Whether Starmer goes is more a matter of politics than about the constitution, but the Prime Minister should properly account to Parliament for his own decision to appoint Mandelson.
His current approach of ducking, and blaming and sacking others, is a failure of prime ministerial responsibility.
WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
Narrator: in fact, he had quite a lot of cards.
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
All the stuff about vetting, advisers and process misses the point that everyone knew who Peter Mandelson was, what he had done and who he had associated with for literally years before Keir Starmer made him ambassador and lots of people pointed it out at the time. He appointed him anyway
If only a left leaning political party with a huge majority would do this but hey ho fiscal rules and all that.
Why is this still fucking going ahead?
Surely it will be slot it into the far right corner
I assume this was a dead cat to divert attention from his Orban election and Iran negotiation absolute failures.
Credit to Kevin Maguire for maintaining sanity again on GMB. Today: 'welfare', & others.
TV debates have become near worthless but could be rehabilitated using side screens, maybe driven by AI, showing the facts in real time. And the interviewer/chair pointing at it regularly. More light, less heat
“King and Queen will not meet Epstein survivors during US state visit.” Just the perpetrators…
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
So the whole fawning at the court of King Trump, the mad OTT announcement of an undefined trade deal, the Mandelson affair, the invitation from King Charles, and soon the royal visit to the US.... all of it for nothing because we don't follow Donald C*** down into his self-made abyss of insanity.
Pair are absolute fruit loops
Trump comparing himself to Jesus while Vance tries to lecture the actual Pope on matters theological proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the ‘Christian’ element of their support is, morally & doctrinally, about as Christian as a hula hoop. Their conduct is literally unconscionable.
We're spending 2.3% on defence compared to 2.0% a few years ago - and 2.5% by 2027.
This increasingly hysterical stuff from people employed in the defence sector is so tiresome.
And especially when combined with reactionary nonsense about welfare spending.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
Honestly, how much more nonsense are we going to have to go through before the people around Trump grasp that he is mentally sick, a danger to America and the world--and he needs to be removed from office?
He's not wrong.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says the King's state visit to the US must be cancelled. “(Trump) is a dangerous and corrupt gangster and that is how we must treat him.”
JD Vance is on a historic roll:
He campaigns for AfD in Germany - they lose.
Invited the Pope to come to US for Trump’s big event - Pope refuses.
Leads peace negotiations with Iran - fails miserably.
Campaigns in Hungary for Orbán - who gets smoked.
Hungary has chosen Europe.
Europe has always chosen Hungary.
A country reclaims its European path.
The Union grows stronger.
Keir Starmer should rule out the UK joining Donald Trump's blockade, the latest escalation in his idiotic war.
Trump is going to break with Rome and become formally head of his own church.
Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people — and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.
Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer
I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.
Iran/Pakistan views this as a "lack of seriousness" from the US side and think the negotiation was a sham to save face with the world.
Unfortunately, the truth is probably this administration is just too dumb and incompetent for this stage and do not care what "the world" thinks.
Word out of Iran/Pakistan is Vance came late and immediately took a 4 hour nap. Iran showed up with 120 page report on uranium and their nuclear program. The 300-person US delegation did not have a single nuclear expert to review or understand the report.
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
Does the fat orange paedo not realise its already blocked by Iran....