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Donald Trump's Alaska summit w Putin could be a replay of Munich 1938, where Czechoslovakia was given away without the Czechs being consulted. It was appeasement, and only made Hitler hungry for more.
Zelensky will now be forced to accept concessions he hasn't negotiated. It won't end well
#r4today
Zelensky will now be forced to accept concessions he hasn't negotiated. It won't end well
#r4today
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Donald Trump's Alaska summit w Putin could be a replay of Munich 1938, where Czechoslovakia was given away without the Czechs being consulted. It was appeasement, and only made Hitler hungry for more.
Zelensky will now be forced to accept concessions he hasn't negotiated. It won't end well
#r4today
Zelensky will now be forced to accept concessions he hasn't negotiated. It won't end well
#r4today
Kemi Badenoch attacks over sex + gender, a weak spot for Keir Starmer: Will he apologise for being wrong, + for forcing Rosie Duffield out of Labour?
KS: KB was Minister for Women for 2y and did nothing.
He also reminds her of Robert Jenrick's off-stage plotting w Farage.
A testy score draw.
#PMQs
KS: KB was Minister for Women for 2y and did nothing.
He also reminds her of Robert Jenrick's off-stage plotting w Farage.
A testy score draw.
#PMQs
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Kemi Badenoch attacks over sex + gender, a weak spot for Keir Starmer: Will he apologise for being wrong, + for forcing Rosie Duffield out of Labour?
KS: KB was Minister for Women for 2y and did nothing.
He also reminds her of Robert Jenrick's off-stage plotting w Farage.
A testy score draw.
#PMQs
KS: KB was Minister for Women for 2y and did nothing.
He also reminds her of Robert Jenrick's off-stage plotting w Farage.
A testy score draw.
#PMQs
John Sweeney:
"Donald Trump is a great showman, but he's a fool. Putin is a murderer, but a clever one. I've no doubt P is the master and T is the slave... P has has sexual kompromat on T."
Nothing we've seen on Russia/Ukraine contradicts any of this, and JS knows what he's talking about.
#BBC5live
"Donald Trump is a great showman, but he's a fool. Putin is a murderer, but a clever one. I've no doubt P is the master and T is the slave... P has has sexual kompromat on T."
Nothing we've seen on Russia/Ukraine contradicts any of this, and JS knows what he's talking about.
#BBC5live
March 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
John Sweeney:
"Donald Trump is a great showman, but he's a fool. Putin is a murderer, but a clever one. I've no doubt P is the master and T is the slave... P has has sexual kompromat on T."
Nothing we've seen on Russia/Ukraine contradicts any of this, and JS knows what he's talking about.
#BBC5live
"Donald Trump is a great showman, but he's a fool. Putin is a murderer, but a clever one. I've no doubt P is the master and T is the slave... P has has sexual kompromat on T."
Nothing we've seen on Russia/Ukraine contradicts any of this, and JS knows what he's talking about.
#BBC5live
Is Donald Trump a total idiot? Vainglorious boast: "I have the power to end the war, it's going v well".
He criticises Ukraine for not making a deal with Putin "You shd never've started it." He just doesn't get the most basic point, or just ignores it: *It was Russia who attacked them* #BBCNews
He criticises Ukraine for not making a deal with Putin "You shd never've started it." He just doesn't get the most basic point, or just ignores it: *It was Russia who attacked them* #BBCNews
February 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Is Donald Trump a total idiot? Vainglorious boast: "I have the power to end the war, it's going v well".
He criticises Ukraine for not making a deal with Putin "You shd never've started it." He just doesn't get the most basic point, or just ignores it: *It was Russia who attacked them* #BBCNews
He criticises Ukraine for not making a deal with Putin "You shd never've started it." He just doesn't get the most basic point, or just ignores it: *It was Russia who attacked them* #BBCNews
Trump has been played like a fiddle, or possibly just knows Putin owns him. Now Russia will get everything it wants. It can re-arm and think which part of Europe it wants to invade next, incl attacking Ukraine again. Agent Orange has shafted the West.
Appeasement, like 30s Germany? #C4News
Appeasement, like 30s Germany? #C4News
February 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump has been played like a fiddle, or possibly just knows Putin owns him. Now Russia will get everything it wants. It can re-arm and think which part of Europe it wants to invade next, incl attacking Ukraine again. Agent Orange has shafted the West.
Appeasement, like 30s Germany? #C4News
Appeasement, like 30s Germany? #C4News
Kemi Badenoch still can't get the hang of #PMQs
The point is to construct a series of qns which trap Keir Starmer into an awkward admission, or catch him in a lie.
