@rory-stewart.bsky.social q for @therestpolitics.bsky.social. Should the U.K. weaponise the City against Trump’s tariffs and threats to the U.K. economy? Buy holdings in his crypto, US bonds etc in quantities high enough to depress prices if dumped or to ruin the Trump family?

So, been thinking overnight about risks to U.K. business and society generated by Trump’s malice. Perhaps we need to a new backup UK architecture of local clouds for key infrastructure, NHS, banks, military etc ? @restispoliticsus.bsky.social @restispolitics.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social

@reformexposed.bsky.social I think you’ll like this one

Davos has given U.K/Europe breathing space. We need to use it. Join single market Turbo charge growth Develop sovereign nuclear deterrent Tough spending decisions esp ending triple lock, wealth tax, welfare reform Energy independence Weaponise City of London Tackle inequality to undermine Reform.

This is the kind of stuff circulating on right wing channels now. This one from a Rupert Lowe supporter. Terrifying

Rumours out of Davos suggesting that Trump will announce a withdrawal of all US troops from Europe. Of course this may just be a case of unfounded speculation. But if it’s correct, the Krasnov operation has been a staggering success.

@paulmason.bsky.social you seen this???

Worst case scenario I can foresee: Trump orders US into Greenland. Stalwarts refuse order. Others, ambitious idiots, don’t and fire on stalwarts, who fire back. BinFire. Drags in everyone. Economic crash, inflation, chaos & breakdown. Maybe nukes in Ukraine. All because GOP won’t impeach a madman.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social please get serious on defence and security. Just ask yourself before you speak if Putin will like what you are saying. If yes, don’t say it.

As the world order is being torched, and the cause of authoritarianism and ethno-nationalism advances look what Matt Goodwin is opining on. Treasonous weasel turd.

The French were right to retain full sovereignty over their nuclear deterrent. North Korea can manage the ffs. We need to sort our deterrent out very very fast.

This is a terrible slur on a truly, truly loyal man who has served the interests of his masters well. Farage has achieved what Stalin could not. Breaking NATO and weakening the feared U.K. We should recognise his value to Russia with a long holiday to the Urals. Or Scrubs.

Can anyone find, or does anyone know if, a list of US products we can boycott as consumers? I’m kind of feeling disinclined to spend money on the US right now.

Not all Reform supporters are racists. But all racists support Reform.

It feels today like we face a genuine emergency re the US and Russia. Yet when there is talk of rejoining the Customs Union etc. it is using processes designed for the world that has gone. Same for loads of areas. It’s an emergency. C’mon, UK gov, act like it.

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

The Telegraph is openly advocating U.K. citizens not fighting to defend their homeland and allies. Wtaf!!!

youtube.com/post/Ugkxrio... This is very, very bad.

“Farage and Johnson pissed away, 250 mill a day!”

So…poets are suddenly in demand by every terrorist and dictator in the world…

The cost to every UK taxpayer of Trump’s billion law suit against the BBC? About £23 a head. Want to pay that into Trump’s personal account from yours?

This is what the right and Reform supporters are being fed with. It’s open racism. The subject, the detail, the language, the call to action. This is what we are up against. Imagine that in your feed a hundred times a day. Horrifying.

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social I really want to see this examined at depth. Farage and his cronies are at best too close to Russian influence. At worst, well…so why are you not allowing discussion?

I got issues with Polanski on defence and some economic stuff but he knows how to communicate. His big secret, in my view, is that he identifies a villain. The super rich, Farage. LibDems and Labour take note. Someone needs to be the focus of public anger. Polanski gets this.

A question for a lawyer @goodlawproject.org perhaps? We all know Mone will hide her money and delay in court. Is it technically still legal for Parliament to pass an Act of Attainder and just seize it all? Not recommending, just curious if it’s an option…

What’s bothering me about the Labour government is that the good stuff they do, and there is good stuff, doesn’t take pressure of my budget or visibly improve my life day to day. Example, lower power bills; better water quality; lower food prices. So here are my suggestions for policy priorities.

What links the garbage spouted by Trump on paracetamol to that vented by Farage on immigration RTR? Both are based not on fact, but on calculations of impact. We cannot have policy done this way. We can’t stop Trump, but we can stop his protege and imitator Farage. And we must.

