Thread 41 Starmer : "Alban Arthan" the returning of the light

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Politico reporting that the much hyped Labour defection to Reform, supposedly lined up for today, has been put off

Farage is sucking up to Trump on X. No mention of a press conference.

Anyone seen the thread (presumably a mistake 😀) where it seems not everyone hates Starmer - even if they don't support Labour ?

Somebody in America needs to get a grip.

Refreshing, isn’t it?

Welsh Tory James Evans has been removed from the shadow cabinet and had the whip withdrawn for talking to Reform

I think it has put some noses out of joint. They can't call everyone on that thread "fan girls". Plus doesn't Badenoch broadly agree with Starmer? Tricky!

Both Farage and Badenoch are sucking up to Trump now which makes it a bit easier

What has Badenoch said, please?

That Trump is right on Chagos.

Echoing Farage

So right today but wrong yesterday. Who knows where he’ll stand tomorrow?

She could easily have stayed quiet.

Her ego is too big for that.

So Trump was wrong last May.

It reminds me of the Yes Minister masterclass on how to game a poll.

Change the questions or their framing and you can elicit a completely different response.

Worth remembering that the world - for all the rhetoric - did fuck all when the US was bombing Vietnam "back to the stone age". Which doesn't augur well for the future. (Although Harold Wilson was a geezer for saying "No way, LBJ").

Mike Johnson (speaker of the US house of reps) is visiting the UK to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. and is addressing parliament about 'free speech' and the 'special relationship'

You couldn't make it up.

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Really?

Oh...

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Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC's Matt Chorley that if she were prime minister, Donald Trump would simply not be like this.

https://bsky.app/profile/roberthutton.co.uk/post/3mcuaygzaus2e

The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.

His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.

The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.

I haven't seen that thread but I can conclude from MN today that if we suddenly had a 3 minute warning, most people would still want to know what was happening with the Beckhams.

🤣 Genuinely amusing. ‘All he needs is a strong hand’ gibberish.