Mobile/web /ex-TV Asst Ed, ex Fleet Street journo, born Mombasa, family Mumbai - lives in Beds, loves Mighty Hatters! on 3 month break - views mostly my own
Trump is politically siding with Putin and making a defeat for Ukraine possible once again. The bend over backwards to keep him in line policy, (state visits x2, rushed summits to fawn over him in the White House etc)has now ended in failure. What is the UK and Europe's plan B?
If Manchester United get rid of Michael Carrick they get rid of the individual who cares most about the Club. Carrick cares for United far more than the Glazers do (obviously), more than Ratcliffe, Wilcox & Berrarda do, more than Bruno Fernandes & the underachieving players #MUFC
Having been in Iran several times since the war began this seems like wishful thinking. Bombing a country that embraces resistance and martyrdom into submission is probably a fool's errand and Iran will only escalate horizontally again wrecking energy/data facilities regionwide
Or he has an even more nefarious agenda. Europe’s American ‘ally’ is either a cynical opportunist, an appeaser or worse. He is no longer on Team Free World with his most recent pro Russian conduct.
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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
Why?
The court was told he had no fixed abode.
When considering bail, courts assess the risk of absconding, reoffending or interfering with witnesses.
Which part of that do you find outrageous?
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This is absolutely appalling treatment of a brilliant journalist @carolecadwalla . The silver lining of this dark cloud is that she and her co-founders now run the excellent news site @thenerve_news
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Devastated to say we’ve lost our brilliant mother, Louise Botting, after a short illness.
A super smart trailblazer, from Radio 4’s Money Box, to the rare sight of a woman on the board of a FTSE 100 company, you were a pioneer of your era. So so proud. Missing you so much xx
Very unwise for Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour’s candidate in Holborn & St Pancras, to campaign with Steve Reed MP. His rabid anger at critics of Israel’s genocide was reprehensible. Listen to actor @nadiasawalha discuss how Reed publicly humiliated her husband was a racist - with NO evidence - for his criticism of Israel in my interview on @zeteouk here: https://t.co/kU8ZZeo9Wv
"I don't think you've got to be white to be English."
Nadhim Zahawi rejects Suella Braverman's comments about Englishness, after his Reform UK colleague insisted she is British and 'not English' because of her ethnicity.
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