US misfires in online fight against Islamic State
How not to do psyops.
(tags: waronterror )

The Landlord Octopus, Still Stalking London
Who owns London?
(tags: london )

The psychology of why Americans are more scared of terrorism than guns, though guns are 3,210 times likelier to kill them - Quartz
Availability bias.
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• Thirty things you didn't know about the EU referendum
  Most of this was indeed new to me.
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• This is the truth about the Berlin Christmas market terror attack
  Wow.
  (tags: germany waronterror tunisia )
• Three party constituency tri-points
  This is true anorak stuff. (In Belfast, North South and West meet at the junction of ( Read more... )

‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’
9/11 as seen from Air Force One.
(tags: uspolitics waronterror )

Banks’ Brexit wishlist
Summary of the UK financial services industry's position paper
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

Belgium denies NSA helped in Salah Abdeslam manhunt: report
Countering the spin swallowed by Buzzfeed.
(tags: waronterror Belgium )

Brexit casts a shadow over UK development aid
How things become more difficult.
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Present at the Creation
How ISIS really was created (part 1 of 3).
(tags: waronterror iraq syria )

Pro-EU folks in the UK: keep making your case, don’t apologise
Amen.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

The UK won’t opt for CETA+ because it can't.
Canada not an option.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

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How badly is Jeremy Corbyn doing?
"Labour’s current position is poor, but not exceptionally so."
(tags: ukpolitics )

How many presidents has America had?
The Cleveland confusion.
(tags: uspolitics history )

The Terrifying JFK Airport Shooting That Wasn’t
Extraordinary.
(tags: waronterror psychology )

Watership Down and the power of not-quite- ( Read more... )

Excitement, hatred and belonging: why terrorists do it
Interesting book, interesting review.
(tags: waronterror northernireland )

Can New York Be Saved in the Era of Global Warming?
Maybe; but maybe not...
(tags: newyork climatechange )

Robert McLiam Wilson on Belfast and Paris
As you would expect.
(tags: writing waronterror northernireland france )

Thangam Debbonaire: ‘If Jeremy had rung, it would have been a conversation I remembered’
More detail.
(tags: ukpolitics )

I’ll take a united Ireland seriously when I hear Irish politicians tell us what they’ll concede.  
Yup.
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New Uncertainty for Lebanese Banks
US anti-money laundering legislation has wider consequences.
(tags: lebanon waronterror )

Everything you need to know about Theresa May’s Brexit nightmare in five minutes
Good summary. #fb
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

Racist, xenophobic and anti-intellectual: Academics threaten to leave Brexit Britain
But who needs ( Read more... )

Brexit: Loss of passporting rights could halve UK exports
"could" ≠ "will". But sobering enough. #fb
(tags: eu ukpolitics )

Brexit Just Made Dublin Look Even More Attractive for Tech
Yup.
(tags: ukpolitics eu ireland )

The European Union has agreed on two important questions regarding Brexit
A good summary.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

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