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@sailor_rog19339 @Ostrov_A NATO Article 5 dictates that the US has no choice.

The real question is: in the event Iran fires an ICBM towards London, what if any action will America take? Alliances are not forever, they are defined crisis by crisis. Britain told America you cannot use your plans on Joint US-British bases, which only have American planes stationed on them, in the War with Iran. Trump is not a career politician, he is first and foremost a businessman. He views alliances on the basis of ROI - Return on Investment. Britain failed to provide a proper return on the decades of investment by America... So the question becomes Why should America divert or expend any resources to protect Britain from an incoming ICBM? Remember 1 March when Iran attacked the British base in Cyprus? American Aegis Destroyers in the Mediterranean had the ability to monitor the launch in Lebanon, project the target, launch SM3 missiles to take out the drone with ease... yet that didn't happen. Why? Because the attack did not target Americans, so why would America launch 2 missiles that cost $27 million (£20 million) each for someone making our war more difficult?

Churchill to Chamberlain: “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.”

@MarkDel56079180 @Arrogance_0024 Exactly the same reason we shouldn’t help you now.

@Arrogance_0024 This is true. The Americans declined to help because it didn't want to prop-up European colonialism. Was that the right call? I don't know. But I don't see an analogy to Iran. We don't need Europe; we're just trying to figure out who our friends are. Now we know.

In 1956, the UK 🇬🇧 and France 🇫🇷 requested America's help to secure the Suez Canal. America 🍔 replied "FUCK OFF", humiliated its allies, made a deal with the enemies of the West, and destroyed European empires. Here is the whole story: In July 1956, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, controlled until then by Britain and France. They prepared a joint response with Israel, expecting at minimum passive support from Washington. That support never came. The United States refused to endorse the operation and moved rapidly to block it. The method was not rhetorical; it was financial and immediate. Washington threatened the stability of the British currency, refused emergency assistance, and signaled that it would not tolerate a prolonged intervention. At the United Nations, it backed resolutions calling for a ceasefire and withdrawal. The message was explicit: stop, or face systemic consequences. The effect was brutal. British and French forces had achieved their immediate military objectives on the ground, but the operation collapsed under American pressure. Within days, both governments were forced into a humiliating retreat. Two European powers that had dominated global trade routes for a century were publicly compelled to reverse course by their principal ally. This was not a minor disagreement inside an alliance. It was a rupture that exposed a hierarchy. The United States did not merely refuse assistance; it actively sabotaged the operation. From a European standpoint, this amounted to a direct betrayal of shared strategic interests. The consequences were immediate and long-term. Suez marked the definitive end of independent British and French power projection. After 1956, neither country could conduct a major external operation without American approval. Political elites in both capitals understood that their room for maneuver had narrowed to what Washington would tolerate. Decolonization accelerated sharply. The signal sent to colonial administrations was clear: the metropole could no longer guarantee control if challenged. In Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, independence movements gained momentum as the credibility of European authority collapsed. The imperial framework, already under strain, unraveled faster after Suez. The American role in this shift was decisive. Washington opposed the maintenance of European colonial structures because they conflicted with its own strategic objectives. It sought access, influence, and alignment in newly independent states. European empires were obstacles to that expansion. By forcing Britain and France to withdraw in Suez, the United States demonstrated that it would not support the preservation of their overseas systems. What followed was a redistribution of influence. As European control receded, American economic, financial, and security networks expanded into the same regions. Oil arrangements, military partnerships, and monetary dependence increasingly aligned with US structures. The old empires disappeared, but their space did not remain empty. Suez was therefore not only the end of a crisis. It was the moment when Western leadership shifted definitively across the Atlantic. Britain and France lost the capacity to act autonomously on the world stage, and the United States established the terms under which the rest of the West would operate.

@yasminesummanx Why do you want to over represent a group in society?

I absolutely resent SNL UK for making me patriotic for an otherwise utter shit hole, but truly it is incredibly insulting to call this a “UK version” and only have two non-white comedians.

@admcollingwood @Rundfunk_West No facts just shit comebacks

@Rundfunk_West LOL.

Important: a big chunk of Qatari gas output and LNG train expansion was designed to feed European demand. There was a big investment programme to increase LNG supply by more than 50% by 2027. Not coincidentally, this was the date that Europe was going to ban completely the purchase of Russian gas. In other words, the Iranians are smashing Europe's entire energy plan, such as it was. The big question now is will Putin stick to form and provide Europe with the energy it needs to stave off economic disaster, or will he finally twist the knife by banning sales to Europe in anticipation of the EU ban in 2027? This is the gamble European leaders are now making. Relying on the Russians to play nice after everything. Breathtaking incompetence.

@mikegardner_wb Any evidence of this Mike? Surely as a lawyer you’d know not to spout shit.

You just know that this Labour Government are dying to impose compulsory speed limits on motorists and meningitis lockdowns on the rest of us.

