Tony Blair has criticised the British government for not joining in the war in the Middle East, in the surest sign yet Keir Starmer might be doing the right thing
So Russia is revealed to be sending intelligence to Iran about US sites it should bomb. The next thing, Pres Trump gets on the phone to Putin and offers to lift oil-related sanctions against Russia.
With every passing day, the decision of Starmer and his cabinet a) not to join the Iranian war b) to delay access to bases looks wiser and wiser. Trump’s press conference last night shows he has no real idea what the objectives are and its duration is arbitrary. And if it does endure the economic consequences may prove ruinous, something he would have had to own if he had backed the effort.
Trump: "It was an assault like people have not seen since World War II."
This delusional statement of monumental dumbfuckery should raise alarm bells to the pedophile president's sanity. 😳�
Starmer can hardly condone what Trump has done in Venezuela, an afront to international law. But to condemn it on our own? Or find a nuanced middle way? The only feasible option is to align with the EU without having any inside voice or influence. Brexit is an unfolding debacle.
Remember when Trump said Harris would “guarantee “ World War III due to incompetence? He said her leadership would gamble with millions of lives and lead the nation into a global conflict. Yet, here we are with a demented old man that has bombed seven countries in one year. 😡
Trump: “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can have a safe, proper, transition…so we are going to run the country until we can have a safe…judicious transition.”
So Trump, for the time being, is effectively saying for now he’s also President of Venezuela.
President Zelensky reacts to Maduro’s capture, suggesting Putin should be next:
If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.
There will be no simple solutions to ending this war. We understand what is happening. We understand who we are dealing with. The issue is not the difficulty of making decisions. I am capable of making them. What matters is that everything is fair and transparent. That there are no games played behind Ukraine's back. That nothing is decided without Ukraine – about us, about our future.
The most sensitive things and the most difficult questions are about territories, about frozen assets. I can’t speak on behalf of European leaders about frozen money in Europe. I can only share my view, and they can support me. And about security guarantees. We count on strong security guarantees from the United States and Europe, and some other leaders. This is one of the Coalition of the Willing topics. We work on it. I think these three topics are the most sensitive and important. Our teams will continue to work on them.
Surely time to stop kidding ourselves NATO article 5 means anything to the Trump crowd. This on the day his Sec of State didn’t turn up to regular NATO foreign ministers meeting
@LBC@Nigel_Farage@NickFerrariLBC You last had Farage on to take calls on July 3rd.
What is it about the leader of four MPs that necessitates your incessant platforming of their tiny minority party?
For balance, when will you be giving @EdwardJDavey an hour?
Farage has had two, hour slots in one month.