Twitter is like a very long novel that you read for years. You follow the characters as they change jobs, have kids, argue with airlines. Then the Nazis show up.
I spotted these National Guard troops at a normal Washington street corner not even near the Capitol. So many streets have been closed. It reminds me of the war zones I saw in Baghdad or Mosul or Falluja. So sad.
Centuries of colonialism: 'Get over it, it was character-building'
A few decades of immigration: 'You're ruining our culture and destroying our societies!'
I imagine Twitter like a massive factory where they assemble us all in the morning and go 'alright folks, today's topic is carrots, get angry about carrots.' And then we all set to work diligently, destroying the reputation of carrots with zeal.
The collapse of the government in the UK shows that this country is not capable of ruling itself. I think it's time it's put under a Nigerian or Iraqi mandate until it learns to govern itself.
I never ask but this is the last straw. Please help if you can, I have retweeted some links to donate to help Lebanon. There are thousands of people who are affected by the explosion and its aftermath and no resources at all. Your solidarity makes a difference.
Leaked Pentagon documents contained an assertion that the leadership of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, had encouraged citizens and its staff to participate in anti-government protests. Senior Israeli defense officials denied that claim.
Rami Malek has been confirmed as the next Bond villain. He plays an Egyptian government employee who tells Bond to come back Tuesday, we're closed today.
This all reminds me how after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 we banned everything British and American, put them under sanctions and confiscated all the wealth of their oligarchs.
An organic, leaderless protest movement with no clear ideology has emerged in France. I've been waiting for this since 2011. Let me explain the French Spring to you.
A thread on the historic roots of why it's difficult for the UK and the EU to agree a deal. European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of the legacy of the warring tribes that historically dominated this region of the world.
The Speaker of the House has just has expressed his concern to the Commons that they are not setting a good example for the group of Lebanese politicians who are visiting.
#brexit
#pmqs
Colonialism wasn't about looting resources and domination but about civilising people, that's why they called those places Ivory Coast, Gold Coast (Ghana), Rich Coast (Costa Rica), Silver (Argentina) and Slave Coast.
This is seriously so tone deaf. A year of heroic efforts by frontline workers and scientists and so many others, taking a huge toll physically and emotionally, and they're passed for this.
You have to love it when the people who brought you the Thirty Years' War, the Hundred Years' War and the two world wars go 'they've been fighting each other for centuries in the Middle East'.