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Michael Murphy
6 months
🇮🇪 Ireland’s anti-immigration backlash has spiralled into country-wide unrest. Watch my @Telegraph documentary👇
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🇫🇷 Islamist preacher in France calls the the tricolour flag “satanic”. He was arrested this week and deported to Tunisia less than 12 hours after being detained. France’s new immigration laws make it easier to expel foreign hatemongers.
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The Gold State Coach making its way up to Westminster Abbey this morning in a rehearsal for the coronation.
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🇮🇪 Irish farmer protest: “I’m out here to support the French farmers because the whole farming community right across Europe are being decimated by politicians and the Green agenda — which is demonising farmers as criminals in food production.”
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🇮🇪 Irish farmer protest: Tractorcade in North Dublin
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🇮🇪 🇬🇧 Quite the olive branch from No 10: “If the Irish government believes the Rwanda plan is already having an effect, we can explore Ireland joining the Rwanda scheme.”
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Irish farmers protesting in North Dublin this evening in solidarity with their European counterparts.
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6 months
🚨Exclusive: Pro-trans civil servants have “actively undermined” government policies, a gender critical group has claimed. A small number of transgender rights activists have created a “culture of fear” across Whitehall. Full report for @Telegraph 👇
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🇮🇪 Afghan Asylum seekers pitching tents in central Dublin today say they arrived in a boat from France.
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5 months
🇮🇪 Delighted to see my Ireland documentary has hit 2 million views! You can watch it here👇
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🇮🇪 Ryan Casey, the boyfriend of murdered schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, is suing the BBC for defamation. Earlier this year, I wrote about how Ireland’s media and political class treated Mr Casey after he voiced legitimate concerns about mass migration
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Leo Varadkar’s flirtation with open borders has awoken the sleeping beast of Irish nationalism. Read my @Telegraph comment piece👇
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🚨 Exclusive: The WHO is under pressure to withdraw guidance for schools recommending that toddlers “ask questions about sexuality” and “explore gender identities”. @Telegraph
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Michael Murphy
4 months
🇮🇪 Scratch beneath the surface and it’s clear that Ireland’s immigration crisis is, in fact, a crisis of decadence among the country’s liberal elite. Read my @Telegraph comment piece👇
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The Household Cavalry assembled outside the Abbey to accompany the procession back to Buckingham Palace
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🇮🇪 Ireland burns as its elite refuses to curb mass migration. My latest for the @Telegraph 👇
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4 months
🇮🇪 Why has Ireland’s immigration backlash been stronger than Britain’s? Was a pleasure discussing this and more with @petercardwell on @TalkTV .
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Michael Murphy
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🇮🇪 Ireland is on the cusp of a demographic explosion that will change the country irrevocably for generations to come.
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David W. Higgins
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Ireland's 2023 population growth* was one of the highest population growth events on record. Growth this strong is more typical of regime change (🇲🇰🇵🇹) or a very small country taking large numbers of refugees (🇲🇹). *as estimated by the European Commission
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Communities across Ireland feel they are on a hijacked vehicle and they don’t like where it’s going. @GBNEWS
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🇮🇪 Establishment Ireland says there’s no connection between immigration and crime. We cannot know until the government releases the figures — but there is a strong connection in every European country which collects such data 👇
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Irishman
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Row breaks out between Niall Boylan and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin after Niall asks the question - "Do we not have a duty to protect our citizens and protect our borders?"
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The Diamond Jubilee State Coach - the more modern and comfortable of the two carriages the King will ride in during the coronation - made its way past a hushed and captivated crowd as it was pulled by six Windsor Greys.
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We need to raise the cost of helping "asylum seekers" to game the system to an intolerable level for all those involved. When a "refugee" commits a crime in Britain, there should be a legal requirement to investigate each person responsible for them being granted asylum –
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6 months
“Ireland is full!” has been viewed more than 300,000 times in 48 hours. Was brilliant working with @StevenEdginton and @alexmaccaroon on this…more to come 👀
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6 months
Great to discuss my film on Ireland’s immigration backlash with @MartinDaubney . Full documentary👇 …
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GB News
6 months
‘They had very reasonable concerns about their communities being transformed.’ ‘This conversation has been censored…’ Daily Telegraph’s @michaelmurph_y discusses anti-immigration protests in the Republic of Ireland. 🔓 Become a GB News Member:
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🇮🇪 Ireland’s population is growing at 3.5% a year because of inward migration — topping all other English-speaking Western nations.
