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The 'Special Relationship' is over
You cannot cultivate a relationship with the political equivalent of the Sword of Damocles.
pthomasjohnson.substack.com
I started a politics/opinion blog!
My perspective on the future of the so-called "Special Relationship" between the UK and the US in the new era of Trump's international gangsterism.
My perspective on the future of the so-called "Special Relationship" between the UK and the US in the new era of Trump's international gangsterism.
Canada, among many other nations, rushed to the aid and defence of the US after it invoked Article 5 after 9/11.
194 Canadians gave their lives in that effort.
Canadians provided sanctuary and relief to stranded Americans when their flights were diverted after 9/11.
This windbag can fuck off.
194 Canadians gave their lives in that effort.
Canadians provided sanctuary and relief to stranded Americans when their flights were diverted after 9/11.
This windbag can fuck off.
More breathtaking arrogance here...and he's saying while visiting Canada.
Someone needs to send this MF a bill for our participation in their massive failure of a war in Afghanistan. How much are our dead and wounded worth?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Someone needs to send this MF a bill for our participation in their massive failure of a war in Afghanistan. How much are our dead and wounded worth?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
GOP lawmaker demands $300B in defense dues from Canada
Canada defends NATO commitment as forward progress at 'breakneck' speed
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Canada, among many other nations, rushed to the aid and defence of the US after it invoked Article 5 after 9/11.
194 Canadians gave their lives in that effort.
Canadians provided sanctuary and relief to stranded Americans when their flights were diverted after 9/11.
This windbag can fuck off.
194 Canadians gave their lives in that effort.
Canadians provided sanctuary and relief to stranded Americans when their flights were diverted after 9/11.
This windbag can fuck off.
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Please show this map of Russian "advances" on the front line to your foreign acquaintances. Share it on social media in English. Write under posts by American thought leaders.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Please show this map of Russian "advances" on the front line to your foreign acquaintances. Share it on social media in English. Write under posts by American thought leaders.
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Never fails to make me smile the way politicians understand the problem of short time horizons and embrace the 'objective of getting government to think further forward' once they are.... no longer politicians. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Mend broken budgets or Britain goes bust
Our system of five-year OBR forecasts means chancellors don’t worry much what happens after, but that’s the road to ruin
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Never fails to make me smile the way politicians understand the problem of short time horizons and embrace the 'objective of getting government to think further forward' once they are.... no longer politicians. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Prediction for next steps:
> Senate run
> Presdiential run
> Podcast
Or combination thereof.
> Senate run
> Presdiential run
> Podcast
Or combination thereof.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Prediction for next steps:
> Senate run
> Presdiential run
> Podcast
Or combination thereof.
> Senate run
> Presdiential run
> Podcast
Or combination thereof.
Russia is coming apart at the seams & they know they risk collapse if the war continues, so they got their cucked rapey big brother to help pressure their victim into surrender.
For a regime that wants to disengage from Europe they're extraordinarily preoccupied with it. Just fuck off if you want.
For a regime that wants to disengage from Europe they're extraordinarily preoccupied with it. Just fuck off if you want.
The Guardian reports that the U.S. plan incl several lines that were certainly drafted in RU before being translated. In EN they sound unnatural and out of place.
Example, 3rd point: “Russia is expected not to invade neighbouring countries, and NATO is expected not to expand further.”
Example, 3rd point: “Russia is expected not to invade neighbouring countries, and NATO is expected not to expand further.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Russia is coming apart at the seams & they know they risk collapse if the war continues, so they got their cucked rapey big brother to help pressure their victim into surrender.
For a regime that wants to disengage from Europe they're extraordinarily preoccupied with it. Just fuck off if you want.
For a regime that wants to disengage from Europe they're extraordinarily preoccupied with it. Just fuck off if you want.
Who gives a shit.
Donate it or voluntarily pay more in tax if you're that discomforted by your obscene wealth. Just fuck off and stop bothering us with your "woes".
Donate it or voluntarily pay more in tax if you're that discomforted by your obscene wealth. Just fuck off and stop bothering us with your "woes".
The fear of not having enough money is familiar. But there’s a quieter struggle at the top: feeling uncomfortable with having too much, says money psychotherapist Vicky Reynal ⬇️
Why my ultra-rich clients are ashamed of their wealth
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Who gives a shit.
Donate it or voluntarily pay more in tax if you're that discomforted by your obscene wealth. Just fuck off and stop bothering us with your "woes".
Donate it or voluntarily pay more in tax if you're that discomforted by your obscene wealth. Just fuck off and stop bothering us with your "woes".
This. We should have a fair, equitable, and just immigration system that works for all.
Instead, Starmer & Mahmood are taking a leaf out of the Trumpian manual and instituting a pay-to-play system that works for and rewards only the highest earners, while leaving everyone else in limbo.
Instead, Starmer & Mahmood are taking a leaf out of the Trumpian manual and instituting a pay-to-play system that works for and rewards only the highest earners, while leaving everyone else in limbo.
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This. We should have a fair, equitable, and just immigration system that works for all.
Instead, Starmer & Mahmood are taking a leaf out of the Trumpian manual and instituting a pay-to-play system that works for and rewards only the highest earners, while leaving everyone else in limbo.
Instead, Starmer & Mahmood are taking a leaf out of the Trumpian manual and instituting a pay-to-play system that works for and rewards only the highest earners, while leaving everyone else in limbo.
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Seems to be a prerequisite for the job these days.
