On the appeasement part — you give him an inch, he’ll take a mile. If you allow him to take Greenland, then he knows he can take other countries (e.g. Canada, Mexico, another European country, etc). If you let him get away with Greenland, then the sky is the limit for the next thing he wants.

Pissing off the billionaires, Trump’s only constituency, is the way to go. If they tell Trump to back down he will do it.

Fukuyama: Countries that stood up to Trump’s threats — Brazil, India, China — have done well. They boosted domestic support, and China forced the U.S. to back down. Trump is not the United States: most Americans are dismayed by his policies and likely to vote against him. 3/3

Fukuyama: Europeans think conceding Greenland will mollify Trump. It won’t. He will come back for more later. Europe says it still depends on the U.S. to deal with Russia. But Trump’s America has abandoned Ukraine and declared Europe secondary to the Western Hemisphere. 2/3

Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness. As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop. 1/3

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Does it? Or did he once believe in it but has since been corrupted? I'm inclined to suspect the same as Zack, that it was all performative to get to where he wanted to be. But there's a LOT of Labour MP's who have done complete 180's on issues like Gaza, immigration, the NHS, human rights.

“… showed that at no moment did he ever believe in what he was doing” (Zack P on Kier Starmer) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Our elites in the UK (and Europe) have always had, and always will have, imperialist tendencies that put competition between themselves for the largest country house and inter-generational wealth above brown or black lives in the Middle East and the global south. Maybe deal with them first?

Perhaps the real issue that has impacted their popularity (besides populist polarisation partly induced by algorithms) is the alliance of the UK state with certain genocidal activities in the Middle East?

I can't help but think Starmer is just an outward symptom of something far more sinister.

Mark & Nadia saying what they really think on this week's episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

According to GBPolitics X account: NEW: Five sitting Conservative MPs have initiated formal discussions with Nigel Farage regarding a potential defection to Reform UK, among them the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman

Keir Starmer and Labour have been made to look like absolute clowns. Pure, pure clowns. Red noses, large shoes, honk honk. Clowns.

the only people left thinking starmer is doing a good job are his friends and people who know a barrister who once knew him

Starmer is a conservative in labour clothing. He is a huge discredit to the party he ran on. The UK deserves so much better than him.

The case in England that Sarwar doesn't want you to know about ( and Starmer hasn't even been asked to resign!). x.com/i/status/201...

Cc Starmer

Choose one: Starmer is too cowardly and servile to lead Starmer is too stupid and insane to lead

Complete shitebag. All that Starmer ever is.

Unfortunately for Starmer it's very accurate.

Farage in 2020. Will he be going this week? If he does, then it will be yet another example of his lying. And another example of how he sits with the “elite” and not the working person.

This statement by Jeremy Corbyn, a Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, cannot be refuted.

Is John McTernan closely advising Starmer again?

Yes. If we don't move with Europe after Davos it has to be the end for Starmer. But I suspect we will.

Madness for King Charles to even contemplate visiting the US. All part of Starmer's weak and pathetic kowtowing to the orange felon, I guess 🤬

Who else heard Starmer say today: "We prefer solutions to slogans" and thought, isn't that a slogan? xxx

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Polanski is already Starmer's biggest headache for 2026 Little over a fortnight into 2026 and Starmer’s Labour Party teeters on the brink of oblivion - while Polanski's Greens are soaring. Now, why could that be, wonders @rachaelswindon.bsky.social? www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

Hasn't voted for Starmer/Labour for 10 years, is now attacking people who also haven't voted for Starmer/Labour, and somehow it's everyone else's fault people don't vote left. Presumably this nugget is still deluding themselves Labour is left 🤡

Only just realised Keir Starmer will not be going to #Davos2026. All other key European leaders will be in Davos. Is this a good thing? 🤔

Starmer is WORSE than useless. It's just ASTONISHING how utterly terrible he turned out to be in so many ways.

Entire West's liberal democracy is under existential threat from US authoritarianism & military imperialism. But Keir Starmer is refusing to act! Its the greatest failure in British political leadership since Chamberlain. Contrast Mark Carney's clear calm restatement of Article 5 backing for Denmark

Q. Name a person talking with Nigel Farage who sounds even more stupid than he is? A. Mike Johnson.

The potential outcome of Starmer’s calm diplomacy: concede to US in ways that will create obstacles for the development of deeper trade ties between the UK and EU. Apparently, it’s all very grown-up politics. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Why is Farage in Davos? He's just an Essex MP. #newsnight

Please can we have a PM with a fucking spine. Starmer is so desperate to be liked that he'll sit on the fence on every significant issue even when most people would support him. He only has an opinion when he's punching down at trans kids or benefits claimants. A deeply loathsome animated suit.

Just came to the realisation that Starmer insults our intelligence. Many have long dealt with people with personality disorders & we know they are unreliable, constantly lie, self-aggrandise & harm other people. We see whats happening in Minnesota. Starmer sees none of this & trades his values.

Keir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood and Lisa Nandy's culture war against West Midlands Police continues... Left: BBC New say Craig Guildford resigned because AI was used in a report to justify the banning of Maccabi fans

259..."Injustice has no place to hide" Keir Starmer. That being the case why have: Chuka Umunnna, Dame Helena Kennedy and Luke Pollard MP refused to act on the ombudsinjustice at Ombudsman Services at the time of CEO The Rev Lewis Shand Smith? The victims are still waiting for an answer...

You’re gonna see so many columns in the UK press deducing Starmer’s master strategy but the truth is Europe let Gaza, Iran, Venezuela etc. happen because they wanted it, now the beast is coming for them, the EU has just enough clout to respond as a bloc but the UK is out in the cold and fucked.

Starmer: "Who will tell me where to find my balls?"

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.

You know when us sewists say 'this is my most favourite thing I've ever made'? Well this will take some beating to knock off the top spot! Sometimes it's little things that make you the happiest 🥰

Some gorgeous handmade Harris tweed coin/card pouches. I love making them 💞

Truth Art! #arresttrump #art

"America sneezes, and we get the flu" is the quote that runs through my mind frequently. Right now I'd guess that the Uk are at the part where you're feeling a bit iffy, but it's probably just a cold. Someone needs to sit our leaders down and read them the riot act, before we become unsalvageable

Thou shalt worry less about Tylenol causing autism and more about Donold causing fascism.