Instead she just makes a long list of dubious partisan assertions with a half-hearted qn tacked on the end. Useless
The point is to construct a series of qns which trap Keir Starmer into an awkward admission, or catch him in a lie.
Instead she just makes a long list of dubious partisan assertions with a half-hearted qn tacked on the end. Useless
February 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Kemi Badenoch still can't get the hang of #PMQs
The point is to construct a series of qns which trap Keir Starmer into an awkward admission, or catch him in a lie.
Instead she just makes a long list of dubious partisan assertions with a half-hearted qn tacked on the end. Useless
The point is to construct a series of qns which trap Keir Starmer into an awkward admission, or catch him in a lie.
Instead she just makes a long list of dubious partisan assertions with a half-hearted qn tacked on the end. Useless
Environment Secretary Steve Reed: "Palestinians must be able to return home and rebuild their lives ..it'd be inappropriate to share a running commentary on Donald Trump's ideas for Gaza"
Translation: His idea is utter nonsense, but we don't want to upset his fragile ego by saying so
#r4today
Translation: His idea is utter nonsense, but we don't want to upset his fragile ego by saying so
#r4today
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Environment Secretary Steve Reed: "Palestinians must be able to return home and rebuild their lives ..it'd be inappropriate to share a running commentary on Donald Trump's ideas for Gaza"
Translation: His idea is utter nonsense, but we don't want to upset his fragile ego by saying so
#r4today
Translation: His idea is utter nonsense, but we don't want to upset his fragile ego by saying so
#r4today
Trump's idea for permanent resettlement of Gazans and a "Riviera of the Middle East" is risible.
He sees Gaza as a real estate opportunity for him and his cronies, whilst Israelis see it as more territory for them to colonise.
Know-nothing Trump has been conned by Netanyahu
#r4today
He sees Gaza as a real estate opportunity for him and his cronies, whilst Israelis see it as more territory for them to colonise.
Know-nothing Trump has been conned by Netanyahu
#r4today
February 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Trump's idea for permanent resettlement of Gazans and a "Riviera of the Middle East" is risible.
He sees Gaza as a real estate opportunity for him and his cronies, whilst Israelis see it as more territory for them to colonise.
Know-nothing Trump has been conned by Netanyahu
#r4today
He sees Gaza as a real estate opportunity for him and his cronies, whilst Israelis see it as more territory for them to colonise.
Know-nothing Trump has been conned by Netanyahu
#r4today
Donald Trump imposes tariffs. European and Far Eastern stock markets tumble, no doubt to be followed downwards by Wall St.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Vladimir Putin smiles to himself as he strokes the cat on his lap . The 2016 investments he made in Brexit and Trump are paying handsome dividends #r4today
Meanwhile in Moscow, Vladimir Putin smiles to himself as he strokes the cat on his lap . The 2016 investments he made in Brexit and Trump are paying handsome dividends #r4today
February 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Donald Trump imposes tariffs. European and Far Eastern stock markets tumble, no doubt to be followed downwards by Wall St.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Vladimir Putin smiles to himself as he strokes the cat on his lap . The 2016 investments he made in Brexit and Trump are paying handsome dividends #r4today
Meanwhile in Moscow, Vladimir Putin smiles to himself as he strokes the cat on his lap . The 2016 investments he made in Brexit and Trump are paying handsome dividends #r4today
Huddersfield 0 Bolton 1! Anyone see that coming?
(sings) "Julian Darby's super white army!" Almost rhymes.
Ian Evatt did a great job for us, but he'd run out of ideas. Should gone after losing to Oxford at Wembley. He deserves our thanks. Now time to move on. #bwfc #htfc #oufc
(sings) "Julian Darby's super white army!" Almost rhymes.
Ian Evatt did a great job for us, but he'd run out of ideas. Should gone after losing to Oxford at Wembley. He deserves our thanks. Now time to move on. #bwfc #htfc #oufc
January 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bolton Wanderers have sacked manager Ian Evatt. It's the right move, but it's too late to save this season.
I was mostly a fan, but he'd run out of ideas and run out of road. That was obvious after the 2-0 defeat to Oxford at Wembley last May.
#BWFC
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/248743...
I was mostly a fan, but he'd run out of ideas and run out of road. That was obvious after the 2-0 defeat to Oxford at Wembley last May.
#BWFC
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/248743...
Bolton Wanderers part ways with manager Ian Evatt after four-and-a-half years
Ian Evatt's tenure as manager of Bolton Wanderers has come to an end after a 2-1 home defeat against Charlton Athletic.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Bolton Wanderers have sacked manager Ian Evatt. It's the right move, but it's too late to save this season.
