Latika M Bourke’s Tweets

Victoire Ingabire and 2 others

Jun 27

Rwanda's opposition leader slams the Commonwealth after she was blocked from taking part in #CHOGM2022, while President Kagame was allowed to use his role as chair-in-office to attack the media for reporting on her. ✍️ My interview with

@VictoireUmuhoza

: latika.me/VictoireIngabi

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Melbourne artist causing A-grade offence here.

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Vasyl Myroshnychenko

@AmbVasyl

· Sep 3

1/ A recently unveiled mural in @Melbourne showing a RU and a UA soldier hugging is utterly offensive to all Ukrainians. The painter has no clue about the RU invasion of Ukraine and it is disappointing to see it done without consulting the Ukrainian community in Melbourne.

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Sep 3

Protestors singing 'Jesus' currently in Trafalgar Square demonstrating to end a woman's right to abortion.

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Sep 2

British comments on articles about food are wildly entertaining. thetimes.co.uk/article/d1bd18

Stephen Dziedzic

@stephendziedzic

Sep 2

The head of the Australian Signals Directorate, Rachel Noble, says the way the US and the UK agencies publicly released secret intelligence ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "awe-inspiring and equally, absolutely terrifying"

Sep 1

But of course.

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BBC News (World)

@BBCWorld

· Sep 1

Russian President Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral bbc.in/3KBiMK1

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Twitter Comms

@TwitterComms

· Sep 1

You’ve been asking for it and now we’re testing it. YES...finally it’s Edit Tweet.

Is manifesting real or what?! twitter.com/jaysullivan/st…

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🆕 A hugely consequential #AUKUS bilat at Barrow-in-Furness today.

@BWallaceMP

said, after lengthy talks with

, that Britain could send *its own* subs to Pacific to patrol while Australia procures its own nuclear boats. ✍🏽 From me: latika.me/UKsubs

Wallace says France understands Australia's strategic step change in acquiring nuke subs and that France is 'totally' Britain's key ally. pm in waiting Truss has said jury is out if Macron is friend or foe but Wallace flags joint ops with French in the Pacific.

Marles says Australia is actively considering helping train Ukrainian troops.

🇬🇧🇦🇺 Ben Wallace welcomes Australian counterpart

Rt. Hon Ben Wallace MP and Richard Marles

to BAE Systems shipyards in Barrow. The pair discussed #AUKUS and are announcing that Australian submariners will train on Britain's Astute-class subs.

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hails Barrow shipyards as the “vast maternity ward of these steel leviathans” at commissioning of HMS Anson. He made a surprise visit to meet Australia's Deputy PM and Defence Minister

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Boris Johnson on the Queen staying in Balmoral for Tory handover: "I don't talk about my conversations with the Queen, no PM ever does but I can tell you that we will certainly make sure that the arrangements for the handover will fit totally around her and whatever she wants."

Boris Johnson flies to Barrow to meet Australia's DPM

Boris Johnson and 2 others

at commissioning of Astute-class submarine HMS Anson. More at

@smh

@theage

latika.me/BorisVisitsMar

Albanese govt can't say if they'll appoint a high commissioner to UK by Christmas, amid critical negotiations over Australia's acquisition of its first nuclear submarine. My IV with

, on the govt's first official visit to the UK:

No snub: Marles makes belated trip to UK but can’t say when London post will be filled

The AUKUS agreement is being bedded down but the new Labor government hasn’t sent a diplomat to advocate for Australia in the UK.

The Wokest Numbersmuncher

@NumbersMuncher

Aug 30

This Mikhail Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial is what historians will someday say marked the real end of the cold war and is a masterpiece.

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Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91

The Associated Press

@AP

Aug 30

BREAKING: Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. Gorbachev’s office said earlier that he was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

apnews.com

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital.

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Sunak seems to revel in regressing, whilst Truss, for all her well documented faults, listened and learned. on.ft.com/3wH0MYQ via

As significant as it is remarkable from Scholz. portal.ieu-monitoring.com/editorial/euro

PM SOGAVARE CLARIFIES MISINFORMATION ON US COAST GUARD VESSEL

Steve Herman

@W7VOA

Aug 30

#SolomonIslands asks "partner countries with plans to conduct naval visits or patrols to put them on hold until a revised national mechanism is in place. These will universally apply to all visiting naval vessels," says Prime Min. Manasseh Sogavare.

solomons.gov.sb

PM SOGAVARE CLARIFIES MISINFORMATION ON US COAST GUARD VESSEL Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has clarified some misinformation currently carried on international media about […]

