Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE Bluesky @AlanLewCh

Retired, carer, birder, railway buff, ex geochemist, ex environment lecturer, ex IT lecturer, ex MIS Manager.

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BYLINE TIMES
Tufton Street's Right-Wing Arms Race

The same network that helped reshape Britain through Brexit is now being used to advance a new political project - remigration.
Nafeez Ahmed
Jun 18, 2026
https://t.co/YZUKr3eCej

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Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
Moscow is Burning

Also: Summer Books
Anne Applebaum
Jun 20, 2026
https://t.co/bQkWli8Rkq

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Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦
RUSSIA’S SILENT SIRENS

Moscow said almost every drone was stopped. Then Kapotnya burned, the shelter maps stayed hidden, and Russian war bloggers explained why the few that got through mattered.
Jun 19, 2026
https://t.co/23Lw9dZyvk

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The Concis
Britain Is Outside The Room

The Island Is Not Enough
Shankar Narayan
Jun 19, 2026
https://t.co/zMqDKwqlgD

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Adam Kinzinger
Don't Give the Clown a Flamethrower

Performance is not the same as governance. Surrender is not strength.
Jun 18, 2026
https://t.co/meeoqnh2Yz

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Robert Reich
Knave or Fool? Traitorous or Demented?

Trump's Strategy for the 2026 Midterms requires us to prepare now.
Jun 18, 2026
https://t.co/heX5ADGyZ4

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Adam Kinzinger
Are You a Builder or a Wrecker?

Trump's Iran Deal previews a world where wreckers rule.
Jun 16, 2026
https://t.co/8YkkAUnaop

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Concis Canada
Trump Opens the Ocean. Canada Answers.

The Ocean Plunderers Meet OceanEye.
Shankar Narayan
Jun 16, 2026
https://t.co/latBYdS1Kn

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THE CONTRARIAN
Words & Phrases

Watch out for cynical weasel words.
Jennifer Rubin
Jun 16, 2026
https://t.co/20UWwNEeVi

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DEMOCRACY FOR SALE
Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law

Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents.
Peter Geoghegan
Jun 16, 2026
https://t.co/Ht5yUa8la0

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The Concis
Ukraine-Russia War

Putin Refuses the Room, Sweden Moves Again.
Trump cannot reframe this defeat.
Shankar Narayan
Jun 16, 2026
https://t.co/IaQkjBsE4V

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BYLINE TIMES
Covert Domestic Influence: How the White House is Using Disinformation Tactics on American Citizens

Leaked documents suggest Trump’s administration is engaged in an extraordinary abuse of power.
Caroline Orr Bueno
Jun 15, 2026
https://t.co/exymCyktFj

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THE CONTRARIAN
Confirming Blanche Might Finish Off Republicans’ Careers

How voting to promote the Epstein cover-up architect could play out.
Jennifer Rubin
Jun 15, 2026
https://t.co/AzSN4BdT23

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Robert Reich
The Age of the Super A*sholes

Trump and Musk are dominating our economy and our politics, which tells us something about the era we're living through.
Jun 15, 2026
https://t.co/SOELu00L1i

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The Concis
Ukraine-Russia War

Russia Starts Thinning Crimea
Trump's deal to nowhere
Shankar Narayan
Jun 15, 2026
https://t.co/A26lgAUBXa

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Robert Reich
The Non-Victory

Compared to where we were before February 28, it's a terrible failure.
Jun 15, 2026
https://t.co/CGj7puJKKf

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Bright Spots
Is electrification happening fast enough?

Electrification is advancing rapidly by historical standards but remains far too slow for net zero objectives.
Jan Rosenow
Jun 14, 2026
https://t.co/tLlgppWrg8

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Phillips’s Newsletter
Weekend Update #189: Can Ukraine Isolate Crimea?

Ukraine Understands What Is Needed In Infantry; A Flamingo In Action.
Phillips P. OBrien
Jun 14, 2026
https://t.co/WzPivGYZN9

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Rowland's newsletter
The machine that watches the world

The real meaning of SpaceX and Elon Musk.
Rowland Manthorpe
Jun 14, 2026
https://t.co/NAJqwmMDZs

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This Midland Fowler 4F was built by Armstrong Whitworth in January 1922. It spent most of its BR life at Midland main line sheds, and the time of my photo was based at Hasland (18C). It ended its life at Buxton (9L) on 28 September 1965 and was scrapped in December 1965.

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Just over sixty three years ago, I hitchhiked to just north of Clay Cross and photographed this typical Midland 'small engine'.
'MR 4F 0-6-0 No 43967 heads a short freight north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.'
https://t.co/D3MIRli0MZ
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