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Trump says Iran agreed to give up nuclear weapons in peace talks - and says mullahs gave the US 'a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15675749/trump-iran-nukes-peace-push-jd-vance-marco-rubio.html

Have Iran bunged him a solid gold throne or something?

Or Trump is bullshitting?

You would have to be incredibly stupid to believe anything that comes out of Trump's mouth. He's being proved a liar on a daily daily basi. Sad thing is most of the MAGAs are too thick to see it and unfortunately that is what counts most and why I don't think we can ever trust the US again even after Trump has gone.

The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter

IRAN ON POTENTIAL US GROUND INVASION:

"For years, we have been awaiting the Americans' entry. We have just one message for the American soldiers: Come closer."

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2036554648501563899

Trump's options (capitulate and pretend it's a win, or escalate and hope for the best) aren't great ones.

The latest I see in the FT is Iran is looking to permit more ships to pass, so long as they pay a tax / protection money to Iran. And pay in Yuan.

It's quite a clever move if it results in shipping increasing. Would defacto make them owners of the Strait. And gives them the ability to exert influence over GCC as a result.

If he plays his cards right Trump can maybe extricate himself with something close to the Obama deal.

Apparently the Supreme Court is eying up prohibiting counting of mail in ballots that arrive after election day? To be fair, regardless of whether it is lawful (I doubt the court care much about that vs what they personally prefer to be the case, pro or anti), it does feel like an odd practice. Does anywhere else do it?

I don’t think so but what the GOP really want is to get rid of mail in and early voting so all voting on just Tuesday election day.

Effectively it’s impossible in urban areas to do that . This case is a pre-cursor to more that will follow in an attempt to steal future elections.

I think there would need to be a massive increase in polling stations, even if they are the same elector numbers as the UK?

The big problem is urban areas in GOP led states. They will ensure there aren’t enough polling stations , long queues so people give up and go home. This is why early and mail in voting is crucial.

Striking that it's Conservative supporters who have swung to more anti than those pesky socialists.

A "fool me once/twice/thrice" effect? And not good for Lady Kemi of Badenochshire.

Badenoch, not Badenochshire. As in Wolf of Badenoch, only significant settlement, the much mispronounced Kingussie. Come to think of it, Badenoch is also mispronounced in the wrong circles.

I was listening to The Rest is History this week and found out that for the last 50 or so years I had been pronouncing Auchinleck incorrectly.

How should I have been pronouncing it?

I’ve been pronouncing it the way Lord Olivier pronounced it on The World At War.

Apparently it is pronounced Affleck. I did go and check online afterwards and found this was the case. I am assuming of course that TRIH are correct.

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

Auchinleck (/ˈæflɛk/ AF-lek; Scots: Affleck [ˈaflɛk] )

What are the chances?

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036460110579450052

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year

Pretty high, I’ve mentioned on here friends have had their phones/tablets/watches stolen and they’ve gone to the police saying that FindMyLocation says their device(s) is/are at this property and the Rozzers say, nah, cannot be bothered, here’s your crime reference number and claim on your insurance.

Yeah, but are they reporting stolen a government phone?

Was it a government phone or his personal phone?

Sorry, should have included: "The theft of the work device..."

Ta, I should be surprised at the police in this instance but I am not.

Dan Hodges makes another point:

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/2036469140571988163

@DPJHodges
We were specifically told by Steve Reed on Sunday the theft pre-dated the issues relating to Mandelson. I’m going to say it again. This is a blatant cover-up. And Ministers - from the Prime Minister down - are openly lying about it.

https://x.com/singharj/status/2036466148946976932

@singharj
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......

Lol. Absolute roasting liars

99.8% of the general public don't give a bat shit about Mandelson

The Tories and wankers like Hodges are effectively talking to themselves.

After all no Tory ever lost a phone, deleted an email or what's app, god forbid they could even lose a Foreign Secretary in Italy for 12 hours and find him drink on a bench in a railway station.

If Badenoch is stupid enough to raise this at Pmq she is even more irrelevant than most voters think.

Not a good day for the Tories, outgoing Mel Stride beasted by Rachel and poor old Claire Coutinho showing all the political skills of an illiterate 5 year old who has asked AI what happens in the North Sea.

Excruciating

You really are deluded sometimes

I agreed with @Brixian59 twice in one day recently. It was …unnerving.