Rose Mary

Patriot, reluctant Remainer who thinks we need to accept it happened and move on

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@annaturley @ukhomeoffice You need to have a wee think about the term ‘small boats’. There’s nothing small about mega dinghies carrying 165 illegal migrants 😤https://t.co/VxEZg84eTE

[Benonwine @benonwine]

The brilliant @thenowherephoto films illegal migrants waiting to board what appears to be one of the biggest dinghies yet seen attempting to cross the English Channel.

This looks more like an invasion on an unprecedented scale. There appear to be 1000, military-age men gathered in this shot alone.

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@essexloko74 @BBCNews Start using the bus, maybe 🤔

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Dan4Barnet Slashing VAT is a drop in the ocean, its impact so miniscule that most people won’t even notice it

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@timchap @GlennConnection If fitness for the role was a criteria, many of the current crop of MPs would be out of a job. Skills, knowledge, and experience outside the public sector/trade unions/local government often sadly lacking. And second jobs should be banned https://t.co/e7L9Lb37qh

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Nigel_Farage The last thing the British people need is an early GE. We don’t want MPs spending their time campaigning instead of governing. What we actually want is for the MPs elected 2 years ago to listen to what people want, then do it.

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@BenGrahamUK Anyone else utterly sick of these kind of proposals?

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Z55003 @newodec @Brokenpavement The US seems to like exporting economic mayhem. It waited c80 years after the end of the Great Depression to provoke the 2008 crash. With his on/off/on tariffs and Iran fiasco Trump clearly doesn’t want to wait that long

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Jenny_1884 It’s a speed limit, not a target. All the drivers in favour of reducing the maximum 70mph limit are free to drive at 60mph whenever they want 🤷‍♀️

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@jackmandaville Very insightful. Let’s hope any offspring got their brains from the European parent

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@MasterJamesofS1 No, it’s not. It’s complete disdain and disrespect for voters. Politicians should put the country first, not themselves. Enough with the childish grandstanding

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@StewartEestis God save the world from octogenarian power crazed leaders who spout bull💩in between falling asleep at inappropriate moments and starting wars they can’t win

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

For the past year, MAGA has been screaming “Europoor” like a cheap car alarm going off at three in the morning. Nobody asked for it, nobody knows how to turn it off.

But then along comes this chart.
America sits at number four in average wealth. Except “average” is the statistic billionaires hide behind. Put Elon Musk in a room with 500 broke MAGA guys, and on average, everyone in that room is a multibillionaire. That’s the trick!

Now look at the median. The actual middle American, the real one with the pickup truck, the missing teeth and the medical debt. Fourteenth place. Behind Belgium. Behind Italy. Behind Spain. And the ordinary European? The man MAGA calls a Europoor pays $9 for his insulin, glances over at the American paying $900 for the exact same vial, shrugs, and goes back to being more than twice as wealthy. He’d feel sorry for you, but honestly, he’s too busy being on vacation.

And that gap between fourth and fourteenth? That’s not a statistical quirk. That’s the entire scam laid bare. America’s wealth exists. It’s just not yours. It belongs to about eleven people in Palo Alto, and you’ve been guarding it for them for free, like an unpaid nightclub bouncer, shouting at Europeans on the internet while the owners drink champagne inside.

American exceptionalism. No other nation on Earth has ever been this successfully convinced to cheer for its own fleecing.

So by all means, keep shouting Europoor. We’ll be over here with our healthcare, our six weeks of vacation, and our double-your-median wealth, trying very hard to hear you over the sound of how sorry we feel.

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@_53North @iam_me31244 @jazzpool21 @BBCNews @Keir_Starmer s172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows national licensing hours extensions for events of exceptional significance, so not quite the same thing. However, 14 years since his conviction should have been more than enough time

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@iam_me31244 @jazzpool21 @BBCNews @Keir_Starmer 14 years isn’t enough then? He was convicted of multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in 2012, after which he was stripped of his UK citizenship. The final step should have been to get the law changed in the interim so he could be deported on release 🤷‍♀️

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Mdband22 Naively, Europeans always viewed the US as an long term ally, but in 18 months Trump has upended our faith and showed us a US we don’t recognise or like. From ICE raids, to tariffs, to threats to annex Greenland, he has done the US’ reputation untold harm https://t.co/IZUl2lwmRx

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@bennyjohnson Yep. The lesson is stop behaving like passive aggressive pricks 🤔

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Telegraph Is there any hope at all that politicians will ever stop referring to taxpayer- funded benefits as ‘free’ 🤔

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@KylePagan_ Who cares? The US football team will never match the awe-inspiring great teams of Europe and S America. Can’t invent history, even if you’re American and believe that 250 years is a long time 🤷‍♀️

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@Tom88206311 @HaterReport That’s not a dance. That’s an octogenarian embarrassing himself and his country 😳

[Rose Mary @Rose_Mary61]

@CoachParseghian Losing to a joke country? FFS, the arrogance of you Yanks has no limits. At least Belgium has never voted for an octogenarian convicted felon 🤡 as its head of government