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All that is solid melts into air, all that is sacred is profaned. #FBPE

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A victory for Trump, Putin and Netanyahu.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov: “To be honest, I don’t even understand now how anyone can call on others to follow the norms and principles of international law. In fact, it no longer exists.”

08.03.2026 13:03 👍 868 🔁 357 💬 54 📌 35
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How I've learned that certainty is the thing to really fear After five decades hosting radio phone-ins and debates, Nicky Campbell reflects on the state of public debate

How I've learned that certainty is the thing to really fear
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 00:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump. As the Iran disaster escalates, Starmer should treat the US president as someone whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.03.2026 00:09 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Just watched Wag The Dog. A salutary tale for our time.

07.03.2026 00:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Q: What to Trump & Putin have in common?

A: Neither of them are involved a war.

#MajorCombatOperations
#Specialmilitaryoperation

07.03.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Russia is helping Iran to target US military assets in Middle East Tehran using intelligence shared by Moscow to launch retaliatory drone and missile attacks

FT exclusive:

Russia has shared targeting intelligence with Iran, including locations of American military assets in the Middle East, as Tehran unleashes a barrage of drone and missile strikes against the US and its allies, said people familiar with the matter.

www.ft.com/content/19be...

06.03.2026 20:04 👍 173 🔁 92 💬 17 📌 16
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BREAKING: Obama Speaks at Jesse Jackson's Memorial service:

God I miss this guy. How did America fall so quickly?

06.03.2026 20:01 👍 2512 🔁 509 💬 148 📌 25
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06.03.2026 21:06 👍 30 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Major airline bans ‘barebeaters’ across all 24 daily flights from UK airports One airline carrier is turning up the heat on barebeaters

It's bad enough on the bus.
Major airline bans ‘barebeaters’ across all 24 daily flights from UK airports
metro.co.uk/2026/03/04/m...

06.03.2026 21:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Here's a plan. If you want to reduce waiting times and backlogs how about abolishing trials altogether and just call them guilty?

Alternatively, instead of destroying a lynchpin of the Judicial system, spend the money necessary to clear the backlog and ensure justice for all. Duh.

06.03.2026 16:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Nigel Farage said today, I’m not interested in public opinion. Just think about that for a while.

05.03.2026 22:21 👍 808 🔁 289 💬 67 📌 11
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Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings

Nice!
Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs
Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

06.03.2026 15:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bit late to be asking that question!

05.03.2026 13:54 👍 676 🔁 56 💬 67 📌 46

So I guess it was either World War III or drag queens reading books to our children.

05.03.2026 16:48 👍 5319 🔁 980 💬 175 📌 41
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

06.03.2026 02:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Campaigners fear Reform's 'extremely dangerous' plans for the Welsh language - United Kingdom Nigel Farage and Dan Thomas at Newport conference | Image: Youtube

Campaigners fear Reform’s ‘extremely dangerous’ plans for the Welsh language

https://www.europesays.com/uk/806906/

Nigel Farage and Dan Thomas at Newport conference | Image: Youtube Amelia Jones Welsh language campaigners have said…#uk #news #uknews

06.03.2026 02:30 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Labour's glacial proposals would not have stopped Harborne's £15m donations to Reform
He's a billionaire businessman living in Thailand for over 20 years he holds Thai citizenship under the name Chakrit Sakunkrit but retains British citizenship and is believed to be on the UK electoral roll

06.03.2026 02:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who are the Kurds and why does Trump want them to join the war on Iran? A nationless ethnic group of more than 30 million people, their homegrown militia has a reputation as an effective fighting force

In the past 75 years the Kurds have risen, with US encouragement, at least eight times. Yet each time they have been betrayed, used as disposable pawns in pursuit of Washington’s broader foreign policy goals

Why does Trump want the Kurds to join the war on Iran?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

06.03.2026 02:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why would Iran negotiate when the
intercolator can't be trusted?

06.03.2026 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Winter Paralympics 2026: No UK government ministers or officials to attend opening or closing ceremonies No UK government ministers or officials will attend the Winter Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies after Russian and Belarusian athletes were invited to compete under their national flags.

No UK government ministers or officials will attend the opening or closing ceremonies of the Paralympics

"We've been clear that Russian & Belarusian states should not be represented in international sport while the barbaric full-scale invasion of Ukraine is ongoing"
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

06.03.2026 02:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.03.2026 13:42 👍 1099 🔁 464 💬 112 📌 26
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Almost nobody in the media reported on the former Tory Government's sweeping power grab of the electoral commission. This week Labour have announced that they will reverse what Boris Johnson did and return the commission to independence.

Ofcourse Labour will get absolutely no credit for doing this

05.03.2026 18:54 👍 1344 🔁 472 💬 56 📌 14

Yep. Cheap at half the price.

05.03.2026 00:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This seems very familiar to life in the UK under Boris Johnson's government and should be a wake-up call for anyone even considering voting for Reform

04.03.2026 22:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt. LOL

04.03.2026 12:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rest assured the USA will betray the Kurds in the future once they have served their purpose. Like they have in the past.

04.03.2026 00:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

227 Reform seats on just 23% of the vote 😱
Britain desperately needs proportional representation. No more commissions on it, no more refs, just pick one of the systems already in use for assembly elections and use it for the next Westminster vote.
#PRnow 🗳

03.03.2026 11:33 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0
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Q: Was there a plan in place to evacuate Americans before the attack?

MARCO RUBIO: That's the plan we're trying to carry out. The problem is airspace closures.

03.03.2026 20:29 👍 3857 🔁 1082 💬 1563 📌 738
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If it’s true Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick told a business audience last night that renewable companies are "screwed" if Reform get in, it tells you everything about their readiness to inflict national self-harm in pursuit of ideological war on climate action.

03.03.2026 15:37 👍 729 🔁 316 💬 49 📌 20

Does anyone remember that during the Brexit campaign, one of Nigel Farage’s arguments for leaving the European Union was to allow the UK to adopt a fairer immigration system for Commonwealth citizens?

Now he’s saying they shouldn’t be allowed to vote proving yet again the sort of country he wants.

03.03.2026 17:38 👍 1629 🔁 505 💬 84 📌 12