Trump says he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced yesterday to 15%.
He's just a really shit version of King Lear at this point.
I just hope he lives long enough to understand the utter disgrace that is coming for him. Not just shouting at the storm, but knowing that everything he ever did was disastrous and the utter contempt that his very name will invoke for every future generation. That his family will lose every penny he and they have grifted and knowing that they will live in ignominy forever. That the name of very name of Trump will be a limitless shame.
I also hope his young victims get the closure they deserve too. I note more and more people are pointing out some of the more lurid allegations contained in the files, with a view that a criminal investigation should now be reopened. After the interrogation of AMW, the Americans may be shamed into addressing these monstrous crimes. About time too.
He's too stupid, too lacking in self awareness and too egotistical to ever have that revelation. But yes, many will curse his name once he's gone, especially MAGA once they realise they've been totally duped.
What is the substance of the supreme court's ruling? If it is that Trump cannot raise tariffs, why has he been allowed to raise them thus far? If it's that he's sort of allowed but NOT THAT MUCH, that doesn't strike me as very legal.
Isn't the point that anyone can do illegal things? It's just that the state has the right to punish you if you do.
Quite what sanction the American state can apply to Team Trump (if any) isn't entirely clear.
Trump has the Army, the supreme court or congress don't.
Much more important he has control of the executive which makes his word law until the court says it isn't. Which can take an unfathomably long time. It is very likely that his new tariffs are also unlawful and use a statute that was designed for other circumstances where there is a contingency that has not been met but it is probable that these tariffs will have expired before that gets ruled upon. And by then he will be on to the next piece of nonsense.
No it does not "make his word law".
He can order federal agencies to do stuff, but his word has no effect as law unless given such power by the Constitution or Congress.
You're a lawyer David, for heavens sake.
Just look at the tariffs. He said he had the right to make them. They were in force and something like $127bn was paid under those rules before Friday when the SC said he did not have that power. So, in what way was his word not law until the court said otherwise? It was enforced by executive agencies. They were paid. And now they will probably have to be paid back.
Look how much other nonsense the USSC has let pass by on an interim basis pending a final decision. That is the scandal. In this country and in most working democracies attached to the rule of law much of Trump's nonsense would be stopped by interim orders until it was found to be lawful. In the US the way their Constitution works is the opposite and far, far too much leeway is given to the executive, at least when a Republican is in office. I stand by my summary.
Even the narcissist himself did not claim to be making law when he set the tariffs, but to have been making a legitimate order under an existing law.
There has always existed a "presumption of regularity" for the actions of the executive under the laws of the nation. It's a mark of a functioning democracy that the executive doesn't ride roughshod over that presumption.
Trump and those around him have managed to put all of that into question, in a very short space of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_regularity ..In the United States, it generally instructs courts to presume, unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, that executive officials have “properly discharged their official duties” and that government agencies have acted with procedural regularity and with bona fide, non-pretextual reasons. In practice, the presumption can preclude discovery, limit review of the facts, and truncate cases.
In the face of extraordinary executive misconduct or malfeasance, courts may choose (explicitly or implicitly) to narrow its scope, reduce its weight, or even potentially deem the presumption more generally forfeited. This has occurred repeatedly during the administration of President Donald Trump...
Trump says he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced yesterday to 15%.
He's just a really shit version of King Lear at this point.
I just hope he lives long enough to understand the utter disgrace that is coming for him. Not just shouting at the storm, but knowing that everything he ever did was disastrous and the utter contempt that his very name will invoke for every future generation. That his family will lose every penny he and they have grifted and knowing that they will live in ignominy forever. That the name of very name of Trump will be a limitless shame.
I also hope his young victims get the closure they deserve too. I note more and more people are pointing out some of the more lurid allegations contained in the files, with a view that a criminal investigation should now be reopened. After the interrogation of AMW, the Americans may be shamed into addressing these monstrous crimes. About time too.
He's too stupid, too lacking in self awareness and too egotistical to ever have that revelation. But yes, many will curse his name once he's gone, especially MAGA once they realise they've been totally duped.
What is the substance of the supreme court's ruling? If it is that Trump cannot raise tariffs, why has he been allowed to raise them thus far? If it's that he's sort of allowed but NOT THAT MUCH, that doesn't strike me as very legal.
The substance of the ruling is that he can't claim an emergency allows him to do something when it isn't actually an emergency.
