@AlanWalter
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The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
This is what a despot looks and sounds like.
He has no morality, laws can't stop him so it's up to the people of US to take action and remove him
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
He has no morality, laws can't stop him so it's up to the people of US to take action and remove him
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
This is what a despot looks and sounds like.
He has no morality, laws can't stop him so it's up to the people of US to take action and remove him
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
He has no morality, laws can't stop him so it's up to the people of US to take action and remove him
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Language is important here. She wasn't fatally shot, she was murdered by a Government official. Don't sanitise it.
This is what dictatorships do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
This is what dictatorships do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Minneapolis shooting latest: demonstrations and vigils across US after Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent
Governor Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard and expressed outrage over the shooting
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Language is important here. She wasn't fatally shot, she was murdered by a Government official. Don't sanitise it.
This is what dictatorships do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
This is what dictatorships do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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UK taxes now being used to support Trumps piracy on the high seas it appears.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK helped US seize Russian-flagged tanker, defence ministry says
John Healey confirms RAF provided extra surveillance and navy refuelling while capture under way
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
UK taxes now being used to support Trumps piracy on the high seas it appears.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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So the UK is now being allowed to be used as an aircraft carrier/launch pad for Trump’s aggression?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
US reportedly attempting to seize Venezuela-linked tanker in European waters – latest updates
Russian-government-run outlet says US operation is targeting the Venezuelan-linked Bella 1
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
So the UK is now being allowed to be used as an aircraft carrier/launch pad for Trump’s aggression?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
A fair assessment and this is the time for NATO/EU and rest of the world to do the right thing not the most convenient thing as we all know how this story ends if we don't.
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
A fair assessment and this is the time for NATO/EU and rest of the world to do the right thing not the most convenient thing as we all know how this story ends if we don't.
He is truly disgusting.
Saying how amazing it was and that nobody was killed (apart from a lot of Cubans which he appears to relish).
He who lives by the sword ... We can only hope
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Saying how amazing it was and that nobody was killed (apart from a lot of Cubans which he appears to relish).
He who lives by the sword ... We can only hope
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump calls Venezuela strikes ‘amazing’ and teases meeting with oil executives after ousting Maduro – live
US president calls the Caracas operation ‘brilliant tactically’ and ‘an incredible thing’ and says deposed leader Nicolás Maduro is a ‘violent guy’
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
He is truly disgusting.
Saying how amazing it was and that nobody was killed (apart from a lot of Cubans which he appears to relish).
He who lives by the sword ... We can only hope
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Saying how amazing it was and that nobody was killed (apart from a lot of Cubans which he appears to relish).
He who lives by the sword ... We can only hope
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
True, but no way Trump has that level of grammatical appreciation.
The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
True, but no way Trump has that level of grammatical appreciation.
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
How many people were murdered in Trump's invasion of Venezuela?
The US under Trump is no different to Russia under Putin.
Where are the consequences?
Time for the free world to stand up
The US under Trump is no different to Russia under Putin.
Where are the consequences?
Time for the free world to stand up
"We relied on US goodwill and a willingness to enforce order, which it no longer does – and there is no point in European leaders bleating about it.
"We need to wake up to the new reality – the United States has changed, and we need to change with it"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/i-am...
"We need to wake up to the new reality – the United States has changed, and we need to change with it"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/i-am...
'I am sick of hearing European leaders bleating on – we need to wake up’ | The News Agents
Keir Starmer’s diplomatic response to Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela has drawn criticism from some of his own MPs. Why have European leaders offered such a muted response to such major action?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
How many people were murdered in Trump's invasion of Venezuela?
The US under Trump is no different to Russia under Putin.
Where are the consequences?
Time for the free world to stand up
The US under Trump is no different to Russia under Putin.
Where are the consequences?
Time for the free world to stand up
Time for UN and democratic leaders to stand up to tyrants attempting to carve up the world.
Time for US citizens to depose the dictator in the White House.
Time for all if us to boycott USA
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Time for US citizens to depose the dictator in the White House.
Time for all if us to boycott USA
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Venezuela attack: what we know so far as Trump claims Maduro captured
US president confirms attack on Venezuela and says Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores have been flown out of country
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Time for UN and democratic leaders to stand up to tyrants attempting to carve up the world.
Time for US citizens to depose the dictator in the White House.
Time for all if us to boycott USA
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Time for US citizens to depose the dictator in the White House.
Time for all if us to boycott USA
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Talk about stating the bleeding obvious!
Another cabinet minister acknowledges that the economy will only recover if we repair our relationship with Europe
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Streeting urges closer trading ties with Europe to grow UK economy
Health secretary’s comments push further than government’s position on EU in wide-ranging interview
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Talk about stating the bleeding obvious!
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I guess that is what you get when you elect a bunch of bigoted incompetents who are defined by their hatred of others rather than a positive agenda for local services
Oh deary me 🤣🤣🤣
Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform Kent council’s budget even with council tax increase
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I guess that is what you get when you elect a bunch of bigoted incompetents who are defined by their hatred of others rather than a positive agenda for local services
What a craven bunch of cowards the Board must be and by definition therefore unfit to serve on such an institution.
How can such as nation as the USA be so in thrall to such an insignificant and deficient specimen as Trump?
How can such as nation as the USA be so in thrall to such an insignificant and deficient specimen as Trump?
Renaming the Kennedy Center, our national fine arts center, after such a coarse, lowbrow, and ignorant buffoon is America at its very stupidest.
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What a craven bunch of cowards the Board must be and by definition therefore unfit to serve on such an institution.
How can such as nation as the USA be so in thrall to such an insignificant and deficient specimen as Trump?
How can such as nation as the USA be so in thrall to such an insignificant and deficient specimen as Trump?
She really is a vile specimen isn't she!?
Just another tin-pot politician jumping on the cowardly immigration bandwagon.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just another tin-pot politician jumping on the cowardly immigration bandwagon.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women
Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
She really is a vile specimen isn't she!?
Just another tin-pot politician jumping on the cowardly immigration bandwagon.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just another tin-pot politician jumping on the cowardly immigration bandwagon.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is what happens when you normalise the right-wing agenda and obsessively promote Farage and his ilk in the national media on a daily basis.
But don't expect the BBC and others to acknowledge their role in any of this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But don't expect the BBC and others to acknowledge their role in any of this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Balaclava-clad protesters disrupt Kent refugee debate, MP says
Kevin McKenna MP says
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is what happens when you normalise the right-wing agenda and obsessively promote Farage and his ilk in the national media on a daily basis.
But don't expect the BBC and others to acknowledge their role in any of this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But don't expect the BBC and others to acknowledge their role in any of this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Let's hope it is terminal
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Let's hope it is terminal
The US National Security Strategy is a clear alarm bell for European and other democracies as they seek to carve up the globe between themselves & other right-wing autocrats.
This is a seizmic development so why the deafening silence from most of the press?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is a seizmic development so why the deafening silence from most of the press?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial
Editorial: The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The US National Security Strategy is a clear alarm bell for European and other democracies as they seek to carve up the globe between themselves & other right-wing autocrats.
This is a seizmic development so why the deafening silence from most of the press?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is a seizmic development so why the deafening silence from most of the press?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Guess I won't be travelling to the States anytime soon then!
At least not until the moronic orange felon is either dead, in gaol or kicked out of office whichever comes soonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least not until the moronic orange felon is either dead, in gaol or kicked out of office whichever comes soonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Guess I won't be travelling to the States anytime soon then!
At least not until the moronic orange felon is either dead, in gaol or kicked out of office whichever comes soonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least not until the moronic orange felon is either dead, in gaol or kicked out of office whichever comes soonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...