Sam Gad Jones

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Financial Times journalist in Berlin. Security and foreign policy. And right wing populism. Also still doing🇨🇭🇦🇹.

Formerly FT investigations, UCLSSEES, FT defence & security editor and a long time ago the LSE.

Skiing, cycling and reading.

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Bei einer Pressekonferenz hat US-Präsident Joe Biden den ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj als "Präsident Putin" bezeichnet. Sehen Sie hier den Versprecher im Video.

Nato-Gipfel: "Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin"www.zeit.de Bei einer Pressekonferenz hat US-Präsident Joe Biden den ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj als "Präsident Putin" bezeichnet. Sehen Sie hier den Versprecher im Video.

Huw van Steenis makes the very compelling argument (by implication) that tough post 2008 rules on securitisation are why the financing for the energy transition is struggling, imperilling climate targets in the West.

Europe needs a bolder plan for capital marketson.ft.com [FREE TO READ] From the green transition to the digital transformation, the requirement is enormous

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LOL, on orders from Russia’s GenPro, Vkontakte blocks popular account of “Z-poet Gennady Rakitin” that was actually Nazi poems translated by antiwar activists trying to show invasion supporters that their "patriotism" is simpatico with 1930s–40s Germany. t.me/sotaproject/...

SOTAt.me «ВКонтакте» по требованию Генпрокуратуры заблокировал страницу вымышленного z-поэта Геннадия Ракитина Напомним, на этой странице публиковались адаптированные переводы стихотворений поэтов нацистской ...

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Biden trails Trump by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race trib.al/GlWZVox

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Good morning Tory SpAds!

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Sometimes you can be proud to be British

jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

Merry Independence Day, Britons portillogeddon.com

PORTILLOGEDDONportillogeddon.com Conservative Wipeout Bingo 2024

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"There are good political and economic reasons for commissioning a thorough official review of the impact of Brexit. The first and simplest is that it has not been done." www.ft.com/content/b828... by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

Why Starmer should now play prosecutor on Brexitwww.ft.com A proper audit of the impact of leaving the EU would deliver political and economic benefits to incoming Labour ministers

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"What experience do you have which makes you suitable for this job?" "Well I used to work in social media for the Conservative Par.." "Get out." Two days of this left to go folks. x.com/rishisunak/s...

I would add that the patient is, lamentably, also conscious. “It’s like open heart surgery,” said Geissler. “No one has experience of carrying out repairs on this kind of scale. It’s uncharted territory.”

Deutsche Bahn struggles to shake off ‘travel hell’ reputationwww.ft.com Delays mar Germany’s once well-respected rail network, with massive repair work still ahead

In a shock move, chancellor Olaf Scholz opted not to provide concrete promises or details

Chancellor Olaf Scholz was supposed to come to the Polish capital bearing gifts to salve the wounds left by German wartime depredations. But that's not what happened.

Germany’s Scholz fails to announce compensation plan for Polish survivors of Nazi crimeswww.politico.eu The failure to reach an agreement is a major setback for the German and Polish leaders as they try to mend relations.

SCOTUS majority: the line between official and unofficial acts is a sane legal division and the circumstances in which it might be abused are unforeseeably wild, you wet liberal doom-mongers. *One day later* Trump legal team: my crimes as a unelected presidential candidate were official acts.

Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decisionwww.nytimes.com Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

This is one of those otherwise under-the-radar shifts in mood that could actually have big implications for Europe's defence industry

German suppliers break with postwar taboo to serve arms industrywww.ft.com Growing number of Mittelstand companies lift bans on selling to defence sector following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Never has Franklin's comment on the government of the US - "A republic, if you can keep it" - seemed so apt. After 234 years of the US as a constitutional republic, SCOTUS has decided that monarchy was a great idea after all. Speaking as a Brit, this seems a retrograde step.

Sotomayor's dissent is chilling: "When [the president]...orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."

