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Keep The Archers in Birmingham - Sign the Petition! c.org/ymSCBqqqj6 via @UKChange
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. Enough is enough.
President Trump should rescind the diesel deal with Russia and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; use the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act to impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦 wsj.com/opinion/vladimir-put…
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A very special day today: the centenary of radio’s longest running outside broadcast — not just here in the UK, but anywhere in the world. Join us at 3pm on @BBCRadio3, live from @wabbey, as we celebrate 100 years of Choral Evensong on the BBC: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m003215…
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
Freedom of Movement wasn't about immigration.
It was YOUR freedom.
To live in Paris.
Work in Berlin.
Retire in Spain.
Study in Rome.
Fall in love in Prague.
We didn't take Freedom of Movement away from Europeans.
We took it away from ourselves.
@BBCRadio3 Please could you let Tom Service know that Rossini’s The Siege of Corinth is being performed @Rof_Pesaro just now? Thanks!💐
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
They’ve got Johannes Erath back for La donna del lago after his excellent Ermione & Paul Curran for Tancredi - his debut at the festival!
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts and culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @_CFTA's petition urging @AndyBurnham to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Please join me: campaignforthearts.org/petit…
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Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell Bank is beyond all price
The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a society, writes Sarah Perry
bit.ly/4yNLFv7
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
Have to say, that Puritani was everything I hoped it would be. @Lisette_Oropesa was on fire as Elvira, and gave me vivid flashbacks to her Maria Stuarda in Salzburg. A singer at the absolute top of her game and an excellent actor to boot. See her whenever you can. @MetOpera
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
The catastrophic reality of Brexit has exposed the entire project as a historical scam pushed by charlatans and traitors, on behalf of Moscow.
It has directly undermined European security and weakened the West to the absolute delight of Moscow, Beijing, and Washington DC.
The separation of the United Kingdom from the European continent has made both entities far more vulnerable to external threats. At a time when global stability requires absolute cohesion, this decision introduced needless fragmentation.
The geopolitical rewards of this blunder flow straight to Washington DC, Beijing, and Moscow. Russia and China look at a fractured Europe and see a continent that is much easier to manipulate, exploit, and destabilize because one of its strongest powers is isolated from its neighbors. The US sees the same, especially under Trump.
Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage will forever carry this betrayal as their core legacy. The United Kingdom must eventually rejoin the European Union to reclaim its economic sanity and strategic defense, a move that is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
Worrying from Exeter - the University it seems planning to slash humanities teaching while telling colleagues it is “in line with the government’s industrial strategy”. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d…
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It's 30c in London at 1030 in the morning. This is not a day to be covered in fur. I wonder if the Prime Minister of Iceland needs a cat?
Love this!
The Republicans have so much envy for the Democrats and people are going to hate me for saying this.
The Democrats have the celebrities, the artists, the cool people, their parties are better, the entertainment is better, the food is better.
And it drives Trump absolutely crazy.
The artists look at him like a knuckle-dragging ogre.
So he bruises them by taking over the Kennedy Center.
He knocks out board members who were donating tens of millions to the performing arts.
@Substack are still daily demanding payment for a cancelled subscription. I even have their email confirming the cancellation, but it makes no difference. Be aware, folks!
@Philippa_Perry - this is your substack that is pestering me! I thought you should be made aware. I tried to email you to say how much I had enjoyed my year with you, but it bounced back.
Jacky Tarleton 🇺🇦🦋 retweeted
Today, I signed a decree establishing a new special day – the Day of the Unmanned Systems Forces. From now on, it will be observed every year on June 11. A day of our respect and gratitude to the USF.
For the first time in the world, such a branch of the military was created – in Ukraine. We are developing the USF to the max, and it is Ukrainians who have proved that through technology, ingenuity, and courage, we can change the nature of warfare. We can achieve objectives that were previously either completely out of reach of conventional weapons or extremely difficult to achieve and required an enormous expenditure of resources.
In just one year since the establishment of the USF Grouping, Russian targets of various levels worth nearly $40 billion have been struck. Most importantly, these are different types of strikes, and each one expands our ability to save lives.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are truly a model for many other militaries.