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British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read

London Daily ✏ Written by Nate Whiye. Recommended by Christy Walsh“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 134

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 17-February-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤ Ukraine’s war economy.⬤  How Crimea human rights movement began.⬤ Xenophobia in Russian schools.⬤ Russia’s deadly torture/ Execution of POWs. ⬤ UN expert urges medical care for Crimean prisoners.News from the territories occupied by RussiaToddlers in occupied Ukraine forced to draw ‘

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Eighty Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousAddressing Elites at Davos, UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Addiction Is a 'Frankenstein Monster'United Sates – Feeling the heat:

A Morning Thought @ 2520

A Morning Thought @ 2519

A Complete Unknown 🪶 Not Completely True

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 2-March-2025.A review of sorts.James Mangold’s biopic of Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown has received rave reviews in almost all quarters. It has been praised on many levels. The film is based on Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night That Split the Sixties. A book, I confess, I have not read

Refugee Myths 🪶 Smoke, Mirrors And Moral Panics

Barry Gilheany ✍ It is received wisdom amongst opinion makers and politicians (depending on who is in office) that immigration policies and systems especially those relating to refugees and asylums are broken. In 2006, the then New Labour Home Secretary, John Reid, declared that the Home Office’s Immigration and Asylum Directorate was “not fit for purpose.” As immigration has risen up

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Eighty Six

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousYemen's Health Ministry Says Majority of 53 Killed in US Strikes 'Were Women and Children'The McGregor Moment, and Ireland's new

A Morning Thought @ 2518

A Morning Thought @ 2517