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@Petersbrooking @northeastheret1 @linmeitalks "The South of England has seen .. speculation, Brexit and a slump in the pound" Good God, as a northerner I couldnt imagine being so dumb, ignorant and uneducated

@northeastheret1 @linmeitalks It's not just that. The south of England has seen a rampant buy-to-let market, speculation and Brexit which saw a slump in the pound enable cash investors from abroad to buy property for a song. It started with Thatcher but Blair, Cameron and Brexit made it worse.

£80k is not rich…. What planet are you on? £4,746 is your take home. Average 3 bedroom house in £3000 for rent or mortgage, then you have one or two young children in nursery and that salary is GONE.

@linmeitalks Champagne socialists is the phrase we have in the UK. You will listen to the multi-millionaire politicians, who's net worth is multitudes of of their total salaries...... and be happy

@DailyAFC Haha .... the least scary fans on the planet, giving it large to a Bournmouth media guy! Get a grip, otherwise you'll be having spurs level of headloss incoming

Arsenal fans furious with the Bournemouth analysts, after they celebrated their side’s winner in the press box. The members of staff were told to remain in their seats after the full-time whistle for their safety. ❌🤬

@WorldByWolf Eh?

End stage nationalism. The break up of Britain after remigration will be the guarantor that replacement migration can’t happen again. The British identify was always too flimsy and open to abuse in a way the English identity isn’t which is why it’s so hated within SW1.

@ben_mummery @joncstone Melodramatic much?? How many times have you been stabbed on these stabby, nutter filled trains?

@joncstone It’s not, it stinks and it’s full of nutters trying to stab you.

the Tyne and Wear Metro is so good and it's completely ridiculous that every big city in the UK doesn't have its own version

@stkk60507 @Gabby_Hoffman What does that even mean? If you're trying to make a point then spit it out. "Powerful interests", playbook", "Hungary"..... I'm going to assume you're American and have never met a Pole in your life.

@Gabby_Hoffman Just to give everyone some pointers: #Poland used to be promising, then Herr Tusk was "elected" as its leader.. Some very powerful interests are keen to follow the same playbook in #Hungary All this has nothing to do with "democracy" or "rule of law" or whatever other label

There’s more to Eastern Europe than Hungary, fellow American conservatives. Have you heard of the Baltics? Poland? Czech Republic? They’re based countries that are fairly conservative in Europe… But more prosperous *and* against China, Iran, and Russia.

@TheLaurenChen You make something up .. and then find it crazy?? It's not a new narrative that he 'stole from the rich to give to the poor'. It is literally the trailer from Errol Flynn's 1938 film .. and the song from God knows when. The 'rich' were the ruling class..

It's crazy to me how Robin Hood is now popularized as "stealing from the rich to give to the poor" (Socialist messaging) In reality, Robin Hood stole back the taxes that a cruel leader unjustly levied against the population (Anti-socialist messaging)

@brockpierson Algo .. mine is full of Americans, shit-talking The UK and Europe

Why is it that on 𝕏 so many non Americans primarily speak about American politics?

@FPetet For how many years was it priced at 60baht? Is this delicious dish, that you love, and keep going back for not worth 90baht ?

We often buy a spicy spaghetti dish at a local vendor for 60 baht. It's a very small portion (hardly enough), but we both like it so much that we are willing to pay. Today, it cost 90 baht! That's 50% increase since last week. Sorry, but you've just lost 2 regular customers.

@GbenroAdegbola What a great thread sir. Thank you. This is exactly what the Internet should be 👏. RIP to your mother too ❤️

Once you couldn’t read their letterings, now they’ve been re-engraved in granite, guaranteed to last at least 50 years. A young man from a different world, and a different era, resting almost side by side our mother, somehow makes the "world" of World War II, feel very small.

Each time we visit my mother in law’s grave in Ibadan, I see the headstone of a South African Air Force officer in front of her’s. Lt. Pieter de Jager Fritz, a 22-year-old pilot, died in 1941. I know the Commonwealth keeps meticulous grave records, so I decided to research.

@TeeTimesPub I think that's just you tbh

Can’t quite put my finger on it but something feels weird about Rory flying up to Augusta every day for a practice round for the last few weeks. Just feels weird to me.

@megaglobal88 @VeryBrexitProbs Honest question from a British chap with minimal skin in this petty, embarrassing bickering. Who would these better friends be?

@VeryBrexitProbs Great have fun with your toys. America will play with better friends.

MAGA thinks Europe can't defend itself without America. Here's what they don't know. 1. France and Britain have 515 nuclear warheads and 8 nuclear missile submarines. 2. European defence spending hit €481 billion this year. That's more than Russia and China spend combined. The EU's ReArm Europe plan is mobilising another €800 billion. 3. European countries have over 1.7 million active troops. Russia has 1.3 million. 4. EU and UK air forces fly over 1,400 combat aircraft. Their navies have five aircraft carriers, over 60 submarines, more than 120 frigates and destroyers. 5. Europe has over 6,000 artillery pieces and that's before the biggest rearmament wave since the Cold War. Poland alone is adding 212 new howitzers. 6. The British SAS invented modern special forces. The US copied them to build Delta Force. From France's Foreign Legion to Poland's GROM, Europe's elite units are among the deadliest on earth. 7. Europe already has joint military commands ready to fight. The UK leads a 10-nation rapid reaction force across Northern Europe and the Arctic. Finland alone can mobilise 900,000 trained reservists all prepared to fight in arctic conditions. 8. Europe has its own satellite navigation (Galileo), its own defence programme (75 active projects) and is building its own rapid deployment force. The "helpless Europe" story was never about defence. It was about keeping Europe dependent and buying American weapons, relying on American intelligence, following American foreign policy. Thanks to Trump, that now ends.

