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Jews should pay for their own Holocaust memorial because they have "an awful lot of money"

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Trump 'finding it more difficult to deal with Ukraine' - and says he believes Putin

Ukraine has to "get on the ball and get the job done", Donald Trump says now as he answers questions on the war.

"They're bombing the hell out of Ukraine... I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine," he adds.

Russia has "all the cards", he says, and says it "may be easier" to deal with Moscow, despite their position.

Asked if he believes Vladimir Putin when he says he wants peace, Trump says "yeah... I believe him".

On the one hand Trump doesn't think the Ukrainians have any agency; on the other it's all their fault.

I know we'll never get any consistency or logic out of the man but he sure hits you in the stomach.

Really unfortunate first line there, which I am deliberately immortalising with this quick reply

Sure. I'll complete my other comment.

Conservative peer, Lord Hamilton: Jews should pay for their own Holocaust memorial because they have "an awful lot of money"

Conservative Party spokesman: "Completely unacceptable and flagrantly antisemitic"

Kemi Badenoch: "Lord Hamilton misspoke and he's apologised and I think that should be the end of the matter."

I don't think so.

I was only teasing. It was clear from your mad blockquoting that you didn't mean to say, of your own volition, that mad thing about Jews

It is a bizarrely clumsy remark from this Tory. That said, I honestly don't see why London needs a Holocaust memorial that takes up precious parkland in the centre of town

I agree.
Did the UK actually commit the Holocaust, or even allow its Jews to be rounded up?

No.

Why can’t we have a memorial to Chartists.
Or, better, just nothing.
The Palace of Westminster is a powerful memorial unto itself, which actually needs several billions of investment.

Quite. There comes a point when ANOTHER Holocaust Memorial is a kind of expensive, pointless virtue signalling in black marble. A waste of money and time and a symptom of our footling, declining age. Not least because we ALREADY HAVE a memorial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Holocaust_Memorial

Enough

Can you please stop finishing posts with "Enough". Makes you sound like Richard Littlejohn.

I don’t think Jenrick would do well at all.
For every “very online” loon like Leon he’d attract, he’d turn away many more.

Jenrick got Labour to crap themselves just yesterday, and reinforced the Two Tier Keir narrative, with one deft bit of politicking (and observant aides, I am guessing). He made Sabana Mahmood scramble, awkwardly

He is simply better at politics than Kemi B (and I like Kemi, she just hasn't got the chops). Indeed he seems to be the only Tory who is capable of taking it to Labour - can you name any one thing that any of the others have done? They are pitiful

Someone like Jenrick is what the Tories need now, urgently. A fighter. With a cruel and ruthless streak. They need someone determined, ambitious, and with a striking resemblance to the leader singer of the Killers. That seems to be Jenrick

If you can name an obviously superior candidate that is right now a Tory MP without making everyone roll on the floor with derisory laughter then go ahead. We can rule out Cleverly for a start, because lol

Sky News.

Trump 'finding it more difficult to deal with Ukraine' - and says he believes Putin

Ukraine has to "get on the ball and get the job done", Donald Trump says now as he answers questions on the war.

"They're bombing the hell out of Ukraine... I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine," he adds.

Russia has "all the cards", he says, and says it "may be easier" to deal with Moscow, despite their position.

Asked if he believes Vladimir Putin when he says he wants peace, Trump says "yeah... I believe him".

What the fuck is he on about ?

Has Musk slipped him some ketamine ?

There was plenty of speculation in Democratic circles online that Trump gets hopped up on pills (which he also accused Biden of, funnily enough) from Ronny Jackson, formerly his chief medical adviser, but it may be hopecasting like rumours of Putin being seriously unwell.

‪Shashank Joshi‬ ‪@shashj.bsky.social‬
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Crikey. This is moving quicker than I expected. 'Poland must pursue the most advanced capabilities, including nuclear and modern unconventional weapons.'

https://bsky.app/profile/shashj.bsky.social/post/3ljscagogzs2y

Well yes, the current Trump administration makes nuclear proliferation inevitable.

And with more (and more unstable) countries getting the bomb, it's only a matter of time before someone detonates one of the things.

When the history books are written in 50 years time - the greatest question that people won't get is how on earth did someone as inconsistent and unsuitable as Trump become President twice...

If there's anyone writing (accurate) history books

More likely the history books will asking how did the agendaist left seize control of the institutions of the west with no-one noticing. Why was Trump the person who noticed when thousands who saw themselves as more able than him just let it pass. Unlike Starmer, Biden wasn't an obvious Rubicon that should not have been passed. The change in the UK will be more understated but in many ways more vicious against those who have stolen the state from the people.