Luke McGee
@lukemcgee
Emmy-winning journalist. Covers Europe http://lukemcgee.substack.com Published: @theipaper @ForeignPolicy @newstatesman @prospect_uk and more [email protected]
It's time for Ukraine’s allies to lobby Trump. His frustration with Putin and willingness to send American weapons, albiet with a $ caveat, have created space to impress on the President what US stands to lose in Europe My latest for @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/17/tru…
Putin is stepping up ‘aggressive’ hybrid attacks on Germany, spy chief warns politico.eu/article/vladim…
"The specter of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump’s global trade conflict hung over von der Leyen’s cautionary remarks at Keio University in Tokyo, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate." politico.eu/article/von-de…
Very solid bit of work here @Will___lloyd and @NewStatesman
KEMI ISN'T WORKING by @Will___lloyd Inside the Conservative Party they know it will take more than a reshuffle to solve their problems. Kemi Badenoch struggles in her everyday job as Leader of the Opposition: avoiding the media, doomscrolling on her iPad and disappearing into…
KEMI ISN'T WORKING by @Will___lloyd Inside the Conservative Party they know it will take more than a reshuffle to solve their problems. Kemi Badenoch struggles in her everyday job as Leader of the Opposition: avoiding the media, doomscrolling on her iPad and disappearing into…
Lee wants a one-party state?
Nigel Farage will be our next PM. Reform will sort Britain out. The Tories and Labour will be done for good and about time.
"Ukraine’s parliament voted decisively Tuesday in favor of a bill that critics say fatally undermines Kyiv’s commitment to tackling corruption — and threatens to scupper its EU membership bid." politico.eu/article/ukrain…
I am going to regret tweeting this, but signposting anyway: this is not a comment on the moral substance of Britain's policy on the Israel-Hamas war. My issue with this is that it obviously isn't going to happen and invites people to dismiss your core argument. Self defeating?
Keir Starmer and David Lammy both belong in The Hague.
🧵 I've been writing something on the intelligence & national-security applications of frontier AI models. This is an experiment in seeing what one of them, OpenAI's o3-pro model, might be able to do in an area relevant to national security.
I cannot get my head around people who wear double-breasted jackets unbuttoned. Thoughts @dieworkwear?
Brilliant piece here by @paulmasonnews which contains this slice of reality thenewworld.co.uk/paul-mason-how…
More normal behaviour from the peace lover Putin launches spy app to keep Russians in ‘digital gulag’ thetimes.com/article/d14c90…
Pretty terrifying assessment of how bad Europe is at protecting its own waters economist.com/europe/2025/07…
"The facility at the Alabuga industrial park near Kazan in the Tatarstan region is one of Russia's main production hubs, allowing it to produce a reported 5,200 Shahed-type strike drones and decoy models a month as of May." kyivindependent.com/russias-bigges…
Brother of Afghan soldier ‘killed by Taliban over data leak’ thetimes.com/article/7a6408…
Putin’s peace plan continues. Russia launches drones, missiles at Ukraine, kills one in Kyiv - reuters.com/business/aeros…
Antivaxxer dogwhistle is new to me
Oh look, he’s appealing to more nutters. Who would have thought it would go in this direction?