I was mostly a fan, but he'd run out of ideas and run out of road. That was obvious after the 2-0 defeat to Oxford at Wembley last May.
#BWFC
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/248743...
I was mostly a fan, but he'd run out of ideas and run out of road. That was obvious after the 2-0 defeat to Oxford at Wembley last May.
#BWFC
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/248743...
Better from Kemi Badenoch, as she seems to be learning how to frame a qn. But a killer line from Keir Starmer about getting a letter from a Tory voter "it wasn't written in green ink, but it could have been - it was from Liz Truss, denying she crashed the economy" Ouch!
#PMQs
#PMQs
January 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Better from Kemi Badenoch, as she seems to be learning how to frame a qn. But a killer line from Keir Starmer about getting a letter from a Tory voter "it wasn't written in green ink, but it could have been - it was from Liz Truss, denying she crashed the economy" Ouch!
#PMQs
#PMQs
Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch never mentioned rape gangs in the House in her 7+ years as an MP, including as Women's and Equalities Minister.
He invites her to correct him if he's wrong. She signally fails to do so amidst jeers in the HoC, presumably bcz KS is correct.
#PMQs
He invites her to correct him if he's wrong. She signally fails to do so amidst jeers in the HoC, presumably bcz KS is correct.
#PMQs
January 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch never mentioned rape gangs in the House in her 7+ years as an MP, including as Women's and Equalities Minister.
He invites her to correct him if he's wrong. She signally fails to do so amidst jeers in the HoC, presumably bcz KS is correct.
#PMQs
He invites her to correct him if he's wrong. She signally fails to do so amidst jeers in the HoC, presumably bcz KS is correct.
#PMQs
1/2 Robert Jenrick tries to weasel his way out of the Tories' refusal to hold a national inquiry into rape gangs "The previous request was from.. councillors, this one was from the council itself." As if that makes any difference at all!
"Honest Bob" - slippery as ever.
#r4today
"Honest Bob" - slippery as ever.
#r4today
January 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1/2 Robert Jenrick tries to weasel his way out of the Tories' refusal to hold a national inquiry into rape gangs "The previous request was from.. councillors, this one was from the council itself." As if that makes any difference at all!
"Honest Bob" - slippery as ever.
#r4today
"Honest Bob" - slippery as ever.
#r4today
V unhappy at Ian Evatt's remarks on Bolton's home defeat to #BFC
"We need change, we need to be better, and that needs to happen quickly".
It's as though he's got no agency, when in fact he's the person best-placed to effect that change. Has he run out of time and ideas?
#BWFC
"We need change, we need to be better, and that needs to happen quickly".
It's as though he's got no agency, when in fact he's the person best-placed to effect that change. Has he run out of time and ideas?
#BWFC
December 28, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Really poor result for Bolton Wanderers. Losing 2-1 to long-time rivals #BFC (both teams think they're much bigger than the other) simply isn't good enough.
After 5-0 loss to #SCFC, 2-0 to #WAFC and 4-0 to #HTFC, could be curtains for Ian Evatt. Actually, I mean *should* I've lost patience. #BWFC
After 5-0 loss to #SCFC, 2-0 to #WAFC and 4-0 to #HTFC, could be curtains for Ian Evatt. Actually, I mean *should* I've lost patience. #BWFC
December 26, 2024 at 5:18 PM
When pressed on any policy issue on, say, water or steel, Kemi Badenoch has no ideas. "The answer is always, and should always be 'it depends' "(!!)
She pretends she's still thinking things through, but in reality she simply wants to carp from the sidleines.
She's hopeless and a bullshitter
#r4today
She pretends she's still thinking things through, but in reality she simply wants to carp from the sidleines.
She's hopeless and a bullshitter
#r4today
December 23, 2024 at 10:20 AM
When pressed on any policy issue on, say, water or steel, Kemi Badenoch has no ideas. "The answer is always, and should always be 'it depends' "(!!)
She pretends she's still thinking things through, but in reality she simply wants to carp from the sidleines.
She's hopeless and a bullshitter
#r4today
She pretends she's still thinking things through, but in reality she simply wants to carp from the sidleines.
She's hopeless and a bullshitter
#r4today
Kemi Badenoch shows she has little grip on policy and few concrete ideas. Whenever she's asked for detail she responds "Watch this space" Hm, v inspiring!
Reform is currently stepping into the vacuum with its dangerous narrative of division + victimhood. She appears to have nothing to offer
#r4today
Reform is currently stepping into the vacuum with its dangerous narrative of division + victimhood. She appears to have nothing to offer
#r4today
December 23, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Kemi Badenoch shows she has little grip on policy and few concrete ideas. Whenever she's asked for detail she responds "Watch this space" Hm, v inspiring!
