Robin strickland

History, literature, politics
"That isn't writing at all, it's typing." Truman Capote

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

25 Mar 1199: King Richard I of #England, aka Richard the Lionheart, is wounded by a crossbow by a boy who said he had killed his father and two brothers. He would die from his wounds on April 6. He pardoned the boy just before his death. #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/8wn5LITWRi

[GB News @GBNEWS]

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Wallace tipped as future Tory leader amid slump in Rishi Sunak's popularity, John Curtice tells GB News

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[Oliver Moody @olivernmoody]

If you want to understand the mess German energy policy is in right now as the country tries to unwind years’ worth of entanglements with Russia, look no further than the astonishing story of this refinery in Schwedt, which supplies ~95% of Berlin’s oil products. A short 🧵. /1

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

@olivernmoody It goes a lot deeper - Germany's energy policy changed dramatically after Fukushima. Trumpeted as a march to renewables, they closed half their nuclear plants replacing these with coal.
Gerhard Schröder btw is now chair of the board of Nordstrom2.
Huge story here #Ukraine

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

And that's it. At 11.48 the Speaker announced the Dissolution and Calling of Parliaments Act has received the royal assent. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act is dead

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

Every child should be taught this.

And the @ukhomeoffice should make sure that every police force in this country understands what a child is, and learn to recognise that because a child is poor or vulnerable, doesn't mean they are outside of the protection of the law.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

Touching someone without their consent is abuse. We can show support and help report sexual assault when we see it.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

"I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place."

John Buchan, The 39 Steps

[Štefan Auer @stefanauer_hku]

Surprise, surprise, if only anyone ever told the successive German governments (including one with Scholz) about this very possibility! Excessive reliance on Russia was always foolish, after the invasion of Crimea unforgivable. Ukrainians are paying for that mistake most dearly.

[ToI ALERTS @TOIAlerts]

Live update: Former US top diplomat Madeleine Albright dead at 84 https://t.co/nN2JSDoQZp

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

In the cost benefit analysis of providing energy to the EU, Ukraine was sacrificed.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Exclusive: @eucopresident @CharlesMichel tells me that on sanctions, the EU's situation differs from the US.

Europe is far more dependent on Russian gas, "that's why we must be intelligent... The goal is to be painful against Russia. The goal is not to be painful for ourselves."

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

@amanpour @eucopresident @CharlesMichel The whole Nordstrom fiasco is written into Article 10 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU (ensuring supply security).
What should be questioned here is the role of President Biden in supporting this.
Obama and Trump didn't.
Btw Gazprom finances 50% of Nordstrom.

[Around Liverpool @aroundliv]

Meanwhile in Manchester….

✅ Holiday ruined
✅Nicked
✅Fined
✅Banned from an airline
✅Gone viral making a show of urself

All in all a holiday to remember really 👏🏼

[Salina B Baker @SalinaBBaker]

Join us @HistWriters for a fun informative online talk "Creating Historical Fantasy" Hosted by @ks_barton with panelists @SalinaBBaker @WriterChurchill & @marianlthorpe on April 2. Registration is open & it's free! Sign up at the Event Brite link below.

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[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Zelensky advised Biden in a recent phone call to wait on sanctioning Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, because he might prove important as a go-between with Russia in helping to negotiate peace.

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

@GermanyDiplo @ABaerbock Neither Germany nor the EU have an adequate foreign policy. Scapegoating Ukraine in order to fit with EU common goals does not count as foreign policy!

[Robin strickland @Robinst06252105]

@GermanyDiplo @ABaerbock "Must fairly distribute" - like parcels you mean?

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

The clerical regime decided not to reverse their destructive and illegal activities? Paying them to act responsibly doesn’t actually work?

Are there lessons here @ChrisMurphyCT as we consider the coming Iran deal?

[FSMN @faststocknewss]

Russia's defense ministry: Ukraine has until early hours of March 21 to give Russia its answer on surrendering Mariupol - RIA

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

US willing to pay ‘too high a price’ for Iran deal - Israeli PM Bennett

“…including saying that the world’s largest terrorist organization is not a terrorist organization,” he said. “That is too high a price.” https://t.co/cQjGvR4cqo

[Štefan Auer @stefanauer_hku]

Something to consider against the claims that the UK marginalised itself by Brexit 👇