As many football fans have discovered… Barely half of German trains ran on time in June. That’s a remarkably bad statistic for any rail operator, let alone one that used to have a reputation for excellence.

Die Zahl pünktlicher Züge ist im Juni auf kaum mehr als 50 Prozent eingebrochen. Warum? Unwetter und Überflutungen, sagt die Bahn. Die Monopolkommission fordert, mehr für die Kunden zu tun.

Deutsche Bahn: Wetter soll schuld an mieser Pünktlichkeitsquote seinwww.spiegel.de Die Zahl pünktlicher Züge ist im Juni auf kaum mehr als 50 Prozent eingebrochen. Warum? Unwetter und Überflutungen, sagt die Bahn. Die Monopolkommission fordert, mehr für die Kunden zu tun.

The Financial Times has backed the only economically sane option in the UK's imminent general election: A vote for Labour. These 4 graphs say it all. The historically inescapable fact is that 14 years of Tory govt, driven mad by Brexit, have been a disaster for UK prosperity. on.ft.com/4eHFChN

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The Economist endorses Labour. www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime ministerwww.economist.com Why Labour must form the next government

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Europe digesting the US presidential debate

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Amazing front page

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Not 100% sure about this branding

“One servant was paid just 7 Swiss francs a day, and worked as many as 18 hours, 7 days a week, [the prosecutor] alleged. The family dog had more than three times as much spent on it, according to documents seized by police and presented to the court.”

Hinduja family members sentenced to jail for exploiting domestic staffon.ft.com [FREE TO READ] Prakash Hinduja among four members of multi-billionaire Hinduja clan found guilty by Geneva court

I’m rationalising this as maybe being like when you’ve done something really bad to someone - in this case destroying their livelihoods - so you ignore them as you don’t need the shade but then you remember a few months later when the weather changes you left your favourite scarf at their house.

The Conservative party's final fortnight pivot to 'please, farmers, come back and vote for us' is so fascinating to me, because it's a) obviously the right call but b) was obviously the right call at the start of the campaign, the year, and indeed Sunak's premiership. Why didn't they do it earlier?

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South Korea to ‘reconsider’ supplying arms to Ukraine after Putin-Kim pact https://www.ft.com/content/34439f7d-e546-40eb-92e5-54aa0224ecbe

South Korea to ‘reconsider’ supplying arms to Ukraine after Putin-Kim pactwww.ft.com Tensions rise on Korean peninsula after Russian president raises giving Pyongyang high-precision weapons

"Don't forget your Fendi leather apron (POA) for the hike today babe!" "Nah its cool, i'm gonna wear my Waffen-SS Prada safari jacket."

An epic fashion hike in Madeirawww.ft.com The island’s monumental landscape calls for adventurous style

New from me and @dmehro.bsky.social: Despite claiming it isn’t, Perplexity, the billion dollar AI search startup Forbes has accused of plagiarism, is scraping websites, including WIRED, from which developers have tried to block its crawlers.

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machinewww.wired.com A WIRED investigation shows that the AI search startup Perplexity is surreptitiously downloading your data.

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Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machinewww.wired.com A WIRED investigation shows that the AI search startup Perplexity is surreptitiously downloading your data.

All stories about extremely rich peoples' thoughts on politics should come with a banner content warning about how it relates to their tax status. 'This story contains the opinions of Monaco's second richest tax exile, Jim Ratcliffe, which UK readers may not find relevant to their lives.'

The great thing about being rich is that you can be completely wrong, become a tax exile, and still benefit from uncritical coverage of your political views.

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The fact this story about a doco on the Salvator Mundi makes it look like Julianne Moore is playing Jesus is sending me

Tory leadership hopefuls jostle to replace Rishi Sunak https://www.ft.com/content/d48a441b-5873-4c56-9516-d1e1d4fda870

Tory leadership hopefuls jostle to replace Rishi Sunakwww.ft.com Potential aspirants are courting MPs, building up grassroots support and stepping up social media output