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I think Asian allies of the US increasingly believe they are dealing with a fundamentally racist administration. Can't imagine how they got that impression. But I've heard similar from Indians
https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1964995089480266031

S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
https://x.com/koryodynasty/status/1964894916632604784

Meanwhile.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1964707215866257819

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Thrilling comment from you there, AB.

I feel sorry in some ways for the PB Lefties.

After 14 years of crap government you are meant to be rubbing the Right;s nose in it as the grown ups take charge.

Instead we have a total shitshow Starmer is just continuity Sunak and Labour have come in to power with few ideas. There is nothing good to say about this government.

As a result the PB Left have all gone in to their comfort zones for you it's talking more about the US than your own country - the comfort blanket of opposing Trump - for others its the comfort of criticising the previous 14 years rather than talking about the next 4.,

Have all the PB Lefties run out of ideas ?

Highest growth in the G7
Disposable incomes rise fastest since Thatcher
NHS waiting lists falling
Asylum backlog about half what it was in June 2023
Probably the best US tariff rate anyone has managed

A few months ago I met up with a political strategist who knows a thing or two about winning general elections and they said the best way to stop Reform winning a general election was for the public to see them as a bunch of fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly, things like this and lauding Lucy Connolly will seal the deal.

NEW: Linden Kemkaran, the Reform UK leader of Kent County Council, tells @TimesRadio the party should consider an inquiry into a possible link between the Covid vaccine and cancer.

Comes after Dr Aseem Malhotra told the Reform conference the jab gave the Royal Family cancer.

https://x.com/KevinASchofield/status/1964733148434182451

It's also worth saying that the opposite of that was true - if Farage had kept the lunatic element away from public view he would be walking the next election as the "lets give this lot a try" option..

Reading the judges comments, it sounds like he’s addressing a teenage orphan who has been in trouble for shoplifting

A JUDGE has sparked fury by wishing the 7/7 bombings mastermind “all the best” as he prepares to walk free.

Sir Robert Jay sympathised with al-Qaeda fiend Haroon Aswat, 50, who will be released from hospital to Yorkshire despite police fears he remains a threat.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36609040/sir-robert-jay-judge-haroon-aswat-best-wishes/

I doubt I want this bastard out on the streets any more than you do. But once again it is an attack by far right figures Farage and Jenrick on the judiciary and individual judges. Surely there must be some sort of guidance he has to use. If there is a problem with this MF's release it is the Government's responsibility not that of the Judge who is following their rules.

Maybe I'm imagining it but I'm sure the left used to criticise judges a long time ago when they had a reputation for being extremely conservative, old-fashioned, etc.

An attack on the judiciary is a cornerstone of authoritarianism. Just ask the ghost of Hannah Arendt.

I suspect authoritarians of the left or the right are keen to undermine Judges.

So criticism of the Dredd Scott decision is a prelude to Fascism?

Courts have leeway in judgement. Just look at the differentials in the interpretations of the ECHR in the UK and Switzerland.

Trying to claim that judges are Platonic Guardians, immune to all criticism is equally problematic.

Gordon Bennett! The current SCOTUS demonstrates your point, but mine retains it's validity too.

One of the key tenets of fascism is attacking courts and judges. You saw it in 1930s Germany, you can see it in Trump's US. You can pull up an example where the law was an ass, but the general rule still stands.

Anyway I always preferred AC/DC when Dredd Scott was lead singer.

On the subject of misguided judge bashing, here's the new Banksy


Gavels ffs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrq0r0y878o

It has already been pointed out by m'learned friends that judges never use a gavel, while wearing their wig...

Gosh. Why do judges never use a gavel while wearing their wig?

Health and safety. Risk of gavel getting caught in wig resulting in serious head or neck injuries or embarrassment.

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I think Asian allies of the US increasingly believe they are dealing with a fundamentally racist administration. Can't imagine how they got that impression. But I've heard similar from Indians
https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1964995089480266031

S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
https://x.com/koryodynasty/status/1964894916632604784

Meanwhile.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1964707215866257819

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thrilling comment from you there, AB.

I feel sorry in some ways for the PB Lefties.

After 14 years of crap government you are meant to be rubbing the Right;s nose in it as the grown ups take charge.

Instead we have a total shitshow Starmer is just continuity Sunak and Labour have come in to power with few ideas. There is nothing good to say about this government.

As a result the PB Left have all gone in to their comfort zones for you it's talking more about the US than your own country - the comfort blanket of opposing Trump - for others its the comfort of criticising the previous 14 years rather than talking about the next 4.,

Have all the PB Lefties run out of ideas ?

Hey! What about PB Centrists?

