Sue P.
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Trump is mercurial & Starmer is having to keep him onside for the immediate future- until we invest more in our own defence. I can't see what the alternative is. We will have to keep spending more as US pulls away. My point is that this seems at odds with Greens policies of spending less.
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Trump is mercurial & Starmer is having to keep him onside for the immediate future- until we invest more in our own defence. I can't see what the alternative is. We will have to keep spending more as US pulls away. My point is that this seems at odds with Greens policies of spending less.
It sounds like you'd rather be dead if you don't want to invest in Defence. The UK is having to rapidly try to make up for the fact that we can no longer depend on US defence budget we are alone and need to spend more. Can you not see how vulnerable we are?
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It sounds like you'd rather be dead if you don't want to invest in Defence. The UK is having to rapidly try to make up for the fact that we can no longer depend on US defence budget we are alone and need to spend more. Can you not see how vulnerable we are?
You are talking ideology Tuesday. Look at the state of Ukraine - how many lives have been lost?? If they had a nuclear deterrent Putin would not have invaded in the first place.
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
You are talking ideology Tuesday. Look at the state of Ukraine - how many lives have been lost?? If they had a nuclear deterrent Putin would not have invaded in the first place.
So tell me how reducing our spending on Defence and laying down our weapons, to just focus on discussion and diplomacy will help keep us and the rest of our allies safe?
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
So tell me how reducing our spending on Defence and laying down our weapons, to just focus on discussion and diplomacy will help keep us and the rest of our allies safe?
The Green's policy on Defence is one huge red flag. Ideological thinking does not keep countries safe. We live in the real world where tyrants who will exploit any weakness exist. Diplomacy with Putin just doesn't work. The thought of Polanski in power during these times is quite terrifying.
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The Green's policy on Defence is one huge red flag. Ideological thinking does not keep countries safe. We live in the real world where tyrants who will exploit any weakness exist. Diplomacy with Putin just doesn't work. The thought of Polanski in power during these times is quite terrifying.
The UK have helped fund that war from our Defence budget- a budget that the Greens want to cut. Many many civilians have died. If they had nuclear weapons Putin would not have invaded in the first place.
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The UK have helped fund that war from our Defence budget- a budget that the Greens want to cut. Many many civilians have died. If they had nuclear weapons Putin would not have invaded in the first place.
I do understand this-a reason why Starmer is choosing to keep Trump close. The UK is extremely vulnerable especially as the World Order is changing. It's the reason we need to spend more on Defence something that Greens want to cut. In my view that is naivety and is as terrifying as a Reform govnmt.
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I do understand this-a reason why Starmer is choosing to keep Trump close. The UK is extremely vulnerable especially as the World Order is changing. It's the reason we need to spend more on Defence something that Greens want to cut. In my view that is naivety and is as terrifying as a Reform govnmt.
Could you then please correct me with the facts. What is the Green policy on Defence?
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Could you then please correct me with the facts. What is the Green policy on Defence?
There are many things that you stand for that I admire, but equally there are some policies regarding Defence that terrify me. In this world of Putin and Trump - a Green Government would weaken NATO at exactly the wrong time. You are all good people but we don't need more ideologues right now.
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
There are many things that you stand for that I admire, but equally there are some policies regarding Defence that terrify me. In this world of Putin and Trump - a Green Government would weaken NATO at exactly the wrong time. You are all good people but we don't need more ideologues right now.
Come on. Why are my arguments being reduced to black and white terms. This is another reason I can't vote Green. We live in a world of nuance- the political situation is complicated. Just because I don't agree that your party will invest in defence doesn't mean I support fascism. That's nonsensical.
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Come on. Why are my arguments being reduced to black and white terms. This is another reason I can't vote Green. We live in a world of nuance- the political situation is complicated. Just because I don't agree that your party will invest in defence doesn't mean I support fascism. That's nonsensical.
No. How did you get to that?
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
No. How did you get to that?
