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@linmeitalks Can I ask why I should pay for other peoples children when their work shy parents sit around and do fuck all...

Can I ask why, if a pensioner has worked all their life, they only have the state pension to rely on? Didn’t decide to save ? Put away for a rainy day ? Sounds like poor planning to me. And yes if your children have flown the nest and you, or you and your spouse are knocking around in a 3 or 4 bedroom house you bought decades ago- SELL it. You’ll have more than enough to live on.

@realMAG1775 Take your troops and fuck off...

I love watching Europeans tie themselves in knots. It’s so damn easy. They scream about American “imperialism” while begging us to defend their borders, their energy, their entire continent. Then refuse to lift a finger when we ask for help securing the Strait of Hormuz.

@AlanDersh if Israel say's it's your problem , then it's your problem...

The Straits of Hormuz Should Not Be a U.S. Problem open.substack.com/pub/dersh/p/th…

@sonofsalazar @JoeySalads You can't even control Iran and it has no Navy or Airforce...

@JoeySalads America should take control of Europe too.

Europe is about to find out the US military allows them to afford free healthcare.

@JoeySalads All those trillions of dollars spent on expensive military systems like patriot missiles and still can't stop Iranian 20k drones...your military is a fucking joke , the last war you won was against fucking Grenada.

@HappygoJohnE @_Unknown_D_ Maybe if the young had completed an apprenticeship instead of spunking 60k in student loans on a media studies degree they'd have some coin in their pocket.

@_Unknown_D_ I do admire the way the government has turned the young against the old. Really shows a depth of our national wellbeing. How about the other factors. Loans for degrees, housing refugees, unemployment benefits, maternity leave benefit, sick leave benefit, childcare benefit,

If I recall correctly when the state pension was introduced, the state pension age 70, and life expectancy was 53 years. Now the state pension age is 67 and life expectancy is 83 years. The system was originally designed to give the few who made it to pension age, dignity and comfort in their final few years. It was not designed to sustain them for decades. A radical rethink is needed.

@RealPeteBennett Restore

If you want the UK to stay Christian who will you be voting for?

@tewythetew @PaulEmbery And who are you to question someone's faith ?

@PaulEmbery Most of the people who will feel slighted will not be Christian’s

Buckingham Palace has reportedly confirmed that the king will not be issuing an Easter message this year. Apparently, it isn't traditional for the monarch to issue a special message at Easter. Well, fine. But the king did issue a special message for Ramadan in February. So many Christians will understandably feel slighted. And many others will see it as yet another example of asymmetric multiculturalism.

@ZackPolanski Even if all that were true , I'm still happy, drill baby drill...

Drilling for more oil & gas in the North Sea won't lower bills, it won't make us more energy independent and it won't insulate us from price shocks. A Labour backslide on this would be a huge betrayal. Double down on renewables. Insulate every home. Lower bills, permanently.

@JohanCarnisRex @Sargon_of_Akkad I don't care how they treat their people, I really don't give a fuck about Israeli's Palestinians, Iranians, I just want cheap oil a decent lifestyle and my country free from the scum that are occupying it...is that too much to fucking ask.

@Sargon_of_Akkad “Let’s side with the theocratic dictatorship.”

Smart play tbh.

@AngloBrython @Sargon_of_Akkad They love us so much they waited till Germany declared war on them , all the while profiteering and bleeding us dry , then basically dismantled our Empire so we wouldn't be a threat and keep us as a little pooch...Americans are cunts.

@RegggieCyde @Sargon_of_Akkad Shared heritage, culture etc I trust America far more than the CCP, Islamic monarchs or the FSB.

America blew up the Nordstream pipeline, and now has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Hard not to see this as a deliberate strategy of denying energy to Europe, whilst America can produce its own. Callous.

@AngloBrython @Sargon_of_Akkad Personally don't give a fuck where it's from...

@Sargon_of_Akkad I'd rather we buy it from America than the middle east or Russia / China tbh.

@LeeHurstComic Couldn't give a fuck...

If Trump and Israel causes the fall of the Islamic regime in Iran and the people are then free to choose their own future, I think they will remember how Europe and the UK did nothing to help them.

@Dr_PhilippaW Agreed...how can we stop the boats ?

Utterly abhorrent and disgusting!

@HughWoozencroft Racist...

Not to detract from Carol being an absolute star because she is but wow, that is a very, very striking image of a production that's meant to represent the entire country.

@StaroT93 @lufcgrace @___Origiiiii M1 Northern Ireland 2 lanes , part of the M74 Scotland 2 lanes luv...

@lufcgrace @___Origiiiii No darling, that's called a dual carriageway.

Genuinely there should be a rule against lorries overtaking each other when there’s about 0.2mph in it. Watching them crawl past each other for the next three miles while blocking the outside lane is mind blowing.. If it’s going to take longer than boiling a kettle, pack it in 🫠

@GiGiYa26054191 @MsMelChen exactly...not our war.

@Boohoofoo @MsMelChen no one is saying anything about article 5. if you don't care about that oil, stop being concerned with the strait, you don't even use it.

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.

@ionafyfe the usual pretends not to understand and avoids the obvious...

I am pretty sure nobody is arriving into Peterhead or Aberdeen via small boats

@GiGiYa26054191 @MsMelChen We get very little oil from the Gulf , and I don't think our soldiers should die for a greater Israel. NATO is a defensive pact , where if one is attacked all are attacked , this is a war of choice by the USA , it wasn't attacked so no article 5 ...

@Boohoofoo @MsMelChen Just send something and express concerns over if your capabilities is up to the task. You guys are just strengthening Trumps argument for leaving NATO. Besides, this "not our war" thing is dumb, it's your oil, your vital commercial interests....

@GiGiYa26054191 @MsMelChen Warships don't do a great job of protecting against hundreds of not thousands of cheap drones, you just end up with sunk warships...

@MsMelChen Even the Philippines have the spine to send coast guards to confront China's warships and protect their fishermen, and all these rich European countries cannot send ships to protect their multi million oil tankers 🤔🤡