Most of what the Trump regime does is top to bottom illegal but they do it anyway: the DOGE department cuts, the ICE deportations, the extortions from law companies and universities, the renaming of the Kennedy Center. They have had hundreds of judgments against them by courts at different levels but they ignore them all. I doubt Trump's 10%, latest I heard 15%, tariff play is any more legal than the last ones.
Factually it's not true that they're ignoring all the court orders.
As a newbie, do I take this Leon character seriously or is he some weirdo and in his bedroom in a sleeveless sweater with his grandma calling him for his tea?
You're not a newbie, you're Moonrabbit. It's not remotely entertaining, please cease.
He's right above about Leon, though.
As Mike Yarwood used to say.
"This is me"
No one else
"me"
Quoting names I've never heard of is pointless, I ain't got a scooby doo who they are.
I thought you said you'd lurked here for some time before you started posting?
I can't imagine you're Heathener though. Heathener surely wasn't real.
The below the belt dig about Dan Hodges' eye made me think it was Scouse tim
Who cares who he is. All that matters is he is an ignorant twat.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
At least we should be grateful he's not a Russian.
He certainly sounds unique '“I have been a member of the Conservative party since 1978, inspired by Edward Heath,” he said.'
'Lots of interesting lots 'Tables for the fundraising party cost as much as £10,000 each, giving Tory backers the chance to bid for lots including dinner with Michael Gove, lunch with Jacob Rees-Mogg and a shooting trip with the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly.
The event reportedly raised around £220,000 for the party. A lunch with the shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, sold for £10,000 and a round of golf with David Cameron for a rate of £2,000 a hole.
The most popular lot, however, was the dinner with Badenoch, which attracted bids from a number of senior donors, according to attendees.'
As a newbie, do I take this Leon character seriously or is he some weirdo and in his bedroom in a sleeveless sweater with his grandma calling him for his tea?
You're not a newbie, you're Moonrabbit. It's not remotely entertaining, please cease.
He's right above about Leon, though.
As Mike Yarwood used to say.
"This is me"
No one else
"me"
Quoting names I've never heard of is pointless, I ain't got a scooby doo who they are.
I thought you said you'd lurked here for some time before you started posting?
I can't imagine you're Heathener though. Heathener surely wasn't real.
The below the belt dig about Dan Hodges' eye made me think it was Scouse tim
Who cares who he is. All that matters is he is an ignorant twat.
Oh dear...
Stocks and stones.
Hodges is a sanctimonious lying bully... Bullies don't like it up em.
Trump says he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced yesterday to 15%.
He's just a really shit version of King Lear at this point.
I just hope he lives long enough to understand the utter disgrace that is coming for him. Not just shouting at the storm, but knowing that everything he ever did was disastrous and the utter contempt that his very name will invoke for every future generation. That his family will lose every penny he and they have grifted and knowing that they will live in ignominy forever. That the name of very name of Trump will be a limitless shame.
I also hope his young victims get the closure they deserve too. I note more and more people are pointing out some of the more lurid allegations contained in the files, with a view that a criminal investigation should now be reopened. After the interrogation of AMW, the Americans may be shamed into addressing these monstrous crimes. About time too.
He's too stupid, too lacking in self awareness and too egotistical to ever have that revelation. But yes, many will curse his name once he's gone, especially MAGA once they realise they've been totally duped.
What is the substance of the supreme court's ruling? If it is that Trump cannot raise tariffs, why has he been allowed to raise them thus far? If it's that he's sort of allowed but NOT THAT MUCH, that doesn't strike me as very legal.
The substance of the ruling is that he can't claim an emergency allows him to do something when it isn't actually an emergency.
Most of what the Trump regime does is top to bottom illegal but they do it anyway: the DOGE department cuts, the ICE deportations, the extortions from law companies and universities, the renaming of the Kennedy Center. They have had hundreds of judgments against them by courts at different levels but they ignore them all. I doubt Trump's 10%, latest I heard 15%, tariff play is any more legal than the last ones.
Factually it's not true that they're ignoring all the court orders.
Given they don't revert their illegal policies I would say they are ignoring court orders
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Andrew may have used RAF jets to meet Epstein, Brown tells police
Telegraph reveals details of former PM’s letter containing ‘new information’ about ex-prince
Gordon Brown has demanded a police investigation into whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayer-funded jets and RAF bases to meet the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In letters sent to six police forces, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the former prime minister suggested that civil servants be questioned about Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011, including almost three years when Mr Brown was in No 10.
