Ancient Mariner Aged heavy helicopter pilot Long ago company director Avid Europhile Centre left politics Philosophy and Hispanic studies. Despairing of the world’s most powerful country and person.
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Wow, I gave it until Friday. Bad judgement in the first place but maybe the PM has been told to grow a pair.
Me too. I question the direction to half-mast the flags for Kirk only in the context of the hundreds of killings in USA that go unrecognised.
Has there ever been such phony, thick, bigoted, corrupt, partisan president? National flags at half mast for a social media ‘influencer’. What about all the other victims of US gun law and bile?
Fear you’re right.
So, the skids are under him, then…?
Large proportion of the buses in Faro 100% electric. Cool.
So, the man-child desperate for a Nobel Peace Prize, has renamed the Department of Defence as the Department of War……. Sheesh…….
Pleased to see this by Lib Dems. Years of disproportionate coverage of Farage, out of skew of Reform’s electoral representation has ignored other political voices. 72 MPs should warrant proportionate coverage. Farage is over-platformed & over-amplified Sign the petition here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
The older I get, the more depressed I get about the way this country is going. Even Labour is regurgitating Trump bile.
Richard Shindell. Probably the best US folk singer/writer of our time
youtube.com/live/3ohM6mm... So good..,,
Old but still so relevant…
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Utterly crass. As is the man. Entirely.(assuming it’s not fake)
Restaurateurs in Cornwall complaining that business is down, this summer. Unsurprising. Prices are sky -high, which is understandable but, with the odd exception, quality is poor. A pity, as the service, often provided by young seasonal workers, is usually cheerful and good.
He seeks to rule by decree because he cannot govern within the law.
More than 425 arrested at rally against Palestine Action ban in London Ridiculous and shameful. Ultimately counterproductive. Which, of course is what the unusually middle-to-older aged protesters want.
Quite a brave reshuffle. A good one, I think. Brains in the right places. 🤞
Arrests made at rally against Palestine Action ban in London As many, I welcomed Labour’s round beating of the previous Tory government. Sad to read of this heavy-handed treatment of people merely carrying placards. Not blaming the police but the weirdly tone-deaf policy of a Labour government.
Duke Levine : gentle Northeaster. Cool and brilliant guitarist. We need more like him in the world
Netanyahu. You fucker. Enough. Way more than enough.
FFS. Of course she dun bad and had to go. BUT…. Consider the Mone and other grifting that went on before, is going on with Farage et al,….
All politicians take their own perspective on truth. Tice is a complete stranger to it.
Yesterday?: “Ooh, ‘ello darlin’…….
Trump to rebrand Pentagon as Department of War Remember, in the Colonel Blimp days before UK grew up a bit, the MoD was called the War Office? Small but clear indication of USA’s regression, under the T-Rump.
Seems so. But why? Early in the term and still with a big majority. Falta cojones se parece a mí…….
Terrific. It shouldn’t have to be that way but every step like this counters a little of Trump’s toxicity that is also poisoning us outside USA. The one hope is that he might (OK, thin hope) be ousted before the full term. Fair winds to all his thoughtful opponents.
My view too. We’re fucked by our own hand.
Yeah, innit?
I guess Starmer and crew, in their appeasement of the electoral right and far right are calculating that traditional Labour supporters would never transfer their vote rightwards, despite grieving. LibDem now, unlike Cameron/Clegg days, offers a good alternative home.
If you overstay your student visa, we’ll be after you….. Are bright young people who contribute, really a priority target….? Some weird decision-making going on.
My misread of yours is on me! Quits.
I must have given you a wrong impression of where I stand. Which is well to the centre left and a great supporter of the EHCR and EU. Did you actually read the post?
Dismayed that we are even talking about considering leaving the EHCR. Maybe some aspects need updating: as an influential founding member we should be leading any changes, not threatening to leave. It’s a very bad look indeed.
Beebone. ‘Parenthood.’ Nice wildlife filming. Condescending crap narrative from national treasure. Dumbed-down TV.
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The Reunion: Dreadful idea for a radio programme in the first place and Kirsty Wark is better than this. Bunch of old media luvvies who are legends in their own minds - only.
Oh…. See also Netanyahu….
Anyone with a vaguely adult intellect and an ounce of self-awareness would know how laughably (if that’s the right word) he’s been played by Putin from the beginning. The rest of the world saw it. But it’s Trump🙄
@mrsarcanum.bsky.social I am so disillusioned with ‘my’ country. It just doesn’t feel like the one I was born into and had respect for, for many years.
That bloke on C4 just now, about Cof E historical abuse. What a really bright, sound advocate for the victims of the church’s failure and worse, contrivance in the issue.
Is it no t time, as more and more electricity is generated from renewable sources, that we disconnected the arbitrary and counter-productive price ‘cap’ from the cost of expensive and damaging fossil fuel production?
Autumn. Apple, cinnamon, cake. A ménage à trois made in heaven.
Those many who say Trump is deluded, demented, senile sound like apologists for him. They may be right but underneath, he is far, far, worse than that.
Beeb just gave over half of its lunchtime flagship news programme to the vile dog-whistle politics of a party with 4MPs. Add to that the ease with which the British electorate is overestimated. We’re in real trouble
Given the excessive airtime that BBC gives to Reform, why do their nasty little men insist on shouting their vile blather over the attempts of interviewers to put reasonable questions? I think the answer is in the question.
Anyone surprised at the apparent parlous state of the hospitality industry in UK?. Not me. Eating out has become incredibly expensive but worse, the quality of offering usually represents very poor value.
