tristramc
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Did Ukraine return ALL its nuclear weapons to Russia in the 1990s - where corruption in the military was and is endemic? If he wants to retaliate can Putin take that risk? We have seen how Ukraine is able embed its assets unseen deep inside Russia...
June 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Did Ukraine return ALL its nuclear weapons to Russia in the 1990s - where corruption in the military was and is endemic? If he wants to retaliate can Putin take that risk? We have seen how Ukraine is able embed its assets unseen deep inside Russia...
On the bright side, 50% tariffs would absolutely clobber Ratcliffe's jeeps. Should have built them in UK...
May 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On the bright side, 50% tariffs would absolutely clobber Ratcliffe's jeeps. Should have built them in UK...
Trump expected to make an announcement on Shawshank Penitentiary soon.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Trump expected to make an announcement on Shawshank Penitentiary soon.
It's a startlingly rare event in our lifetimes to have the convergence of St George's day and bin day. Probably won't happen again for centuries.
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's a startlingly rare event in our lifetimes to have the convergence of St George's day and bin day. Probably won't happen again for centuries.
China returns Boeing jets it ordered
April 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
China returns Boeing jets it ordered
A trade deal with America simply isn't worth the trouble.
April 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A trade deal with America simply isn't worth the trouble.
The squeaky blinders and a hen party in space. Interesting times.
April 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The squeaky blinders and a hen party in space. Interesting times.
Please stop calling them 'crew'. They had as much control over the flight as the dog Laika or Ham, the chimp
WATCH LIVE: Katy Perry and star-studded crew launch into space aboard Blue Origin rocket
WATCH: Katy Perry and star-studded crew launch into space aboard Blue Origin rocket
Monday's flight features the first all-female crew since 1963 and includes big names like Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez. Here's what else to know about it.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Please stop calling them 'crew'. They had as much control over the flight as the dog Laika or Ham, the chimp
So that Brexit benefit disappeared in a puff of smoke
April 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So that Brexit benefit disappeared in a puff of smoke
So if Trump is right that the rest of the world will want to make a deal - just how many negotiators has the US got?
April 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So if Trump is right that the rest of the world will want to make a deal - just how many negotiators has the US got?
Enjoyed last night in the Cotswolds with a lovely family from Connecticut. It's a blue state but even so, we were glad we didn't hear Trump's speech until we were driving home.
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Enjoyed last night in the Cotswolds with a lovely family from Connecticut. It's a blue state but even so, we were glad we didn't hear Trump's speech until we were driving home.
If a UK-US trade deal is agreed it's going to make James Dyson look pretty stupid for moving all his manufacturing to Malaysia
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer and Trump have ‘productive’ talks on UK-US trade deal as tariff threat looms
Starmer has left the door open to retaliatory tariffs against US after Trump announced a 25 per cent import tax on all cars
www.independent.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
If a UK-US trade deal is agreed it's going to make James Dyson look pretty stupid for moving all his manufacturing to Malaysia
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How can we possibly share any classified information with the USA in future?
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
How can we possibly share any classified information with the USA in future?
The irony of tariffs is that they allow domestic producers to raise their prices to match the cost of imported goods. Beautiful.
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The irony of tariffs is that they allow domestic producers to raise their prices to match the cost of imported goods. Beautiful.
If this results in a big oil spill the prevailing wind will push it ashore in Richard Tice's constituency. There's no secret that he is funded by fossil fuel interests. Karma?
From Marine Traffic, here's the moment of the crash between the oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate and a cargo vessel MV Solong. Live updates here www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If this results in a big oil spill the prevailing wind will push it ashore in Richard Tice's constituency. There's no secret that he is funded by fossil fuel interests. Karma?
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
Went for drinks with neighbours this evening. For the first time I can ever remember, politics came up straight away.
March 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Went for drinks with neighbours this evening. For the first time I can ever remember, politics came up straight away.
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NFU President Tom Bradshaw boasts that last year the NFU "fended off the Right to Roam".
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
February 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
NFU President Tom Bradshaw boasts that last year the NFU "fended off the Right to Roam".
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
👊
This means we will all be free to say that she crashed the economy.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Truss praises Trump and Musk as she announces new ‘free speech media network’
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister promised a new venture in a speech to a right-wing conference in America.
www.standard.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
👊
Because, guess what, he's not a dictator.
February 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Because, guess what, he's not a dictator.
I can't get my head round the fact that RFK is married to her off of Curb Your Enthusiasm
February 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I can't get my head round the fact that RFK is married to her off of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Is @octopusenergyus.bsky.social doing anything to increase the numbers of EV and charger brands that their smart tariffs support? I would have thought Kia and Hyundai would have been on the list by now but it seems they can't keep pace with the market.
February 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Is @octopusenergyus.bsky.social doing anything to increase the numbers of EV and charger brands that their smart tariffs support? I would have thought Kia and Hyundai would have been on the list by now but it seems they can't keep pace with the market.
Our service from Thames Water has so deteriorated (numerous leaks, 24hr loss of water, sewage tankering for over a year) that I fear they are going to impact property values. If you are in their catchment it's a less desirable place to live.
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our service from Thames Water has so deteriorated (numerous leaks, 24hr loss of water, sewage tankering for over a year) that I fear they are going to impact property values. If you are in their catchment it's a less desirable place to live.
100% tariffs now on Tesla cars, Tesla Powerwalls and Starlink terminals. 👊
February 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
100% tariffs now on Tesla cars, Tesla Powerwalls and Starlink terminals. 👊