We don't yet live in a world where we don't have access to Trident so it is not useless. Starmer keeps onside with Trump due to UK's vulnerabilities -in terms of both Trade & Defence. I agree we need closer ties to EU but equally we need to invest. I don't trust Greens to do that.
January 25, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We don't yet live in a world where we don't have access to Trident so it is not useless. Starmer keeps onside with Trump due to UK's vulnerabilities -in terms of both Trade & Defence. I agree we need closer ties to EU but equally we need to invest. I don't trust Greens to do that.
What about nuclear armaments and spending on defence? That is the thing that puts me off voting Green - especially in this world with the likes of Trump & Putin. Losing those would leave us extremely vulnerable and NATO dramatically weakened.
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
What about nuclear armaments and spending on defence? That is the thing that puts me off voting Green - especially in this world with the likes of Trump & Putin. Losing those would leave us extremely vulnerable and NATO dramatically weakened.
This isn't how politics works and you know it. Politics is about popularity. Burnham is one of the most popular Labour politicians in the country- it would be strange to argue otherwise. That would be gaslighting and we've seen enough of that coming out of the US. We don't need any of that here.
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This isn't how politics works and you know it. Politics is about popularity. Burnham is one of the most popular Labour politicians in the country- it would be strange to argue otherwise. That would be gaslighting and we've seen enough of that coming out of the US. We don't need any of that here.
Is Morgan McSweeney working for Reform UK?
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Is Morgan McSweeney working for Reform UK?
It makes my blood boil. It feels like they are saying they would prefer a Reform MP in that seat. I think Burnham is one of the very few Labour politicians that can win against them up there. It is so shortsighted- it stinks.
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It makes my blood boil. It feels like they are saying they would prefer a Reform MP in that seat. I think Burnham is one of the very few Labour politicians that can win against them up there. It is so shortsighted- it stinks.
This wasn’t from the first article it was published today by the Observer in response to Raynor Winn’s post last week. They had a right to reply. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Fact and fiction: Raynor Winn won’t talk to us. But here...
After our exposé of the inaccuracies behind a couple’s walk to salvation, their defence raises new questions
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July 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This wasn’t from the first article it was published today by the Observer in response to Raynor Winn’s post last week. They had a right to reply. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Reading this and the pain this has caused CBD sufferers puts a different light on this. My heart goes out to these poor people that were duped. Years wasted living in false hope when they should have been making the most of the time they had left. It’s disgraceful.
July 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reading this and the pain this has caused CBD sufferers puts a different light on this. My heart goes out to these poor people that were duped. Years wasted living in false hope when they should have been making the most of the time they had left. It’s disgraceful.
Absolutely this. I thought, when I read her website statement, this has been done because the lawyers are telling her she hasn’t a case. Instead, she needs to reach out directly to her fans, to manipulate them again- tug at their heart strings by putting Moth’s illness front & centre. It is grim.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Absolutely this. I thought, when I read her website statement, this has been done because the lawyers are telling her she hasn’t a case. Instead, she needs to reach out directly to her fans, to manipulate them again- tug at their heart strings by putting Moth’s illness front & centre. It is grim.
Yes that’s true. And Moth’s diagnosis letter that she posts is from 2015 - the year after they walked the SW coastal path and just before she started writing. I’m not sure she has helped herself really.
July 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yes that’s true. And Moth’s diagnosis letter that she posts is from 2015 - the year after they walked the SW coastal path and just before she started writing. I’m not sure she has helped herself really.
Ah. O.k. Thanks for the heads up.
July 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ah. O.k. Thanks for the heads up.
But isn’t the Observer the name for the Guardian’s Sunday newspaper? Personally I just class them both as the same thing.
July 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
But isn’t the Observer the name for the Guardian’s Sunday newspaper? Personally I just class them both as the same thing.
Sadly people said the same about Johnson and Truss.
June 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sadly people said the same about Johnson and Truss.