Jon Sopel
@jonsopel
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Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of forthcoming book, Strangeland. Order now or come to one of the events https://t.co/Y7BGxIbMK9
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Joined April 2010
The paperback edition out today, with new chapter on Trump, Musk and Farage (which sounds like a dodgy law firm…..)
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Black Ops 7 is stacked with new maps, modes and updates Jump into the action today with Xbox Game Pass
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"They've got a phone that has TikTok loaded on it in the Cabinet Office - one phone, which is kept in a draw under lock and key." Keir Starmer has joined TikTok, which is "quite weird", considering it's banned on government devices. @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall
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"MAGA is looking for imperial expansion into Europe, promoting 'patriotic parties' on the far-right of our politics," says @jonsopel. "This needs serious attention." Trump is making a move on Europe – and the UK is looking the other way https://t.co/tHUldEjckQ
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The White House’s “gobsmacking” National Security Strategy document alludes to racist conspiracy theories and gives Europeans subtle nudges to vote for far-right parties. Should this be getting more...
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Aside from the batting, bowling and fielding I think we were very evenly matched #Ashes2025
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That’s some speech….
BREAKING: Senator Kelly just unloaded on Trump, calling out how Trump was bragging about his "tallest building" on 9/11 and writing birthday cards to Epstein while Kelly was doing heroic, patriotic things. "The President and Hegseth will not silence me." https://t.co/kQZGZoL9Hl
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Great piece by @TomBaldwin66 for @ObserverUK on why superadvisers dominate British politics
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Hegseth ordered the military to murder defenseless survivors who could’ve easily been saved, arrested, and tried. Now he’s trying to court martial a Senator for merely reminding the military they’re not obligated to follow illegal orders.
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous.
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"Labour has managed to squander its capital with immense speed, it's more than a little shocking." @SalmanRushdie says a reluctance to acknowledge the damage Brexit has done and is harming people's faith in politics. @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall
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“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.” @SalmanRushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting. @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall
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"I want to get the welfare bill down - its size is a symptom of failure." Does Labour Deputy Leader @LucyMPowell foresee Labour backing welfare cuts as the bill keeps climbing? @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall
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To those in Downing St and the Treasury who feel the OBR has way too much power (and there are many), this will empower them to take the economic forecaster down a peg or two. Or abolish it….
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Order today for $21.00 At Amazon and B&N for a limited time.
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Some Budget top lines from the OBR doc Real GDP is forecast to grow by 1.5 per cent on average over the forecast, 0.3 percentage points slower than we projected in March, due to lower underlying productivity growth Budget policies increase spending in every year and by £11
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News: A federal judge has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.
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“What timeline are we in where Zohran Mamdani and Trump are suddenly best buds, while MTG has quit the party over a bitter feud?” @jonsopel and @lewis_goodall discuss why Trump seems so taken with New York’s new Democrat mayor.
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