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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

German word of the day is Wohlstandsverwahrlosung, a state of decay that results from having it too easy for too long, leading you to selfishly compare your own petty grievances &mediocre accomplishments to the pain &struggle of people who know the meaning of real problems.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

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Less than 14 months ago, I was rushed to hospital with a miscarriage. My husband was not allowed to be with me because of the Covid pandemic. Last night, we welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world and our family. Together. This year has been quite the journey. He is wonderful.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Dear British commentators mocking grammar mistakes in EU statements: you have a point. But, given the foreign language skills of your entire political/ media class, I would not make it. Glass houses and stones come to mind. Why don’t you try doing this in Spanish/German/Polish?

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

More scenes from the train station in Berlin. Helpers are pairing Ukranian refugees with hosts waiting to take someone into their home. 'They speak French. Anybody? You? One adult, three children.' And the woman ready to host them comes forward.

julius geiler

@glr_berlin

2 years

Was sich hier gerade am Berliner Hauptbahnhof abspielt, ist tief bewegend. Hunderte Menschen bieten ukrainischen Flüchtlingen kostenlose Schlafplätze an. Helfer vermitteln per Megafon Übernachtungen im Minutentakt.

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Brutal. And absolutely worth your time.

How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe

Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.

www.theatlantic.com

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@HeleneBismarck

1 year

So, in summary, former PM @BorisJohnson casually told CNN that the German government wanted Ukraine to lose the war quickly, and the official spokesman of the German government just called him a liar in an official statement. Not the best day for UK-German relations, as days go.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Much as I appreciate lots of British friends condemning the vile Leave. EU propaganda about Merkel: if you want to do something for Anglo-German Relations, don‘t dignify this garbage with a response or a quote tweet. They do not speak for you and we know that.

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Tory MPs who supported the hardest of Brexits, the prorogation of Parliament&the Internal Market Bill, tolerated Johnson’s lies &did not speak up against the populist false promises uttered by several candidates during the leadership contest, don’t have a leg to stand on tonight.

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@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Loving the response guys recommending that I educate myself about UK and US historic involvement in the Middle East. I wonder whether it would be rude of me to drop into the conversation that I wrote a book about the history of UK and US involvement in the Middle East? #Iran

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

10 months

Dear U.K., I am so I credibly bored by this *BBC guy had an affair or maybe not or maybe something inappropriate happened but probably not*-story. This is not news. There is a NATO summit in Vilnius and a Privileges Committee report out in the U.K. Focus.

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@HeleneBismarck

1 year

Do I understand that correctly: Iranian football players are brave enough to boycott their own national anthem in the face of the current brutal crackdown on protestors, but several Western Teams (Germany among them) won’t wear an armband because they might get a yellow card?

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

What annoys me about @EmmanuelMacron 's warning not to humiliate Russia is not just that it sounds callous, after Bucha, but that it is yet another example of discussing the long-term relationship with Russia as if it wasn‘t influenced by the short-term development of the war./

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Absolutely everyone in Europe should read this: Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian far-right politicians coordinate with Moscow. An investigation by @holger_r , Martin Laine, and @michaeldweiss for @newlinesmag :

Exclusive: Russia Backs Europe’s Far Right

Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow

newlinesmag.com

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Theresa May‘s 'liberal cosmopolitan elites' became Boris Johnson‘s 'remoaners' pushing the 'surrender act' who then became Liz Truss‘ 'anti-growth coalition'. Until this contempt shown towards evidence-based governance, institutions &debate is not addressed, not much will change.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

I have nothing to say about these pathetic tabloid headlines except to reiterate how much I miss my friends &colleagues in the UK, including those I disagree with, how much I value every minute that I have spent in the UK, and that whoever wrote them is an irresponsible idiot.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

9 months

In 2019, the UK ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, resigned after the Mail on Sunday had published an internal memorandum of his assessing D. Trump, to which the US President had reacted with furious, personal tweets. Last night, I finished Darroch’s fascinating memoir. Thread.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Breaking: Johnson refusing to put the 'oven-ready‘ deal in the oven. Last year‘s stunning victory appears to be this year‘s intolerable humiliation. Hard to keep up.

