Trump seems to have forgotten, or never knew, that our NATO allies WERE there for us when we were attacked on September 11, 2001. His continued denial of this fact, including in his speech today, is embarrassing to me and insulting to our allies.

Thank goodness I'm not Angela Raynor, otherwise the press would have hounded me out of office.

TOMORROW 15.30 BBC Radio 4

16 tour dates, already booked in for this show. More to come. Details here: www.michaelrosen.co.uk/nice/

Actually, Amber could do with sharing with Chelsea. She needs support, too. And Chelsea would understand... #TheArchers

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 THIS! Time some ethics wonk in Parlt grew a spine! #farage

Left: President Trump claims that there are no wind farms in China Right: There are 6,619 wind farms in China, and they create 40 % of the world’s wind electricity generation

Davos is looking a bit of a disaster for Trump and the MAGA crowd. After Trump was forced to TACO on Greenland, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was tonight heckled during a speech at a dinner. Christine Lagard, European Central Bank President, walked out mid-speech.

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Dear America

Dear America

I'm sorry I accidentally broke the law. Again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. It was an accident. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Americans decided she was too black, too clever a woman and no, they absolutely could not bear to allow her to become President. They preferred to vote to burn the whole country down to the ground. They are simply not grown up enough for such progressiveness.

Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Donald has been posting unhinged, incoherent ramblings for a decade now, but his recent threats against sovereign nations brings us into totally new and dangerous territory. It’s time to start asking Republicans why they continue to back a man who is so obviously out of his mind.

Mark Carney's speech at Davos was brilliant. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...

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Going from Mark Carney’s speech to Donald Trump’s press briefing was like going from an iPhone to two styrofoam cups and some string.

If anyone knows Stupidity it’s Kemi Badenoch whose now 7th Dan.. She’s so arrogant and dense she thinks we don’t know it was her Govt who initiated negotiations to hand back Chagos Islands in 2022 And held 11 meetings negotiating the deal between 2022-2024❗️🙄

I bloody love Chelsea #TheArchers

Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

US dollar plunges as Trump makes America weak and friendless. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I see the 'patriotic parties' are now leaping to the defence of the man currently threatening to impose economic sanctions on our country, while seizing the European territory of our neighbours and allies

Last May the lunatic Trump thought it was a great deal! And without a deal, the lease on the US base ends in a bout 10 years if I recall - with the deal, it's 100 years.

It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”

Seems a good day to share this, from Rubio last May.

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This is our parody of "Piece of My Heart" by the amazing soulful Erma Franklin. Our version addresses the situation unfolding with #Trump and #Greenland, & has rude words - it's called "Piece of Denmark". In solidarity with all fellow Europeans facing tariffs and trauma. #25th youtu.be/jSDIkpwlqsA

Oh, fuck it, just tell him he can have Greenland, but the price is $100 trillion, he has to release the Epstein files, and Denmark gets Florida.

I’m not keen on AI but this is magnificent. Mad but magnificent. #Greenland youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Scotland’s Reform leader refuses to disclose his wealth, saying ‘It’s not something you pluck out of thin air, your assets are not easily valued’ - well they are for the rest of us… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In this vengeful, crazed message to P.M of Norway, Trump links his demand to seize Greenland to the fact that he didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize. When a president is old & no longer able to make decisions in the interest of his country, we need to impeach him before he inflicts further damage

‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This makes no sense… An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto… No thanks If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote Sign the petition & help make that law. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Sign the petition! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions. Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell on £20 extra UC: "I think there are people that quite like getting the extra £20 but maybe they don’t need it." Andrew Rosindell, on banning MPs from second jobs: “We have to realise we have human beings who have families & responsibilities” Absolute bastard.

Farage says his party isn't a lifeboat for Tories. But it clearly is. Truss, Braverman, McVey and Francois will want to defect. And his movement is made up almost entirely of empty vessels. If he accepts them: things are worse for Reform. If he doesn't: where do they go? They form a party.

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Ha! Congrats to those who predicted Amber would get pregnant! #TheArchers

The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:

"Under the weather" is a funny way to spell "chicken"

If schools are marking Holocaust Memorial Day, can I offer my 4 books? 'The Missing' (memoir), 'On the Move' (poems) , 'One Day' (picture book) and 'Please Write Soon' (fiction as letters based on my father and his cousin). And video of 'The Missing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...