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David W. Higgins
3 months
English speaking countries are magnets for inward migration. 2023 saw this trend reach overdrive in several Anglosphere countries. Ireland scraped the #1 spot, with 3.5% YoY population growth.
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🇮🇪 Honoured to be in the Dail with @Glinner , @MrAndyNgo and others championing free speech in Ireland. Thank you @SenatorKeogan and @RonanMullen for hosting us.
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4 months
🇮🇪 I went to Dublin’s migrant camp and saw the chaos engulfing Europe’s borders first hand. Read the full piece👇
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The Band Of The Household Cavalry, dressed in their striking gold and crimson liveries, started the parade after a recording of the national anthem.
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🇮🇪 Dublin's tent city has upped sticks to the canal, a once charming route for an evening jog or stroll that will (like Mount Street) become a health hazard avoided by locals👇
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Kevin Byrne
4 months
Massive new tent encampment this evening the full length of the canal bank *right beside* Lower Mount Street. Numerous reports to Gardai but no response as yet. Residents expect the government's commitment that no new shanty towns will be allowed to be established to be honoured.
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2 years
Tom Cruise among the royal revellers at Windsor Castle this evening for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration. @TomCruise #PlatinumJubilee
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5 months
Ireland has for decades viewed the Israel-Palestine conflict as a rerun of its own bloody struggle with Britain — this is completely wrong. Read my @telegraph comment piece👇
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🇮🇪 Made a film on Ireland’s immigration backlash with @StevenEdginton — coming soon 👀
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10 months
A protestor has scaled the facade of the Irish Embassy to chants of “Allahu Akbar” from the crowd.
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🇪🇺 🇸🇪 Sweden now has more bomb and grenade attacks than any country not at war, apart from Mexico. Read my @Telegraph comment piece👇
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🇮🇪 The Irish government has been fooling around promiscuously with mass migration — and now it’s coming back to bite them. @MartinDaubney @GBNEWS
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10 months
“Almost every idea that you have is downstream from what you consume. When you choose who to follow on Twitter, what book to read, what podcast to listen to, you’re choosing your future thoughts.”
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Chants of “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”, by Hyde Park today
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Must have been over a thousand people at a vigil in memory of Ashling Murphy outside the @LDNIrishCentre this evening.
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🚨Exclusive: Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect Britain's ‘precious’ children as the government distances itself from UN sex education guidance that has caused widespread concern among MPs. @Telegraph investigation on the front page of today’s paper 👇
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“Globalise the Intifada” chanted at the gates of Trinity College, Dublin, where Oscar Wilde and Edmund Burke took their degrees.
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4 months
The Irish gov claimed migrants were pouring into 🇮🇪 from the UK on the back of a fictitious figure, as I wrote in the @spectator last week. It’s sparked a diplomatic row and likely advertised the border to asylum seekers looking to game the system.
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RTÉ News
4 months
A claim by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee that 80% of asylum seekers are coming into Ireland from Northern Ireland is not based on data, evidence or statistics, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said
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Michael Murphy
2 years
After a rewarding few years reporting for British and Irish papers, I am delighted to be joining The @Telegraph as an assistant news editor. I will still be writing, so please get in touch with stories/ tips: michael.murphy @telegraph .co.uk
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🇮🇪 Irish officials displaying the brain rot from years of talking and thinking in platitudes: - We can’t curb mass migration because it would encourage support for the ‘far-right’. - We’re worried that Dublin’s tent city (erected because too many migrants are arriving in
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🇮🇪 Dublin’s tent city is gone, for now. Here’s a glimpse into what it was like for people living among it👇
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8 months
Ireland is beginning to see the downsides of mass-immigration. But its governing class is attempting to silence dissent. Read my comment piece for @Telegraph 👇
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Crowds chanting “Globalise the Intifada” on the streets of Dublin today
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Chuffed to see my piece is leading on the @spectator ’s homepage
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🇮🇪 Ireland can’t blame the Rwanda plan for its immigration woes. Read my @spectator piece👇
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🇺🇸 Protestors burn US flags and an effigy of Netanyahu outside Congress. Netanyahu calls them “Iran’s useful idiots” & compares those with “gays for Gaza” signs to chickens supporting KFC. Follow the @Telegraph 's US election live blog for the latest👇
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🇮🇪 Will the EU help Ireland to curb migration at the NI border? Was great discussing this and more with @Jacob_Rees_Mogg on @GBNEWS .
