I don't think that's quite right. There were moves to gear up imports significantly some time ago, but I think tax changes to remove at the budget the loopholes the last Conservative Govern… (View Post)

There's a similar, but Tolkien, thing with Peter Thiel's (the one who created JD Vance, who believes and has argued for autocracy over democracy) companies: Palantir Technologies Valar Vent… (View Post)

That's interesting - a term I'm experimenting with for the behaviour Trump's supporters who know better but follow the line, such as Marco Rubio - is "performative conformity"… (View Post)

Good morning everyone. That's the one. It's not acceptable that Russia should have a veto on what sovereign countries do on their own territory, and imo that is a principle to be asserted -… (View Post)

I think he's missed a few points out there, which make the behaviour of the authorities even more dangerous: 1 - AIUI he is being described as having displayed Hamas symbols, which is alleged to… (View Post)