Ian
@ibnorfolk.bsky.social
Present: Risk & Security. Past: British Army Veteran. Passions: Renewables, Sustainability, Environment, Nature. Nerd: Solar. Religion/Cult: Home Assistant.
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Donald Trump can go f**k himself.
Anyone who mocks, demeans or minimises the sacrifices of British troops is no friend of our nation 🇬🇧
The US is a historic friend of the UK’s - but not this guy.
Anyone who mocks, demeans or minimises the sacrifices of British troops is no friend of our nation 🇬🇧
The US is a historic friend of the UK’s - but not this guy.
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Donald Trump can go f**k himself.
Anyone who mocks, demeans or minimises the sacrifices of British troops is no friend of our nation 🇬🇧
The US is a historic friend of the UK’s - but not this guy.
Anyone who mocks, demeans or minimises the sacrifices of British troops is no friend of our nation 🇬🇧
The US is a historic friend of the UK’s - but not this guy.
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NEWS! Supermarket manager vows to fight off US forces after confused Trump mistakenly sends military to Iceland newsthump.com/2026/01/22/s...
Supermarket manager vows to fight off US forces after confused Trump mistakenly sends military to Iceland
Supermarket managers have vowed to fight back against any attacks from the US, after Donald Trump repeatedly confused ‘Greenland’ with ‘Iceland’.
newsthump.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
NEWS! Supermarket manager vows to fight off US forces after confused Trump mistakenly sends military to Iceland newsthump.com/2026/01/22/s...
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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.
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.
January 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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.
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.
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There is no enemy like a friend betrayed.
From last March in Alberta/Photo by Gavin Young
From last March in Alberta/Photo by Gavin Young
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
There is no enemy like a friend betrayed.
From last March in Alberta/Photo by Gavin Young
From last March in Alberta/Photo by Gavin Young
I don’t hate myself enough to ever fly Ryanair, but this looks fun…
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I don’t hate myself enough to ever fly Ryanair, but this looks fun…
Amen.
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Amen.
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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He's calling it how he sees it www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
He's calling it how he sees it www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
How is this person a minister?
Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs.
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
How is this person a minister?
It was always a tough argument as to why a British political party should spend domestic & international political capital, & the British taxpayer should foot the bill, to permit the US continued use of Diego Garcia.
Let’s use that leverage.
Let’s use that leverage.
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM
It was always a tough argument as to why a British political party should spend domestic & international political capital, & the British taxpayer should foot the bill, to permit the US continued use of Diego Garcia.
Let’s use that leverage.
Let’s use that leverage.
The initial complaint is correct - but it also isn’t a stop gap for university & a “proper career”. It’s long past time we treated other ranks in the military as the technically competent and skilled professionals the majority are.
We need to get away from "the military is for wastrels to improve themselves" that the current recruiting ads suggest. Free university tuition *and maintenance* for those who sign up would help.
January 19, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The initial complaint is correct - but it also isn’t a stop gap for university & a “proper career”. It’s long past time we treated other ranks in the military as the technically competent and skilled professionals the majority are.
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A lesson Russia learned in the 2010s.
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A lesson Russia learned in the 2010s.
Who’s paying the UK press to publish these opinions I wonder?
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January 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Who’s paying the UK press to publish these opinions I wonder?
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Surely the Americans must now realise that their President is mentally unstable, much like the 'Mad King' in Game of Thrones.
The required action is the same as in that series - an American Jamie Lanister has to stab their mad king in the back and get rid.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
The required action is the same as in that series - an American Jamie Lanister has to stab their mad king in the back and get rid.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace,’ says Trump amid Greenland threats – Europe live
US president accuses Norwegian leader of Nobel snub and says he will focus on what ‘is good and proper for America’ as he ramps up Greenland rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Surely the Americans must now realise that their President is mentally unstable, much like the 'Mad King' in Game of Thrones.
The required action is the same as in that series - an American Jamie Lanister has to stab their mad king in the back and get rid.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
The required action is the same as in that series - an American Jamie Lanister has to stab their mad king in the back and get rid.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Anyway I wrote about UK strategies for responding to Trump, best of which is probably ‘play for time, but plan for exit’. Do think 2026 is when we have to decide if the transatlantic alliance is actually gone for good, or just dead under Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order | Gaby Hinsliff
The US president’s trade war for Greenland tells us that the time for fence-sitting or wishful thinking is over, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Anyway I wrote about UK strategies for responding to Trump, best of which is probably ‘play for time, but plan for exit’. Do think 2026 is when we have to decide if the transatlantic alliance is actually gone for good, or just dead under Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My almost 18 year old niece - normal girl, not particularly political, not a campaigner for any particular thing, regular British teenager, just said “have you seen what’s going on in America? I’m not going there for as long as I live.”
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
My almost 18 year old niece - normal girl, not particularly political, not a campaigner for any particular thing, regular British teenager, just said “have you seen what’s going on in America? I’m not going there for as long as I live.”
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Trump clearly see's the future of Gaza as a dodgy real estate project for him and his corrupt pals to milk as much money out of as possible, and nothing more.
Trump has invited Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban to join his so-called “Peace Council”. Orban says it recognizes Hungary’s role in seeking peace. Earlier, Bloomberg reported Trump plans to charge $1B for permanent seats in this body, pitched as an alternative to the UN.
January 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Trump clearly see's the future of Gaza as a dodgy real estate project for him and his corrupt pals to milk as much money out of as possible, and nothing more.
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"It is tempting to say that the transatlantic alliance has hit rock bottom. Unfortunately, it could have a lot further to fall." @gideonrachman.bsky.social:
Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"It is tempting to say that the transatlantic alliance has hit rock bottom. Unfortunately, it could have a lot further to fall." @gideonrachman.bsky.social:
Farage is the worst kind of coward.
Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Farage is the worst kind of coward.
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Choosing sides between a rogue president bent on destroying the Western alliance and UK and EU governments finally standing up to him shouldn’t be difficult for mainstream political parties or news organisations. So come on Telegraph, Times, Badenoch and yes you Farage if you want to be PM…
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Choosing sides between a rogue president bent on destroying the Western alliance and UK and EU governments finally standing up to him shouldn’t be difficult for mainstream political parties or news organisations. So come on Telegraph, Times, Badenoch and yes you Farage if you want to be PM…
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Nothing to see here folks, just a sitting president investing in two companies whose merger he claims sole authority to approve or reject. Totally normal! 🙃
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Nothing to see here folks, just a sitting president investing in two companies whose merger he claims sole authority to approve or reject. Totally normal! 🙃
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If there’s ever been a case for the UK imposing retaliatory tariffs it’s here. I will gladly pay 10% to defend democracy 🫡
January 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
If there’s ever been a case for the UK imposing retaliatory tariffs it’s here. I will gladly pay 10% to defend democracy 🫡