Author, former Director of NATO Mission Iraq, diplomat and academic. Fascinated by philosophy and thrillers. CBE, likes tea.
Iain King
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Macdonalds has David Beckham on their World Cup merchandise, implying he’s still a player.
Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?
Iain King
Excellent new public art from Banksy in central London. Clever, contemporary, controversial, well executed, and a great prompt for discussion.
Just Jack
Good to see some accountability, but yet again its a woman who may be punished for Epstein-related actions : www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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“Each communications revolution rewrotes the political order it inherits” - very insightful piece, well worth a read: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/aft...
To mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of his world-changing pamphlet ‘Common Sense’, here’s a biography of its author, the quixotic Thomas Paine:
www.military-history.org/feature/thin...
Iain King
Iain King
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
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A long read, but worth it: www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...
Iain King
Iain King
The long read: She was quick, polite, relentlessly positive, military-grade efficient. A trawl through the Epstein files raises the troubling question: what did Lesley Groff know?
Each communications revolution rewrites the political order. Democracies will not survive by clinging to broadcast certainties or chasing every viral falsehood.
Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history
