From the bottom of my heart. Fuck everyone speaking like this but have not said a single word about the children in Palestine. You will never get that image out your head but the images and videos circulating from Gaza isn’t a problem? They’ll pretend they ain’t seen them next🖕🏾
I'll absolutely allow that Zelensky did not play this well. He didn't. Anyone who knows this admin should know to come in, kiss a bunch of ass, sign the deal, and leave. He fucked up.
But really... can you blame him?
Imagine surviving three years of war and a decade of Putin's incursions, hundreds of thousands of your countrymen dead, then have to listen to Trump drone on about how much Putin suffered during the "Russia hoax" and JD Vance (who admitted he has never even been to Ukraine!) lecture you about engaging in diplomacy with the guy who invaded your country and killed your friends and family.
It'd be damn near impossible to bite your tongue and not try to set the record straight. I certainly don't blame him.
To be clear: this entire thing went off the rails because Zelensky made the catastrophically offensive move of pointing out the reality that Putin broke a ceasefire in 2015 and that when Vance talks about diplomacy, he can’t explain how Putin is a trustworthy partner.
Zelensky simply spoke the truth, which Vance deemed totally unacceptable and offensive because he was trying to “litigate” the issue in front of the press.
And then it unraveled from there. Just wild.
The UK is rioting over refugees but why was nobody rioting when we couldn’t afford to pay our mortgages, buy food, afford basic electric and gas…? British ppl will accept any form of bad treatment but anything to do with brown/black ppl and they’re outside!
Racism is rife 🇬🇧
They partied , they bet on elections , they crashed the economy, they broke every public service, they destroyed integrity and honesty in public office , they paid their mates billions , they put their friends in the House of Lords, they gave their cronies knighthoods, they went into the jungle , they lied again and again, they were convicted by police, they went on holiday when they shouldn’t and they have the cheek to question Keir Starmer’s work ethic. I would never take anything for granted but I hope they are annihilated on Thursday. The worst people and government we have ever had!
P.S good afternoon all 😊❤️
This is why they made a mistake hiring a culture person to be rhe night czar. We don't need someone to "talk up London" we need the most bureaucratic law-brained dweeb in existence to challenge Westminster councils licensing decisions line by line.
This was truly terrible from Sunak. But let’s not kid ourselves - had Brianna’s mum not been there today, no-one (including Keir Starmer) would have batted an eyelid.
It’s not good enough to stand against transphobia only when the mother of a murdered trans girl might be listening. It needs to be done all of the time.
Here's the thing. There's no magic wand to save hospitality. It needs to be many things.
VAT needs to drop.
Without service charge, your total bill is roughly:
20% VAT
30% food and drink cost
40% staff costs
That leaves 10% for rent, energy, business rates, contracts and
This is for the 3.8 million lives that were ignored.
The freelancers and the self employed.
The Conference are trying every trick to have this taken down…so I’ve just deployed large digital vans as well, to keep circling the area.
When her second cup was taking on the night air, she rose, embraced us all and strode away into the fog-dimmed streetlights.
We sat there the four of us and variously expressed the same thing. What an amazing woman.
Peace be with your courageous heart Sinéad.