We thought Reagan was terrible, George W Bush was even worse. Surely we thought, it can’t get any worse….. Don’t think for a moment that we’ve reached the bottom. What we wouldn’t give to have George W Bush back in the White House.
6. Cripple the opposition 7. Covert election manipulation 8. Play the emergency card 9. Extend your model and influence 10. Learn and share
Dictator Checklist 1. Extend executive power 2. Repress dissent and citizen efforts to hold government accountable 3. Capture elite support and, when needed, demonize them too 4. Appeal to populism and nationalism 5. Control information at home; misinform abroad
How do you tackle that? Maybe he can legislate against the offshore billionaire owners. The same people who are in a cartel of billionaires and businesses who can’t wait for us to leave the ECHR so they can exploit us. You simply cannot use the power of reason and facts against a Reform voter.
Let’s not underestimate the depth of feeling about the asylum seekers that certain elements of society have, primarily those who facilitated the issue in the first place by voting for Brexit. But while you get your knickers in a twist about that, the work of government goes on.
Way more clever or less stupid? I’m sure there’s difference.
Then the VP will take over. Wasn’t this always the Project 2025 plan to put Vance in the White House instead of Trump?
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The choice is finding £500 a month for health insurance to receive medical care or die thus avoiding Farage’s fascist state. I’ll be honest, it’s a tough choice.
Doesn’t Arron Banks own a health insurance company?
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According to the independent today Reform are 15 points ahead of Labour. This literally scares the shit out of me. You look at the damage being done in the US and know it can happen here. What does it take to knock some sense into Reform voters?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... The wanna be Trump and there are plenty of morons out there will to vote for and to their rights. How stupid do you have to be to do that?
It would be a shame if it doesn’t come to London because it is simply jaw dropping. It is absolutely majestic. I would definitely go and see it again.
Let’s be blunt. It hands our right to politicians and billionaires for whom our hard won rights get in the way of them exploiting us. And reform voters think this is a good idea?
Fuck. I was leafing through Bluesky looking for something interesting and I stopped at Farage because I guess I enjoy self flagellation. Now I’m annoyed with myself. Ignore him. But someone needs to keep an eye on him.
Utterly disgusting. All of this in done in plain sight. The bastards no longer care because they know they’ve fixed elections and that Trump will run in 2028. Here’s hoping Barack Obama runs as well, assuming he hasn’t been exiled.
Yes. Decency. Trust. Looking after the poor, the needy, the vulnerable. "A government of the people, by the people, for the people"
And what difference do you think that will make? And bloody his rise and fall will be.
Because the media is fawning over Farage and using him as clickbait because it sells their arse-wipe rags.
Anybody in particular?
I agree that landlords should pay NI. In that you’re correct. But I don’t see why as a tenant I should pay my landlord’s NI, I’m already paying his bloody mortgage.
Everybody else has said it so I’ll just add my voice. This will get passed onto the tenants. I’m already wondering how to pay bills. I can’t pass this down the line, I’m the one who will have to pay this. Bloody Tories kicking the working class…….. sorry my mistake; bloody Labour.
Not another US shooting? Don’t give me that ‘thoughts and prayers’ bullshit. Actually do something this time.
My goodness, a politician with principles. How refreshing. Sorry Keir, I am a member of the Labour Party but I think I need to join the LibDems, they actually say what I’m thinking.
Reform political clickbait. It was anti Europe Now it’s anti immigrant. The key word in both of those statements is? Anti. Negative not positive policies. I want policies that improve my life, not policies based on hate.
Nobody had put this as succinctly as you Stella. Well done. One small point, the quote you attributed to Tony Benn I believe is actually Neal Ascherson.
He caused havoc with Brexit. Don’t let him do it again - here’s five red flags about what Farage said today. Hit share to show him we see through him.
On another note, St George’s Flag, that’s mine as well and I want it back.
I want my rights overseen and protected by 45 other countries. I will not have my rights left to the whim of a rogue government. I don’t care what persuasion that government is; red, blue, baby poo aqua, green or yellow. Those rights are mine and I’m keeping them.
I thought Cracker Barrel was a nasty mass produced cheddar. Update! Is a nasty mass produced Cheddar.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Every NATO member should now honour our joint pact and summon all US ambassadors. Let’s not fool ourselves, when it comes to military might, the US could swat its NATO allies like a fly. No law does Trump observe, and bloody his rise and fall will be.
