For power to come from the bottom up you need the people to be educated. When power comes from the top down you need the people to be uneducated

I believe it’s an escalation of the loyalty test. Anyone left standing supporting such an egregious lie is an extreme loyalist. Anyone with any moral red lines, however extreme they may be, has now been weeded out.

And then what happens if AfD inherit this at the next election?

I feel sorry for those that missed out in the meantime because someone’s dead nan didn’t like foreigners

O, what a sticky mess we leave when first we practise to conceive!

That would be easier if the BBC hadn’t given them the keys to said door

What makes you think there will be midterms?

Unfortunately the British press fall within the 8%

It’s just a speech not a filibuster

The Electric Trabant

Bear in mind the guy in the black robe has probably been threatened. Mafia have a tendency to directly or indirectly let people know where they stand

Spot on Alex. While Europe is belatedly trying to shore up it's own defence it is wide open to attack and dependent on the US. The thing it needs more than anything is time. What Starmer and the King are doing is taking one for team Europe in an effort to buy that time. Ties can be cut later.

...and with that, Mr & Mrs Musk left the shop knowing their little Elon was going to be very disappointed on his birthday

JD Vance? I seem to remember hearing that name a while ago. But not for some time now

Trump doesn't have to deliver on any of his promises. The plan is to turn the US into Russia. In the short term he will turn the US into Hungary. Do you think Orbán is worrying about delivering promises else he's in big trouble with the electorate come the mid-terms?