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Michael Murphy
2 years
A few generations of London Irish at the St Patrick’s Day festival today ☘️
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2 months
An important read from @Glinner on one of the most brazen child abuse scandals of our time—one you won't hear about on the BBC👇
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Graham Linehan
2 months
I'm told that Twitter suppresses S*bst*ck links so this is to point you to the tweet that follows, which contains one possible explanation of why the BBC doesn't cover the #wpathfiles
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🇮🇪 The Irish government was “defeated comprehensively” in a double referendum seeking to change the constitution’s wording around family issues, prime minister Leo Varadkar was forced to concede on Saturday. Full report for the @Telegraph 👇
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Police rushed through the crowd to apprehend him, but he eluded them by sprinting away once he hit the ground.
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Rural Ireland is in open revolt against its government's 'bungled' immigration policy. Read my @Telegraph dispatch from Roscrea, Co Tipperary👇
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🇬🇧 Starmer’s EU migrant deal will be a rod for Britain’s back. My latest for the @Telegraph 👇
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🇫🇷 A Russian national has reportedly been charged in Paris for preparing “large-scale” acts of political destabilisation during the Olympic Games. Full report for @Telegraph 👇
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Michael Murphy
4 months
🇵🇱 Honoured to lead an important talk in Warsaw today on the media’s role in war and disinformation. @EylonALevy @KaterynaSuprun @Wyrwal @TomaszGrzywacz3 @JulianRoepcke Melissa Weiss @Defence24Days
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CyberDefence24
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Witamy 2. dnia @Defence24Days ❗️ Zaczyna się panel „Wojna i dezinformacja - rola mediów”, który będziemy dla Was śledzić 👇 #Defence24Days #D24Days
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2 years
Lady Louise Windsor driving a carriage she inherited from her late grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, with Sophie, Countess of Wessex, in tow as they arrive at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
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8 months
Chinese premier Li Qiang arrives in central Dublin, where traffic is halted to make way for his rather vast motorcade. #China #Ireland
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Michael Murphy
9 months
A Kremlin ‘doppelganger’ campaign using mocked-up versions of real news sites to issue false reports is stoking global tensions over the war in Gaza, experts have said.
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Michael Murphy
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"Varadkar’s rule was government of the elite, by the elite, for the elite. His government against the people added up to an attempted reordering of how people think, what they may say, what their communities should look like."
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Michael Murphy
3 months
🇮🇪 Valentina Island, in County Kerry, Ireland, sits at the western frontier of Europe. The island's slate was used to build the roofs and floors of some of Britain's most iconic buildings, including the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral.
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Looking to speak with Irish in Britain about their plans for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄 Going home? 🏡Reuniting? Falling on hard times? Community stories...DM or email michaelm @irishpost .co.uk #journorequest #Irish #Christmas @ToBeIrish @LDNIrishCentre @IrelandEmbGB
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🇮🇪 Irish farmer protest - @brusselssignal
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Brussels Signal
7 months
Farmers in Ireland held demonstrations across the country on Thursday evening in solidarity with those protesting in mainland Europe. Hear from the farmers themselves why they're taking to the streets. ⬇️ #EnoughisEnough #FarmersProtests
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🇮🇪 Will there be a populist revolt in Ireland? Was a great pleasure discussing this and more with @MartinDaubney on @GBNEWS .
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🇮🇪 Great speaking to @jonnygould about my documentary on Ireland’s immigration backlash. You can watch the film👇
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🚨 Kamala Harris aims to secure presidential nomination by Wednesday night. 🇺🇸 Follow the @Telegraph 's live blog for the latest US election news👇
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Good to see @GBNEWS pick up on my story in The Sunday @Telegraph :
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GB News
1 year
'The WHO guidance says that “sexuality education starts from birth”. If you don't think that’s sick, then I can't help you. The World Health Organisation can go to hell.' Mark Dolan slams WHO's stance on four-year-olds learning about sex, masturbation and gender identity.
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🇮🇪 Asylum applications in Ireland have been increasing exponentially. By June of this year (see chart), there’s been more than 10,000 asylum applicants, a near 100 per cent increase from the same period in 2023, and up 350 per cent from 2019.
