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Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Britain is giving away 600,000 sq km of beautiful Indian Ocean - with who knows what treasures under the sea - and we are PAYING for it with insane sums we cannot afford and we are giving it to a hostile government that despises us because of judges that abhor us. And we are allowing China to menace us and our allies by doing thisChagos ok’d by TrumpThough it now becomes Trump's problem to preserve the military base there, he won't let Mauritius remove it
That’s it. My micro sympathy for Starmer has gone. He’s a repulsive traitor getting the support of an American lunatic
Fuck them all
It is beyond treachery. It is a very special species of shameful
Leon
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Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
SKS says there's no divide with Trump over Canada.Indeed.
We both think the same thing - that its ours.
Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Because it suits us not to normalise relations with our enemies.What has invading Russia got to do with it? What I am saying is why would we not quickly de-escalate and normalise trade with Russia, if America, who is the driving force behind all our major foreign policy decisions, is going to normalise their own relations with Russia. We deal with plenty of other horrible people quite happily because it suits us.We aren't invading Russia are we, we are supplying aid and weapons to Ukraine as Russia invaded them on our continentSo? Why should we continue to hold someone else's grudges if they're not even holding them any more?As we are on the same continent as he is and America aren't? The US are more focused on containing China than Russia now, militarily as well as economicallyWhy should we bother to contain him if America is no longer interested? They were the ones who made it their business to poke him in the first place (yes, I know he shouldn't have launched an illegal and bloody invasion in response), now they're busy making friends with him and Europe is supposed to still be bitter enemies and shun Russia's cheap gas in favour of the American imported variety? Ummm, why?Brutal from Trump. Watch the comment from Starmer that triggers this remark:He is right, we couldn't militarily (though economically maybe) which is why all European NATO nations and Canada must work together to contain Putin
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1895188380968730850
Trump asks Starmer if the UK could take on Russia on its own
It's as stupid as paying for another country to have a military base for the next 99 years.
Russia is our enemy because of Russia's actions, not because America opposes Russia. That's what you don't seem to grasp with your inane belief we only oppose Russia because America wants us to. Quite the opposite, we've consistently been putting what pressure on America we can to ensure they oppose Russia just like us.
Re: A Letter To The New German Chancellor – politicalbetting.com
AI generated thread-header image? Is there no escape?That's disappointing, I thought RCS had been up at his easel all night.
Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Thank you, I'm flattered.I've no idea how Starmer's meeting with Trump will go. But how about an interesting polling hypothetical. You have a choice of Starmer, Badenoch or Farage as PM to attend that meeting, today. Who would you choose?NOA
Seems fairly straightforward to me.
Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Yeah, but Trump would be like "You call that an Ark? You couldn't fit a pair of camels in there. Everyone my Ark is the biggest and the best. I've had the world's best boat designers come to me and say they don't anyone who knows how to build an Ark like I do."I've no idea how Starmer's meeting with Trump will go. But how about an interesting polling hypothetical. You have a choice of Starmer, Badenoch or Farage as PM to attend that meeting, today. Who would you choose?NOA
Seems fairly straightforward to me.
rcs1000
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Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
It wasn't. It was named after "The Blair Witch Project" in the 1990s. Clinton was a big horror fan and often had Mark Kermode over to discuss "The Exorcist". Al Gore had a similar passion for "Angel Heart", a stance which cost him Louisiana in 2000 and hence the Presidency. On such things history turns...@Stone_SkyNewsVery strange for the Americans to name a guesthouse after Tony Blair
🇺🇸🇬🇧 It seems that the union flag is flying upside down outside Blair House - the presidential guesthouse opposite the White House where PM Starmer is staying for his visit.
https://x.com/Stone_SkyNews/status/1895155785887277218
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Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
"U.S. service members who are transgender or otherwise exhibit gender dysphoria are prohibited from military service unless they obtain an exemption, according to an internal Pentagon memo.That'll give people an easy out if the USA ever needs to introduce conscription.
The memo, revealed in a court filing on Wednesday night, details the Trump administration's new policy regarding transgender individuals. The policy notes that such service members "may be considered for a waiver on a case-by-case basis, provided there is a compelling Government interest."'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-says-transgender-troops-disqualified-from-service-without-exemption
AnneJGP
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Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
Starmer is showing the limitations of irresponsible populism. He whipped up anger with rhetoric like "the Johnson variant" and pretended that all the problems could be solved by getting the Tories out instead of doing the hard graft of opposition - putting in the intellectual work to come up with fresh thinking for the challenges we face in 2025.
Re: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – politicalbetting.com
I wonder if the slight uptick in the government's ratings could be due to the obsessive focus on the train wreck unfolding across the Atlantic over the last six weeks?
A possible slogan for Starmer in 2029 - "At least I wasn't quite as dire as Trump"?
A possible slogan for Starmer in 2029 - "At least I wasn't quite as dire as Trump"?
Fishing
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