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Gay gray grandad no longer surprised at anything politicians do. Staffordshire in the UK. Co-Founder of The Food Chain HIV charity. https://www.foodchain.org.uk/ Expect cynicism, sarcasm and leg pulling.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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BREAKING No10 spokesman: “The PM has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelensky. “He retains unwavering support for Ukraine, and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine.”

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Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.

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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Any remaining arguments against the rearmament of Europe just evaporated in front of the eyes of every single European head of state this evening.

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#r4today

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#r4today

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#r4today regularly have guests, and indeed presenters, Mr Webb, on the programme whose links and provenance are not completely explained.

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#r4today

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Chris Mason always reminds me of an elderly tortoise just waking from hibernation. The world has moved on but he is still rehearsing debunked tropes and old canards. #r4today

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Trump and Musk said the collapse of #USAID wouldn't harm lives. The ex-head of global health at #USAID says differently. #r4today

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An American professor of political science writes... #r4today

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Is #r4today trying to scupper the Prime Minister's #FairAndBalanced strategy to deal with the Orange in the Oval Office by broadcasting it in advance of the meeting? Maybe Justin "Americast" Webb will confess.

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Something to occupy the minds of the official Opposition in the UK Parliament. #r4today

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Well.... #r4today

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Democracy dies in deference

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Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.

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Shocking personal stories from detained #Gaza doctors released without charge. #r4today www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Sorry folks, I cannot take the #r4today Barnett and Webb Gotcha Show. On @bbc5live.bsky.social Justin Rowlatt has just had a long informative convo with @rachelburden.bsky.social about the Climate Change Ctte report. No drama, no snide. No #TFTD.

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Fraud, waste, and abuse just means resources going to people they don't like. That's it.

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Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.

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Well, Emma Barnett had a load of different items in her carpetbag there. She couldn't build a Gotcha out of any of them. Needs a residential at hectoring school. #r4today

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Just seen Farage and Truss (grifting over in the US) described as "the Slug and Lettuce".

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A net zero poke in the eye for Farage and Badenoch. #r4today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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An antidote to the dross on #r4today

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Trump abolished #DEI because he was “concerned” that unqualified people were getting jobs they didn’t deserve. The entire Trump Administration is now stuffed full of unqualified people. #r4today #DanBongino #ElonMusk #PeteHegseth #RFKJr #TulsiGabbard #KashPatel

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Bernie Sanders there.... #r4today

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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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Lovely stuff.

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What happened here

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Read this and the world will seem a better place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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What fun... #r4today

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"He parades as a strongman, but in fact he’s weak, weak, weak. In the face of America’s adversaries Donald Trump is, as he might put it, a patsy, a sucker, a pushover. He folds like a pack of cards. He’s a human doormat. A loser." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #r4today

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The only tiny thing that upsets the idea that Trump likes transactional agreements, Lord Ricketts, is that he breaks agreements and doesn't pay his bills. He is a lying liar and cannot be trusted. But, apart from that... #r4today

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The General Services Administration manages US government buildings and is currently removing all the EV chargers under their control together with their EV vehicles. This will, of course, waste all the money that the Biden administration spent on it. #r4today www.theverge.com/news/617235/...

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Maybe Starmer should send George Galloway as an envoy to the court of King Trump @mrjamesob.bsky.social #lbc

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The strange perspectives of artist Frank Hampson. Nursery Rhymes (1965) ‘The Man in the Moon’

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This is what happens when ideology is more important than Healthcare. #CDC

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In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

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"Are you still on the same side as President Trump" asks Jonny Dimond of Priti Patel. The answer could be represented by a set of Matryoshka dolls. #r4today

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It's not hard to understand, is it? #r4today

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Interesting analysis of the probable fail and fall of the fool. #r4today

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Why is it "hard to fathom" the change in the US relationship with Ukraine, now Trump is president, Jonny? The man is a Russian asset according to Russians. #r4today www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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#r4today

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