Is there a general problem with videos loading on BlueSky are the moment does anyone know please? I keeps seeing error messages saying that an error has occurred uploading videos that have been posted on here.
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This. Either Labour, the Greens, Liberal Democrat’s, and yes the Conservative Party, face down Reform, and consign that neo fascist party (which is what I think it is) to history, or we risk a version of Trump’s America here.
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
“Instead of Ukraine being ‘demilitarised’, a key (🇷🇺 ) demand of February 2022, it is now highly militarised. The more its defence industry is integrated with its European allies, the better resourced it will become, and the more formidable an opponent Ukraine will remain.”
Of course, none of this, overcomes the basic fact that there was so much information available from public sources that pointed to the unsuitability of Mandelson especially to such an important & sensitive rôle. Overlooked.
I wonder how much of that Ollie Robbins put in writing to Lammy & Starmer
This makes the distinction I previously suggested.
It’s one thing to keep the details of the conduct & conditions identified in the vetting process in confidence, but quite another to keep THE FACT that a key person DID fail vetting
Then there’s the EU announcement that it was releasing €90 bn of aide to Ukraine compared to this.
Russia’s economic reserves are “exhausted”…and the source!!!
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Another outcome from Trump’s America slapping Ukraine in the face is that he has provided a huge impetus for European nations - especially Ukraine 🇺🇦- to develop other sources of weaponry than America.
Ukraine now planning to develop and manufacture its own version of Patriot missiles
Genocide, Conspiracy to commit, Direct and public incitement to commit (threats to commit), Attempt to commit, and Complicity in genocide (see art. III Genocide Convention). I do so look forward to seeing Trump at The Hague.
Trump is back to talking about civilisational destruction. He tells Fox News: “If Iran does not sign this deal, the whole country is getting blown up.”
Hope is good, abolishing the veto in EU foreign policy would be better.
Can’t help but wonder if this might have a domino effect
excelled, racism followed them into the field.
White units refused to share supplies.
They were assigned the most dangerous missions to “test” them. Of course, they were expected to fail- but didn't. Their successes were often credited to white officers or other units. (cont)
One historian described their status perfectly:
“Elite, but expendable.”
The Army wanted their skill — but not their equality. In Aug 1951, the Army disbanded all Ranger companies. For the 2nd Rangers, the blow was deeper:
They were scattered into White units, (cont)
stripped of their Ranger identity, and often pushed back into segregated support roles. Their legacy was buried for decades. The Korean War is already under‑taught — and Black heroism within it even more so. But the 2nd Rangers proved something undeniable: Black soldiers (cont)
In the age of Trump, Miller and Musk, the efforts to erase Black successes I think we have a special duty to read these stories and really laud the skill and bravery shown and feel pain for the disgusting treatment dished out to them .
Get reading and retweeting!
So much for the Iran “peace talks.
US has seized an Iranian Cargo ship, TOUSKA, that tried to get passed the USA blockade.
According to Trump (me reaching for large pinches of salt) it is nearly as big as an aircraft carrier and US forces blew a hole in its engine room.
Who’s be Trump’s lawyer
1/. Trump may not be in prison (yet) but his lawyers and advisors have been
2/ He keeps on spelling out his intention to commit genocide even after it has been explained to him very very publicly that this is what he is doing
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
Well said that person, well said. This is what every leader, or diplomat should be saying to Trump, and in these terms too.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again. And you're calling Greenland poorly run? Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no. "NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years. And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess. So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your fucking mouth.”
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Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal Just read it. Spot On - An Aussie reply to Trump’s rant about ‘NATO not being there for us’: “Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage. You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail. Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
Wow. Check out this Aussie telling it like it is.
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Pride, Greed, Envy, and Gluttony come to mind…
The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.
Mind you. What sane government would buy any Trump technology let alone defence and security technology.
Wouldn’t you rather buy something tried and tested in war?
Like Ukrainian drones?
I still think it is absolutely staggering (and a massive massive character fail) that a President as obviously bad, incompetent, dishonest, mad and corrupt as this one attracts a 37% approval rate from 🇺🇸 voters & it that which will haunt America’s standing in the 🌎 long after Trump is gone
Let's be honest ...
If not for Brexit, Starmer probably wouldn't have felt the need to suck-up to Trump so much by appointing someone like Mandelson. So this is ultimately another Brexit disaster to add to the list!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Good LORD.
A quarter of Ireland’s entire power consumption goes to support data centres?!
And the plan is to build new gas generators to generate power? Insane in this day and age
Then think of water for cooling. WOAH
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