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Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
The F-14 Tomcat is no more as a warplane. Iran's last few have been destroyed. They were the last anywhere.Gosh. The only countries to ever operate the F-14 were the US and Iran.
Iran now has no air force.
Fun fact:
Back in 1982, the only countries operating the Type 42 destroyer were the UK and... Argentina.
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
Polanski needs to sort his teeth out ! As for supposed defections to the Greens . We heard the same about Labour MPs to Reform .A defection to Green is quite a bit easier to envisage than a defection to Reform, however.
kle4
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Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
Good god, the BBC. Trump's busy pontificating live and they choose to talk to their own journalists about what he might be sayingWell, listening to Trump’s own words rarely gives much insight into what he’s saying, to be fair.
Re: Why the Tory party is becoming more like the Lib Dems – politicalbetting.com
How do you take the vote off racists?Most people who voted for Brexit are not racists. But most racists voted for Brexit.The irony is that most people who voted for Brexit areNothing wrong with that at all, unless you're a racist.https://www.cer.eu/insights/impact-brexit-immigration-ukYep with Europeans no longer coming the intake was unsurprisingly more coloured
A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.
https://www.cer.eu/insights/impact-brexit-immigration-uk
Or for that matter, smug liberal bastards?
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
That's been debunked.Barron invested $30m in oil just before the bombing of Tehran. He's a clever boy. He made a fortune.War back on ! The market traders really don’t do themselves any favours .If I was being sceptical I would suggest Trump may be playing the markets for his gain
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
Kyle Griffin
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NEW: Rep. Kevin Kiley just announced that his decision to leave the Republican Party and register as an Independent will take effect immediately — further Mike Johnson's margins in the House.
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/2031094118927958379
@kylegriffin1
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NEW: Rep. Kevin Kiley just announced that his decision to leave the Republican Party and register as an Independent will take effect immediately — further Mike Johnson's margins in the House.
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/2031094118927958379
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
War back on ! The market traders really don’t do themselves any favours .My guess is that this war will go on for a very long time indeed.
Israel can hardly pull back and allow the Iranians to rebuild missiles and nuclear capability, and short of a ground war the Iranians won't mend their ways.
Trump will probably have to put troops on the ground to make the Hormuz straits safe - and that'll be no end of pain for all concerned.
Champagne all round in Moscow and FIFA HQs though.
Omnium
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Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
I don't think Trump just walking away declaring victory will cut it. There is has to be some kind of deal with the Iranians otherwise everyone will expect hostilities to keep going.Hostilities started in 1979 and have never stopped, they just go through various levels.
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
Yes, it's hyperbole - not least because the US is far closer to self sufficiency in oil and gas (though "reminiscent" isn't the same thing as equivalent).It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.Kelly is partially right, partially exaggerating and partially wrong.
https://x.com/CaptMarkKelly/status/2031072074114949516
We haven't got an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s (or even 2022) and Iran's military and power projection has taken another hammering.
I like Kelly, but I don't think he's quite good enough to be the Democratic nominee in 2028.
Nigelb
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Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
If Trump calls this done and they still haven't secured the HEU then it's almost guaranteed there will be more fighting to come.Both sides will know the deal isn't worth the paper it will be written on, but the aim for both sides is to buy some time.I don't think Trump just walking away declaring victory will cut it. There is has to be some kind of deal with the Iranians otherwise everyone will expect hostilities to keep going.But if Trump wants some symbolic victory and Iran wants to stop being bombed, it's probably not going to be difficult to cobble something together, I'd guess. Resurrect the Obama deal, but cross out "Obama" and put "Trump".
glw
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