@AdamPollock @PolitlcsUK @thetimes Yeah they’ll be drilling for oil by Tuesday Adam.

@PolitlcsUK @thetimes Or, he could invest multiple billions in allowing North Sea oil and gas licenses to reduce the dependency on foreign fossil fuels. But no. Just give people money instead of solving the problems. Classic Labour.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will discuss a potential multi-billion pound energy bill bailout in an emergency meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England and Cabinet Ministers next week [@thetimes]

@HistoricRecord @MarkerJParker There is no such thing as a strategic partnership with the US anymore unless your Bibi.

@MarkerJParker There is no justification for UK to retain its colonial bases on the Island- it was from a different time & UK can't protect Cyprus now- not one ship in the Med. Cyprus is better off in a strategic partnership with Greece, Israel & USA

NEW: EU says it’s ready to help Cyprus start a “discussion” with the UK about British bases on the island It’s after the Cypriot President told the BBC that the sovereign base areas were a “colonial consequence”

@ASM9_20 @bizlet7 Maybe if you yanks weren’t so stupid there wouldn’t have been the war in the first place, The petrodollar deserves to collapse for this.

@bizlet7 Maybe the rest of the world will stop begging at our table?

We’re going to see levels of Anti Semitism and Anti Americanism that theoretically was thought impossible.

@BenGrahamUK Maybe you should do a better job finding a reasonably priced petrol station instead of chatting shit on Twitter.

I just paid £1.72 a litre for diesel. We’re sitting on oil and gas in the North Sea, and choosing not to use it. Instead we buy energy from abroad. Make it make sense.

@alexburghart What future Conservative govt?

A future Conservative Govt will not be bound by this

@alexburghart What future Conservative govt

@OctopusEnergy @g__j It's fine now, it's with the Ombudsman!

@squashrambles @g__j Hi Alex, something's definitely gone awry here. Things shouldn't take that long to get fixed even if they are super tricky. I'm going to look into this personally to see what went wrong and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Flagged the issue with my @OctopusEnergy gas billing on day 9. Five broken promises and years of 'outstanding customer service' later, the issue was finally fixed after escalating to the Ombudsman - on day 936. Even British Gas was better. Hardly what you advertise, @g__j

@BrokenBritain_7 @RichardWellings Not sure what that points out, both those trains are diesel?

@squashrambles @RichardWellings Faster in many cases.

Electrifying the railway line to Hull would be a gargantuan waste of taxpayers' money. The route is already straight and fast. The main transport priority for the city should be removing the council's daft anti-car measures. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

@d1lak @mannion_tony @DominicG1990 Proof an economics degree doesn’t give any common sense

@mannion_tony @DominicG1990 Ohh I’ve triggered a limp dem 😂

Ed Davey has to give up his second job, that he was using to put money aside for the future for his son who will need a carer 24/7 after public pressure. Farage gets 27k to fly to Mar a Lago and no one bats an eyelid. I hate it.

@DMGgamingpod @allenanalysis Trump will regret battering Europe. After all… they only invent and manage every part of the semi conductor supply chain

GCC is going to replace most of the US current allies. Reason why they were the first group Trump visited and if you don’t think Iran was brought up during those meetings with leaders I don’t know what to tell you. There are in it for the long run until Iran submits. Trump sees what’s happening to these European governments. They are already in a spiral.

Trump just made an extraordinary admission: The United States gets less than 1% of its oil from the Strait of Hormuz. Japan gets 95%. China gets 90%. South Korea gets 35%. So Trump is asking the countries whose entire energy supply depends on the Strait — to come fight for it. While America, which gets almost none of its oil through it, started the war that closed it. Japan just officially said no. China called it Iran’s sovereign right. South Korea has given no commitment. America closed a waterway it barely uses. Then asked the countries that need it most to come reopen it. Then threatened NATO when they declined. Iran’s Foreign Minister already answered this logic: “There are people being killed only because Trump wants to have fun.” $21 billion spent. 14 Americans dead. Oil at $102. Zero allied warships coming. Less than 1%. Never stop connecting the dots.

@peachymorse @matt96h @PolitlcsUK Your stupidity amazes me

@matt96h @PolitlcsUK You: going to prison for using hurty words on social media (Courtesy of labour government)

🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer's full address to the nation about the war in Iran "Whether to commit British troops to military action is the most serious responsibility of any Prime Minister... I have been attacked... but at every stage, I have stood by my principles"

@toobuff @PolitlcsUK We’re half the reason your country has any power in the first place. War mongering bastards.

@PolitlcsUK The U.S. has a long memory and that extends to both Republicans and Democrats. Don't think that the next president will probably be a Democrat and all this will be forgotten. It won't.

@jpschroeder There is no way OpenAI are less evil than Anthropic lmao

Current state of tech

@jl8081338793866 @NHPUKOfficial Adam, I had the same issue; I bought a better car.

@NHPUKOfficial My car doesn’t have a limiter and the crz control only works above 30.

Cars are not designed to go 20mph.