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Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Yes, what a laugh we had when Donald Trump stuck it to that Kamala Harris.The lack of self awareness here is off the scale.But it was less for helping her than for the shitz n gigglez of booting out Ed Balls.
Dame Andrea Jenkyns says Reform UK should stop taking Conservative defectors to avoid an “establishment takeover”.
Learn more: https://bbc.in/4pOj6bh
It is to my eternal shame that I helped this woman get elected to parliament.
Yes the World ultimately ended but we had a giggle at the expense of the Centrist dads.
Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Why not cancel the Chagos transfer?The views of the Chagossians are mixed. Some support the transfer.
What is there to lose?
It gets a barnacle off the underside of the boat and the actual people themselves don't want the transfer iirc.
Is there some value in sticking to international law at this time? Can we see any examples where ignoring international law has led a country to poor decisions?
Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Reform really is the Spiv Party.Yes, but Del boy was the star of the show weren't he.
Spivs what are cheeky chappies are not necessarily unpopular in Britain.
Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Can't the Davos overlords have Trump abducted and replaced with a replicant? (I know they have such powers because I've read it on the internet.)
Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Good for Kemi her approval rating now exceeds Farage and Starmer but she needs to see Conservative voteshare overtake them to shore up her position. That likely requires winning more centrists now Reform is seen as the main party of the right.Remember, both TSE and OGH put great store on approval ratings.
Farage will be pleased most Reform voters would happily vote for ex Tory MPs
Re: PB Predictions Competition 2026 – politicalbetting.com
The thing is, can middle powers act together decisively enough without pooling sovereignty and executive authority?Incredibly depressing but true...Carney made a better point in his genuinely excellent speech.
The new nuclear age begins. The world’s three largest nuclear powers are now expansionist predator states. This leaves the lesser nuclear powers no choice but to create their own umbrellas while buying time for smaller allies to join the nuclear club. Germany, Poland, and Canada will acquire nuclear weapons. So will Japan. Sweden, Australia, and South Korea may develop nuclear capabilities as well.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9?r=1emko&triedRedirect=true
"Our view is the middle powers must act together, because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu."
Do they need to club together and become a single greater power?
Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Well they are plonkers, Rodney.I mean, no, of course not, but then I'm the last person who would vote Reform.Would you want Peckham's finest running the country though?Reform really is the Spiv Party.Yes, but Del boy was the star of the show weren't he.
Spivs what are cheeky chappies are not necessarily unpopular in Britain.
There's clearly a slice of the electorate who would though.
Re: PB Predictions Competition 2026 – politicalbetting.com
... and you can find it here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-speech-davos-rules-based-order-9.7053350Incredibly depressing but true...Carney made a better point in his genuinely excellent speech...
The new nuclear age begins. The world’s three largest nuclear powers are now expansionist predator states. This leaves the lesser nuclear powers no choice but to create their own umbrellas while buying time for smaller allies to join the nuclear club. Germany, Poland, and Canada will acquire nuclear weapons. So will Japan. Sweden, Australia, and South Korea may develop nuclear capabilities as well.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9?r=1emko&triedRedirect=true
"Our view is the middle powers must act together, because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu."
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Re: As Reform continues to be a suppository (sic) for Tory MPs here's what the voters say
Reform really is the Spiv Party.
Re: PB Predictions Competition 2026 – politicalbetting.com
I agree, and I've said as much.Chagos was an open goal for Trump, and he's right. His narrative on Greenland is that 'Europe' (in Greenland's case Denmark) will fail to defend territories in its control, ceding more and more power until an independent Greenland is gobbled up by Chinese money.If Trump wanted to secure Greenland from military attack, he could have stationed 100,000 troops there. I mean, he would have to triple the carrying capacity of the place, but there would have been no legal way to stop it.
That's exactly what has happened in Chagos. We can bung Mauritius all the money we want, but we cannot stop them gradually undermining the security of Diego Garcia (from an American perspective) by aligning progressively with China's ambitions in the region. We have been weak, and US security has suffered. It doesn't matter that we've stuffed the Mauritian's mouths with gold to do what we want - without it being British sovereign territory we have no ability to enforce it.
It also completely undermines Starmer's argument that the Greenlanders have a right to self determination. What self-determination has he given to the Chagossians? The man is a moral vacuum, totally unable to spot his own glaring hypocrisy.
Trump's argument isn't perfect. The biggest counterargument is that the US could have as many more soldiers in Greenland as it likes under the current arrangement.
However, the fact that Starmer's antipatriotic Chagos policy has given Trump a case study in European weakness to highlight is nobody's fault but Starmer's.
If he wanted all the mineral rights, offer them "All offers plus 1%". This would get you all the mineral rights and cost next to nothing.
Instead he has offended absolutely every ally the US has. Complete stupidity, insanity and self harm.
However, two things can be true at once - Trump can be behaving badly and still have Starmer's number on Chagos, not to mention China.
We say 'America has become an unreliable ally' but how reliable are we being as an ally, letting the Chinese build a massive spying base at the heart of our intelligence, finance and security infrastructure?
