station will allow the military alliance to deepen engagement with key partners in the region. >>> @kenmoriyasu , Rieko Miki and Takashi Tsuji for @NikkeiAsia .

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Why is this? The contract signed by the European Commission with AstraZeneca way back in August names the Halix plant as a main source of vaccine drug substance. And Halix is producing doses.👇 (5/X)

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Beyond the coronavirus crisis, the EU has moved close to giving a long-awaited green light for North Macedonia and Albania to start talks to join the bloc. via @financialtimes

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EU quietly edges towards enlargement talks

North Macedonia and Albania are tantalisingly close to a green light to start talks to join the bloc

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I write in my book the Fabulists about an almost tragic quality of Brexit: how the unrealistic thinking consistently promoted by its leading backers has empowered opportunists and turned citizens against each other, to the detriment of all. (7/7) ENDS

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Out today! The Fabulists, a wild ride through a world of political myth-making from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs to the UK battle over Brexit. Available here:

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I went to Cyprus and this is what I found: a tale of Russians, golden passports and a microcosm of EU neuralgia at the bloc's Mediterranean frontier. Great photos by Antonis Theodoridis and editing by @AliceFishburn , @neilos49 and team. via @financialtimes

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Moscow on the Med: Cyprus and its Russians

As tensions between the Kremlin and EU rise, the tiny island has become a Petri dish of western worries

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EXCLUSIVE: Scholz warns China not to use force to alter Taiwan status quo >>> German Chancellor speaks to Nikkei's @AkagawaDr ahead of Japan trip. via @NikkeiAsia

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Scholz warns China not to use force to alter Taiwan status quo

German leader to deepen relationships with Asian partners in policy shift

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Third, those who dismiss the travel troubles as an elite problem show a lack of imagination and empathy. There are many personal and work reasons why all kinds of people might need to travel - even during a pandemic. They don't deserve scorn.👇 (4/7)

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An EU travel ban for Britons brings home the sad reality of Brexit | Giles Tremlett

Covid travel restrictions are some of the first real consequences to hit Great Britain – and there are many more to come , says Spain-based correspondent Giles Tremlett

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Fifth, while this travel rule will on day be lifted, there will be many other little thought of impacts of Brexit, especially if there is no deal. You can argue Brexit is still worth it; what you shouldn’t do is pretend these problems don’t exist.👇(6/7)

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"Refugees who were in the air on the way to the US when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports"

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The apparent closeness of this election was partly a function of the ever-greater distorting effect of the electoral college - and partly an illusion created by the order of vote counting. Biden on course for bigger popular vote margin than Obama in 2012.

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SCOOP: Apple will for the first time ever move some iPad production out of China and shift it to Vietnam after Shanghai's strict COVID lockdowns caused months of supply chain disruptions, Nikkei Asia has learned. @ChengTingFang @Lauly_Th_Li @NikkeiAsia

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Apple to shift iPad capacity to Vietnam amid China supply chain woes

U.S. tech giant asks suppliers to build up extra inventory as contingency plan

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🚨🚨🚨 NEW: The EU and India plan to revive long-dormant talks on a trade deal - and launch negotiations on an investment agreement and geographical name protections for food products. It's about economics, of course - but also China. via @financialtimes

EU and India set to revive talks on trade deal

Negotiations that stalled in 2013 now seen as vital to respond to China’s rise

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A historic moment as a US president baselessly claims on TV that the election is a "fraud on the American public". It is not a partisan point to say that this is extremely dangerous - and that, like money, democracy is a system reliant on confidence for its survival.

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Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen has played an interesting role in this US election. So far, her vote exceeds the margin between Trump and Biden in Georgia and Wisconsin - and it may do in Arizona as well. Which candidate, if either, did she take votes from ?

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It’s been a week of turmoil in the EU’s troubled vaccines rollout, as supply shortages start to hamper national inoculation programmes across the bloc. A thread with articles on what’s happening, why - and what might be to come. 👇(1/12)

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Shortage of coronavirus shots heaps pressure on European leaders

Disarray of mass vaccination programme sparks criticism of those who oversaw procurement

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Human rights watchdog urges inquiry into Maltese journalist’s murder via @financialtimes

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Human rights watchdog urges inquiry into Maltese journalist’s murder

Council of Europe body denounces ‘climate of impunity’ in EU’s smallest state

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Temasek-backed property group eyes Vietnam and India hot spots by @DylanLohNikkei for @NikkeiAsia

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Temasek-backed property group eyes Vietnam and India hot spots

Amid China slowdown, CapitaLand Investment treads cautiously on real estate bets

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EU pressing AstraZeneca for agreement to publish coronavirus vaccine contract, after CEO Pascal Soriot spoke about aspects of it yesterday. "Personally I'm happy that we start taking off the veil," an EU official said, as the dispute (and PR battle) over vaccine supply escalates.