Neil Henderson

@hendopolis

4 years

SUNDAY EXPRESS: Boris wants to fix unfair Brexit deal #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

11 months

Actually, you are attending the second meeting of the European Political Community, a new organisation based on a French idea to include non-EU countries in a pan-European conversation about geopolitics in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine. Happy to help.

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

11 months

I’m meeting European leaders in Moldova today, putting tackling illegal migration top of the international agenda. We've already made migration agreements with Albania, France and the EU to stop the boats. This global issue requires collaboration and the UK is taking the lead.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Too early to say what kind of coalition we will get in Germany. But 2 things seems clear already& I find them significant after the Corona crisis: high turnout & no gains for extremist parties. Our democracy is working and the Centre holds. Right now, that matters most to me.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Bye bye Britain. Friends forever. ❤️

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

In Germany I am the sentimental Anglophile who insists on going on about the importance of the UK. In Britain I am the rude German cow who can’t stop criticizing. Well. Doing my best, sorry if that’s annoying.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Just in case you are suffering from imposter syndrome in your chosen career, this man is an actual MP.

Adam Schwarz

@AdamJSchwarz

2 years

Desmond Swayne just claimed road deaths were "certainly killing more people than Covid at the moment". UK road deaths in 2021: Under 2,000 UK Covid deaths in 2021: 70,000

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

For the millionth time: we speak your language. We read your papers. We watch your debates. Half of the things uttered tonight may be said mainly for rhetorical effect in the House. But we will not forget them.

Mike Galsworthy

@mikegalsworthy

4 years

Meh, Boris Johnson is just a jingoistic warmonger... ...and a very tired, disheveled and unconvincing one at that.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Just watched the Merkel & Johnson press conference in German. Let me assure you that UK press reports presenting this as some kind of turning point are completely overblown. There is no reason to hope for a breakthrough, but equally there is no reason to give up entirely.Thread1

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

8 months

16 months into the war, I am baffled by people who still think that Western help for Ukraine is just an act of expensive altruism. What about the consequences of a Russian victory for our own security? The nuclear order? Energy prices? Grain prices? Migration? Think it through.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Security guard at Heathrow: "Where are you going? Germany? Please tell everyone that we are still European, we are still your friends, and we deeply apologize for all this Brexs***. Keep your fingers crossed for us and come back soon.“

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Extraordinary interview, in which the PM claims that the implications of a hard Brexit for Northern Ireland were “not laid out” at the time of signing the protocol. I guess we all dreamed the years of debating them. PS: If I were Theresa May & watched this, I would be furious.

Gary Gibbon

@GaryGibbonC4

3 years

Boris Johnson on Brexit, N Ireland, Biden and Trump

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Don’t be distracted by Johnson’s embarrassing 'Bratwurst from Dortmund to Düsseldorf'-joke. He knows exactly how absurd &rude this sounds. He is just trying to distract us from the fact that he is unwilling to respect an agreement he negotiated by playing the clown.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

I better go offline before I say something rude.

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

4 years

“We want you back” PM Boris Johnson invites European workers who left the UK as lockdown began to return now it is being eased and retail sector is reopening

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

I think this may be the most surreal day in British politics since the prorogation of Parliament last year.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Half of my timeline is going on about the fact that there will now probably be no trade deal. If only that were all of it. There was always a risk of that happening. But this is much worse. Nobody among the UK‘s partners abroad is going to forget this stunt for years to come.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

This is extremely undiplomatic. Quite unhelpful. So why do I love him (just a little) for saying it?

DW Europe

@dw_europe

4 years

"It just so happens that making the British prime minister happy isn't the vocation of sovereign leaders of the 27 member states that chose to remain in the EU." - @EmmanuelMacron , French President

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

If you think that the death of the monarch after 6 years of political turmoil and division, at the beginning of a very harsh winter, only means something to 'sentimental monarchists’ then you really don’t understand the UK. This matters, politically and constitutionally.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

6 months

But. It. Was. Not. A. Foreign. Court.

Kevin Schofield

@KevinASchofield

6 months

Rishi Sunak: "I will not allow a foreign court to block these flights."