People are too focused on the ‘immigrant problem’ that Farage uses as clickbait that they don’t see the other Reform policies that will do them harm. Under Reform:- - No human rights - No ECHR - No workers rights - No NHS - No gun restrictions - No smoking ban Who are these knuckleheads?
Who the fuck has ever called this shit gobbling moron the president of Europe?
Stopping Farage and his agenda of hate is my top political priority. We know, we bloody well know that voting for fascism does nobody any good. We know that from history. They’ve already a foot in the door, slam it shut.
I’ve been against Farage ever since he appeared on the political horizon. I detest the man and his policies of hate and inequality. There is not a single Reform policy I can get behind. Farage has fucked this country once, he must never ever be allowed to be a Trump tribute act.
A musical adaptation of anything, book, play or this case actual history is my first nomination for Room 101. There is simply no need for them.
I do stand corrected, though it looks like it’s been through a few iterations. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2022/11/no-t...
I’m also happy to stand corrected. However, whoever said it, it’s becoming more and more pertinent.
Maybe we need an international anti dictator day, we have wannabe Trumps in many countries including the UK where I live where the Reform party is copy and pasting Trump policies. But also Germany, Hungary, France, the Netherlands and many others. We need an international movement.
I cannot repeat this enough. ‘The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it’. Tony Benn Please share as much as possible.
Here in the UK we have a party that want to emulate Trump and build concentration camps - because that’s what they are! Mass deportations, repeal the Human Rights Act, leave the ECHR, remove workers rights, tax breaks for the rich privatise the NHS. And people vote for them! Beggars belief.
Categorically and emphatically NO. When Andrea Jenkins said last week that Reform would support companies to fire people en mass and re employ at lower wages it wasn’t even hiding the fact that they DO NOT support the workers. How stupid to you have to be to vote Reform?
This current trend of displaying English flags indicates an upsurge of nationalism which inevitably means that these ‘proud patriots’ are looking for scapegoats. Whoops. Wrong picture, sorry.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... ‘So long it’s been good to know ya’
I miss him as well. During my unenpightened days as a Tory I disliked his politics but admired the man. Now? I’ve swung left and admire the man and his politics. He represents the Labour Party this country needs, not this Tory lite party of Starmer. Put Burnham and Rayner in charge!
She wants a pardon and Trump wants a get out of jail card. Of course we shouldn’t believe them. She’s a convicted felon and he’s also a convicted felon. Who would be so stupid as to believe either of them?
I’ve started getting Christmas adverts in my feed. 24 August and we’re already getting Christmas stuff?
League of Gentlemen, Sand Pebbles and of course the brilliant Brighton Rock.
I’m reminded of the words of Tony Benn. ‘The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it’.
Our rights are protected by 45 other countries. I don’t want my rights protected by a UK government who can change our them on a whim. Freedom of expression and religion The right to free elections & education. Don’t the sheep saying leave the ECHR realise that it’s their rights at risk?
Absolutely. Read the wrong book at the wrong time and you’re in danger of not enjoying it.
The only crisis is ‘shit for brains’ in the White House.
I mean, what a coincidence.
Truth and trust have gone. I don’t believe a word Maxwell is saying. She wants a pardon and Trump wants a stay out of jail card. This suits them both. Do not trust Maxwell.
Inciting people to burn down asylum hotels is a truth? If you’re concerned about the number of asylum seekers the UK average - 16 per 10,000 population is lower than the European average of 22 per 10,000 ranking us as 17th in Europe.
Jenkins confirms that under a Reform government companies would be able to fire people en masse and rehire at much lower wages. Reform for the working class my arse. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BAi...
Trump denies all prior knowledge of the raid. Hands up all those who think this was politically motivated by Trump. Simply show of hands…… that’s unanimous then. Thank you all for taking the time to vote.
We call it, ‘a floater’.
I’m posting this as a warning NOT to repost because it’ll upset JD Dunce.
The US Constitution does not grant states the right to secede and the Supreme Court has upheld that states cannot unilaterally leave the union. However, according to Trump, the Constitution and Supreme Court are just advisory and not a barrier.
Yeah yeah Stephen, don’t forget get the sieg heil?
Come to think of it, a sewage pipe is useful, it removes shit. Farage delivers shit.
I speak to a lot of people some of whom still admire Johnson, but all of them, without exception, despise Farage and think he’ll be terrible for this country. So who the hell are these people that support Farage? If you want to see what a Farage Britain will be like, look at the USA.
Neusom 2028.
‘I want to try to get to heaven’, I’m sure that there are many many thousands if not millions of people more than happy to help him achieve that.
Sorry Donny boy, the UK allows postal voting.