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First, suggestions that this is some kind of punishment are misleading. It’s simply the way Brexit interacts with pandemic travel rules the EU (plus Switzerland and three others) set up months ago, with limited exemptions for “essential” travel: 👇 (2/7)

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A huge decision that will have a far-reaching impact.

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Scholz pulls plug on Nord Stream 2. "The situation now is a different one".

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A superb fact-rich historical thread about food supply anxieties in the UK in the 1970s, how those played into the debate over EEC membership - and the relevance to the Brexit aftermath today. As. @redhistorian says, these are serious matters deserving of much greater debate.

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The 1970s was a decade of serious anxiety about food supplies. Norman Tebbit, of all people, urged the government to consider rationing basic foodstuffs. That played a significant role in the decision to join the EEC, and raises some important questions today. [THREAD]

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How Myanmar’s coup has the potential to trigger historic unintended consequences. It has ruptured the uneasy but hitherto durable cohabitation between Aung San Suu Kyi’s popularly-backed National League for Democracy and the powerful military.

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The Myanmar army coup was meant to be a conservative reset: a rebalancing of power away from Aung San Suu Kyi. Instead, the generals may have inadvertently set off a new revolutionary era, at a time of intense social and economic upheaval. Future's up for grabs.

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Simon is a great journalist who was doing a crucial job bringing needed attention to a terrible conflict. As the piece on his expulsion highlights, the war in Tigray is very bloody and the repression of Ethiopians who have reported on it has been severe.

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The Ethiopian govt on Thursday expelled me after nearly two years in the country where I reported on the dizzying hopes from the moment @AbiyAhmedAli won his Peace prize to the horrors of the war in Tigray. 1/5

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Another big development in the probe into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia: France to probe tycoon on Malta journalist’s murder charge via @financialtimes

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France to probe tycoon on Malta journalist’s murder charge

Business activities under investigation after complaints by Caruana Galizia’s family

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Nato chief Stoltenberg on China: “They’re coming close to us in cyberspace, we see them in the Arctic, in Africa, we see them investing in our critical infrastructure. And they’re working more and more together with Russia. All of this has a security consequence for Nato allies."

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Fourth, this isn’t even about whether Brexit is a good idea. It’s simply an observation that it has downsides. This point continues to be skirted: see Michael Gove’s comments this week on UK access to EU health insurance and education programmes.👇 (5/7)

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Michael Gove criticised for wrongly claiming EHIC and Erasmus will survive ‘for a period’ after...

‘It’s astonishing that the man in charge of our Brexit policy should completely mislead the public on two major issues of concern’

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This UK government press release on today's Brussels pandemic pledging conference relegates the European Commission's central role in organising the event to the last two words of the footnotes (more details here: ).

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PM: ‘It’s humanity against the virus’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will co-host the virtual Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference.

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Elegant evisceration as ever from @rafaelbehr >>> Boris Johnson's Brexit has always been a swindle. Now Ireland will pay the price

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Boris Johnson's Brexit has always been a swindle. Now Ireland will pay the price | Rafael Behr

By reneging on a treaty, the prime minister shows he cares more about a Eurosceptic fantasy than the Good Friday agreement, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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🚨 🚨 🚨 European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is “ready to discuss” the US plan to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. >>> A cautious response - but also a significant shift from previous EU opposition to the idea.

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Crucial pandemic lessons via . @gideonrachman . 1. National fortunes can change fast; 2. Covid-19 punishes complacency + self-congratulation; 3. The observation that "noone is safe until everyone is safe" may be a cliche - but it is true. via @financialtimes

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A fascinating and brilliantly reported piece on a political figure who is key to understanding the Trump era: How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief via @NewYorker

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NEW: EU ambassadors reach provisional deal to exempt residents of just fourteen countries from the bloc’s blanket travel ban: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. (1/3)

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The EU has complained repeatedly that AstraZeneca shipped production to the UK, but not vice versa. And yet…new EU figures suggest Astra sent 1m doses to Britain – hardly enough to affect materially the European bloc’s 80m+ dose inoculation drive.👇(5/x)

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Family of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia criticise belated public inquiry into her murder via @financialtimes

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Family of Maltese journalist criticise probe into her death

Questions raised over official investigation into attack on Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Japan-backed Sakhalin-2 LNG project rocked by Shell exit >>> Russia's invasion of Ukraine is already having a far-reaching impact on international business, including in Asia. . @NikkeiAsia

Japan-backed Sakhalin-2 LNG project rocked by Shell exit

Mitsui and Mitsubishi also invested in joint venture with Russia's Gazprom

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Medical groups warn of shortages of hydroxychloroquine >>> The campaign by President Trump and others to use the drug as an unproven treatment for coronavirus could threaten supplies needed by patients with other serious conditions. via @financialtimes

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Medical groups warn of serious shortages of hydroxychloroquine

Drug has become prized since Trump and others have pushed it as a coronavirus therapy

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Big news that will change vaccine strategy. Simultaneous roll out now of BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna jabs for over-65s, and AstraZeneca's for under 65s? All eyes now on the European Medicines Agency's decision expected tomorrow on whether to approve the Astra vaxx for EU use.