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

A suggestion for Robert Jenrick, who apparently wants to save Britain’s history: the best way to do that would be to increase funding for schools, museums, libraries and university history departments. #justsaying

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Politics aside, it is utterly depressing that a country once admired for its debating culture& sartorial excellence is now ruled by a PM going on about dudes and the Hulk while a sweary guy in a hoodie pulls the strings in the background.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

After 3 days in Latvia I can confirm that disappointment in Germany especially in Eastern Europe is not 'just a Twitter phenomenon'. People in Berlin would be well advised to focus more on the substance of the criticism, & less on the fact that it's sometimes crudely expressed.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

There would be a pretty easy way to end it, actually.

(((Dan Hodges)))

@DPJHodges

4 years

We're basically going to be arguing about Dom Cummings forever aren't we.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

A German diplomat told me today: “ #Brexit started as a domestic UK issue with #Cameron trying to navigate divisions in the Tory Party. It will end as a domestic UK issue with #May trying to navigate divisions in the Tory Party.” Well...

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

This dark and difficult year is almost behind us. So tell me something which makes you hopeful for 2021. I will go first. Trump lost. We have Covid vaccines. And, on a more personal note, I am going to have a baby. Happy New Year everyone. 2021 will be better. It simply must.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Consider the following scenario. Starmer is fined. He resigns. Johnson, having been fined, and currently being scrutinized for misleading Parliament, doesn‘t resign. Press and Tory party go along with that, as if this were normal. Sound improbable? Not to me.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

From a German journalist who has lived in the UK for 30 years, and, for a long time, considered the UK to be a much more tolerant and open-minded place than Germany. Brutal. And sad.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

'Surrender Bill‘ is not mild language. It implies that the UK is at war with the EU and that those supporting it in Parliament are traitors to their country. As a veteran, you of all people should be aware of the seriousness of war. It is not an acceptable analogy.

Rt Hon Johnny Mercer

@JohnnyMercerUK

5 years

Now seen the exchanges on Jo, for which Boris will watch again and I’m sure want to have made his point better. But my point stands; the rhetoric has been appalling towards him and Brexiteers, by many who now cry wolf at some mild language (surrender bill) in return. Embarrassing

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Dominic Grieve could have chosen a much easier path, one that many MPs from both big parties have travelled on: think of yourself, support the front bench no matter how bizarre their decisions, put the party first when the country is on the brink. He did not. This is his reward.

Gabriel Pogrund

@Gabriel_Pogrund

5 years

BREAKING: Dominic Grieve loses confidence vote at Beaconsfield Conservative Association by 182 to 131 votes; paves way for deselection

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

European "conservatives“ who over the last few years considered it acceptable to meet, debate or even strategize with Steve Bannon, or to quote his rhetorical tropes ("deep state“) should take a long, hard look in the mirror.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

German word of the day is "Stellvertreterdiskussion”, a loud public debate about a controversial yet largely irrelevant subject which provokes emotions strong enough to distract people from very real, acute &serious problems that they cannot bear to face until it is too late.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

You don‘t teach students about history to instill feelings in them, be they positive or negative, of pride or of embarrassment, you teach them about history to increase their understanding, knowledge &analytical abilities. How they feel about what they‘ve learned is up to them.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

This is nonsense. If Letwin passes, the risk of No Deal will have been significantly decreased. No 10 source either completely incompetent or could not care less about the truth.

Harry Cole

@MrHarryCole

5 years

No10 source: 'If Letwin passes, the gov and CO will step up no deal prep immediately as the risks will have increased substantially. If defeated and deal is approved, no deal preparations will start being turned off immediately and we get start getting on with an orderly brexit.'

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

It feels so frivolous, irresponsible and, yes, downright idiotic to negotiate the post-Brexit relationship with a ticking clock when Covid numbers across Europe are increasing dramatically and poverty is on the rise, not only, but especially in the UK.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

I am so tired of historians quoting Thatcher's dismay ("a dagger to my heart”) about German MPs singing “Deutschland über alles” in the Bundestag on the night when the Berlin Wall fell, without pointing out that THEY DID NOT. They sang “Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit”. /1

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Seriously, @thetimes ? That headline is grossly irresponsible. Fine to criticise vaccine management in 🇩🇪. But this sounds as if Merkel is refusing the vaccine because she does not like/trust it, when in fact she is simply abiding by German regulations.