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Gerard McDermott QC

@McDermottQC

Wait until she finds out about PMQs

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BBC News Press Team

@BBCNewsPR

· Aug 29

Liz Truss has cancelled her BBC One interview with Nick Robinson which was due to air this Tuesday evening (30th August) at 7pm. Ms Truss’ team say she can no longer spare the time to appear on “Our Next Prime Minister”. (1/2)

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I interviewed former PwC partner & non-exec director

@LoonKaren

about the lack of diversity amongst Australia's top business leaders. Loon grew up in country Aust but had to move to Singapore to make her mark. 🔗 in

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@theage

latika.me/KarenLoonDiver 📸 Flavio Brancaleone

Migrants must be offered real opportunities ‘not just lifestyle’

A returned expat said she could not have built her career to the same level of success here. Skilled staff need to be offered a chance to build their careers.

Boris Johnson: Don’t give up on green energy

Glasgow.

Edinburgh after bin strikes. A very stinky arrival into the city. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

“With every new wind farm we build offshore, with every new nuclear project we approve, we strengthen our strategic position. We become less vulnerable to the vagaries of the global gas price and less vulnerable to Vladimir Putin’s pressure."

telegraph.co.uk

Prime Minister insists UK can still pursue Net Zero while taking sting out of heating bills

If only someone had seen this coming... #FortressAustralia theage.com.au/politics/feder

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Mikhail Ulyanov

@Amb_Ulyanov

Russia government official

BREAKING NEWS! Long-awaited #IAEA mission led by the Director General Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi is now on its way to Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (#ZNPP).

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I interviewed former PwC partner & non-exec director

@LoonKaren

about the lack of diversity amongst Australia's top business leaders. Loon grew up in country Aust but had to move to Singapore to make her mark. 🔗 in

@smh

@theage

latika.me/KarenLoonDiver 📸 Flavio Brancaleone

Migrants must be offered real opportunities ‘not just lifestyle’

A returned expat said she could not have built her career to the same level of success here. Skilled staff need to be offered a chance to build their careers.

What a city. 🇬🇧😻

Brilliant analysis from Brandis. Dutton is quietly achieving early KPIs. He's cultivating the next generation without paranoia and I've lost count of how many Libs have said they're enjoying others seeing why they backed Dutton over Morrison.

Dutton may never be PM but, so far, he’s hardly put a foot wrong

History tells us that Peter Dutton is unlikely to ever become prime minister, but the former cop is strategic, not ideological; a pragmatist, not a zealot. And as Malcolm Turnbull realised too late,...

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Aug 28

Applies even more so for Aust.

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Fraser Nelson

@FraserNelson

· Aug 27

Vg point in Telegraph letters page. When Opposition parties choose not to oppose, the UK system collapses. No robust sense-checking or scrutiny of gvt. Next time, a formal “red team” of scientists should be convened to scrutinise - demanding modellers state assumptions etc.

The moment Rishi Sunak’s team knew his leadership dream was over

Aug 28

Sunak gave the Turnbull-esque tech-will-save-us-I've-worked-in-California-speech at conference last year. The fact he thought it was a good speech then and no-one thought to address it with him shows he has only himself to blame if he loses.

telegraph.co.uk

Campaign team source tells Telegraph that comments at Eastbourne hustings marked point at which ‘things really took a turn’

Tories in disarray over energy crisis as Truss urged to spell out plans to help

Aug 27

'Another Tory MP who switched to Truss from another candidate said they felt “disappointed with the lack of focus on what matters to people” and acknowledged they had mostly backed her because she looked likely to win.'

theguardian.com

Some MPs backing leadership frontrunner showing signs of jitters over lack of response to soaring bills

Aug 26

Missed that ep of Borgen....

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Chris Musson

@ChrisMusson

· Aug 26

EXCL: Nicola Sturgeon knocked back after requesting meeting with Denmark’s Prime Minister during her controversial trip to Copenhagen, sources reveal thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/

Emmanuel Macron says UK is a friend regardless of its leaders and their ‘little mistakes’

Aug 26

Grown up response from Macron. on.ft.com/3AYZSK5 via

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French president responds drily to comments from Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss as Boris Johnson praises bilateral ties

Aug 26

This is as insane as it is terrifying. People cannot cope with these rises.

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Ofgem

@ofgem

· Aug 26

The energy #PriceCap is changing and this could affect you Record high global gas prices mean on Saturday 1 October the energy price cap will rise to an average of £3549 per year Tap for more