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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-nottingham-post-free-speech-b2815609.htmlSpeaks for itself.....TheTrump playbook...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-nottingham-post-free-speech-b2815609.html

Speaks for itself.....TheTrump playbook indeed. That's what you'll get with Reform and just look at the almighty damage to US society it is doing! Civil war emerging, bankruptcy on a cliff, misogyny & paedophilia normalised, democracy in tatters, and dictatorship almost complete.

The tactics in LA and the US are so similar to those in Israel: shoot first and then ask questions later. America is funding and will fund...

The tactics in LA and the US are so similar to those in Israel: shoot first and then ask questions later. America is funding and will fund mass killing. It is a society that does so internally annually, with 488 "mass shootings" in 2024. And, no, this is not normal in the rest of the world.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081

New word, Susie Dent: trumpstarmer, meaning to take the United out of America and our Kingdom.....

New word, Susie Dent: trumpstarmer, meaning to take the United out of America and our Kingdom.....

Trump has no idea how counter-productive his actions will be. The research, even on LA street conflicts alone, let alone the rest of the...

Trump has no idea how counter-productive his actions will be. The research, even on LA street conflicts alone, let alone the rest of the world, shows that the the suppression of dissent will sustain increased resistance to his brutal policies. Neanderthal! He will take the United out of the USA. But does he care? Did Hitler? No. Such fools just think they are right and no other view should be discussed or assessed.

In a society of immigrants, probably the dumbest thing you could do as a government is to attack and undermine immigrants without following...

In a society of immigrants, probably the dumbest thing you could do as a government is to attack and undermine immigrants without following strict due process. Guaranteed epic fail. Then doubling down on it with violence is exceptionally counter-productive even in its own terms.

Will the US insanity, internally and externally, make it realise that it has no simple mechanisms for removing a Liz Truss equivalent? UK...

Will the US insanity, internally and externally, make it realise that it has no simple mechanisms for removing a Liz Truss equivalent? UK spat that PM out after 44 days, for crashing the economy. The US needs to be able to remove a really bad administration - fast. Democracies can correct mistakes.

Yes, this moment is an opportunity to re-set UK security, not a moment to be afraid. We need to protect ourselves against Trump's...

Yes, this moment is an opportunity to re-set UK security, not a moment to be afraid. We need to protect ourselves against Trump's America..

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/britain-donald-trump-defence-foreign-policy

JD Vance in Europe today: 1] an oligarch lecturing us on democracy, yet privatising the US state, 2] A US thug dumping on Europe &...

JD Vance in Europe today: 1] an oligarch lecturing us on democracy, yet privatising the US state, 2] A US thug dumping on Europe & kissing Putin's arse, 3] A far-right muppet who can't see the USA is more our enemy now than Russia & China, treating NATO as dead & Ukraine/Israel their slave-states. So dumb: MAGA nazis might yet breathe fresh energy into EU social democracy as well as their own. Ever hopeful about dialectics.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/14/russia-ukraine-war-peace-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-munich-security-conference-europe-news

I wonder if speaking truth to power will catch on? Those of us who spent a lifetime doing or enabling that are now feeling less alone....

I wonder if speaking truth to power will catch on? Those of us who spent a lifetime doing or enabling that are now feeling less alone. Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, and even Starmer Lettuce 2, may be waking up those less inclined to put their heads above the parapet. No one can sleep forever or keep walking on the other side of the road.....

So, that's me done with America. Power and wealth took over; even Springsteen concert tickets require a mortgage. Shame - I have good...

So, that's me done with America. Power and wealth took over; even Springsteen concert tickets require a mortgage. Shame - I have good friends over there. They'll just have to travel more. But the UK has become disturbingly affected by US toxicity. And our PM is well capable of becoming another poodle, like Blair, especially after his abject capitulation to the US over its Israeli state satellite's genocide and his own Jewish wife. Disown US and its imperialism! Let's get back into Europe now!