Peter Nimmo<p>Imagine the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> government, with no debate in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parliament</span></a>, simply shut down the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> World Service, switched off transmissions, and sacked the staff, although it wasn't mentioned in the manifesto. That's how <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> are governing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <br><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa/114287963165163889" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journa.host/@w7voa/11428796316</span><span class="invisible">5163889</span></a><br>w7voa@journa.host - "This great voice, the Voice of America (so appropriately named in reality and metaphor), has been silenced after 83 years by the Trump administration for no discernible reason." <a href="https://archive.is/IWmTa#selection-3011.0-3011.328" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/IWmTa#selection-301</span><span class="invisible">1.0-3011.328</span></a></p>