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Managed expectations
Sucks for whomever is Czechoslovakia in this scenario.....oh hai Zelensky!
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Lol, "The Special Relationship"
"HEy Keith! I Won THE Golf Again! I am WINNER! ....bye!"
Yeah, real sure you're going to stop him carving up Ukraine between him and Putin, I'm sure, your words are far more convincing than the Piss Video Blackmail Moscow has.....
![Trump, proclaims The New York Times, has “established a rapport” with Starmer
and has the British leader on speed dial. One of the Prime Minister's aides
discloses that “Mr Trump occasionally calls (Starmer] on his cell phone..to
discuss favourite topics like his golf resorts in Scotland”.
‘The Prime Minister's challenge now it to get Trump's mind off his own personal
business empire, and to focus on the threat the British Government believes
that Putin continues to pose.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/225/899/652/194/044/original/94ab152efc80c92a.png)
"I am proud of my rapport with that Rapist and Fraudster who is threatening to invade Canada. I am a pragmatist. Peace in our time!"
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/starmer-trump-pitch-drowned-out-kremlin-3601129
The i Paper · Starmer's careful Trump pitch may be drowned out by Kremlin siren songsPrime Minister is said to have a rapport with Trump, but envoy Steve Witkoff undercuts his message on Ukraine
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@GrimmReality I doubt the UK will do this, our Prime Minister isn't an agile thinker and it won't dawn on him that Gilead is not our friend until some time in the 2030s.
All this crap about 'being a bridge' isn't convincing anyone outside of No 10.
"We have to make the big decisions to help the country" they said, taking more freebies after the first scandal because they're fucking entitled and how dare us plebs dictate what they can and can't do.
The Guardian · Not appropriate to take free tickets, says minister in veiled criticism of Reeves
Crocodile tears from a hologram. Somebody told him to say this though, which is interesting.
The Guardian · Wes Streeting: Israel’s attacks on Gaza are ‘unjustifiable’ and ‘intolerable’
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Yeah, big effort. It's not like this came out of nowhere, it's been going on for 10+ years, but now everyone has watched a show about it, the Government has to pretend it's doing something.
Cutting back on social programs, letting the cost of living rise, bending the knee to the Fascist Trump, that sort of thing....
Wes Streeting with the "some of you may die and that's a risk I'm willing to take"
You see by tormenting the Poor and allowing the Rich to keep their billions he's 'helping' us, yeah?
Chancellor to increase defence spending by £2.2bn to ‘secure Britain’s future’ | UK news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/chancellor-to-increase-defence-spending-by-22bn-to-secure-britains-future
"Reeves’ spring statement will also confirm the £5bn in welfare cuts announced last week and ambition to spend 3% of GDP on defence"
Labour really aren't much better than the Tories, now.
The Guardian · Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
This was a great episode. Nesrine Malik is someone worth listening to.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNf4VZE8EI&list=PLLkT5TSHWFSZJeAga5pdyL6pJ9hC6h6H6&index=2&pp=iAQB
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"They're our best friends, don't believe what they're saying, they're our best friends..."
Expect Westminster to desperately plead Gilead's case, even as the troops mass on the Canadian border.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/trump-signal-leak-reaction-canada-five-eyes
The Guardian · US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney
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EU - yes we want to defend Europe, but first we want to sort out the big issue - EU access to UK fish.
POLITICO · UK-EU defense pact really does depend on fish, European minister warns