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Sarkozy and Fillon's convictions - both very much establishment figures - are powerful counter-arguments to the narrative that Le Pen is the victim of establishment/judicial persecution. Ignore the noise

If you're in the UK and you're seeing the effects here of Trump's attempts to restore white male supremacism we'd like to hear from you, in complete confidence. goodlaw.social/trjk

It is legal to criticize the president. It is legal to criticize the president's actions. It is legal to criticize the president's advisors. It is legal and patriotic and the blood of a healthy society to hold those in power accountable, and even to mock them. Remember it.

I do think it’s hard to sustain a narrative of “America first” when the main beneficiary of your actions is an adversarial foreign state that offers you basically nothing in return.

I hope Keir is going to be asking Fanta Fuhrer for our money back after helping the US in Iraq and Afghanistan post 9/11. This is how it works right? Also hopes he asks why America wants money back from Ukraine and not Israel.

On a similar theme to my recent piece, this article in the @theguardian.com brought me to tears. We can’t keep going like this. It’s causing serious emotional and physical damage. Care about the birth rate? Then fix the fact that mothers feel like shit www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

This.

What you are seeing this morning over the refugee decision is Labour alienating and offending its remaining liberal supporters without bringing any new voters onside.

The UK mustn’t let Donald Trump bully us or our ally Canada. We need to work with our allies in Europe and around the world to stand up to him. The Prime Minister should invite Commonwealth leaders to London to discuss a joint response to Trump’s global trade war.