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I am struggling to understand why any serious person is entertaining Trump’s fantasies at this point.
Flattering a bully isn’t a sustainable strategy. Bullies only respect those who stand up to them.
Flattering a bully isn’t a sustainable strategy. Bullies only respect those who stand up to them.
January 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I am struggling to understand why any serious person is entertaining Trump’s fantasies at this point.
Flattering a bully isn’t a sustainable strategy. Bullies only respect those who stand up to them.
Flattering a bully isn’t a sustainable strategy. Bullies only respect those who stand up to them.
It’s a pity Labour continues to pander to the far right instead of standing up to them.
Starmer should watch Mark Carney’s moving speech at Davos, then his own mealy mouthed kissing Trump’s arse through his fingers speech. There is nothing to be gained by being indecisive or appeasing the far right.
Starmer should watch Mark Carney’s moving speech at Davos, then his own mealy mouthed kissing Trump’s arse through his fingers speech. There is nothing to be gained by being indecisive or appeasing the far right.
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 AM
It’s a pity Labour continues to pander to the far right instead of standing up to them.
Starmer should watch Mark Carney’s moving speech at Davos, then his own mealy mouthed kissing Trump’s arse through his fingers speech. There is nothing to be gained by being indecisive or appeasing the far right.
Starmer should watch Mark Carney’s moving speech at Davos, then his own mealy mouthed kissing Trump’s arse through his fingers speech. There is nothing to be gained by being indecisive or appeasing the far right.
The EU wields quiet power. Look how Trump backed down on Greenland.
Unthinking people often mistake loud, threatening behaviour for strength, while thinking that real strength is weakness because it doesn’t make much noise.
Unthinking people often mistake loud, threatening behaviour for strength, while thinking that real strength is weakness because it doesn’t make much noise.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The EU wields quiet power. Look how Trump backed down on Greenland.
Unthinking people often mistake loud, threatening behaviour for strength, while thinking that real strength is weakness because it doesn’t make much noise.
Unthinking people often mistake loud, threatening behaviour for strength, while thinking that real strength is weakness because it doesn’t make much noise.
Having a gun pointed at your head creates a great sense of expediency. Suddenly things can happen much more quickly.
Trump’s threats to invade Greenland effectively puts a gun to Europe’s collective head, including the UK.
Trump’s threats to invade Greenland effectively puts a gun to Europe’s collective head, including the UK.
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Having a gun pointed at your head creates a great sense of expediency. Suddenly things can happen much more quickly.
Trump’s threats to invade Greenland effectively puts a gun to Europe’s collective head, including the UK.
Trump’s threats to invade Greenland effectively puts a gun to Europe’s collective head, including the UK.
Happy new year!
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Happy new year!
The argument that it couldn’t be done or would take years is also nonsense.
Northern Ireland is still for all intents and purposes inside the EU. I’m pretty sure that arrangement could be extended to the rest of the UK as an interim arrangement.
Northern Ireland is still for all intents and purposes inside the EU. I’m pretty sure that arrangement could be extended to the rest of the UK as an interim arrangement.
January 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The argument that it couldn’t be done or would take years is also nonsense.
Northern Ireland is still for all intents and purposes inside the EU. I’m pretty sure that arrangement could be extended to the rest of the UK as an interim arrangement.
Northern Ireland is still for all intents and purposes inside the EU. I’m pretty sure that arrangement could be extended to the rest of the UK as an interim arrangement.
Do you mean like in the UK after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke and the company were allowed to cart off documents and computers for a week before police went in?!
That story got buried so quickly it’s as if it never happened, but it did happen.
That story got buried so quickly it’s as if it never happened, but it did happen.
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Do you mean like in the UK after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke and the company were allowed to cart off documents and computers for a week before police went in?!
That story got buried so quickly it’s as if it never happened, but it did happen.
That story got buried so quickly it’s as if it never happened, but it did happen.
All the Trump aligned social media should be blocked in the UK and the EU. They are promoting Russian funded far right propaganda.
We need to go further than that though. Government bodies should not be using cloud services of any description that are supplied by US owned companies.
We need to go further than that though. Government bodies should not be using cloud services of any description that are supplied by US owned companies.
January 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
All the Trump aligned social media should be blocked in the UK and the EU. They are promoting Russian funded far right propaganda.
We need to go further than that though. Government bodies should not be using cloud services of any description that are supplied by US owned companies.
We need to go further than that though. Government bodies should not be using cloud services of any description that are supplied by US owned companies.
This is why your military leaders should have refused illegal orders but not resigned. By resigning they have paved the way for the promotion of pro Trump sycophants. This is the result of.
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This is why your military leaders should have refused illegal orders but not resigned. By resigning they have paved the way for the promotion of pro Trump sycophants. This is the result of.
Has Trump appointed him to some government position with huge responsibility yet?
Just a matter of time.
Just a matter of time.
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Has Trump appointed him to some government position with huge responsibility yet?
Just a matter of time.
Just a matter of time.
Peace of what, though?
Spelling isn’t a far right strong point.
Spelling isn’t a far right strong point.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Peace of what, though?
Spelling isn’t a far right strong point.