I’m listening to a muezzin chant on a satellite TV in my regular Turkish barber shop in Falmouth. It’s beautiful, peaceful and diminishes my identity in no way at all. Diversity is great. (They also set fire to your ears here…)

Lot of focus on gun violence today. That’s a US problem. Let’s think about something else. Language. I am for free speech but we cannot pretend a constant stream of violent, hateful and dehumanising words has no impact. Rwanda. Bosnia. The Gulags. Germany.

The Epstein stuff feels like it might turn Trump to a liability for his party. Was it this Putin had on him? Whatever, when he falls he is going to create an almighty vacuum that in itself risks chaos. He will be desperate, reckless and have nothing to lose.

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @therestpolitics.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. In 2017 Thorn in the Side (7650770) had current assets of £157,604. In 2024 cash at bank was £1.7m. Nigel Farage sole director. He is richer. We are poorer. Get the message out.

I’ll say it. The government @uklabour.bsky.social are being spineless, craven bastards for not hammering the vile lies and savage cruelty in Reform’s Moseley inspired asylum policy. This is not who we are in Britain. @jaynekirkham.bsky.social get on and savage this callous policy.

Is Trump gonna sell out Ukraine? What should U.K. do if he does? Cancel F35s, order new tac nuke delivery platform. Join single market to boost growth and set up defence production pact with Canada, S Korea etc. Do all fast before US economic pressure forces us accept Putin as legit. Hope I’m wrong.

Im on a delayed train to Brum. It’s Matt Goodwin’s nightmare. Diverse, Muslims, immigrants. And everyone is suffering the rail network with Brit stoicism. Lovely.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Not to whinge but if some clown detonates a nuke in the atmosphere the EMP kills electronics. Alerts useless.

So, NHS strategy missing some opportunities. Big one, unreported, would be allowing research into MH drugs using cannabis, Ket and mushrooms. UK plc could be world leader, MH crisis addressed. Get on it UK gov.

A few years ago I read and enjoyed some Tom Clancy novels. The approach to foreign policy in the novels is pretty much the one used by Trump’s administration. It’s summed up by one word. Dominance. Break treaties, release US power. The thinking behind it is that US power has been held back.

Right wing populist governments across the world are causing utter chaos. Brexit. Mass immigration. Ukraine. Gaza. LA riots. Now Iran. Trump claims none of this would have happened if he was President in 2020. Fella, it happens because you and your ilk have been driving the agenda since 2011.

I wrote a post apocalyptic novel (unpublished). The world build was a US president sending troops into the streets, triggering a worldwide crisis “The Breakdown War” leading to tech bros extracting themselves from national rule. (The Billion Cities war). Watching LA now feels v unsettling…

Oh my goodness. Phallocentric??? High agency? I offer two fragile and pathetic narcissists acting in a way that would get them sacked in any company, anywhere?

It’s important to see what the for the Reform world view is. This is a YouTube channel, typical of its type. Imagine this, GB News and the Mail being your whole “infoverse”. You can see how it would warp minds.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Worst case here is Trump uses this to implement some crazy authoritarian measures. Tariffs are central to his plan. This might spark a serious crisis inside the US and within economies outside.

Classic comment on the Eurovision win from my 17 yr old son. “Best to let Austrian artists win. Didn’t work out so well last time one was unsuccessful”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Has Trump, through his inability to focus and love of quick wins, actually done something positive? A stable Syria, let’s not fool ourselves, it’s not looking like a democracy, would be good regionally and offer somewhere for migrants in Europe to go home to…

In case Labour’s dumb immigrant stance is not depressing enough Reform published their economic plans, basically Truss with a cigar and a coke habit.

In case anyone is wondering whether Reform is a tinpot MAGA dreaming of implementing a right wing wet dream like Project 2025 that will cause chaos…yes they will. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

@reformuk.bsky.social you Putin loving, treasonous and gutless schills. We see you.

This is, to me, a simple damning graphic. Labour chasing the red wall vote is a mirage. Reform took pretty much all their seats from Tories. Be radical, restructure tax, sort power and water bills and align to Europe for growth. C’mon.

So Reform are advancing. Labour will probably tack right. But what if they instead attacked the billionaire and foreign think tank funded, out of touch architects of Brexit? Go for wealth tax, stopping overseas funds, exposing links to fossil fuel, Trump and US Christian nationalists?

I must be unwell. I found myself agreeing with Nigel Farage who says let the water companies go bust. Was there Ket in my orange? Nope. Weird feeling