@DylanElstob1 @Capt_Fishpaste Half the fans on here have wanted every player dropped and gone this season ... and Regis ... and the chairman. It's insane reading at times.

@Capt_Fishpaste Half of the fans on here aren’t savvy enough to see it Michael. That’s not to stand on a high horse, but it’s all so reactionary. Saying “what do they offer” or “they’re shite” shows they can’t actually articulate what they’re trying to do.

Add me to the list of those a bit confused at those who are not rating Habib Diarra, by the way. His work without the ball is exceptional, both in attack and defense. He picks up brilliant positions and gets back behind the ball and in position quicker than anyone else we have when attacks break down. People saying they are wanting more from him on the ball, and fair enough. But if this is his 'not enough' levels and he is still contributing in terms of numbers, imagine how good he can be once he finds his form. Don't just keep him - build around him. #SAFC

@therealTomFewer @ilovetheworld1 That is a very valid/illogical (delete as appropriate) point Tom, but I think you may need to scrub up on your history a little.

@ilovetheworld1 America being in NATO is the only reason you aren't speaking German

America should leave NATO—and let Europe finally savor the full, unfiltered taste of its “100% freedom.”

@WhiteHouse youtu.be/ToECtXPMvNM?si… The Guards themselves requested to play this. Respect is earned .. and you used to have such a surplus.

@WhiteHouse Ah man, as a very pro American Brit, it really saddens me to see a historic, respected, honourable institution like the White House repeat such vitriol and animosity towards good friends.

“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” - President Donald J. Trump

@Bbmorg Defend from who though? That's never made very clear amongst all this bollocks, deflection rhetoric.

Funny how these cowardly anonymous ‘patriots’ don’t want to defend the country they pretend to love.

@errorinvalidx @WarMonitor3 No bad teeth without representation

@WarMonitor3 They have had enough, the UK has formally decided to declare war on Orthodontists and make clear to the world that they will not tolerate good teeth

@WarMonitor3 Haha.. against who? No one in the UK wants to go to war. If this has any smidgen of truth to it, wtf are the cretins in charge playing at. Not sure many of the 'fightier types' will go to war for Sir Kier's vague, uncharismatic waffle.

@MsMelChen @Go_Crene I dont think threatening to invade Greenland really helped to get the NATO Allies on side either tbh. And as a US loving Brit, listening to the constant stream of rhetoric coming from the US is ridiculous. Ok you dont like Starmer, you had Biden 18mths ago 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Go_Crene This is true And I will say after Iraq and Afghanistan, the Europeans do have a reason to be cautious But again this time, America did not ask for troops or machinery. They asked nothing more than to use the bases

Let’s be real here. Europe has spent decades freeloading on American security. Even now, with every NATO member finally hitting the 2% GDP target in 2025. But beyond the financial contributions, the real rupture is philosophical and the Iran crisis has shown a spotlight on it. Europe worships process. Endless committees, consultations, and “predictability.” Macron actually calls it a virtue. For Trump, this is paralysis as his style is to articulate a threat, fix a target, and act. The Americans are men of conviction and purpose. Europe on the other hand lives by bureaucratic liturgy and in high-minded abstractions. Sure, Americans might make mistakes when acting. But Europe never considers what the costs of not acting actually are. Just look at how their nations are doing on various fronts, especially on the border crisis, and you see the same cancerous rot that undergirds their foreign policy approach play out domestically. It's the same problem on a different scale. Iran is currently holding the Strait of Hormuz hostage, choking 20% of global oil and spiking prices past $100 a barrel. Meanwhile, the regime is bleeding from strikes, its nuclear ambitions are still alive despite degraded capability, and its proxies are firing missiles at allies and oil tankers. If this isn’t a clear and present danger to the global economy - of which Europe is a part - then I don’t know what is. Yet when Washington asked to use European bases to finish the job - bases the US has defended for generations, the response was hesitation and hand-wringing. The US did strike from RAF Fairford, but only after warnings that British soil could become a “legitimate target.” If you cannot agree that a theocratic regime with eschatological ambitions who have shown no restraint in hitting out at Gulf countries and threatening the world’s energy jugular is an enemy worth confronting, then what, exactly, are we allies about? Europe loves to preen about being tough on Russia. They issue condemnations and speeches and slap sanctions that hardly work to cripple the Russian economy. Now here was a chance to do something concrete: let the Americans use the bases they already pay for, help clear the Strait, and actually degrade the Iranian war machine that arms Moscow’s proxies. Turmp didn’t ask for boots on the ground or any kind of more offensive action. All he wanted was permission to operate from the infrastructure America has underwritten for decades. They couldn’t even manage that. So can you blame the Americans for seeing NATO for what it is? A paper-tiger alliance that expects Washington to bleed and pay while Brussels and London convenes and deliberates. If Europe refuses to treat Iran as the threat it is while happily letting American power keep the Strait open and the lights on, then the alliance is already dead. Trump is simply stating the obvious and the Americans are becoming very reluctant to subsidize the European delusion any longer.