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🇮🇪 Fascinating introspection from the Irish Times on “consensus” in Ireland: “The suddenness and the completeness with which we change our mind and which there is a rush then to the consensus and a fear of being outside that consensus, that maybe is particularly Irish.”
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🇺🇸JD Vance has said Joe Biden should resign as US president immediately. “If you can’t run, you can’t serve,” Mr Vance added. Follow the @Telegraph 's US election live blog for the latest updates👇
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Hunter Biden has been charged with evading $1.4 million (£1.1 million) in tax to spend on prostitutes, sports cars and hotels for “constant partying”. Mr Biden, the son of the US president, faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted. Full story👇
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🚨 Breaking: Irish PM Leo Varadkar expected to resign at 12pm
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An Israeli air strike on Damascus on Saturday killed four members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to reports. Follow the @Telegraph 's live blog for the latest updates on the war 👇
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🇮🇪 🇬🇧 A majority of people in Ireland (63%) and the UK (62%) believe most refugees are in fact economic migrants. The countries most skeptical of refugees include Nigeria (72%), Morocco (67%), and Pakistan (64%).
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Guy Dampier
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Big new poll by IPSOS on global attitudes to refugees. 62% in Britain thought "most" refugees were actually economic migrants or wanted to use the welfare state (vs 29% who disagreed). Interestingly the most disbelieving countries were all from the Global South.
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Emmanuel Macron today urged Ukraine’s allies not to be “cowards” in supporting the country's war effort. Follow the @Telegraph 's live blog for the latest updates on the war👇
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Two Royal Navy warships were damaged when they collided with each other in Bahrain 👇
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Michael Murphy
2 years
In today’s @IrishTimes I wrote about my conversations with Hugh Callaghan, covering the #Belfast Hugh knew and how it compares to Kenneth Branagh’s evocative black-and-white movie, singing, and his wrongful imprisonment for the murder of 21 people in #Birmingham in 1974. Link 👇
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🇮🇪 🇮🇱 Anti-Semitism in Ireland, once referred to as the ‘socialism of fools’, has morphed into a hatred of Israel. This shift is fuelled by the erroneous belief that the Palestinian conflict mirrors Ireland’s fight with Britain — as I argue👇
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Rachel Moiselle
4 months
There is one major difference between the antisemitism on campuses in the US and the antisemitism on campuses in Ireland. With the former, this doesn’t represent the society at large. In Ireland, the hatred we are seeing mirrors the sentiments of the majority of Irish society.
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🇺🇸 Joe Biden steps down. Kamala Harris tipped to replace him. Panicked texts exchanged in GOP circles: ‘This is a whole new race’ Follow the @Telegraph live blog for the latest👇
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Elon Musk has admitted to being “frankly naive” about the extent of anti-Semitism in the West, adding that sympathy for pro-Hamas rallies at US universities “blew my mind”. Report from the @EJAssociation conference in Krakow, Poland 👇
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Counterpoint: Irish Republicans rarely encountered a despot they didn't like, collaborating with Nazis, Soviets, Gaddafi, and Palestinian suicide murderers, among others.
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Niall Ó Donnghaile 🇮🇪🇵🇸
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To be an Irish Republican is to be vigorously anti-fascist. Oíche mhaith zzz.
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Great to see my latest comment piece leading on the @Telegraph ’s homepage. Read the full article👇
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Thousands of protestors assemble outside Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance, chanting of “From the River to the Sea Palestine will be Free”.
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1 year
🚨 Exclusive: The family of the missing explorer Hamish Harding has condemned the “extremely bad taste” of a submarine-themed ball held at his former Cambridge college just hours before oxygen on his craft was expected to run out.
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Michael Murphy
6 months
Maybe embryos should get votes too...oh, wait
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Times Radio
7 months
“People should get votes from birth.” @PollyMackenzie makes a radical suggestion for extending the franchise. 🗳️ How To Win An Election 🎧 Peter Mandelson | @Dannythefink | @MattChorley
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Brilliant piece. Martin Amis became less convinced by the ‘banality of evil’ thesis over time and criticised it along similar lines in Inside Story, published six years after the Zone of Interest. I wonder what he would’ve made of Glazer’s adaption.
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S. I. Rubinstein
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I have written for @spectator on Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech, Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’, & what _The Zone of Interest_ gets wrong about the Holocaust.
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