Politicians often ignore the wishes of the electorate, some ignore the wishes of other countries but few ignore the wishes of the whole world! Even Putin had some support, now largely gone, when he invaded Ukraine but I've yet to hear a good word for Trump's Greenland invasion apart from MAGA idiots

What has a new Chinese embassy in London got to do with Trump? Is he worried about Chinese spies getting US secrets? Regardless of size any embassy is likely to be full of spies, it's also going to be full of trade & immigration officials & the like. He should keep his nose out of our affairs!

Me too.

For a man who wants the Nobel Peace prize Trump is going about it in a funny way. He attacked Venezuela & kidnapped the president, bombed Iran last year, backs Putin in his invasion of Ukraine, threatens to invade Greenland & promised to attack Iran again. Very odd credentials for a peacemaker!

Quite right, there's a big difference between a few troops observing a weapons test & Putin's army of invading murderous orcs. The latter are legitimate targets for Ukraine, using every weapon they can get their hands on.

Yesterday Zelensky said that the best way to ensure that peace talks don't happen was to invite him to Moscow! Well I've just read that today, in a speech made in Vladivostok, Putin invited him to talks in Moscow & he's offering "100% guarantees" of his safety but only a fool would accept his word.

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It has been suggested that the UK must not give the NHS higher priority than Defence. The Spectator is quoting Mark Rutte as saying that we have a choice between the NHS & conquest by Russia. If taxes were applied fairly to everyone we could afford everything we need.

What has happened to the Strategic Defence Review? The BBC is reporting on the dire shortfalls in our armed forces. The situation seems not dissimilar to the early 20th century, when the Haldane reforms saved us in 1914/15. Today we need something like this to enable us to resist Putin's aggression.

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Putin has announced a three day truce for Victory Day around May the 8th. Ukraine had best prepare for continued air assaults on civilian targets. That's Putin's style, never trust him, he's as big a liar as Trump.

Trump is now saying that he's "not happy" with last night's attack by Putin on Kyiv. So Mr Trump show that you've got balls, dump Putin/Russia & give Ukraine all the arms it needs. It's cowardly to do nothing when you have the military power to end it.

In view of Trump's Ukrainian, so called, "peace plan" I demand that Keir Starmer 1) Stop all talks aimed at a trade deal with the USA. 2) That he asks the king to withdraw the invitation to a state visit. Trump by stabbing Ukraine & Europe in the back can no longer be trusted & isn't welcome.

What's wrong with our govt? Why oh why can't they see that a trade deal with Trump won't be worth the paper it's printed on. He'll break it at the drop of a hat. They should be seriously trying for closer relations with the EU or better still rejoining. They're letting us all down at the moment!

I've just heard that there is talk of Trump being invited to address Parliament, when or perhaps if his state visit comes off. After 14yrs of govts that increasingly used lies to stay in power do we want one of the two, arguably, biggest liars active today to emulate Johnson & spout his lies here?

Trump says that he's in no hurry for a trade deal with the UK. Well I'm not only not in a hurry for such a deal I don't want one. Also I don't want anything to do with a Trump or MAGA led USA.

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The Indi is reports Vance as saying that Trump is working hard on getting a trade deal with the UK. Is this a contradiction in terms? Trump is far more interested in playing golf than doing any work, while the impression Vance gives is that he knows nothing. Rejoin the EU & steer clear of the USA.

The BBC is quoting Vance as saying that there's a good chance of a UK/US trade deal. I don't want it, the US under Trump can't be trusted. His treatment of the trade agreement with Canada & Mexico proves this. Anyway I don't want it to include the NHS & the poor US food standards Trump would demand.

This is a very good idea if it means that FPV drones can operate deeper into Russia.

I've just woken to emails from OVO that my monthly energy payments will rise by almost 19%! I've always paid them the amount they've asked for but they say this is necessary to ensure my account is in the black by March next year. How much will prices go up next? The GOVT MUST do something!!

According to the Indi Trump is insisting that we take chlorinated chicken as part of any trade deal. My message to Starmer & the UK govt is to tell Trump to go & stuff his chicken. Personally I won't compromise on food safety & animal welfare! I don't want growth hormone beef either or GM crops.

The one thing Putin is afraid of is losing his "special military operation" aka his War of Aggression against Ukraine. The best way to ensure he loses is to give Ukraine all the arms it needs to do the job.

Trump thinks that VAT is unfairly charged on imports from the US. But, as far as I can see, VAT is charged on all transactions regardless of where the goods come from. So effectively US goods in this respect are treated the same as UK goods. Starmer would be mad to sign a trade deal with him.

If Starmer accepts a trade deal with Trump he will prove that he's stupid. In his first term Trump signed a free trade agreement with Canada & Mexico, then as one of his first actions of his second term he tore this up & imposed sanctions on both countries. Trump can't ever be trusted again.