He has also demanded a full investigation into the trade envoy role, its cost to taxpayers, and any evidence that links Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s government work to Epstein.
Did Gordon Brown not have 3 years to make inquiries about this when he was PM? And indeed before that as Chancellor? His recent interventions have been odd, to say the least.
His strict Scottish Presbyterian household coming to the fore
I am a little puzzled as to why Andrew has been publicly humiliated (birthday etc.) for alledgedly passing on some guff he found out as a token trade envoy, whereas Mandy has not been arrested when there is clear evidence that he passed on very important and commercially sensitive information to the same person.
I was thinking the same thing, it is quite curious. Possibly it is because it is deemed more likely Andrew has committed other, much worse, crimes (indeed, it seems highly likely to me) so doing a Capone on him (even if it ends up being token) is a higher priority than Mandy even though the latter was very clearly doing the same thing from a more powerful governmental position.
I have just finished watching The Tony Blair Story; maybe the programme was supposed to provoke this reaction, but it seems so obvious that he is trying to do everything he can to balance the scales after Iraq. I wonder whether he will ever admit it
Trump says he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced yesterday to 15%.
He's just a really shit version of King Lear at this point.
I just hope he lives long enough to understand the utter disgrace that is coming for him. Not just shouting at the storm, but knowing that everything he ever did was disastrous and the utter contempt that his very name will invoke for every future generation. That his family will lose every penny he and they have grifted and knowing that they will live in ignominy forever. That the name of very name of Trump will be a limitless shame.
I also hope his young victims get the closure they deserve too. I note more and more people are pointing out some of the more lurid allegations contained in the files, with a view that a criminal investigation should now be reopened. After the interrogation of AMW, the Americans may be shamed into addressing these monstrous crimes. About time too.
He's too stupid, too lacking in self awareness and too egotistical to ever have that revelation. But yes, many will curse his name once he's gone, especially MAGA once they realise they've been totally duped.
What is the substance of the supreme court's ruling? If it is that Trump cannot raise tariffs, why has he been allowed to raise them thus far? If it's that he's sort of allowed but NOT THAT MUCH, that doesn't strike me as very legal.
Isn't the point that anyone can do illegal things? It's just that the state has the right to punish you if you do.
Quite what sanction the American state can apply to Team Trump (if any) isn't entirely clear.
Trump has the Army, the supreme court or congress don't.
Much more important he has control of the executive which makes his word law until the court says it isn't. Which can take an unfathomably long time. It is very likely that his new tariffs are also unlawful and use a statute that was designed for other circumstances where there is a contingency that has not been met but it is probable that these tariffs will have expired before that gets ruled upon. And by then he will be on to the next piece of nonsense.
I know we discussed this last night, but I still think these tariffs are [wrong but] legal under the statute. Within the limits and timeframe that the statute permits.
Yes it was designed for other circumstances, but the law is the law regardless of circumstances.
It is far from unprecedented for a law to be applied in a different way to which its drafters had intended, which is why we should be wary of giving governments powers to [ab]use.
I don't think it matters too much either way. The Supreme Court isn't going to hear a challenge to these tariffs before the 150 days is up, so the focus moves to whether Congress is going to extend them.
Reform has become the new political home for disgruntled Conservative and Labour members and voters, and Restore will become a new home for the Reform revolving door that will see a steady stream of disgruntled and disillusioned members and voters leaving who don't want to return to their form political parties.
We saw the same thing happen when Farage was leader of UKIP as people within the party came up against his less than democratic top down leadership style. Its ironic that the first two senior political casualties of Farage's leadership of the Reform party have now both gone onto form their own political parties.
"...I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates "how do we get rid of poor people as a whole" and I have an answer/ comment regarding that for you ... When can I call you today to discuss this??..."
What an absolute steaming pile of shit. How can we go from world beaters in the autumn to an indisciplined rabble a few months later. I feel that so much of it is the unnecessary kicking away. Mistakes from kicks last week and this keep putting us on the back foot - when we were playing well in the autumn we were playing a lot more running rugby and we have the runners to do it.
