"Americans must accommodate themselves to what could well be decades where we are viewed by the free nations of the world as, at best, a reckless and unreliable partner and, at worst, a kind of global villain." www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...

Worth sharing widely 👇

Benjamin Netanyahu can't sign the Gaza Board of Peace agreement in Davos because Switzerland have said they will arrest him if he enters the country. It is a Board of War Criminals.

Some "have your cake and eat your cake" stuff here from Kemi Badenoch. She wants to be able to criticise the employer NI increase, but equally, not commit to reversing it if she were in power.

Media is bigging up the idea of a challenge to Starmer as PM, in a week when Starmer played a blinder in his usual understated way. Starmer is turning UK around for the better. Although a country that followed Farage into Brexit and still supports that Trump follower could do anything daft

Bloody hell. That shocked me. @mrjamesob.bsky.social talking to us about events in the US. Started reading something out. Clearly seemed to be talking about what is happening with ICE and people being taken in the US. Turns out to be an extract from the diary of Anne Frank. Sobering!

"Patriots" advocating that a deranged foreigner overthrow our elected government

As Starmer increases his presence politically and strengthens his position globally and nationally I see Farage, Badenoch, Davey and Polanski slip down - outpaced, outclassed, and running out of road.

When?

I have always had a great deal of respect for Gordon Brown. That has not diminished. Even now he shows his wisdom and intelligence. I had respect for Blair with some doubts about Iraq. Not now. There is just no excuse for being part of the Mob of Dictators.

We are all aghast at Trump and what he is doing. But Farage? Just fed up with him. He has nothing to help UK.

BadEnoch has serious questions about her loyalty to the UK. You do not assist a foreign Government in its attempt to pressure UK.

Autopsy of Renee Good says that it was the 2nd or 3rd shot fired at her which killed her. Both were taken from the side of the car after it had already passed Jonathan Ross. At which point there was no threat yet lethal force was used. A clear case for a Murder Charge.

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What ICE is doing in the United States Nigel Farage has told us he wants to do in the United Kingdom.

Farage can thank himself lucky he’s not a working class woman with a northern accent, otherwise the media would be hounding him out…

ICE are abducting 5 year olds, using them as bait to get to their family, and shipping them to a Texas concentration camp all in a single day. We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.

This is official Reform Party policy. 👇🏻

Nigel Farage has said he's “not making any money as a result of being an MP”. MP's salary is £94k, putting him in the top 5% of earners. Meanwhile he votes to keep workers on exploitative zero-hours contracts and denies them sick pay.

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.

So much for sovereignty Nigel !

Nigel Farage. Had his MEP's salary docked by £35,500 after claims he misspent EU funds. Also as an MEP another investigation was called for into £450k of undeclared 'gifts.' Now we have 17 breaches of the MPs code of conduct. Disgraceful #BBCBreakfast #bbcqt #r4today

Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.” via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social

Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.

US Americans are on their knees expecting there will be accountability soon. They live in a Fascist Regime but even with a rogue SCOTUS, subservient Congress, lawless DOJ and ICE stormtroopers they still believe they are in a democracy. USA kidnapped a five year olds as bait. Get off your knees.

Could Green be replacing Reform as the more palatable protest vote?

The single most important issue for Europe at the moment is Ukraine war. Trump is contained. Putin isn’t. Europe needs to ramp up military production and fast independent of US

Good suffered three bullet wounds. Two were not life-threatening, according to the autopsy. The third "struck her on the left side of her head near the temple, and exited on the right side of her head." Seems that had to be either shot #2 or # 3 which Ross fired when he was not in danger's way.

AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.

£100m is specifically earmarked for up to 200 local museums struggling with maintenance backlogs and bills. While generally the £1.5bn funding is for capital projects - to repair, rebuild, extend, conserve or upgrade important cultural assets - used by millions of people. Well done Labour! 2/2

£1.5bn to be invested in cultural organisations, reversing more than a decade of underfunding. The funds will support over 1000 arts venues, museums, libraries & heritage buildings across England. Areas and organisations that have been previously under-funded will be a focus of the new money. 1/2

US Americans are still clinging to the idea that there will soon be a reckoning for Trump, his lackeys and the ICE thugs. Wake up. You are a Fascist State. Get off your knees.

Basically the EU and US are using the economically dubious idea of 'dangerous imbalances' (ask a serious economist) as cover for the pure fear that in a globally open economy they can't compete with China on manufacturing - when voters demand more manufacturing jobs.

So, US climbdown on Greenland as the end of global turmoil for now? Nope. Yesterday the EU in effect said China must agree to voluntarily hobble its own economy otherwise the WTO is dead. We are entering very dangerous territory indeed. So what is happening? (extract from EU paper below)

Clown Trump Circus: - Epstein Files still not released - Smith giving evidence today on Trump’s guilt on J6 - EU/US trade deal ratification delayed - No change in Tariffs - US$ badly damaged - EU planning economic & military independence of US - possible negs with NATO on bases in Greenland

Farage and Badenoch have done some shabby stuff but priming Trump about the Chagos Islands to embarrass Starmer and trash NATO is the shabbiest.

ICE just abducted a 4-year-old boy in Minneapolis. ICE is using the boy as “bait” to get the mom. Father is also abducted. Absolutely disgusting, horrific, inhuman stuff. Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.

Hard to know what is satire with the Clown at the WH

Does 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement allow the US to establish new bases if deemed necessary by NATO? If so, can Rutte allow expansion w/o the involvement of other Nation members and particularly Denmark? What is the limit of Rutte’s authority?

Also incidentally. Can we just take a moment to acknowledge the continued hard and skilled work being put in by officials across Europe who have to be the adults in the room with Trump. I strongly suspect several from the UK are among the most highly respected.

I have an update on Greenland.

"Concept of a Framework of a Deal" with Rutte who has no authority to negotiate on behalf of Greenland Wise not to allow US to have any military presence on Greenland as Trump says US will not be willing to defend a land it does not own Are you listening countries with American bases and treaties?

Oh Dear ... Blah Blah .. embarrassing for USA. Trump got nothing except fatally wounding stability of US$

DENMARK FM: TRUMP’S NO-FORCE SIGNAL IS POSITIVE, BUT HIS AMBITION REMAINS UNACCEPTABLE

Trump's Peace Board looking like a Council of Mobsters.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

The damage has been done to US$. It is not a safe investment. An alternative system to Swift needs to be established by Europe just like Brazil. EU must forward anti-coercion instrument for available delivery when Trump makes another threat

The is not a new deal - this is Trump surrendering. For now. They have always said that the US & NATO is free to do what it wants in Greenland from a military perspective. Trump said that wasn’t good enough because he needs the US to “own” it. So this is simply Trump backing down