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Helene von Bismarck

@helenebismarck.bsky.social wrld.org
Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
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Helene von Bismarck 1d

An absolutely horrible man has been brought to justice, and instead of thinking about his victims, people are trying to turn this into a pathetic political point. But then again, who cares about women, unless you can use their plight to pile on the people you already dislike, eh?

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Helene von Bismarck 4d

Look I AM TRYING to stay constructive and hopeful in the midst of the anti-intellectual bonfire of knowledge and skills that we are living through, but this is an abomination, and it should be stopped. metro.co.uk/2026/11/03/b...

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British Library plans to turn free reading rooms into paid co-working spaces
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Helene von Bismarck 1w

I did not know this. How sad. His poor mother. But how wonderful that he spent his life fighting for women like her. www.theguardian.com/society/2009...

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Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence
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Helene von Bismarck 2w

More intellectual vandalism. We are facing collective cognitive decline and a huge crisis in education anyway, so, by all means, let's cut the Education Editor at the public service broadcaster whose very mission it is to "inform and EDUCATE“ the public.

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Helene von Bismarck 3w

Well said by @lordrickettsp.bsky.social There should have been an extremely serious debate about this even earlier, from the moment the National Security Report came out in 2025 that called for a "whole-of-society“-approach to defense. But no national conversation followed.

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Helene von Bismarck 4w

Instead of arguing about what happened 10 years ago, perhaps the British debate should focus on 1) the very real threat emanating from Russia NOW, including but not limited to disinformation 2) Britain‘s future strategy in a geopolitically turbulent world which makes Brexit look even more absurd

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