Trevor Greetham

No pressure, Kevin. 😵‍💫

The Trump Doctrine:

1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different

2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime

3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa!

Obviously those Hong Kong and Vietnam sales aren’t the final destination.

Promising to abolish stamp duty is a great way to crash housing activity. Who’d buy a house in the next two years?

The world’s worst ventriloquist act. Wiggy and Bob.

Things can always get worse for Labour.

Trump 'ready' to sanction Russia if Nato nations stop buying its oil The US president has repeatedly threatened tougher measures against Moscow, but has so far failed to take action.

Putin will be laughing his head off. NATO includes non-aligned Turkey. Trump has no intention of sanctioning Russia and has found a formulation to point the finger elsewhere. Despicable.

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Tube strike hell, Richmond Park. 😊

Sir John Curtice: How Reform's capture of the Brexit vote could be enough to win an election The party has now been ahead in the polls for five months, but can it keep the momentum?

Well worth reading. Suggests Labour has nothing to lose by taking Brexit head on to shore up its core vote and improve the economy. Aping Farage only strengthens his minority support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A sustained period of net emigration.

“Balance” between truth and falsehood.

Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme The BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal. Kathryn Porter was intro...

BBC News platforms a climate sceptic on Radio 4 World at One to back up Reform’s questionable view that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. The fact she also disputes global warming should be mentioned as essential context. www.desmog.com/2023/06/22/c...

Sad

Er, no.

Shoot the messenger only seems crazy to sane people.

Fair. Social media is a much more powerful drug though.

'This isn't a football match. This is people's lives.'

Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.'

I’m in both camps.

AI, like the spreadsheet or the internet, can empower its users to achieve greater productivity and - in theory - better living standards.

Coupled with social media, it also empowers those wishing to subvert democracy and undermine human agency. That’s what we need to fight.

Dehumanisation is a slow poison in our system.

BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved.

Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) nails the new addiction.

Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs Sunak will take up the part-time role while remaining Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton.

The Rainmaker returns

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Er…

Jeremy Corbyn is doing the same for Labour.

Jeremy Corbyn has powerful backers.

Jeremy Corbyn has powerful backers.

Jeremy Corbyn has powerful backers. Didn’t have that on my bingo card.

He cares about the Trump family.

Totally agree. Why is Trump so keen on crypto?

This is deeply worrying.