Rory Taylor

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Meme of guy turning back calendar to June 2021
Tweet: Italy's Defence Minister on the consequences of the Iran war for Italy: "I am forced to know things about what could happen in the coming week, and the effects it will have on the economy and our daily lives, that no longer allow me to sleep." [@repubblica]
From the Wikipedia article 'Stegt flæsk': The dish is especially popular at certain times of the year. Since the 2000s a tradition has emerged of eating stegt flæsk on election nights as a pun on the derogatory term valgflæsk (election pork) used to describe the lofty promises politicians make during their campaigns.[8] Stegt flæsk can also be served with apple compote.[9]
Programme page for TV 2's Højskolen
Guardian headline: Middle East crisis pushes up oil prices - and could drive inflation rises too
Ed Miliband shaking hands with Gavin Newsom
Last three election results for the Barbados Labour Party. 2018: won 30/30 seats. 2022: won 30/30 seats. 2026: won 30/30 seats.
Diagram showing massive Labour majority in House of Commons after 2024 UK general election
2025 Caerphilly by-election results: 1st, Plaid Cymru (47.4%) (+19) 2nd, Reform (36%) (+34.2) 3rd, Labour (11%) (-34.9)
Tweet by @APHClarkson: Meanwhile you're seeing a growing number of Right-wing French pundits with links to the French military openly, almost enthusiastically, discussing what France and Europe would need to do in a military confrontation with America There is an underlying strain of anti-Americanism within Europe's Left as well as Right that it won't take much to bring to the surface, even among those close to RN or other Far Right parties.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Saddam Hussein
Goodreads collage of book covers: - The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon (Adam Shatz) - A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Nathan Thrall) - The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism and Global Blackness at High Tide (Howard W French) - White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) - Pereira Mantains: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi) - Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett) - Clear (Carys Davies) - The Question of Palestine (Edward Said) - The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European (Stefan Zweig) - Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges) - I Saw Ramallah (Mourid Barghouti) - Wind, Sand and Stars (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
Dutch election exit poll showing D66 in first place
NYT: Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute or hold them in military detention, people with knowledge of the matter said.
BBC breaking news: Military says it is seizing power - reportspublished at 14:30 14:30Breaking Following the vote to impeach Rajoelina, elite military unit CAPSAT says it is taking power, the Reuters news agency reports. AFP reports that an "army colonel" says the military has taken charge.
Reuters: "Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment"
Flightradar24 screenshot showing Thaksin Shinawatra's private jet. Was heading south to Singapore but sharply diverted west and is now heading in the direction of India, perhaps ultimately to Dubai.
David Lammy tweet: The UK condemns the decision by Israel’s Higher Planning Committee today to approve the E1 settlement plan. If implemented, it would divide a Palestinian state in two, mark a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution. The Israeli government must reverse this decision.
Reuters headline: Israel approves settlement plan to erase idea of Palestinian state
El Paid news update: Sánchez: “We shouldn't have trusted him.” The Prime Minister and Secretary General of the PSOE has stated that he will launch an "external audit" of the party's accounts and lamented the trust placed in Santos Cerdán: "We shouldn't have trusted him." Sánchez also announced a restructuring of the PSOE's federal executive committee. "It causes me enormous indignation and profound sadness to see that an entire political project, in which millions of people trust and on which millions depend, is affected by the conduct of a few," he said.
To give witness of this tense, dramatic life of ours, filled with the unexpected, seems to me a duty; for, I repeat, everyone was a witness of this gigantic transformation, everyone was forced to be a witness. There was no escape for our generation, no standing aside as in times past. Thanks to our new organization of simulataneity we were constantly drawn into our time. When bombs laid waste the houses of Shanghai, we knew of it in our rooms in Europe before the wounded were carried out of their homes. What occurred thousands of miles over the sea leaped bodily before our eyes in pictures. There was no protection, no security against being constantly made aware of things and being drawn into them. There was no country to which one could flee, no quiet which one could purchase; always and everywhere the hand of fate seized us and dragged us back into its insatiable play.
Exit poll for South Korean presidential election. Lee Jae-myung on 51.7%, Kim Moon-soo on 39.3%
Associated Press live update headline: "A gull attacked a drone used for television broadcasting" Photo of seagull attack camera drone Caption: "A drone used for TV broadcast is attacked by a seagull above St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)"
Canada polling graph showing late Liberal Party surge
Donald Trump on Truth Social: Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before. The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older. In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain. In fact, they are actually angry about it! I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Don’t worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared should be ashamed of himself!
As part of an exciting upcoming video on the TLDR UK YouTube channel, we need some questions from *you, the TLDR audience*, about defence spending in the UK. Last month, the UK Government committed to increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP by 2027: the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War. *What would you ask the UK Government?*
CNN stock market coverage: "Extreme Fear is driving the US market"
Tweet by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg. South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote “solidarity, equality, & sustainability.” In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.
Text of proposed constitutional amendment by Rep Andy Ogles: "‘No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.’’
Tweet by me from February 2023 saying "I reckon Trudeau will follow suit", in response to a @PopulismUpdates tweet saying "Love this new trend of leader just peacing out" [referring to Sturgeon and Ardern]
Screenshot of tweet with my 2024 predictions from Jan 2024: Japan: Kishida resigns ✅ UK: Autumn election ❌, Lab win 400+ ✅ UK: Badenoch next Tory leader ✅ France: Le Maire replaces Borne as PM ❌ USA: Trump picks Noem as running mate ❌ USA: Biden wins ❌ Myanmar junta collapse ❌ Coup/conflict in Chad ❌ India: BJP wins ✅ Mexico: Sheinbaum wins ✅ Indonesia: Prabowo wins ✅ Ireland: Early election ✅, SF largest party ❌ US: SCOTUS vacancy ❌ Mark Rutte next NATO chief ✅
Time Magazine Person of the Year shortlist 2024: Kamala Harris, Kate Middleton, Elon Musk, Yulia Navalnaya, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerome Powell, Joe Rogan, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg
AP News: "Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family"
Spotify Wrapped screenshot: "January was your Coastal Grandmother Beatlesque Retro Soul phase"
INC-5 opening plenary session at BEXCO. Chair delivering opening address.