It’s Borthwick. A desperately average, inherently conservative coach given a pretty good crop of attacking players. So this is what you get
The more time he has to coach them, the worse it gets
Yet Borthwick was there in the Autumn and against Wales, when England were playing with flair. And it's j9t that they haven't been attempting to play with flair today. They just haven't been very good.
Fragile confidence. Popped by the Scot’s, then down again today. No plan either. And much as some will say no, both Scotland and Ireland have had their best game for a long time against England.
Nah. It’s Borthwick. He’s the rugby equivalent of Gareth Southgate but even worse
Quintessentially a loser, with pedestrian ideas. Given some great players
Southgate won most of his matches and got to the semi finals and a final of big tournaments, after Sir Alf Ramsay and Sir Bobby Robson he was the best England football manager.
Borthwick is not in Southgate's league
Borthwick got England a third place in the only World Cup he has been manager for. It’s arguable that a better manager for England football would have done better than Southgate given the players he had and their successes at club level in England and Europe.
Sven got the 'golden generation' to two quarter finals.
At football, England, to be operating at par, really oufht to be getting to the last eight. As often as not you'll get there by struggling past Panama, Algeria and Iceland. From there it's essentially a lottery whether you get beyond that: to hit par, given the size of England's footbal economy, you oufht to be getting to one final in four on average. Southgate was a poor manager but so were all the others. Sven was awful. Pick the same side every sibgle game regardless of their refusal to play well together, then bring on Phul Neville to shore up the defence with 20 minutea to go regardlesa of the same situation. But England's problem is surely the Premier League, and the dearth of English players playing at the top level.
Perhaps we also treat football as a money machine not a performance machine, and we have sold it off to whoever has money, and done fairly well on the overall sport as a business.
We have had 3 quarter finals, 1 semi, 1 last 16 and 1 group stage in 6 tournaments since 2000, which is about one level below your "par".
But we have done far better at a wider range of sports in the Olympics, where we have been in the top 10 every time, and mainly the top 4.
Reform has become the new political home for disgruntled Conservative and Labour members and voters, and Restore will become a new home for the Reform revolving door that will see a steady stream of disgruntled and disillusioned members and voters leaving who don't want to return to their form political parties.
We saw the same thing happen when Farage was leader of UKIP as people within the party came up against his less than democratic top down leadership style. Its ironic that the first two senior political casualties of Farage's leadership of the Reform party have now both gone onto form their own political parties.
There will be an ideological component to it, too. Restore Britain are aligned with the right edge of Reform. Lowe soft-pedals it to an extent, but that is where they stand - and (rereading his launch statement) their ideas are not very consistent even with themselves.
I think he will only appeal to a segment of RefUK support.
Trump says he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced yesterday to 15%.
He's just a really shit version of King Lear at this point.
I just hope he lives long enough to understand the utter disgrace that is coming for him. Not just shouting at the storm, but knowing that everything he ever did was disastrous and the utter contempt that his very name will invoke for every future generation. That his family will lose every penny he and they have grifted and knowing that they will live in ignominy forever. That the name of very name of Trump will be a limitless shame.
I also hope his young victims get the closure they deserve too. I note more and more people are pointing out some of the more lurid allegations contained in the files, with a view that a criminal investigation should now be reopened. After the interrogation of AMW, the Americans may be shamed into addressing these monstrous crimes. About time too.
He's too stupid, too lacking in self awareness and too egotistical to ever have that revelation. But yes, many will curse his name once he's gone, especially MAGA once they realise they've been totally duped.
What is the substance of the supreme court's ruling? If it is that Trump cannot raise tariffs, why has he been allowed to raise them thus far? If it's that he's sort of allowed but NOT THAT MUCH, that doesn't strike me as very legal.
The substance of the ruling is that he can't claim an emergency allows him to do something when it isn't actually an emergency.
Most of what the Trump regime does is top to bottom illegal but they do it anyway: the DOGE department cuts, the ICE deportations, the extortions from law companies and universities, the renaming of the Kennedy Center. They have had hundreds of judgments against them by courts at different levels but they ignore them all. I doubt Trump's 10%, latest I heard 15%, tariff play is any more legal than the last ones.
Factually it's not true that they're ignoring all the court orders.
I think we need to distinguish a little here between the Supreme Court and other courts - there are hundreds of Court Orders in lower courts, and one Judge recently listed 96 Court Orders that ICE had disobeyed in the single month of January 2026. The client Department simply refuses to do what its lawyers say.
