George Bosanko

[George Bosanko @gbosanko]

What a picture https://t.co/11JqyjPKX3

[Empire Aesthetics @Empireaesth]

“The Birth of the Ark Royal” (1950)

[Sebastian Payne @SebastianEPayne]

Having a prime minister who just says stuff is going to become a major problem before very long.

[Alexander Clarkson  @APHClarkson]

America's borders during the reign of Catherine the Great

[George Bosanko @gbosanko]

I thought he was supposed to be a better communicator than Starmer

[nazanin @onapittance]

Saw this AI-generated sign outside of a spa that is a sign of a sign

[Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK]

Two hours after Donald Trump announced Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a mutual energy ceasefire, Russia launched a cruise missile attack on Kharkiv’s CHP-5 thermal power plant.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Unfortunately this is confusing messaging at best. It is widely known Russia tried to interfere in the referendum as it does almost every western election. The position of successive govts is those attempts were unsuccessful. Burnham will have to clarify what he is saying here.

[Blackwell's @blackwellbooks]

‘Great Powers’ explores the relationship between Britain and Germany. Examining from ancestral alliance to bitter enmity and, eventually, reconciliation, it is a deeply researched and engrossing history of the making of two nations. Learn more today: https://t.co/WgPjKBTegi

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

Chilling piece about the QEUH, the Glasgow hospital with an unfortunate habit of killing its patients. This accusation is extraordinary and yet somehow also thoroughly unsurprising.

https://t.co/vRmBmfFmJv

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Trump’s diesel deal with Putin makes no sense (it’s also immoral since it will fund the ailing Kremlin war machine).
The US has no need of Russian diesel. It already refines more than enough for domestic demand — with 1.5m b/d for export.
Russia has no diesel to export. Ukrainian drones have taken out a third of Russian refining capacity, turning Russia into a net importer of diesel (from India).
The volumes involved are derisory. The initial Russian offer = 2.2m barrels. The US consumes 3.5m b/d.
The price of diesel at the US pump is between $6/6.50. That won’t change before the midterms. The deal does nothing to help Trump in these elections.
But it bolsters Putin and undermines Ukraine.

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

Remarkable. “The end result? If a Russian tanker soon arrives at a U.S. port, CBP is legally barred from clearing the cargo.”

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

I assume BBC Panorama is making a programme about Burnham and Manchester's relationship with the UAE, as now exposed by Manchester City scandal. If not, then the Panorama editor should consider their position.

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

From the archive, 10 years ago re 30+ years ago

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

American energy dominance ends up in begging Putin for diesel from refineries that the U.S. until yesterday helped destroy, in a last-minute hope that prices will come down by mid-terms.

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you!

In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state & the UK.

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

Why is this a difficult question to answer ?

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

@BrianMcDonaldIE I walked into the KGB HQ in Grodno and demanded to be deported, explaining that I was in the Soviet Union illegally and that I wanted to leave. They told me that I was banned for life. I said "whose life? -- mine or the Soviet Union's". They put me on a train within 24 hours

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

the most "america circa 2026" sentence in the newspaper this AM

[suzanne moore @suzanne_moore]

Heating on. You?

[Stephen Sackur @stephensackur]

I’m sorry to say the BBC is committing multiple acts of self-harm. Current senior management do not seem to understand that in the changing media landscape the BBC should still be providing content the commercial sector is unwilling or unable to invest in.