You are both right. And as I approach my 80th birthday, it breaks my heart to see it.
Farage and Reform: consciously playing to the worst traits in of bigotry and exceptionalism in British society. Awful bunch.
#Dignity in Dying. Parliament doing the will of the people, eh?🙄. In a very different way “democracy” in UK is as illusory as in USA.
Damn…. There I was, looking forward to my morning shave cream shot…..
Netanyahu and his yahoos: Trump and his goons. Same playbook. Admit nothing, deny everything, argue that black is white. And repeat. Seems to work. For a while. Sadly.
So…. Now they come for a Bolton. It’s like something out of bad 1940s gangster story
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
That’s the point, isn’t it? Agree they have picked some of the wrong battles but this country has been effectively ruined since halfway through the Tory misrule. Our future is now behind us.
Welcome to our garden, you beautiful thing….
Another Shankar at The Proms this year. What a feast for the eyes and ears.
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Fellow guests: please welcome to my fantasy dinner party: Natalie Haynes. So well read, so clever, so gently funny.
“It’s not my war. It’s Joe Biden’s war….” FFS. Nursery school stuff. Relax, men. The lootenant says he knows what he’s doin’.
One gift that Trump will leave: to colleges, as a prime exemplar of Dunning-Kruger effect.
If, by any (mis)chance he gets it, it will need to be renamed the IgNobel Peace Prize
Looks like the Trump-focused made-for-TV summit was, as expected, just further appeasement of the aggressor. With the added benefit of great optics for Putin as, in the eyes of much of the world, a war criminal is red-carpeted in the most powerful country. Sickening and very dangerous.
And the Putin, who would (or could) be arrested on landing in many countries had the US res carpet rolled out for him. Emetic.
Anyone surprised? Nope. news.sky.com/story/trump-...
And we need to remember the facts: he’s a felon, a many-times bankrupt, terrible negotiator, driven only by ego and self-interest. Making the world, especially Europe, in which he once said he was uninterested, a more dangerous place.
Overnight Trump-trumpet unsubtley designed to make it all the the fault of Zelensky - who has been shut out of talks. Sickening.
Anish Kapoor once did some great work. That thing for the London Olympics though, was dire. Now, he’s just bandwagon-jumping.
There’s only one thing on the T-Rump’s mind. “How can I spin this to make me look good?”
Didn’t the Trumpwit say that Ukraine is Europe’s problem…..?
Arresting hundreds of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s for shuffling along with a placard is neither what our police want to do, nor what we pay them for. The law of unintended consequences will apply.
Timeless. The wonderful Carol Ann Duffy.
I’ve been critical of some of Starmer’s government policies but they’re making the right noises on Ukraine. For historical reasons, UK still has considerable influence in Europe on defence and world strategy. We would/ should have even more inside EU. Need to stop fannying about and REJOIN.
I know, that’s the dilemma for many. I’ll continue with LDs, while keeping an eye on them!
Pleased as I was to see Labour showing the back of that last, ghastly Tory government, this government is in danger of being on the wrong side of history w.r.t Palestine and other issues.
Netanyahu. Fuck off. Just Fuck off, you heartless fucker.
Putin has obviously been playing the not-very-clever Trump from the beginning but he doesn’t even need to. Trump’s prejudiced self-centred arrogance plays himself.
‘Ell…. Becca Stevens …. Sooooo good …….
Statistics carefully manipulated to ‘support’ his horribly discriminatory prejudices.
Immigration? Bring it on! The more it dilutes the English exceptionalism that I grew up up with, the better. The melting pot, please.
Don’t be fooled. Jenrick may come across as a slimeball. He’s way worse than that.
Pay rise for police officers “just treading water”. Well yes, that’s what annual reviews are for - to maintain the same or solar standard of living in the inflationary environment. Of course, a promotion or significant change in job content is another thing.
So good. A neighbourhood where I once briefly lived. America is better than its current showing.
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
Irony of the day: Trump, in his limited vocabulary , kindergarten whiny-voice, saying that Harris “can’t speak, she can’t talk…..”. My once-loved America: you are better than this.
And indiscriminate, disproportionate killing, including ‘body-part target of the day’ isn’t a form of terrorism being tacitly supported by the most powerful nation in the world….?
Corny, trashy, school playground ambushing of Powell on camera, with probably a fake prop. Trump is utterly pathetic
O’Leary is an annoying, publicity-seeking poser/chancer but he has a point. NATS has been starved of investment and poorly managed, for decades.
Reminded this morning how right it is that UK and France should lead the way on Palestine. with varying help/hindrance from Truman and Ben Gurion, we carved up the ME after all, poorly laying the ground for what has followed.
We’re not far away, Restronguet Creek. And you’re right.
The Brexit catastrophe. Don’t blame Farage, crooked chancer that he is - he made millions. Blame the hard-of-thinking who were duped.
Netanyahu…. Enough. Way more than enough. Just stop it. Now.
They did really well. It was a great game to watch-exciting at times. But, enough already…..
Bit harsh maybe, but the French, masters of le mot juste. Diderot an exemplar.
Surely, the Beeb isn’t taking Hogan and the wrestle-acting seriously…… ?
While they’re proscribing Pro Palestine groups, why not have a go at the WI letterbox-vandalising crochet terrorists…..😏
7 minutes of nothingness about Ozzie Osborne, the Today programme. Really?
Anyone else find the use of immigration, I.e desperate people, as a political football, as unedifying as I do?