Ian Hamilton
@catchafire777.bsky.social
Socialist Indy 🏴.
It’s all a bit fkd up atm but there are many more good people than bad. We can do better than this. Let’s hope we do.
It’s all a bit fkd up atm but there are many more good people than bad. We can do better than this. Let’s hope we do.
Reposted by Ian Hamilton
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
He’s transactional apparently.
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
He’s transactional apparently.
He’s pretty much done so. EU & Ukraine have payed/are paying US billions $ for armaments. All the remaining democracies need to stick together, Europe, Canada, Australia & the others to form a united front. As for how bad it is - This one is worth a listen overcast.fm/+ABCnL7NG404
477. How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order — The Rest Is Politics
Has Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy officially upended 80 years of American foreign policy? Why does it warn of Europe’s “civilisational erasure” while downplaying threats from its traditional...
overcast.fm
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
He’s pretty much done so. EU & Ukraine have payed/are paying US billions $ for armaments. All the remaining democracies need to stick together, Europe, Canada, Australia & the others to form a united front. As for how bad it is - This one is worth a listen overcast.fm/+ABCnL7NG404
If he’s in a no win situation he may as well come out & say what he knows ought to be said, perhaps along the lines of what Zohran Mamdani has just said.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
If he’s in a no win situation he may as well come out & say what he knows ought to be said, perhaps along the lines of what Zohran Mamdani has just said.
Well if he manages to ride these 2 horses at once if all else fails he can always get a job in the circus.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Well if he manages to ride these 2 horses at once if all else fails he can always get a job in the circus.
So assuming there’s a motion of censure from the UN towards this illegal US action should Starmer
A) support it
B) abstain
C) vote against it
Asking all you grownups & adults in the room.
A) support it
B) abstain
C) vote against it
Asking all you grownups & adults in the room.
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So assuming there’s a motion of censure from the UN towards this illegal US action should Starmer
A) support it
B) abstain
C) vote against it
Asking all you grownups & adults in the room.
A) support it
B) abstain
C) vote against it
Asking all you grownups & adults in the room.
UK government preparing to make a statement of condemnation
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media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
UK government preparing to make a statement of condemnation
Agreed but it was easier to pretend otherwise
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Agreed but it was easier to pretend otherwise