David Powell
@davidpowell1.bsky.social
Believer in real, constitutional, democracy and unfashionable truth telling in politics.
The Threat from America
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The Threat from America
America is not our enemy, but it's a danger to itself and the world
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January 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The Threat from America
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Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering.
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Trump’s criminal attack on Venezuela
Stop Trump Coalition
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January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering.
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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“Far from acknowledging the dangers of a Trump presidency…., the likes of Farage and Johnson have actively sought to assist him, while personally profiting by association.”
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
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Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
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Trump's Illegal Assault on Venezuela Opens the Door to Even Darker Foreign Adventures
It's time for the President's apologists to admit that those of us warning about the grave global threat he poses were right
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January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
“Far from acknowledging the dangers of a Trump presidency…., the likes of Farage and Johnson have actively sought to assist him, while personally profiting by association.”
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
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Much more honesty about what just happened from inside the U.S. than from outside. The world is full of dishonesty and cowardice.
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Much more honesty about what just happened from inside the U.S. than from outside. The world is full of dishonesty and cowardice.
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It's the only game that matters. My SKETCH of British politicians playing the Trump Game.
January 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's the only game that matters. My SKETCH of British politicians playing the Trump Game.
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
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We’re going to do this for years aren’t we? Make tentative suggestions about heading back into the EU because Brexit is an isolating, costly moronathon that the country regrets. But Tories and Reform will keep howling ‘Betrayal!’, making progress and prosperity impossible.
(iPaper)
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January 5, 2026 at 7:41 AM
We’re going to do this for years aren’t we? Make tentative suggestions about heading back into the EU because Brexit is an isolating, costly moronathon that the country regrets. But Tories and Reform will keep howling ‘Betrayal!’, making progress and prosperity impossible.
(iPaper)
(iPaper)
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Meanwhile, a grown-up speaks…
Confirming the totally avoidable generational mess we’ve made in this endless brexity fit of prejudiced, ignorant entitlement.
Confirming the totally avoidable generational mess we’ve made in this endless brexity fit of prejudiced, ignorant entitlement.
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Meanwhile, a grown-up speaks…
Confirming the totally avoidable generational mess we’ve made in this endless brexity fit of prejudiced, ignorant entitlement.
Confirming the totally avoidable generational mess we’ve made in this endless brexity fit of prejudiced, ignorant entitlement.
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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that's so crazy. i'm sure you put him in prison and banned him from ever holding office again right
Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution.
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
that's so crazy. i'm sure you put him in prison and banned him from ever holding office again right
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
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If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
horrifying . How can this be permitted in any real democracy> Does Musk own us? our lawmakers?
Musk is laughing at us. There is *nothing* that’s decent or free or safe about being on X.
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
horrifying . How can this be permitted in any real democracy> Does Musk own us? our lawmakers?
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Musk is laughing at us. There is *nothing* that’s decent or free or safe about being on X.
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Musk is laughing at us. There is *nothing* that’s decent or free or safe about being on X.
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.
(Private Eye)
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Happy New Year from all of us at European Movement UK!
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Happy New Year from all of us at European Movement UK!
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Happy New Year from all of us at European Movement UK!
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
Here’s to a year of rebuilding our relationship with Europe and undoing the damage of Brexit.
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Brexit has devastated the economy and the proof lies in the data: Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6-8% and investment by 12-18%. We need to work with Europe to reverse the damage and save our economy.
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Brexit has devastated the economy and the proof lies in the data: Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6-8% and investment by 12-18%. We need to work with Europe to reverse the damage and save our economy.