Stench of Desperation - the new fragrance from the Trump Perfumery.

And the prize for the biggest load of bullshit in a one headline goes to…the Daily Telegraph.

Commiserations to the Daily Mail and Daily Express though, who always make a valiant effort at claiming the bullshit crown.

(No, chips and bread aren’t being banned - just the use of certain pesticides).

Just when you think that ICE can’t get any more shitty, they somehow manage it.

Fascist scum.

First there were alternative facts. Then there were alternative percentages. Finally, there was an alternative republic, ruled by an emperor…

It doesn’t need to be a magic formula - it needs to be part of a series of major but proportionate and pragmatic legislative/regulatory reforms, market interventions, backed with a decent chunk of investment, which it is.

Only the hard-of-thinking would just dismiss it for not being a magic wand.

Respect for political leadership (or at least some of it), belief in journalistic integrity, and faith in checks and balances?

Won the Vietnam War for which side…?

It’s the Truss Corollary to Betteridge’s Law - if Liz Truss asks a question, not only is the answer no, but the question itself was highly likely to be fucking stupid in the first place.

Not to mention the fact that - as well as being monstrously cruel and fascistic - ICE in the US, which Farage wants to replicate, has been funded by massive cuts to federal funding programmes/services.

People, especially the working class, who think that Farage is on their side are in for a shock.

Trump tariff refunds begin but consumers likely to miss out Businesses can apply online through a portal for refunds expected to total $160bn.

Actual headline: US taxpayers to pay extra a second time, having already paid extra as consumers.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And yet somehow he has the brass neck to criticise civil servants and others who work remotely.

Mandelson files to exclude worst of UK’s private comments on Trump Remarks deemed to prejudice foreign relations will be redacted by parliament’s intelligence committee.

So we’re to conceal the fact that virtually everyone in UK politics thinks Trump is a thick racist cunt then…

I mean, er, nothing…

www.politico.eu/article/mand...

Just when you think that Nigel Farage can’t be any more of a shameless chancer, he tries to claim that he models his policies on those of Obama.

Is it April Fools again already…

“No, no, no - I never said I was going to cut anyone’s bills and I have no idea what “Nigel Cut My Bills” is. I can’t be expected to know everything that’s going on. This is just a smear campaign and typical of media dirt-digging”

And repeat, on literally everything that Farage is ever asked about.

Actual headline: Reform UK plans raid on pensions to line pockets of fossil fuel billionaires and other companies they conveniently have shares in.

Actual headline: Trump’s illegal wars reinforces need for UK to rejoin EU as soon as possible to boost economic growth and security, and accelerate growth of renewables.

Meanwhile…

Up next - US to announce a new special military excursion to the UAE to liberate them from their oil.

Getting rid of Kremlin stooges seems to be like cutting off hydra heads, with yet another Putin puppet taking over from the previous one.

If only there were some way we could have really deep alignment, with full access to the Single Market, influence over the laws and regulations of that market, access to EU funding programmes, as well enjoying the benefits of EU trade deals and EU protection against intl’ trade barriers.

If only…

The Daily Mail being such an expert on what it takes to run the country, of course…

I mean, it’s a bit mad that so many American voters can live with the treason, warmongering, piracy, blasphemy, sex offences and mental impairment, but slightly more expensive petrol and groceries are an unforgivable outrage, but we’ll gloss over that if it gets rid of him.

Absolutely agree. It’s time to set aside political differences and historical baggage and let rationality and pragmatism prevail.

The UK and EU need each other - now more than ever.

The two cases are completely different - he’s a right-wing millionaire patriot who was prevented from sensibly organising his tax affairs by the Blob, while she’s an evil working class communist harridan who stole from hard working British families.

She probably hates the UK too. And puppies.

Tice says errors ‘bound to happen’ after reports he failed to pay £100,000 tax | LBC The Reform UK deputy leader insists he is 'very proud' of his tax record

Errors are indeed bound to happen when you’re deliberately trying to make errors for tax evasion purposes and your own financial gain. Funny that…

www.lbc.co.uk/article/tice...

Truss has 'no sympathy for Starmer' over Mandelson vetting row while blasting Civil Service | LBC The former PM has used the controversy to renew her attack on the Civil Service and what she described as a “dysfunctional” British state

“But what does Liz Truss think about this?”, said no-one ever.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/trus...

Might just be quicker and easier to assume that they are all openly and avowedly racist, and for the media to alert us when they find one that isn’t.

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A Russian Government spokesperson is set to announce that she will accidentally brutally cut her own head off while combing her hair sometime next week…

Amidst the debate about Mandelson vetting etc., two points are worth noting:

1) Decisions are taken by officials on behalf of, and without reference to, Ministers every single day without express delegation - known as the Carltona Doctrine.

2) Ministers are still responsible for those decisions.

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