Angela Merkel won’t get AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as 1.4m doses left unused

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor has said she will not take the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because at 66 she is older than the upper age limit for it.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Very pleased that Angela Merkel is attending the #DDay75 commemoration in Portsmouth today to honour the sacrifices made in the defence of freedom. To quote Richard von Weizäcker: Germany’s defeat was also Germany’s liberation. Thank you. #NeverForget

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

People who expect or dread (depending on their outlook) that 🇬🇧 will rejoin the EU soon as a result of this week‘s political turmoil are deluded. This moment may lead to a sober discussion about the consequences of Brexit &future relations with the EU. That is a real shift.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

15 days

I do not understand British trains. I just googled the distance between York and Lancashire. Apparently it takes 2 hours and 45 minutes by train? 😳

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

One thing that has not changed in 2019: I love you, London.

Justin Cohen

@CohenJust

4 years

Welcome to london...where the Muslim mayor of London kicks off the Jewish festival of Chanukah metre from a giant Christmas tree on one of the most famous sites in the world @JLC_uk @JewishLondon @ChabadUK @JewishNewsUK @sadiqkhan

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Thanks for reminding us that the purpose of Brexit, at least for you, is to destroy the EU.

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Liz Truss @trussliz is Britain‘s Foreign Secretary and there is even a possibility that she will become Prime Minister in the foreseeable future. So. I have read her speech at @ChathamHouse and endeavoured to take it seriously. Thread. 1/

Building the Network of Liberty: Foreign Secretary's speech

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss gave a speech at Chatham House to set out how the UK is building a network of liberty around the world.

www.gov.uk

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

8 months

The real question is who they will blame for this, now that years of pathologically blaming the EU for everything and getting the hard Brexit they so craved have resulted in 'Broken Britain'.

European Movement UK

@euromove

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Totally predictable.

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@HeleneBismarck

5 years

From top journalist at Germany’s most influential (centre-right) tabloid: “This is insane: Johnson wants to make himself the sole embodiment of the will of the people by silencing the people’s representatives and suspending Parliament.”

Nikolaus Blome

@NikolausBlome

5 years

Irre: Weil er sich zum alleinigen Vollstrecker von Volkes Wille erheben will, macht Boris #Johnson die Vertreter des Volkes mundtot und vertagt das Parlament

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@HeleneBismarck

2 years

It is vital that EU, UK & USA work together in this horrendous crisis. This grotesque comment @BorisJohnson undoubtedly made to impress someone at home may damage the joint sense of purpose we need to work against Putin. It is therefore not only offensive, it is self-defeating.

Alex Taylor

@AlexTaylorNews

2 years

Words fail me that this loathsome man actually just compared the Ukrainian people's current quest for freedom to the UK voting for Brexit Just when you thought he couldn't sink to new depths 👇

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

So. Got the Spiegel, am about to start reading the interview with @Bundeskanzler . Pretty devastating title, it has to be said. 'What are you afraid of?’

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

They realize that we understand English right? And that we have heard of that outlandish clandestine news outlet, the BBC?

Nicholas Watt

@nicholaswatt

4 years

Blog: How Downing Street is war gaming next phase of Brexit talks with plans to “sow divisions” among EU member states + issuing more “credible” threat to walk away @BBCNewsnight

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Here is the thing: Johnson is only “trapped” in No 10 if he does not have a realistic plan for a deal with the EU. If he thinks he can get one, nothing prevents him, even now, to present it to the EU ASAP and bring negotiations to a successful close before 31 October.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Much excitement about that letter from German intellectuals on Ukraine. Full picture: 1) It is utterly shameful. 2) I have literally never heard of half of the people who signed it 3) They are now getting the sh*t storm of their lives from all sides 4) Who reads Emma anyway?

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

A call to 'maximize’ and 'communicate' the benefits of Brexit, without explaining at least once what they are. Brexit is like a lonely man standing in a hall of mirrors. Endless reflections, no new substance.

