Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
?/ 70% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Trump, while also tending to see the Tories as being in favour of the US presidentReform UK: 70% see as pro-Trump / 2% anti-TrumpConservatives: 35% / 13%Labour: 21% / 36%Lib Dems: 3% / 48%Greens: 1% / 56%yougov.com/en-gb/articl…
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Maybe the fact he got blanked by the Mango Mussolini redeems him.
Cosying up is not a good look.
However, there needs to be a way to talk about policy and ideas that do align with him without going all TDS
Max Verstappen is going to be driving for Mercedes this year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/articles/cr5lj3lg857o
Or is he too tied to the brand?
I agree with German Chancellor Merz that the fall of the Iranian regime is required. Is Merz off his head?
If Trump TACOs out then I will oppose that and not be too surprised. Hopefully Bibi prevents him from reverting to form and TACOing out.
I would be utterly delighted to see the GOP trashed at the midterms.
On a Venn diagram I am in the intersection of "despises Trump" and "supports this war".
Sigh
Nah, we have already seen Tice Reform and its 3 council seats in 2024........
The selection of council by-elections has been fairly non-metropolitan but with 2 or 3 posh wards - but overall doesn't strike me as radically unrepresentative.
Definitely another straw in the wind that they could be off their recent peak.
Is KK joining Reform
However, a bit of a downside, while UK and Norway have produced similar total volumes of oil and gas over the years, their financial outcomes differ by quite a bit. In 2018, for example, Norway generated roughly 34 times more oil tax revenue than the UK. It varies year to year, but UK had only been making about 3 or 4 billion recently. The reason why it’s hot political argument is if we do nothing, no new “drilling” government income drops to only about £300M by the end of this decade. But, the reason it’s not a cut and dried argument to drill, even if we do what Farage and Kemi demand, it will only bring in an extra £1.5B a year, this is because of all the tax breaks required in order to to make it happen. In fact some economists argue it won’t even make extra revenue for UK, but a loss.
Hope this helps give some sort of answer to that question.
Suggestions that the enemy is now out of ammunition.
https://x.com/modgovae/status/2030974755776635328
I agree with every word the German Chancellor says here, is he being performatively truculent too?
Friedrich Merz has called for a speedy change of government in Iran, saying: "The sooner the mullah regime stops, the sooner this war will be over."
The German chancellor says: "Iran is the centre of international terrorism and this centre must be shut down and the Americans and Israelis are doing that in their own way."
He also says the war could have "repercussions" on the German economy, the largest in Europe, and says his government is "doing everything we can to increase our independence in energy policy".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz0g2yg3579t?post=asset:47aaaca9-756c-49d4-8a2b-f2b9b7aeb7cb#post
Nowhere near 2025s performamce imo
I would just say Norway is fortunate to have so much hydro power
I have said consistently I have zero faith in Trump and would not be surprised, merely annoyed, if he were to TACO before the job is done.
I have said consistently I do not support Trump.
Believing the Mullahs should be defeated and believing in Trump are two completely different things. I have no faith, or support, in Trump.
I would have more faith if this were a war being launched by practically any other POTUS ever . . . And with the support of the UK and other allies who could push for the right agenda to be followed.
However that is not the case and we are where we are.
And the war I would prefer is not an option, so a reckless Trump initiated war or no war at all . . . Well sadly the former is all that is available to us to see the removal of the Mullahs being even a possibility.
Reform have averaged 27.2%, in local by-elections since May 2025. I don’t consider a fall to 26.8% since 1st January to be statistically significant. Last Thursday, they averaged 29% across five contests.
I’d be a lot more sanguine if this war was being directed by Obama or Biden, or Bush senior.
Quite sobering thinking they had been out over Europe dropping huge loads of bombs.
After the brandy, our team graciously conceded the border could be where Norway had proposed.
What they gave up was where most of the Norwegian fields were discovered.
To think of the NHS we could have had...
...higher than it was at the end of January.
It was the only language Milsoevic and the Serbs (eventually) understood.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/live-q-a-iran-trump-and-no-d-ck-energy/id1640878689?i=1000753650671
His stupidity, criminal cupidity and racist narcissism combined with an attention span of a fly - all things you can bet on. He is incredibly reliable by that metric.
In such a technological age, it’s not too difficult to see through the fog of war on these things - hence the US knew it had killed all the schoolgirls in that one attack… until Trump claimed it was Iran what done it.
