Michael

You don’t support it but you won’t do anything to stop it apart from a sad post on Bluesky? Groundbreaking.

Irans navy is made of thousands of fast attack craft and is very much intact. If it wasn’t, the US navy probably wouldn’t be so shy about going into the Strait.

Why did I bother doing all that route survey if we could just clear mines with tweets?!

The closure of the Strait has always been the UK government’s assumption of the Iranian response to an existential threat to the regime. Never mind open source, they all knew this is exactly what would happen.

It’s a minor reform.

Great news today: we were told that @libdems.org.uk have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities regarding the EHRC and Supreme Court ruling. Urging the Minister to appoint a joint committee of cross-party MPs and peers to conduct post-legislative scrutiny of both the

Yes his attitude was very different when he was pandering for votes for the London assembly. There was no leadership or persuasion. I think he showed exactly what kind of person he is.

Let me know when you’re actually willing to answer incredibly simple questions

Well yeah obviously because that would involve engaging honestly with the issue

Note the the US Navy has not traversed the Strait and stays safely outside the gulf. Will republicans tell their sailors to “show some guts” as well?

Europe needs to be reinforcing Greenland now.

The IRGCN had like 5,000 fast attack craft to swarm ships in the Strait. The fact that the USN won’t sail there suggests that their capability to attack ships is still very much a real threat and hasn’t been destroyed.

Unless Kilmeade thinks the US Navy are are all cowards as well?

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Telegraph in even-a-broken-clock-right-twice-day moment:

So how do you want to achieve your goal of stopping the madness? Presumably through some sort of diplomatic action?

So do you want the visit to go ahead or not?

Essentially all of the king’s actions are organised by the government. That’s how it works,

If that’s all you wanted to say then you should really have just said that instead of dressing up your attack on Davey as something about current events. Honesty saves time.

Just say whether you want to diplomatically support America or not. The government has agency. How do you want them to proceed?

The visit would be diplomatic and cancelling it would also be diplomatic. It’s all diplomacy.

The question is whether you want to diplomatically support America or not.

Just say whether you think we should be diplomatically supporting America or not.

Except that wouldn’t have happened. So in practice what you’re really doing is saying the visit should go ahead.

Only their right-wing opponents.

Chaka Khan

SKY NEWS ARTICLE GRAPHIC. IMAGE: Ed Davey TEXT: Lib Dem leader calls for King's US state visit to be cancelled after Trump's criticism of Starmer

Trump’s illegal war is devastating the Middle East and pushing up energy bills for British families.

This visit should not go ahead.

Diplomacy is all performative! You choice is whether you want perform support for America or not.

The IRGCN operates thousands of boats designed to swarm shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Americans still aren’t daring to enter the Strait. This is going to keep getting worse until they do.

The Labour and Conservative responses to Ed Davey are so cynical and so insulting to the intelligence. It is just nakedly dishonest to pretend that this is how any of it works. Imagine having to defend these lines!

On this, Davey is just saying how he sees it. It’s what we need more of in politics.

Maybe I’m cynical but I assume the total vagueness is the point. So they can just do whatever they want and wave it away with an appeal to history.

And

Maybe I’m naïve but I hope that Labour will get more publicity for their illiberal turn so more liberals will actually vote Liberal

NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.

16-17 year olds are competent to make medical decisions for themselves. This should be between them and their doctor. This is a political decision not a medical one.

Labour are determined to harm young people to appease the far right. That’s all there is to it.

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Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) reading: “Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT”

Trump is insulting all those, including British families, worried about his illegal war driving up their energy bills.

Enough is enough. Keir Starmer must show Trump the UK won’t be pushed around and call off the King’s state visit.