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North West England. Like travel, history, politics, family, cooking, outdoors, photography. Anti-Trump & pro-EU. Respectful debate only.
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He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.

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The suggestion that today’s fascists will openly use yesterday’s fascist symbols & gestures *exactly* is naive. They have already embedded their own new fascist symbols: “MAGA”, the red hat, the arm raise, the slogan. And ignorant fools will deny this because they didn’t see it coming until too late

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

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He nails it.

Filed under “Not Always Wrong”, from 5 years ago www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris...

Elon Musk is to Donald Trump what Dominic Cummings was to Boris Johnson. The Barnard Castle moment will come. And then democracy will hand them all their arses.

Italian editorial cartoonist Paolo Lombardi notes that Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war mirrors Hitler’s false claim Poland attacked German troops shortly before he launched the Nazi invasion.

Decided not to book the California-Arizona-Utah road trip for this June. It looks like the National Parks will be carnage, and I don’t want to be part of that, for us or for them. So, it’ll be Italy this year and let’s see what state the States are in next year.

BT email system down. Royal Mail tracking system down. 2 weeks ago Barclays payment system down for days. These aren’t coincidences are they. It feels like a war is being fought by hackers and our IT colleagues.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Nearly 1m children in UK at risk of poverty due to housing costs – report www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Men who love and respect their wives do not walk them naked down a red carpet. The optics of a fully clothed man leading a sombre, naked woman by the hand just scream “s3x slave”

Politicians have lied to us for so long that people are struggling to believe Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. America, sadly the next 4 years are going to teach us all a lesson.

The challenge of squaring up to Trump and Musk is that they will always go way, way beyond your moral red lines. Then waddya do? Match them or fold? This isn’t a trade war it’s a soul fire-sale.

Fisherman said Brexit had been a “disaster” for his industry and that it was “costing him dearly”. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/brex...

Now that we’re on our way to hell in a hand cart, I’m increasingly appreciating the value of comfort and sanctuary. The love of my children and spouse, family and friends. A warm bed, music, the outdoors, hot drinks, great stories and dramas, nature, good food, the night sky. Focussing on these.

“Donald Trump will demand access to the UK markets for US hormone-pumped beef and pork in return for a trade deal” inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Trump’s plan to deport the immigrants then turn white women into baby machines to replace cheap labour requires at least 20 years of consistent major social engineering. Meanwhile, fewer cheap workers but more babies sounds like an economic and social catastrophe. America is fucked.

The acid test can now be: Do you condemn Elon’s Nazi salute?

So, how is Elon’s Nazi salute going to work with Israel? I can’t keep up.

I think the Nazi word just broke Bluesky.

When folks wake up… Coming to a bar near you in about 6 months.

Just the fact that he bought Twitter, changed it for the worse without a care in the world and then threw it away to die should tell you everything you need to know about his impact on and interest in helping society.

Brewdog must be fuming. Twat CEO steps down 2024 but continues to run his mouth in 2025 leading to huge shit pile on the brand. Time to re-brand lads?

I dunno, midwifery is a high-stress and high-risk business but I get the feeling that the whole model of care needs totally revising. It shouldn’t be so frequent that maternity units fail inspections.

On the other hand, Musk smoking out a charlatan is not a first so I suppose there’s that.

Farage standing to anyone’s left was not on my 2025 bingo card, I’ll be honest. But Musk really takes the biscuit.

I see journalists asking thin celebrities their views on weight loss injections. That’s a load of nonsense isn’t it. Thin people, and I’m generalising, rarely understand obesity. Their knowledge is so inadequate. They think people with lifelong obesity just need to eat less & move more. Nauseating.

In 1979, Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed at the White House. Ronald Reagan had them removed. We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.

Truly, I’m struggling to imagine personal values which are more important than keeping the 18-year old your daughter slept with out of jail. I mean, which religion advocates such little compassion?!?

Tim Spector refusing to have pigs in blankets or Christmas pudding “even for Christmas dinner” says everything about why I couldn’t stick with Zoe. Everyone needs a little joy once in a while. Yes they’re terrible for you, but once a year is OK. Life needs joy.

Now there’s no longer an official retirement age in the U.K., I’m having to have the “time to take the car keys away” conversation with my parents AND with members of staff, the only real difference being at least my parents can’t sue me for age discrimination.

THIS DAY in 2019, the #Tories came to power with a majority. Of all their 42 manifesto promises, they delivered 1. (0 if you're being harsh, 2 if you're being generous, but basically, they lied their way into power. Remember the 'Oven Ready Deal' that didn't exist?)

I’m still unfollowing accounts that bring their Twitter manners over here. We need to start over - me included - and re-civilise public discourse. I’m trying to be the change I want to see.

Imagine that🙃

Literally...

The thing I’m finding hardest is realising that voting isn’t enough. Amplifying pro-democracy views online & amongst friends & family isn’t enough. Signing petitions & boycotting Twitter isn’t enough. And I don’t know what else to do to stop fascism in its tracks. I live my values, but what else?

Imagine welcoming fascism with distractions like eggs and bathrooms…….

This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Boris Johnson promised farmers that “subsidies would stay - 100% guaranteed”. 🚜 The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of “Remain”, but decided not to campaign outright, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.