Things are very slowly getting a bit tougher and last week a DOJ lawyer was found in Contempt by a Minnesota Judge. It won't have much impact imo until Bondi herself is put in prison for a period for Contempt; they are lawless and proud.
In the compliant Supreme Court there have only been 3 or 4 rulings against Trump, and he has won 20 cases. But almost all of them (not the Tariff one) have been Emergency cases without full argument. Many of the 20 were to allow Trump to continue his policies rather than halt whilst lower courts investigated.
The SCOTUS rulings he lost were on illegal deportation of 200 to El Salvador, Federalisation of the National Guard, stopping Trump halting $65m of Education Funding in California, and the current Tariff ruling.
I do not think he has broken SCOTUS rulings. Details:
At least we should be grateful he's not a Russian.
He certainly sounds unique '“I have been a member of the Conservative party since 1978, inspired by Edward Heath,” he said.'
'Lots of interesting lots 'Tables for the fundraising party cost as much as £10,000 each, giving Tory backers the chance to bid for lots including dinner with Michael Gove, lunch with Jacob Rees-Mogg and a shooting trip with the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly.
The event reportedly raised around £220,000 for the party. A lunch with the shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, sold for £10,000 and a round of golf with David Cameron for a rate of £2,000 a hole.
The most popular lot, however, was the dinner with Badenoch, which attracted bids from a number of senior donors, according to attendees.'
What an absolute steaming pile of shit. How can we go from world beaters in the autumn to an indisciplined rabble a few months later. I feel that so much of it is the unnecessary kicking away. Mistakes from kicks last week and this keep putting us on the back foot - when we were playing well in the autumn we were playing a lot more running rugby and we have the runners to do it.
It’s Borthwick. A desperately average, inherently conservative coach given a pretty good crop of attacking players. So this is what you get
The more time he has to coach them, the worse it gets
Yet Borthwick was there in the Autumn and against Wales, when England were playing with flair. And it's j9t that they haven't been attempting to play with flair today. They just haven't been very good.
Fragile confidence. Popped by the Scot’s, then down again today. No plan either. And much as some will say no, both Scotland and Ireland have had their best game for a long time against England.
Nah. It’s Borthwick. He’s the rugby equivalent of Gareth Southgate but even worse
Quintessentially a loser, with pedestrian ideas. Given some great players
Southgate won most of his matches and got to the semi finals and a final of big tournaments, after Sir Alf Ramsay and Sir Bobby Robson he was the best England football manager.
Borthwick is not in Southgate's league
Borthwick got England a third place in the only World Cup he has been manager for. It’s arguable that a better manager for England football would have done better than Southgate given the players he had and their successes at club level in England and Europe.
Sven got the 'golden generation' to two quarter finals.
At football, England, to be operating at par, really oufht to be getting to the last eight. As often as not you'll get there by struggling past Panama, Algeria and Iceland. From there it's essentially a lottery whether you get beyond that: to hit par, given the size of England's footbal economy, you oufht to be getting to one final in four on average. Southgate was a poor manager but so were all the others. Sven was awful. Pick the same side every sibgle game regardless of their refusal to play well together, then bring on Phul Neville to shore up the defence with 20 minutea to go regardlesa of the same situation. But England's problem is surely the Premier League, and the dearth of English players playing at the top level.
Perhaps we also treat football as a money machine not a performance machine, and we have sold it off to whoever has money, and done fairly well on the overall sport as a business.
We have had 3 quarter finals, 1 semi, 1 last 16 and 1 group stage in 6 tournaments since 2000, which is about one level below your "par".
But we have done far better at a wider range of sports in the Olympics, where we have been in the top 10 every time, and mainly the top 4.
Given the choice, I take Olympics over football.
Agree about the PL
Ironic that England's only world class players play in German and Spanish Leagues.
Couple of years back. Mark Wahlberg and Gwen Stefani do it conspicuously. It's an outward sign of faith.
In a Red Dwarf remake ?
It’s a pretty modern contrivance surely
Ash crosses are a pretty old tradition. The Church of England's service book puts it back in the middle ages.
Keeping them on after the service (e.g. when on telly), rather than washing them off when nobody is looking feels more recent. Wonder if it's a response to other religions having visible symbols.
Not totally sure I like it.
