Trump questioned Denmark's claim to Greenland due to it being "very far away" from the country.

Copenhagen to Nuuk = 2175 miles.
Hawaii to Guam = 3790 miles.

By the same argument, maybe the Philippines will be interested in annexing Guam then.

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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Donations can be made to support Ukraine via this official Ukrainian government website.

Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

u24.gov.ua

2.5% GDP by 2027 is a step in the right direction for the UK, and it was welcome to hear the government plans to increase further to 3% GDP in next Parliament. Incrementally, 2030-32 would be a good timeframe to achieve that.

Ideally 3.5%GDP by 2035, depending on economic conditions.

Former Conservative Defence Secretary, Sir Ben Wallace, talking a lot of sense in this piece with @sophyridge.bsky.social.

He's right that you couldn't just give the MoD a huge increase in budget overnight, but a planned increment to 3%GDP by 2030 would be optimal.

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How can the secret intelligence services share information with their US counterparts if they can't trust the President to keep his mouth shut?!

So Kemi Badenoch stood on the stage of a 'Robin Hood' pantomime to announce her fondness for a tax scheme that would massively benefit the rich at the expense of the poorer? Does she not have minders with ironyometers?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Can't believe what we're seeing occur in South Korea, a country rightly proud of its democracy. It appears to be a military coup, led by the President. This cannot and must not stand.

Right now, my thoughts are with the people of South Korea.

I often show my students this visualization of how atmospheric CO₂ travels around the globe. Our attitude toward burning fossil fuels would change significantly if we could actually see CO₂.

svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?11719

The olive branch Zelenskyy extends here may be the best deal to end the conflict.

If the incoming Trump administration is to achieve a negotiated a peace, it has to be prepared to deliver tangible consequences to Moscow if Russia makes negotiations untenable.

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Chinese state media is reportedly troubled by the latest exodus of X users flocking to Bluesky.

The issue I see with petitions.parliament.uk is that a signatory only needs to provide a name, email address and postcode.

The site should utilise OS AddressBase data, cross-referenced against Electoral and DWP data, to ensure name of signatory matches to an address.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just to be clear, this is exactly what the Kremlin wants prominent British political figures to be saying. Asking if this means we at war with a nuclear power is exactly the talking point the Kremlin wants in western countries.

Following the Defence Secretary's announcement today, the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review will be eagerly anticipated.

Measures announced today could provide headroom for investments in more modern capabilities.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.

#JeremyClarkson

After yet another heinous Russian missile attack on Ukraine, a penny for Chancellor Scholz thoughts following his phone call with Vladimir Putin the other day.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

0.1% growth in Q3 (July-September) is disappointing. However, the Chancellor only delivered her Budget in October so criticism of government is premature. Q4 figures may provide more insight into effect of October Budget.

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