Trump says, almost alone of world leaders that Putin wants peace. If he does why has just authorised the conscription of another 160k people. This suggests to me that he has no intention of negotiating a peace. If I realise this why doesn't Trump? Because he's fixated on getting a deal.

According to Politico Trump is "pissed off" with Putin over the lack of a ceasefire & is talking about putting more sanctions on Russian oil. Great but realistically the only thing that might make a difference is giving Ukraine all the arms it needs. But it's highly unlikely that he'll do this.

What I don't understand is why Labour of all parties has to slash benefits? The rich are a little tapped source of revenue. A slight increase, to them, in the taxes they pay could bring in more than enough to keep benefits at the same level. If tax evasion & avoidance were stopped we'd get even more

The Torygraph is claiming that a trade deal with Trump would be the biggest benefit of Brexit. Great we'll get, chlorinated chicken, GM foods etc & US insurance firms will replace the NHS. This latter will put health care out of the reach of many of us, including me. Will US food poison us? Probably

SitRep - 20/03/25 - Ukraine struck an ammo depot near Engels-2 Air Base An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today, Ukraine struck an ammuniton depot close to Engels-2 Air Base, used for Russian strategic bomber supplies. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

The Torygraph is distorting facts once again. It's claiming that Council Tax rises are, in effect, a wealth tax. This is rubbish, the Council Tax, introduced by the Tories under John Major, is based on property values. The assumption being that the higher the property value the more services it uses

Trump is prepared to drop Ukraine like a hot potato to get the deal he wants from Putin. Putin lost the war when he failed to capture Kiev but Trump will give him all he wants in exchange for Ukraine's minerals.

Is "TopNews EN" a Russian propaganda outlet? I've read several of their posts this morning all knock Ukraine and plug the Putin/Trump narrative.

I've been reading the BBC report about Trump's tariffs and his charges will also be based on the amount of VAT charged on them. He seems to be doing this 2 try 2 make countries conform 2 his warped views on taxation. The idea seems 2 be, drop VAT, conform 2 US tariff policy & he might reduce tariffs

Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports to the USA, including from the UK. Why does Starmer want a trade deal with a man who can't be trusted & has just broken the trade agreement he made with Canada and Mexico. Trump is totally untrustworthy & we should not deal with him!

Starmer is claiming that Trump is a reliable ally! Well Sir Keir I suggest that you try to convince countries such as Canada, Denmark and Ukraine of that. I think you must know this so why try to convince people otherwise? Trump is as reliable as Putin and we all know how untrustworthy he is!

I and everyone I've spoken to supports Ukraine and has done for three years. I suspect that after Trump and Vance's outburst yesterday there will be very few who don't.

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Trump is interested in two things money and power. He's no more than a tinpot wannabe dictator who will bully anyone to get what he wants. He's trying to grab most of Ukraine's mineral wealth and control its ports and airports. If he gets this Ukraine might just as well let Putin in.

OK so Trump is calling Zelensky a dictator, if he was an Englishman and if I was 2 comment I'd say 2 this wannabe dictator "it takes one to know one you stupid hypocrite". But it's highly unlikely that I'll ever get to meet him and I doubt if he'd understand me or know what the word hypocrisy means.

We spend $12 billion more on defence than France does (Al Jazeera), so why is the UK militarily weaker? Their army is twice the size of ours, their navy has 3 times as many ships, their air force has 520 aircraft to our 440. Why is this, I've no idea does anyone else?

Why are we concentrating on domestic matters here? I've been looking for mentions of Trump's intervention in the Ukraine War on Putin's side. He wants this to be decided solely between himself and Putin. No involvement by Ukraine or the rest of Europe. Wake up he's sowing the seeds for WW3.

If Trump gets his way and imposes his/Putin's "peace plan" on Ukraine & Europe it would be a recipe for WW3. Russia would resume the war in 5 to 10 yrs time but worse China would soon invade Taiwan and take over the South China Sea. Then N Korea would invade the South, all hell would break loose.

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The more I read about Trump's, so called, "peace talks" the more I realise just how little he knows about deplomacy. He should remember the words attributed to Winston Churchill in that, you should never talk to a hungry lion when your head is in its mouth.

I'm now watching a German TV discussion about the possibility of Canada joining the EU. It seems that this is at least possible! So if this is right why is it so difficult for the UK to rejoin?

I know this is the UK politics page but are there any UK politicians out there trying to stop Trump forcing an unjust unworkable pro-Russia "peace deal" on Ukraine. If Trump succeeds then in 5 yrs or so Putin or more likely his successor will try for the Baltic States then we'll be in that war.

If Trump manages to force an unworkable "US/Russian peace" deal on Ukraine he will guarantee that Russia will start a pan-Europe war within 5 years if he lifts all sanctions. Even if Putin is gone his successor is likely to be no better, perhaps even worse. Trump may well invade Greenland then.