I'm tired of all this "why are you talking about Trump" deflection. Firstly, there are lots of betting opportunities in US politics, so understanding US politics is important there. Secondly, because the US is the US, what Trump does impacts us and the rest of the world. (Personally, Trump winning the presidency probably impacts me more than, say, whoever wins the Senedd next year, but that's because I own a bunch of $$$ that could rapidly shrink in value.) And what Trump has been doing is unprecedented. Thirdly, UK politics is also connected to US politics. Nigel Farage is a huge Trump fan and we see other UK politicians going over to the US convention/think tank circuit (like Truss). Many political ideas and movements in the US directly affect UK politics: examples include deportations, anti-vax, anti-abortion, Black Lives Matter.

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I think Asian allies of the US increasingly believe they are dealing with a fundamentally racist administration. Can't imagine how they got that impression. But I've heard similar from Indians
https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1964995089480266031

S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
https://x.com/koryodynasty/status/1964894916632604784

Meanwhile.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1964707215866257819

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thrilling comment from you there, AB.

I feel sorry in some ways for the PB Lefties.

After 14 years of crap government you are meant to be rubbing the Right;s nose in it as the grown ups take charge.

Instead we have a total shitshow Starmer is just continuity Sunak and Labour have come in to power with few ideas. There is nothing good to say about this government.

As a result the PB Left have all gone in to their comfort zones for you it's talking more about the US than your own country - the comfort blanket of opposing Trump - for others its the comfort of criticising the previous 14 years rather than talking about the next 4.,

Have all the PB Lefties run out of ideas ?

Hey! What about PB Centrists?

I'm tired of all this "why are you talking about Trump" deflection. Firstly, there are lots of betting opportunities in US politics, so understanding US politics is important there. Secondly, because the US is the US, what Trump does impacts us and the rest of the world. (Personally, Trump winning the presidency probably impacts me more than, say, whoever wins the Senedd next year, but that's because I own a bunch of $$$ that could rapidly shrink in value.) And what Trump has been doing is unprecedented. Thirdly, UK politics is also connected to US politics. Nigel Farage is a huge Trump fan and we see other UK politicians going over to the US convention/think tank circuit (like Truss). Many political ideas and movements in the US directly affect UK politics: examples include deportations, anti-vax, anti-abortion, Black Lives Matter.

It's all Anglo for you centrists. You witter on about leaving the EU but never pay any attention to whats happening there.. Macron, Merz Meloni Europe's 3M gets less focus than Post it notes.

I wish there was more media coverage of European politics. I know what happens in the the USA affects us in the UK, but so does what happens in our European neighbours. For example, we don’t hear about European countries health services, taxation rates or immigration rates. Our voters would be more educated if we did.

France will be on PM number 6 by the end of today, Ireland is whittling down its presidential hopefuls. Our tow closest neighbours they rarely get a look in.

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I think Asian allies of the US increasingly believe they are dealing with a fundamentally racist administration. Can't imagine how they got that impression. But I've heard similar from Indians
https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1964995089480266031

S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
https://x.com/koryodynasty/status/1964894916632604784

Meanwhile.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1964707215866257819

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thrilling comment from you there, AB.

I feel sorry in some ways for the PB Lefties.

After 14 years of crap government you are meant to be rubbing the Right;s nose in it as the grown ups take charge.

Instead we have a total shitshow Starmer is just continuity Sunak and Labour have come in to power with few ideas. There is nothing good to say about this government.

As a result the PB Left have all gone in to their comfort zones for you it's talking more about the US than your own country - the comfort blanket of opposing Trump - for others its the comfort of criticising the previous 14 years rather than talking about the next 4.,

Have all the PB Lefties run out of ideas ?

Hey! What about PB Centrists?

I'm tired of all this "why are you talking about Trump" deflection. Firstly, there are lots of betting opportunities in US politics, so understanding US politics is important there. Secondly, because the US is the US, what Trump does impacts us and the rest of the world. (Personally, Trump winning the presidency probably impacts me more than, say, whoever wins the Senedd next year, but that's because I own a bunch of $$$ that could rapidly shrink in value.) And what Trump has been doing is unprecedented. Thirdly, UK politics is also connected to US politics. Nigel Farage is a huge Trump fan and we see other UK politicians going over to the US convention/think tank circuit (like Truss). Many political ideas and movements in the US directly affect UK politics: examples include deportations, anti-vax, anti-abortion, Black Lives Matter.

It's all Anglo for you centrists. You witter on about leaving the EU but never pay any attention to whats happening there.. Macron, Merz Meloni Europe's 3M gets less focus than Post it notes.

I wish there was more media coverage of European politics. I know what happens in the the USA affects us in the UK, but so does what happens in our European neighbours. For example, we don’t hear about European countries health services, taxation rates or immigration rates. Our voters would be more educated if we did.