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@HeleneBismarck

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Scholz says that it is extremely hard to know, 'from which point on we are being *perceived* as a war party’. Note the passive voice. Here it is, in a nutshell: Putin’s potential *perception* of our role in this conflict is driving the degree of German engagement.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

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Service announcement: I’ve researched &written about U.K. history &politics since 2004, and have earned a PhD &a Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society with this. I certainly won’t stop working in my area of expertise because some of you don’t like hearing from a German.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

German press is now suggesting that Trump should buy ENGLAND after Brexit so the rest of the UK can remain in the EU. Just a thought.

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@HeleneBismarck

5 years

I keep telling myself that I should not let that sort of thing upset me. It really is not working. #Brexit #Germany #ERG

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@HeleneBismarck

5 years

A little polling among my British followers: how many of you have ever eaten a kipper? Genuine question.

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@HeleneBismarck

5 years

2 days to go.

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2 years

So 6 years after the referendum, a Leave-voter and a Remain-voter face each other in a Tory leadership contest. And the Remain-voter is the preferred choice of the ERG. A reminder of the impressive mental gymnastics on display over the last 6 years. Funny old world.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

One could write endless essays or threads trying to discern what the intricate strategy behind current UK government policy is. Alternatively, it may be time to consider the possibility that there is no strategy, and that they aren‘t exactly thinking things through.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

A government minister can’t unequivocally confirm that the government will abide by the law. The end.

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

5 years

Would the government abide by a new law from MPs to delay #Brexit ? #marr asks the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

This is bizarre. To put it *very* mildly. He seems genuinely surprised that something is happening that cannot be reduced to a joke.

UK is with EU

@ukiswitheu

3 years

Johnson: Are you the guys inundated with all the emails from everywhere in the world saying, please help my son, mother in Afghanistan? I've had a few of those Raab: It was extraordinary that they all stayed after the #KabulAiport attack Johnson: Amazing, amazing #Newsnight

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

You cannot escape Brexit even if you are trying to. I just paid tariffs for the Christmas parcel my four-year-old‘s godmother sent from the U.K. Brexit is stupid. Yes, I am on board with making what we can of it now it has happened. But it is stupid.

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@HeleneBismarck

4 years

It is good to know that the UK Government, represented by David Frost, considers divergence the whole point of Brexit. It is also important to know that the EU may not really care about the whole point of Brexit, at least not as much as it cares about its own interests.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

German State of Bavaria is paying a 500 Euro bonus to all nurses and care workers. The state is also paying for free food and drinks for staff in all hospitals and care homes.

Markus Söder

@Markus_Soeder

4 years

Wir werden 500 Euro als Bonus an alle Pflegekräfte zahlen. Zudem haben wir in allen Krankenhäusern, Pflege- und Seniorenheimen freies Essen und Getränke für die Beschäftigten eingerichtet.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

Thoughts and prayers to British diplomats posted in EU capitals this morning.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

You know what? She did not do that on her own. Time for Tory MPs to share some responsibility for the path that led to this point.

Katie Martin

@katie_martin_fx

2 years

A former cabinet minister adds: “She has fucked the party, fucked the country and fucked our prospects at the next general election.” Putting the F in the FT Can anything save Liz Truss? - via @FT

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

The question is not whether "Britain is a corrupt country“. It is whether there is an adequate system in place to hold potentially corrupt MPs to account, and whether the PM just tried to dismantle it to protect his own. @BorisJohnson is changing the conversation. Again.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

1 year

Important to remember that Boris Johnson no longer speaks for the UK.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Easy to dismiss #DominicCummings as delusional,but here is the thing: it wasn’t a delusion.People voted for Brexit&Johnson. Cummings’ methods&ambition got him v.far indeed. So this interview isn’t laughable, it is not entertaining. It reveals a shocking state of British politics.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

@davidallengreen Remember: nobody is as happy as they seem on Facebook, as depressed as they seem on Twitter, or as successful as they seem on LinkedIn.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

3 years

Look at the Capitol this evening. And the next time a politician derides democratic institutions, ridicules the rule of law, or blatantly distorts the truth,remember that this isn’t "just noise”. Words can turn into action. Action beyond the control of the person who spoke them.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

23 days

I have a new rule: As soon as an author mentions the words “deep state”, “the elites”, “neoliberal” or “woke” , I stop reading. It saves so much time.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

You were an independent nation before Brexit. The issue here is not your independence, but the safety of your population. If you can guarantee it without the EU procurement scheme, I am happy&relieved for the UK. But a break from the propaganda in times like these would be nice.