It is called the Imposition of Ashes, and is practised across denominations, including Methodist. In the CofE it would be less the Evangelical wing, unless they are Evangelicals who have deliberately sought to re-engage with their traditions (a lot have, especially amongst charismatics).
Background is Old Testament accounts of "sackcloth and Ashes" for repentance. Here, it was a medieval tradition that was stopped by Cranmer, and recovered later.
I think in some places the ashes are from burning the previous year's palm crosses (remember those?).
PBers may also recall from history lessons that after he had Thomas Becket murdered, King Henry II as penance walked through Canterbury in sackcloth and ashes.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
At least we should be grateful he's not a Russian.
He certainly sounds unique '“I have been a member of the Conservative party since 1978, inspired by Edward Heath,” he said.'
'Lots of interesting lots 'Tables for the fundraising party cost as much as £10,000 each, giving Tory backers the chance to bid for lots including dinner with Michael Gove, lunch with Jacob Rees-Mogg and a shooting trip with the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly.
The event reportedly raised around £220,000 for the party. A lunch with the shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, sold for £10,000 and a round of golf with David Cameron for a rate of £2,000 a hole.
The most popular lot, however, was the dinner with Badenoch, which attracted bids from a number of senior donors, according to attendees.'
Hamilton stopped on-track but this was due to them just testing what would happen, apparently, when fuel ran out. Turns out the car doesn’t go any more.
Andrew may have used RAF jets to meet Epstein, Brown tells police
Telegraph reveals details of former PM’s letter containing ‘new information’ about ex-prince
Gordon Brown has demanded a police investigation into whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayer-funded jets and RAF bases to meet the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In letters sent to six police forces, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the former prime minister suggested that civil servants be questioned about Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011, including almost three years when Mr Brown was in No 10.
He has also demanded a full investigation into the trade envoy role, its cost to taxpayers, and any evidence that links Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s government work to Epstein.
Did Gordon Brown not have 3 years to make inquiries about this when he was PM? And indeed before that as Chancellor? His recent interventions have been odd, to say the least.
His strict Scottish Presbyterian household coming to the fore
I am a little puzzled as to why Andrew has been publicly humiliated (birthday etc.) for alledgedly passing on some guff he found out as a token trade envoy, whereas Mandy has not been arrested when there is clear evidence that he passed on very important and commercially sensitive information to the same person.
I was thinking the same thing, it is quite curious. Possibly it is because it is deemed more likely Andrew has committed other, much worse, crimes (indeed, it seems highly likely to me) so doing a Capone on him (even if it ends up being token) is a higher priority than Mandy even though the latter was very clearly doing the same thing from a more powerful governmental position.
With Gordon Browns intervention too attacking Andrew it’s all very much attacking one so we forget about the other. I doubt there is any will in this govt to push anything into investigating Mandelson quickly.
Allegations against Mandelson are far worse but Labour seem curiously silent on those.
At least we should be grateful he's not a Russian.
Big breaking story. Odd wet Tory with a liking for the Chagos surrender deal with its 12 ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATIONS and a hatred of Kemi Badenoch combined with a frankly perverted desire to install James Cleverley (sic) as Tory leader decides to reinvent themself as a Labour troll (who possesses all the same views) to continue the PB campaign.
I actually understand your thinking because as soon as posted my research about 11 rounds of constructive Conservative Mauritius negotiations over 2 years, I too noticed Brix was often repeating it. I believe it’s true and Kemi front bench being dishonest as shit scared what Farage will do to them, I think it’s absolute impossible for Labour to have negotiated it in just 8 weeks. You should really agree with me on that, as you are an intelligent thinker. But no, I barely have time for one PB avatar let alone add zillions of Brix posts everyday too, and more than one on a forum at once doesn’t in spirit of game either. i am right in the middle of a very busy weekend, my mum and dad have gone on holiday!
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
You miss the greater scar on his political journey. He was a former Lib Dem. Allegedly flouncing when not selected for a parliamentary seat they had a chance of winning.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
You miss the greater scar on his political journey. He was a former Lib Dem. Allegedly flouncing when not selected for a parliamentary seat they had a chance of winning.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
It wasn't a power grab. Polanski won the Green leadership by a landslide 84% of the vote.
You may well not like him, but he has reinvigorated the party to the point that it is unremarkable to see it in second or third place in the polling.