Bottom line, you wrre not just calling HY naive, Saudi Arabia and Oman and Turkey were at the time in exactly same place as Starmer’s Defensive Only, And Head of UK Military was asked the question at weekend if he is sure US are sticking to it, and he answered yes, 100%.
specific mission departing receives approval to ensure it aligns with the agreed "defensive" mandate. It’s then monitored in numerous ways.
* Intelligence and Surveillance (ISR): Host nations use their own intelligence assets to monitor the types of aircraft, munitions, and flight plans of U.S. forces leaving their bases.
* Air Traffic Control (ATC): Host country military personnel in control towers can track the flight paths and destinations of aircraft to ensure they are not heading for unauthorized targets.
* Operational Liaison Officers: Joint operations centers often feature liaison officers from the host nation who monitor real-time operations and verify that they comply with the agreed restrictions.
Why cheat and wind up relations even more. There’s got to be a long list and lots of work on defensive targets - missile infrastructure that threatens regional allies - to get through anyway?
They really arn’t that naive. And stop calling them Shirley.
https://x.com/i/status/2031053634344018151
Much of Iran's radar coverage will have been lost. Easier to target large immoveable hydrocarbon facilities in Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi than moving vessels. The Patriot batteries should have been in place protecting these before the first strikes.
More examples of piss-poor planning.
I’ll be back tomorrow. I’m really busy. I’m going to distribute some new lick blocks before it’s too dark in the field's.
(Golf in Dubai - bloody big bunkers!)
Farage has certainly not been shooting off “beyond the pale” things like Kemi has.
If the Tory’s are going backwards in the polls, this is why >
Thats extinction level
Thats eye watering.
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2031054362127061428?s=61
I get that US/Israel have bombed Iran (and will keep bombing it) in such a way that it is less likely to pose a traditional military threat in the region. That is a positive. But, not sure that will put them off from other asymmetric activity in the future.
So I just cannot see the point in all this blood and treasure being spilt. I just can’t decide whether this is going to end up more like Syria (same b@stards in charge but weaker) or Libya (different competing b@stards in charge)
As odd as Venezuela was - arrest Maduro but leave the VP in charge - at least you can see some sort of point (if you squinted and believed the VP was somehow different from Maduro). In addition, it hit Cuba (and Russia, and China). I cannot get my head around the Iran adventure yet.
Russian billionaire’s counsel fires back following Government’s ultimatum in December to ‘pay up now’ or face court
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/09/abramovich-lawyers-ready-fight-starmer-for-chelsea-money/
What a tragic loss. and even worse if Glasgow is now obliged to endure some modernist piece of shite
The city council must be FORCED to rebuild it, as it was, brick by brick
More generally, it's another reminder that Kemi B has terrible judgement and is hopelessly X-brained.
However, anybody sane must want it to stop and hopefully the middle east states will broker a deal
Apparently the US is the least affected nation due to its unlimited natural resources
Bruno Maçães
@MacaesBruno
The US abandoned Ukraine, insulted every European country, threatened to invade Spain and Greenland. In return Europe offered to help America’s mad war and mitigate its consequences. We are clearly insane
https://x.com/MacaesBruno/status/2031043343640076451
If Netanyahu wants the Islamic Regime to survive then he is an even bigger fool than I already thought he was.
I hope that report is wrong.
Which of course he’s already done !
Personally, I'd make architects and planners rebuild every single town they devastated from 1950-1990. With their bare hands. For no money. And if they are dead, make their kids do it. And their kids. And their kids, Unto the 9th generation. Also anyone leftwing
Not a smart move I'd have thought
Merz is correct int he what
This is not the how
Didn't Lewis Goodall used to post here?
Iran threatenes us all
We took steps from January, weeks before this action began to reposition typhoons, F35s, drone teams, radar and defence in the region
We do not work alone, but we are leading and co-ordinating our response with our NATO allies and partners including the US other nations and the Gulf States
But so far all that has done is keep them to the late 20s and early 30s. Can it push them further? IDK, a lot of people really want to vote for someone other than Labour or Tory. Who else if the Greens are not appealing?
The LDs? Never heard of them, but also not really viable for someone wanting something 'non-establishment'.
Footage of a United Arab Emirates Air Force F-16E engaging an Iranian attack drone at low level over Al Mamzar Beach in Dubai.