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

4 years

#Marr : Why hasn't UK taken part in EU ventilator scheme? Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says there was "some confusion" over the issue, but adds there's "nothing we can't do as an independent nation" that being part of the scheme would've allowed

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

11 months

Dear U.K., Please stop talking about Philip Schofield, it is intensely annoying. There are other things happening in the world. Thank you. Me.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

7 months

Dear British tabloids, you do realise that @donaldtusk was one of your best friends in the EU during the Brexit negotiations, do you? Probably not. Your loss.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

German word of the day is Perfektionshemmung, the inhibition to start doing something out of an excessive and not infrequently misplaced desire to do everything perfectly, avoid risk and weigh up absolutely every conceivable outcome before you begin.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

I say this with the utmost respect: @Bundeskanzler might want to consider hiring a new social media team. Honestly.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

As a youropian, ei fiel so utterly devastated by sis. After all, none of us speek annie Eeeenglish so nau the UK has huuge home curt advantage. Wie r doomed.

James Crisp

@JamesCrisp6

4 years

First UK victory in Brexit trade talks! The negotiations will be in English and anyone speaking French will have to pay for the translation!!

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

RIP "conservative“ party. When asked recently to name someone who has improved the political discourse in a constructive way, @RoryStewartUK was the only one I could think of. He reminded us that a sense of shame and seriousness are indispensable qualities for politicians.

Rory Stewart

@RoryStewartUK

5 years

It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at the next election, and that I have also resigned from the Conservative Party.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

4 years

The nationalist framing of the #COVID2019 response is annoying me. Sickness, solitude, grief &fear for your livelihood aren’t specifically German or British or French experiences. Nor does it take British or German or French values to get through this. It takes humanity.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

The @DIEZEIT has published a letter to @bundeskanzler ,signed by a group of writers, academics &other public figures, arguing that supporting #Ukraine is a way of defending Germany‘s interests & of living up to historical responsibility. I am one of them./1

Offener Brief: "Wir dürfen die Ukraine nicht fallen lassen"

Intellektuelle um Ralf Fücks plädieren für kontinuierliche Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine. Zuvor hatte eine Gruppe um Alice Schwarzer den Kanzler genau davor gewarnt.

www.zeit.de

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

@iainmartin1 Arguing against Brexit is not the same as being anti-British. A deeply personal, offensive comment. You should apologise and delete. It is sad to see you stoop to this level.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

Sophie was offered a way out by the Nazi prosecutor: to save her own life by distancing herself from her brother and her friends and what they stood for. She refused to betray them or her principles, and was executed. RIP

Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

5 years

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the death of Sophie Scholl. An anti-Nazi political activist, she was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the LMU with her brother, Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

5 years

German leading newspaper @faznet : It is an unbelievale failure of british diplomacy to have expected that the EU would prioritize the interests of a leaving member over those of a remaining member, i.e. Ireland. They cannot in all seriousness have thought that. #backstop

John Carter Wood 🇺🇦 🇮🇱

@JohnCarterWood

5 years

"Die britische Seite konnte nicht im Ernst erwarten, dass die EU...die Prinzipien und die Interessen ihrer verbleibenden Mitglieder zur Disposition stellen würde. Dass ausgerechnet die britische Diplomatie dies erwartet haben sollte, ist kaum zu glauben."

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

Not very often, but occasionally, I check into LinkedIn and it is just disturbing how delighted, gratified, excited, happy, proud and pleased everyone is.

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Helene von Bismarck

@HeleneBismarck

2 years

There is a terrifying war in Europe, and the UK and the EU are on the same side. What does that mean in a post-Brexit world? It is complicated, but here is why I am *cautiously* optimistic that this *could* be a moment to start rebuilding UK-EU relations. Thread /1

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