Reform is currently stepping into the vacuum with its dangerous narrative of division + victimhood. She appears to have nothing to offer
#r4today
Reform is currently stepping into the vacuum with its dangerous narrative of division + victimhood. She appears to have nothing to offer
#r4today
Kemi Badenoch insists she'll take time to analyse what the Tories did wrong. Yet within weeks of defeat she offered her (ludicrous) verdict that the Tories "talked right but governed left"
Two of her biggest problems: She's a bullshitter who backed Brexit
#r4today
Two of her biggest problems: She's a bullshitter who backed Brexit
#r4today
December 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Kemi Badenoch insists she'll take time to analyse what the Tories did wrong. Yet within weeks of defeat she offered her (ludicrous) verdict that the Tories "talked right but governed left"
Two of her biggest problems: She's a bullshitter who backed Brexit
#r4today
Two of her biggest problems: She's a bullshitter who backed Brexit
#r4today
Gareth Southgate sounds like a total top man: Likeable, modest, intelligent, insightful, honest. He's been a credit to the England team, to our country, and to all the teams he's represented. He's the kind of role model we need for our young men today
#DesertIslandDiscs #BBCRadio4
#DesertIslandDiscs #BBCRadio4
December 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Gareth Southgate sounds like a total top man: Likeable, modest, intelligent, insightful, honest. He's been a credit to the England team, to our country, and to all the teams he's represented. He's the kind of role model we need for our young men today
#DesertIslandDiscs #BBCRadio4
#DesertIslandDiscs #BBCRadio4
Chris Mason: Nigel Farage's key skill has been "his ability to dominate the air wars". True, but that's bcz the BBC constantly invites him and his acolytes on their political progs. #PoliticsLive or #BBCQT always feature a right-wing #Brexit loon, usually at the expense of the LibDems. #r4today
December 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Chris Mason: Nigel Farage's key skill has been "his ability to dominate the air wars". True, but that's bcz the BBC constantly invites him and his acolytes on their political progs. #PoliticsLive or #BBCQT always feature a right-wing #Brexit loon, usually at the expense of the LibDems. #r4today
That's a shocking result for #BWFC - losing 2-0 at home to #WAFC
Local derbies really matter, and it looks like Ian Evatt doesn't know how to motivate this Bolton squad. I've been a fan of his, but I now fear for his future - even with forgiving Auntie Sharon Brittan in the chair
Local derbies really matter, and it looks like Ian Evatt doesn't know how to motivate this Bolton squad. I've been a fan of his, but I now fear for his future - even with forgiving Auntie Sharon Brittan in the chair
December 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Oh for goodness' sake ! Bolton already 1-0 down at home against Wigan
Reading
@MarcIles
' live blog it sounds like we're lacklustre and lethargic. Two defenders booked already in the first 15 mins.
If this game doesn't go well, Ian Evatt could be in serious trouble.
#BWFC #WAFC
Reading
@MarcIles
' live blog it sounds like we're lacklustre and lethargic. Two defenders booked already in the first 15 mins.
If this game doesn't go well, Ian Evatt could be in serious trouble.
#BWFC #WAFC
December 14, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Incredibly moving phone-in from Nicky Campbell on #BBC5Live responsding to the Sara Sharif case. First "Robert" then "Sarah" describe experiencing parental abuse.
"It's ridiculous, I'm a grown woman w kids, but I'm still scared of my mother. If I take the lid off this box it'll break me" Brave woman
"It's ridiculous, I'm a grown woman w kids, but I'm still scared of my mother. If I take the lid off this box it'll break me" Brave woman
December 12, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Incredibly moving phone-in from Nicky Campbell on #BBC5Live responsding to the Sara Sharif case. First "Robert" then "Sarah" describe experiencing parental abuse.
"It's ridiculous, I'm a grown woman w kids, but I'm still scared of my mother. If I take the lid off this box it'll break me" Brave woman
"It's ridiculous, I'm a grown woman w kids, but I'm still scared of my mother. If I take the lid off this box it'll break me" Brave woman
Richard Tice is doing his usual boorish pub bore act on #PoliticsLive, interrupting everyone at every turn, but is totally unable to support any of his arrogant assertions with evidence. Jo Coburn is challenging him much more robustly. About time too - a welcome shift in tone.
December 10, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Richard Tice is doing his usual boorish pub bore act on #PoliticsLive, interrupting everyone at every turn, but is totally unable to support any of his arrogant assertions with evidence. Jo Coburn is challenging him much more robustly. About time too - a welcome shift in tone.