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Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 09, 2026 Headline: Britain Needs So Much More Than a New Prime Minister By Adrian Wooldridge February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM PST https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-09/starmer-crisis-britain-needs-so-much-more-than-a-new-leader?srnd=phx-opinion As a long time reader of The Economist when Adrian Wooldridge and … Continue reading →

Le Monde: Monday, February 9, 2026 stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 09, 2026 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 09, 2026 Headline: If you’re not terrified by AI, you’re not paying attention Sub-headline: In Britain it often feels as if this revolution isn’t happening — but it very much is. Saturday February 07 2026, 11.00pm … Continue reading →

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/06/we-journalists-of-agence-france-presse-believe-management-s-plan-would-lead-to-our-complete-demise_6750227_23.html stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 09, 2026 ‘We, journalists of Agence France-Presse, believe management’s plan would lead to our complete demise’ Op-Ed AFP’s journalists’ association In an effort to cut costs, Agence France-Presse (AFP) management wants to reduce the number of expatriate … Continue reading →

Political Observer on ‘The Paragraphs of Would Be History’ via The Economist! stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 08, 2026 The American reader of The Economist’s ‘our review of American History’ in short self-serving pithy paragraphs, and presents it’s self as a ‘review’ instead of a more complex … Continue reading →

stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 07, 2026 SNP’s Stephen Flynn TEARS INTO Starmer over Mandelson decision in astonishing attack Daily Record 146K subscribers Subscribe 2.2K Share Ask Save Download 153K views 2 days ago #DailyRecord #epsteinfiles In a House Of Commons debate about the appointment … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 07, 2026 Britain | Bagehot Headline: Britain’s worst political scandal of this century Sub-headline: The Mandelson affair threatens Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/02/04/britains-worst-political-scandal-of-this-century Editor: The first two paragraphs of this execise, in a bubious approximation, of the … Continue reading →

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 06, 2026 Editor: The regular reader of @NYT recalls the acent of David Brooks to the New York Times cadre of Zionist apologists, via his war mongering ‘The Collapse of the Dream Palaces’! But who can … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 04, 2026 Will Newsom Be the Democrats’ Next Mistake? Feb. 3, 2026 Gavin Newsom has a memoir coming out this month, “Young Man in a Hurry” — another heavy hint that he intends to run … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: recall The 1963 Profumo scandal, The Cambridge Five, Rupert Murdoch, Milly Dowler and the death of The Sun? stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 03, 2026 Headline: Starmer gives dossier to police on Peter Mandelson’s Epstein emails Sub-headline: Prime minister has asked … Continue reading →