The more you watch these, you realise just how many psychopaths become police officers and ICE agents.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Seems to be a prerequisite for the job these days.
The Lords does need to go and be replaced (though I don't want another elected chamber), but it's funny that people always find the bravery to criticise its undemocratic nature when it's doing its job on bills they personally like.
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Lords does need to go and be replaced (though I don't want another elected chamber), but it's funny that people always find the bravery to criticise its undemocratic nature when it's doing its job on bills they personally like.
Possibly the most inept Parliamentarian we've ever had. Bad Enoch is just dismally pathetic.
Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that he is leading "the first government in history to float increasing income tax rates only to then U-turn on it all after the actual budget".
Starmer: "The Budget is next week"
Starmer: "The Budget is next week"
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Possibly the most inept Parliamentarian we've ever had. Bad Enoch is just dismally pathetic.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
Oh no.
Anyway.
Anyway.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Oh no.
Anyway.
Anyway.
Right there with you. I've been playing since the first GTA, and IV is the best for sure. V feels a bit insecure in its identity, and I honestly just got bored with seemingly every mission being set up for a heist, before doing said heist. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It’s kinda funny that GTA IV was my first GTA game, because it (+ Red Dead Redemption) gave me a totally skewed view of what to expect from the series. So I just did not like GTA V much at all
I like the vibe and the way it’s narratively structured like a GTA game (but one with sympathetic characters like GTA IV, not caricatures like GTA V) but, mechanically, I struggle. I feel like it’s trying to do too many things and feels… shallow as a result, despite being fairly intricate
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Right there with you. I've been playing since the first GTA, and IV is the best for sure. V feels a bit insecure in its identity, and I honestly just got bored with seemingly every mission being set up for a heist, before doing said heist. Lather, rinse, repeat.
"I'm deeply ashamed I got caught"
Epstein documents released last week showed dozens of email exchanges between Summers and Epstein from 2016 to 2019.
Epstein Files Fallout: Larry Summers Steps Back From Public Roles, Says He’s ‘Deeply Ashamed’
Epstein documents released last week showed dozens of email exchanges between Summers and Epstein from 2016 to 2019.
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"I'm deeply ashamed I got caught"
Lol. All the current hype around a possible Half-Life 3 announcement, and the last line to this paragraph on the Half-Life Wiki page "Development of the next Half-Life game" is just, chef's kiss.
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Lol. All the current hype around a possible Half-Life 3 announcement, and the last line to this paragraph on the Half-Life Wiki page "Development of the next Half-Life game" is just, chef's kiss.
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Should we start referring to him and Schumer as Kaine & Unable?
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Should we start referring to him and Schumer as Kaine & Unable?
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"Ahkshyually it's ephebophilia" is becoming the common refrain now on the right as they close ranks to protect their child sex abusing leaders.
Even those who "claimed" to have somewhat broken from Trump like Hanania always know where their loyalties really lay.
Hard drive check needed.
Even those who "claimed" to have somewhat broken from Trump like Hanania always know where their loyalties really lay.
Hard drive check needed.
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Ahkshyually it's ephebophilia" is becoming the common refrain now on the right as they close ranks to protect their child sex abusing leaders.
Even those who "claimed" to have somewhat broken from Trump like Hanania always know where their loyalties really lay.
Hard drive check needed.
Even those who "claimed" to have somewhat broken from Trump like Hanania always know where their loyalties really lay.
Hard drive check needed.
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There are plenty of problems with berman’s trek. This wasn’t one of them.
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There are plenty of problems with berman’s trek. This wasn’t one of them.
There needs to be an American Nuremberg for this regime. Prosecute everyone involved. No pre-prosecution deals. No mercy. Maximum sentences for all involved.
I can only imagine we’re going to uncover that this sort of eugenicist bullshit got way worse in 2024 (Story is from 2020)
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
There needs to be an American Nuremberg for this regime. Prosecute everyone involved. No pre-prosecution deals. No mercy. Maximum sentences for all involved.
We're watching an entrenched political establishment commit suicide in real time.
Mahmood is expected to tell critics: "if you don't like this, you won't like what follows me". Fuck you, and fuck this extortion. I'm sick of it.
The Labour Party is dead and no longer worth supporting.
Mahmood is expected to tell critics: "if you don't like this, you won't like what follows me". Fuck you, and fuck this extortion. I'm sick of it.
The Labour Party is dead and no longer worth supporting.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We're watching an entrenched political establishment commit suicide in real time.
Mahmood is expected to tell critics: "if you don't like this, you won't like what follows me". Fuck you, and fuck this extortion. I'm sick of it.
The Labour Party is dead and no longer worth supporting.
Mahmood is expected to tell critics: "if you don't like this, you won't like what follows me". Fuck you, and fuck this extortion. I'm sick of it.
The Labour Party is dead and no longer worth supporting.
Lol, what are they going to do, mandate that only turkey can be sold with prison sentences for buying ham?
I like how these mind-numbingly morally weak morons pretend that traditions have just been fixed since time immemorial, and haven't been in constant flux since time began.
I like how these mind-numbingly morally weak morons pretend that traditions have just been fixed since time immemorial, and haven't been in constant flux since time began.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lol, what are they going to do, mandate that only turkey can be sold with prison sentences for buying ham?
I like how these mind-numbingly morally weak morons pretend that traditions have just been fixed since time immemorial, and haven't been in constant flux since time began.
I like how these mind-numbingly morally weak morons pretend that traditions have just been fixed since time immemorial, and haven't been in constant flux since time began.
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Important
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
May 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Important
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.