I can see why Labour and Reform would each be worried by being beaten in Gorton and Denton. Reform in particular as being not Lab/Con is a major driver of their vote, and there's a new kid in town that makes Reform look as stale and sticky as a 'spoons carpet on the morning after.
Matthew Syed in The Times on his two day visit to Gorton and Denton
A constituency where people feel they’ve been left behind, with some justification. Makes some interesting points. It’s certainly a Britain that most people here, with their rather privileged lifestyles, will never have encountered and show little empathy for.
The sad thing is after Friday all of the media, main parties and the whole circus will go back to not giving a fuck about the place and the people who live in it.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
You miss the greater scar on his political journey. He was a former Lib Dem. Allegedly flouncing when not selected for a parliamentary seat they had a chance of winning.
wowsers!
Indeed. It’s a shocker. Almost as embarrassing as being a Villa fan.
I have just finished watching The Tony Blair Story; maybe the programme was supposed to provoke this reaction, but it seems so obvious that he is trying to do everything he can to balance the scales after Iraq. I wonder whether he will ever admit it
It's tragic really. I still don't really understand why he did it. I am no great genius but it was so obvious to me at the time that Iraq was a terrible mistake. I think he had his head turned by America.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
It wasn't a power grab. Polanski won the Green leadership by a landslide 84% of the vote.
You may well not like him, but he has reinvigorated the party to the point that it is unremarkable to see it in second or third place in the polling.
I can see why Labour and Reform would each be worried by being beaten in Gorton and Denton. Reform in particular as being not Lab/Con is a major driver of their vote, and there's a new kid in town that makes Reform look as stale and sticky as a 'spoons carpet on the morning after.
I think that’s wish fulfilment on your part as you’re sympathetic to him and not Reform.
The Greens are the left wing Reform. None of the Above. They peel votes to the left as Reform do to the right. The Greens and Reform are targetting different voters and both are becoming more slick at it. Had Your Party not been a complete car crash it would have been them.
Labour finally seems to be cottoning onto the Green threat too and attacking them rather than seeing them as friendly rivals. They’re wise to. The Greens could batter them in several parts of London.
Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb · 19m Labour and Reform are both shitting themselves. The attacks are getting increasingly desperate. Their data must be showing the Greens are miles ahead
Yes because someone with 'Vote Green' on their twitter profile is clearly an objective observer, I mean really!!! https://x.com/mattzarb
Maybe it is even true, but 'they are scared of us, so they are attacking us' is such an obvious and overplayed cliche I don't know how any political operator uses it with a straight face.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
Who is "us"
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
It wasn't a power grab. Polanski won the Green leadership by a landslide 84% of the vote.
You may well not like him, but he has reinvigorated the party to the point that it is unremarkable to see it in second or third place in the polling.
I can see why Labour and Reform would each be worried by being beaten in Gorton and Denton. Reform in particular as being not Lab/Con is a major driver of their vote, and there's a new kid in town that makes Reform look as stale and sticky as a 'spoons carpet on the morning after.
I think that’s wish fulfilment on your part as you’re sympathetic to him and not Reform.
The Greens are the left wing Reform. None of the Above. They peel votes to the left as Reform do to the right. The Greens and Reform are targetting different voters and both are becoming more slick at it. Had Your Party not been a complete car crash it would have been them.
Labour finally seems to be cottoning onto the Green threat too and attacking them rather than seeing them as friendly rivals. They’re wise to. The Greens could batter them in several parts of London.
A lot of the Reform vote is left wing. Thats the problem for theitr posho leadership. Apart from disliking immigrants the Reform leadership and voters have little in common.
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In the face of extraordinary executive misconduct or malfeasance, courts may choose (explicitly or implicitly) to narrow its scope, reduce its weight, or even potentially deem the presumption more generally forfeited. This has occurred repeatedly during the administration of President Donald Trump...
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'Lots of interesting lots 'Tables for the fundraising party cost as much as £10,000 each, giving Tory backers the chance to bid for lots including dinner with Michael Gove, lunch with Jacob Rees-Mogg and a shooting trip with the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly.
The event reportedly raised around £220,000 for the party. A lunch with the shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, sold for £10,000 and a round of golf with David Cameron for a rate of £2,000 a hole.
The most popular lot, however, was the dinner with Badenoch, which attracted bids from a number of senior donors, according to attendees.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/21/donor-suspended-from-tories-pays-50000-for-dinner-with-kemi-badenoch
Stocks and stones.
