River Wear, Kepier Woods, Durham, NE England

River Wear, Kepier Woods, Durham, NE England.

Yes, I think you're right, @umbralcuboids.com. We should be taking immediate steps either to expel the US from the organisation or, probably more achievably, to form a new alliance with democratic states.

Israel and the US are rogue, murderous, immoral states. The idea that Britain (or anyone else) should treat them as military allies is absurd, dangerous, and immoral. We should cut off all ties to these barbaric regimes as much as is humanly possible.

I'm convinced that Britain would now be producing 100% of its energy from renewable sources had it not been for politicians bought by the fossil fuel industry.

Pope Leo...now there's an American leader worth listening to.

Well, blow me down with a feather. Farage taking dodgy donations? Who'd have thought?

I'm not a Roman Catholic, but these are powerful words from Pope Leo. And 100% correct.

I remember the halcyon days when international law was thing.

The Americans love and cherish their Amendments but seem remarkably reluctant to enact the 25th.

You'd think they'd have learnt from the PR disaster at Ipswich Town.

Yes, shameful and stupid. And I say that as a Sunderland fan.

Have they? I'm paying 40p per litre more for diesel than I was a few weeks ago. How do we know that this genuinely reflects higher costs for retailers or if it is profiteering?

*I* don't believe this period in history...

How much more death and destruction is Trump going to cause around the World before Americans do the decent thing and impeach the fucker?

So hitting a school and murdering dozens of children was 'pinpoint accuracy'?

No longer can anyone say that a non-Labour vote is 'letting the Tories/Reform in'. Maybe Labour will have to think of some positive policies to make people *want* to vote for them.

Yeah, I think that's a sensible way of looking at it. But we mustn't take too long as we'll be hounded by the media as a weak point if we're sending out unclear messages.

...but I'm now confused as to what the policy specifically is. Can any Green person on here help me out? Thank you. [3/3] (For what it's worth, I believe that the decriminalisation 'route' is the better as it better serves the stated goals of drug policies).

Portugal is held up as the best example of adopting policies to dramatically improve lives. But their policy is *decriminalisation* of drugs, and not *legalisation*. There is a huge difference, but Zack always talks in terms of the latter. I've been critical of those who confuse the two... [2/3]

I'm not wishing in the slightest to piss on the Greens' parade; I'm over the moon with the G&D result. But some have pointed to, quite rightly, an apparent inconsistency in Green drug policy. It's vital we get this right, both in terms of the nuts and bolts, but also the messaging. [1/3]

Reform asked voters of Gorton and Denton to 'channel their patriotic Blitz spirit'

And they did just that - by defeating fascists.

@gnickod.bsky.social, please learn the difference between 'legalise' and 'decriminalise'. They are very different things.

dear 'centrists',

the fact you don't care about starmer taking bribes.

the fact that you agree with his proscription of peaceful groups as terrorists.

the fact that you agree with his abuse of trans youth.

doesn't make my description of him as a corrupt, authoritarian, child abusing bigot untrue

Kissing Trump's arse and presenting him with an absurd 'peace' trophy swung it for me. I'll not be watching even though England are participating. Fuck FIFA, fuck Trump.

Yet the GOP is expected still to control the Senate? At 60% they're still favourites!

Who could've predicted that a Labour Party led by a faction that actively undermined the previous party leader, threw a general election, buried official reports of racism within their ranks, and used antisemitism to smear internal opponents might end up mired in allegations of sleaze & scandal?

I hope the people of Gorton and Denton bear in mind that their Reform candidate thinks that incitement to murder is acceptable, and boasts that he thinks so.

As Simon and Garfunkel very nearly sang: 'And the people bowed and prayed to the neoliberal god they made'.

Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about sex with an intern. It's a good job Trump hasn't done anything as bad as that...

And they are her good bits; wait till we see her faults...