Send out the message, the first block of lords reform is finally over, now for the bishops. Either all faiths get representatives, or none
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Send out the message, the first block of lords reform is finally over, now for the bishops. Either all faiths get representatives, or none
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The answer is simple... The US is a corporate oligarchic plutocracy where the rich control the system and they are quite please with the useful idiot they installed in the White House because he does everything to please them... Americans must understand that their "democracy" is an illusion...!
I will not abide by or support in any way a government that continues to kowtow to US colonialism, Zionist beliefs and the use of our land and territories as launchpads to continue to inflict destruction, genocide and economic collapse on the world.
The insanity must end before a point of no return.
As an ex serviceman I get fucked off by politicians treating service personnel's lives so cheaply. Do these politicians who are sat behind their desks wanting to send troops, just purely to score political points. Fuck them
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
Sorry but BBC is sane washing everything Trump says and does. It's sad and pathetic
Spain has kicked Israel's ambassador out.
Another win for the brilliant Spain.
Keep on winning.
That's all? Because at this point, the entire government needs to be removed. They are all complicit. From the soldiers following illegal orders, to the FBI agents raiding polling locations.
If we have to have a second house in parliament we need better people to fill it.
Why would they lose the Court Martial when it can be clearly shown that the orders they were given to follow were illegal?
It's a puzzle. Every top military officer has a team of lawyers on hand to advise on military law, international law and constitutional law.
Why hasn't at least one US general or admiral broken ranks on this illegal and unconstitutional conflict?
And why hasn't the press asked the question?
It is a volunteer military. We haven't drafted people yet.
These are people engaging like members of ICE in immoral choices.
I have very little empathy for those following orders to kill little girls.
But all that is not quite true, is it. The US has a vast military machine that, if it had sufficient courage and professionalism, would reject illegal orders. It utterly failed to do so. It wasn't Trump who killed all those children, it was serving military personnel who decided it was OK to fire.
βWhile Nige has been brown-nosing Trump with his warmongering, heβs missed that most of the country doesnβt want to follow the orange narcissist into an illegal war with no fixed objectives other than continue till The Donald gets boredβ
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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It's an old US tradition. They have to do it every year.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
Cahoots = Utter stupidity and callousness
I just don't believe this
FFS renationalise now - without compensation
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True. Some US military person must have pushed a button to blow up school children and someone ordered them to do that. I had always thought of the US military as being tough and highly professional, like our British forces, but no longer. I guess too many must be more like ICE: trigger-happy thugs.
The biggest problem is that the entire military chain of command is gleefully following illegal orders - every one of them violating their oaths.π€¬
There are two sorts of faith. One is trust based on factual knowledge and reason. The other is the religious kind. Faith in science is the former, based on copious observations (such as the existence of the ISS). Anyone can see that science works.
An illegal war by USA & Israel, propped up by missions from UK air bases.
Supported by Nigel Farage.
Over 1000 civilians dead & now the threat of global economic fallout. Trump's disaster makes us all less safe, less secure - and we will remember those who backed it.
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
And if he were a dog . . . ?
He is a balding, fat, wrinkly old man clearly,obsessed about his image. Take away the comb-over, the orange make-up, the lift shoes, the flattering suits etc and all that is left is a pathetic demented husk of a human being who would be better off in a retirement home for the terminally bewildered.
When people say this moment feels alarming, theyβre right.
But itβs important to recognize something else:
This didnβt begin yesterday.
It began the moment a presidency decided that truth was whatever the president said it was.π
Iβm Keir for you: The PM is visiting a community center in London to discuss the impact. Expect a pooled interview with broadcasters mid-morning. Thereβs one quote on rising bills in his words trailed overnight that warrants chasing up: βI will always be guided by what is best for the British public. And no matter the headwinds, supporting working people and their families with the cost of living is always top of my mind.β
I mean, this just isn't true, is it? If Starmer was focused on the cost of living crisis he wouldn't insist on no customs union and no single market? Nor would he embrace the negative economic consequences of his anti-migrant policy?
Like everything else about Starmer, this is empty rhetoric.
Americans waking up to the reality that they were always the "Bad Guys"...!
Faith IS manipulation. Once you accept belief without evidence, you can believe anything.