Hodges is a sanctimonious lying bully... Bullies don't like it up em.
Sure, politicians attack other politicians they are scared of, but they attack plenty of other politicians too.
We saw the same thing happen when Farage was leader of UKIP as people within the party came up against his less than democratic top down leadership style. Its ironic that the first two senior political casualties of Farage's leadership of the Reform party have now both gone onto form their own political parties.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet 9/EFTA01157206.pdf
We have had 3 quarter finals, 1 semi, 1 last 16 and 1 group stage in 6 tournaments since 2000, which is about one level below your "par".
But we have done far better at a wider range of sports in the Olympics, where we have been in the top 10 every time, and mainly the top 4.
Given the choice, I take Olympics over football.
I think he will only appeal to a segment of RefUK support.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-judges-court-order-violations-minnesota-b2910532.html
Things are very slowly getting a bit tougher and last week a DOJ lawyer was found in Contempt by a Minnesota Judge. It won't have much impact imo until Bondi herself is put in prison for a period for Contempt; they are lawless and proud.
In the compliant Supreme Court there have only been 3 or 4 rulings against Trump, and he has won 20 cases. But almost all of them (not the Tariff one) have been Emergency cases without full argument. Many of the 20 were to allow Trump to continue his policies rather than halt whilst lower courts investigated.
The SCOTUS rulings he lost were on illegal deportation of 200 to El Salvador, Federalisation of the National Guard, stopping Trump halting $65m of Education Funding in California, and the current Tariff ruling.
I do not think he has broken SCOTUS rulings. Details:
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/looking-back-at-2025-the-supreme-court-and-the-trump-administration/
Ironic that England's only world class players play in German and Spanish Leagues.
Background is Old Testament accounts of "sackcloth and Ashes" for repentance. Here, it was a medieval tradition that was stopped by Cranmer, and recovered later.
I think in some places the ashes are from burning the previous year's palm crosses (remember those?).
PBers may also recall from history lessons that after he had Thomas Becket murdered, King Henry II as penance walked through Canterbury in sackcloth and ashes.
Members of the actual Green Party or Members of the Polanski Cult?
Because it does appear that in terms of profile and policy the two are distant bedfellows.
It is the most blatant power grab since Hitler labelled himself a "socialist"
A paid up Communist has delivered a cop d'etat of the UK environmental and ecological Party in front of our very eyes whilst Sultana and Corby provided a comedy shield par excellence
The usual Tory farce.
Money buying power. Divorce from reality.
F1: predictions, with a lot of fence-sitting:
https://medium.com/@rkilner/f1-2026-predictions-f23011bc5a4c
Hamilton stopped on-track but this was due to them just testing what would happen, apparently, when fuel ran out. Turns out the car doesn’t go any more.
Allegations against Mandelson are far worse but Labour seem curiously silent on those.
But no, I barely have time for one PB avatar let alone add zillions of Brix posts everyday too, and more than one on a forum at once doesn’t in spirit of game either.
i am right in the middle of a very busy weekend, my mum and dad have gone on holiday!
Brixian59 goes tonto.
You may well not like him, but he has reinvigorated the party to the point that it is unremarkable to see it in second or third place in the polling.
I can see why Labour and Reform would each be worried by being beaten in Gorton and Denton. Reform in particular as being not Lab/Con is a major driver of their vote, and there's a new kid in town that makes Reform look as stale and sticky as a 'spoons carpet on the morning after.
The Original New Timbral Orchestra
(ground breaking Malcolm Cecil)
A constituency where people feel they’ve been left behind, with some justification. Makes some interesting points. It’s certainly a Britain that most people here, with their rather privileged lifestyles, will never have encountered and show little empathy for.
The sad thing is after Friday all of the media, main parties and the whole circus will go back to not giving a fuck about the place and the people who live in it.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/gorton-and-denton-by-election-voters-bchxktv60
The Greens are the left wing Reform. None of the Above. They peel votes to the left as Reform do to the right. The Greens and Reform are targetting different voters and both are becoming more slick at it. Had Your Party not been a complete car crash it would have been them.
Labour finally seems to be cottoning onto the Green threat too and attacking them rather than seeing them as friendly rivals. They’re wise to. The Greens could batter them in several parts of London.