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Germany says AstraZeneca shot should not be used on people over 65.

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And c. it seems to imply that countries in the EU don't trade with countries outside it.

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This is fascinating piece on “Lidl Tories” who want “low taxes and free trade” but clearly have no idea of a) value of post #brexit trade deals and how little it will lower prices b) costs of ending free trade with EU. /1

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EU leaders have hailed as "historic" a deal struck after a marathon four-day summit to spend €750bn on a coronavirus pandemic recovery package (and also sign off on the small matter of the bloc's new €1.074tn seven-year budget). via @financialtimes

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"The Marcos family's return to the presidential palace in Manila is a window into a more disturbing world. It has laid bare pathologies that are rotting democracies in Asia and elsewhere from within." @NikkeiAsia

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Marcos' Philippine election win is lesson in democracies' failures

Triumph of dictator's son shows big flaw in Biden effort to battle autocracy

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The appalling case of the Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who campaigned for the right of women to drive - and has now been handed a near-six year jail term. via @financialtimes

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Saudi court sentences prominent female activist to nearly six years

Loujain al-Hathloul, detained since 2018, could be released within months under suspended sentence

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FT editorial urges Thailand's conservative military-dominated rulers to listen to the protests of a younger generation. via @financialtimes SHORT THREAD 👇👇👇(1/5)

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In Thailand, a new generation finds its voice

Young pro-democracy protesters are breaking old taboos

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This Theresa May Afghanistan speech has won much praise. But it doesn't seem to me to address the uncomfortable truth that Nato's deployment there relied on US power. The UK and other Nato states followed the US exit strategy not eagerly, but because they felt they had no choice.

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"What does it say about us as a country... if we are entirely dependent on a unilateral decision taken by the United States?" Former PM Theresa May criticises "major setback for British foreign policy... where is global Britain on the streets of Kabul?"

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I wrote about Thailand's generational divide and the bigger power struggle behind it in this 2016 profile of a student activist named Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who refused to prostrate before the statue of a former king 👇(2/5)

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Students defy Thai rulers to mark Thammasat University massacre

Young liberals take risks to commemorate 40th anniversary of 1976 campus killings

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Fog and dog. #Brussels

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Merry Christmas from #Belgium , land of eternal sun.

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A UK commemorative HG Wells coin gives his Martian tripod war machines four legs, depicts the Invisible Man in a hat he didn't wear, and quotes words the author never wrote. PM Boris Johnson's post-Brexit "control of our money" in action? By . @alisonflood .

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Cyprus blocks EU sanctions on Belarus via @financialtimes . >>> I did a magazine piece earlier this year about Cyprus and its complicated relationship with the EU (also features Russian intrigue and golden passports).

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Moscow on the Med: Cyprus and its Russians

As tensions between the Kremlin and EU rise, the tiny island has become a Petri dish of western worries

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A measure of where AstraZeneca is: it has sent about 13.6m doses to EU states, according to bloc data accessed March 14. That’s subject to upward revision - but it seems clearly behind the target of 17.3m by end February cited by Ursula von der Leyen.(9/X)

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“For critics on the left it can be infuriating to watch high-powered centrists inching their way towards seemingly obvious political conclusions.” Dazzling . @adam_tooze essay on the shattering of economic assumptions and presumptions of the past 30 years.

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Adam Tooze · The Gatekeeper: Krugman’s Conversion

‘If it were announced that we faced a threat from space aliens and needed to build up to defend ourselves,’ Paul...

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Big questions for Belgian authorities here after police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse a gathering in a Brussels park. Was this proportionate? Also, outdoor gatherings are much lower Covid risk than indoors - do they want to drive people inside?

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Police disperse thousands at Belgian April Fool party

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Police used teargas and water cannons on Thursday to disperse thousands of young people gathered in a Brussels park for a party in defiance of Belgium's COVID-19 lockdown, an...

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The UK has been the biggest recipient of EU coronavirus jab exports among 31 countries covered by the bloc’s new export monitoring mechanism. More than 9m of a total 34.1m doses shipped by the EU went to the UK between January 30 and March 9, according to internal bloc data.(2/x)

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Boris Johnson’s 1984 campaign to become president of the Oxford Union debating society. Extract from the diary of the university paper . @Cherwell_Online , reprinted for a 100th anniversary commemoration. Johnson failed that time, but won the presidency later. All seems familiar.

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When a Malaysian multibillion dollar financial scandal met a contentious EU "passports for sale" scheme: via @financialtimes

Cyprus defends ‘golden passport’ scheme after Jho Low link

Malaysian businessman embroiled in 1MDB scandal was granted Cypriot citizenship

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