Spelling isn’t a far right strong point.
The will of the people has been ignored since Nick Clegg chose to go into coalition with the Tories.
That set the stage for Cambridge Analytica and Russian interference in UK politics. Brexit sealed the deal. We were stronger inside the EU. NATO was stronger.
That set the stage for Cambridge Analytica and Russian interference in UK politics. Brexit sealed the deal. We were stronger inside the EU. NATO was stronger.
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The will of the people has been ignored since Nick Clegg chose to go into coalition with the Tories.
That set the stage for Cambridge Analytica and Russian interference in UK politics. Brexit sealed the deal. We were stronger inside the EU. NATO was stronger.
That set the stage for Cambridge Analytica and Russian interference in UK politics. Brexit sealed the deal. We were stronger inside the EU. NATO was stronger.
The UK government is really dragging their feet in responding to this. We need a clear response as a matter of urgency.
Any response that is not a strong, clear and prompt condemnation is a Clement Atlee style stamp of approval.
Any response that is not a strong, clear and prompt condemnation is a Clement Atlee style stamp of approval.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The UK government is really dragging their feet in responding to this. We need a clear response as a matter of urgency.
Any response that is not a strong, clear and prompt condemnation is a Clement Atlee style stamp of approval.
Any response that is not a strong, clear and prompt condemnation is a Clement Atlee style stamp of approval.
Just as well, I’d be completely insufferable if ALL of you women were thinking about sex with me every 7 seconds!
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Just as well, I’d be completely insufferable if ALL of you women were thinking about sex with me every 7 seconds!
I do think they have genuine concerns which the likes of Farage spin to be about immigration. The problem is that unless the real problems are dealt with quickly the far right will make it about the imaginary problem of immigration. Labour are acting like they have a few decades to fix things.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I do think they have genuine concerns which the likes of Farage spin to be about immigration. The problem is that unless the real problems are dealt with quickly the far right will make it about the imaginary problem of immigration. Labour are acting like they have a few decades to fix things.
We can’t stop liars in politics or the media though. And we can’t make people rational or informed if they choose not to be.
What we can do as a country is address their real concerns, cost of living, housing, jobs. Take on the water and energy companies. Tax the rich.
What we can do as a country is address their real concerns, cost of living, housing, jobs. Take on the water and energy companies. Tax the rich.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We can’t stop liars in politics or the media though. And we can’t make people rational or informed if they choose not to be.
What we can do as a country is address their real concerns, cost of living, housing, jobs. Take on the water and energy companies. Tax the rich.
What we can do as a country is address their real concerns, cost of living, housing, jobs. Take on the water and energy companies. Tax the rich.
Rightly or wrongly people are concerned about immigration.
We have a story on the BBC about criminal immigrant gangs running minimarts - this is actually a story about the failure to properly legislate business activities in the UK.
Tax the rich. Fix the laws.
We have a story on the BBC about criminal immigrant gangs running minimarts - this is actually a story about the failure to properly legislate business activities in the UK.
Tax the rich. Fix the laws.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Rightly or wrongly people are concerned about immigration.
We have a story on the BBC about criminal immigrant gangs running minimarts - this is actually a story about the failure to properly legislate business activities in the UK.
Tax the rich. Fix the laws.
We have a story on the BBC about criminal immigrant gangs running minimarts - this is actually a story about the failure to properly legislate business activities in the UK.
Tax the rich. Fix the laws.
We should have the right to hold whatever beliefs we want but there should be no legal requirement for those beliefs not to be ridiculed. Evidence should be the metric for assessing beliefs. Respect for any belief should not be automatic.
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We should have the right to hold whatever beliefs we want but there should be no legal requirement for those beliefs not to be ridiculed. Evidence should be the metric for assessing beliefs. Respect for any belief should not be automatic.
It’s time we closed the loophole of tax havens.
Imagine an ordinary PAYE tax paying worker telling the taxman that they wouldn’t be paying taxes because they were getting their wages paid into a foreign bank.
Imagine an ordinary PAYE tax paying worker telling the taxman that they wouldn’t be paying taxes because they were getting their wages paid into a foreign bank.
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It’s time we closed the loophole of tax havens.
Imagine an ordinary PAYE tax paying worker telling the taxman that they wouldn’t be paying taxes because they were getting their wages paid into a foreign bank.
Imagine an ordinary PAYE tax paying worker telling the taxman that they wouldn’t be paying taxes because they were getting their wages paid into a foreign bank.
It does feel like Labour are repackaging Reform “policies” in an attempt to stop votes going to Reform.
What they need to do is tackle inequality, profiteering, and corruption by taxing the wealthy and strengthening the law as well as the bodies that enforce it.
What they need to do is tackle inequality, profiteering, and corruption by taxing the wealthy and strengthening the law as well as the bodies that enforce it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It does feel like Labour are repackaging Reform “policies” in an attempt to stop votes going to Reform.
What they need to do is tackle inequality, profiteering, and corruption by taxing the wealthy and strengthening the law as well as the bodies that enforce it.
What they need to do is tackle inequality, profiteering, and corruption by taxing the wealthy and strengthening the law as well as the bodies that enforce it.