What I fear is that many Americans are not only aware of the parallels and the consequences but actively embrace it.
I’m watching yet another programme about the rise of the Nazis. The parallels and similarities are frightening. Trump has effectively passed his enabling act giving himself total power, just like Hitler did in 1933.
I know Newsom is looking after his state and he is doing the right thing, but does he have his eyes on a bigger prize? The Dems must exploit this in order to get traction.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Stay neutral during WWII, that ethos went well for most of Europe invaded by Germany. Recolonisation of the commonwealth and mass incarcerations. He, and Reform are very very scary.
Does anybody believe a single word this idiot spouts? If he called me by name I’d check my birth certificate.
It’s not true. Don’t tell me it’s true. You’re telling me it’s true? I suppose it could be true. It’s the sort of thing we’ve come to accept. No shit. I just checked the news media. It does seem to be true. What a f-ing embarrassing little shit he is.
How long before that ‘difficult’ second album with follow up big hits is AI generated? It’s what people want - more of the same. With AI we’d not have had Mozart, Shostakovich, Glass, Beatles, Bowie, Sex Pistols or Miles Davis. Sad. Very sad.
I work in a supermarket and the number of Mails we sell far exceeds any other paper. In fact the Mail pays us for display prominence. People don’t even realise that they’re being harvested.
Unfortunately the right wing press don’t acknowledge these achievements.
Yes, but, I just spent £25 on a book and dammit, even though I’m not enjoying it, I’m going to finish the bleeder. But yes, generally speaking, if a book is loaned to me or 50p from a charity bookshop, I won’t finish it if I don’t like it.
Think Nuremberg. Trump won’t be there, reported dead, body never located. His willing conspirators now pleading that they were working against Trump. Meanwhile MAGA is driven underground. You can see it can’t you.
In my many visits to the US I always felt an undercurrent of menace and barely restrained state violence. But shit guys, Trump has kicked open that door and let the lunatics and thugs out onto the streets in the name of state sanctioned repression. American paranoia is rampant.
The clincher in the election was the staged assassination farce.
What astonishs me is that there are plenty of willing people ready to carry out these crimes against humanity. Sorry guys, ‘we were obeying orders’, simply doesn’t hold water. You’re no better than the willing Germans and others who sent people to the gas chambers.
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Let me finish that for you, ‘wrecked ‘em’.
On balance, I’d rather live in the UK with our ‘lack of free speech’ than Trump’s American where I could find myself kidnapped by ICE. Wait, don’t US customs check people’s phones for anti US sentiment? Just saying.
I’m okay with restricting hate speech. I’m okay with exclusion zones around abortion clinics. I’m okay with going after people who attack asylum seekers. I’m not okay with the military on US streets. I’m not okay with ICE snatch squads. I’m not okay with deporting US citizens.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a... That was a shock. Now the only remaining person from Derek and the Dominoes is Eric Clapton. Thanks for memories Bobby.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug... Quite clearly pot calling the kettle black. I’m a British citizen, I have no problem with restrictions around abortion clinics and no problem with the government coming down hard on hate speech. Someone needs to tell me why these two things are wrong.
Well done. 11:18 and I’ve encountered my first daily picture of that odious reptile Farage. Ignore him, don’t feed him.
It seems odd to a Brit that you already have gun carrying trigger happy cops on the street and for some reason you need more. If gun carrying cops doesn’t deter criminals, what makes you think that gun carrying troops will do it?
A lot of European countries haven’t yet recognised Palestine. Nor, for the record, has Israel accidentally recognised it.
America, what are you doing? It’s taken six months to trash your reputation. Do not believe the orange one, you are not respected around the world? You are laughed at and barely tolerated. World leaders treated your president with disdain. You are not the America we once knew.
Most definitely a hoax. Why isn’t it being investigated? Any civilised country would do that.
I’m away from social media and the news for a couple of days to only return and find that the US has degenerated to an unbelievable depth with gerrymandering and democrats under threat of arrest. Almost any other country in the world would be aflame by now.
Because Trump has an excellent history of paying people who work for him.
I’m always happy to look at alternative versions of perceived history, but I’m afraid you’ll have to explain all of these and show your reliable source material.
I’ve visited the USA on numerous occasions and I’ve always felt that there was an undercurrent on menace. I find that my native Europe has much more freedom. Yeah, America seems free, but you’re on an ever shortening leash.
Did we ever envisage the day when Pence would be considered the voice of reason? The fact that Trump literally encouraged a mob to kill him sort of focuses your mind.