@nicholadrummond With you right up until the last paragraph. That ship has sailed.
Agree 100% on the need for 3% now…expect significant movement in the Spring Statement. I’d suggest an Industrial strategy to regear factories is more important than the Single Market. Steel is a strategic asset.
@johnkonrad With respect John its diplomacy. The Oval Office press conference was an omnishambles & the UK has put an arm around an ally while the US considers its next steps. Politically I’m strongly opposed to Starmer but in this case it’s the right thing to do & the deal was ready to sign
It’s time for cool heads and to remember that the US and Ukraine are on the same side.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has led his people heroically for three years against completely unprovoked aggression from Russia.
The bravery of the Ukrainians has been amazing. Their suffering has been appalling.
It is they who deserve our support and they who frankly deserve our respect.
The best way forward now is for the minerals deal to be signed as soon as possible. There is still a path to peace.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Starmer's Chagos Deal is a betrayal of Britain.
Chagos has been British since 1814. Mauritius’s most respected leader said their claim is "ridiculous."
We & 🇺🇸 have a vital military base there. Why an earth give control to an ally of China?
This insanity must be stopped.
Keir Starmer says, at last, that UK defence spending will rise from 2.3% to 2.5% by 2027. So two years to add only £5 billion at a time when Trump’s America is retreating from Europe and a revanchist Russia threatens its eastern flank.
Pathetically inadequate.
Maybe he thinks it will impress Trump before they meet this week. It won’t. Trump doesn’t do decimal points.
Keir Starmer is currently talking about the ‘dangers of right wing politics’ after several cases of Labour councillors and staff members reporting members of the public to police for posting benign stuff on social media. Absolutely mental.
In an attempt to meet the demands of the Home Office - demands made on false illusions of providing security - Apple has been forced to entirely undermine the online security of pretty much every UK citizen who uses an Apple product.
https://t.co/nPLzBoloYY
I want to help the public understand the seriousness of Jonathan Reynolds false claims
Here is a thread on things solicitors and trainees have been *banned* from the profession for doing:
1. Lying about their grades on a job application form