@JohnRentoul @richardpbacon Maybe the question should be what is best for the future and the world as it is now, not rehashing arguments from 10 years ago. That's what most people want I suspect (whatever it is)
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@richardpbacon It is telling people they are so stupid they believed a pack of lies
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It’s 10 years ago. People were lied to. It’s obviously correct, it’s bold. It’s mad he’s the only senior politician actually saying it.
Whereas presumably your pitch would be - he just says the same as everyone else
John Rentoul@JohnRentoul
Pitch for Labour members by insulting millions of the wider electorate
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The 'Rhodesia Solution': How to use word tricks to 'disclose' a scandal to a Prime Minister while allowing him not to act. And to say, later on, that he wasn't really told...
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ANDREW NEIL: Starmer’s failure to rearm Britain is a national scandal — and will sidelined us for decades to come mol.im/a/15722851
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@christopherhope @GBNEWS Maybe they don't all just follow you for news?
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Our @GBNEWS viewers and listeners deserve the same courtesy and respect that Defence Secretary John Healey gives to other media outlets.
Charlie Peters@CDP1882
John Healey concludes his press conference where he revealed a recent British military operation to deter a Russian threat. He gave a question to the New York Times but unfortunately none to GB News. I’ll send mine to the press office instead.
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@christopherhope @GBNEWS Guess they will just have to watch/listen to all the other news sources that they can hear her on 🤔
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@afneil I wonder if these are convenient excuses to keep it away from trouble!
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Well there’s a surprise:
HMS Dragon, the only Royal Navy warship deployed to the region during the conflict with Iran, has taken to port for maintenance.
The Type 45 destroyer, the only one the Royal Navy had available, headed for the East Mediterranean weeks after the fighting began — and took its time getting there.
The Ministry of Defence, which originally denied any problems, now says there are water supply issues. So it’s gone to a safe berth to undergo repairs.
No doubt the full story will emerge in the days ahead.
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@Artemisapphire Pretty sure his model of Talos is still in the Film and Photography museum in Bradford. They had an ace exhibition of his work years ago 😊
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What's amazing is Harryhausen put so much character into it, that it's still intensely watchable decades on 🥰
Absolute stellar animator
Historic Vids@historyinmemes
Movie effects in 1963 were unbelievably impressive. Even with all the technological limitations, filmmakers refused to let those limits hold back their imagination.
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Atari’s Star Wars (1983) is the definitive vector-graphics masterpiece. Sit in the cockpit of an X-Wing and take on the Death Star in a wireframe galaxy far, far away. With digitized voices from the film, it’s a high-speed, immersive arcade triumph.
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Something very concerning is happening to Britain and we all know it.
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The UK government doing its best to destroy, as much as possible, the special relationship. We should be there supporting our allies, no questions asked. Totally weakness from this current group. I dread to think where we are on an intelligence footing with the US, probably the worsts it’s been in my lifetime. I can see why they would not trust our government.
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy
US Secretary of War @PeteHegseth SLAMS Britain's Starmer Government for "wringing their hands and clutching at pearls," contrasts with model ally Israel.
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@JayMitchinson Was just about to man the defences of West Yorkshire then...
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Trump: “We’re keeping the whole world afloat. Without us, most counties don’t even work.”
He’s going hard for alienating absolutely everyone.
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@DAaronovitch Well that's saved me having to read the Sunday papers...
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So to summarise the leading takes on here: the Jenrick defection is good news for Badenoch, Farage and Starmer and terrible news for Badenoch, Farage and Starmer.
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@Mark_G66 @johnkonrad The same Rolls Royce that just packed up their factories and the majority of their business in the UK and moved it to the United States? And has already threatened to relocate to the United States entirely if the UK continues giving them roadblocks?
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Quick question. How many of these are built in Greenland, Denmark or Canada?
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Oh do give it a rest, you were a joke politician in a joke government.
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The right united will never be defeated:
The Tories and Reform UK need to unite to save Britain from Keir Starmer and the socialist mob thesun.co.uk/news/politics/…
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@Gabriel64869839 If you hesitate to send what are advisory personnel to a NATO ally to help look at arctic security and it's upgrade (the base issue Trump claims is at stake), because Trump may get upset, you are conceding Greenland there and then. That is pure appeasement and wrong
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It is wrong, but it was also spectacularly stupid to send troops in what was, despite the retroactive attempt now to claim otherwise, the macho response to Trump. For the UK in particular it was a premature and dumb decision. All to lose and absolutely nothing to be gained.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP@BenObeseJecty
This threat by President Trump to impose tariffs on the UK and seven NATO partners because we’ve deployed a single Army Officer to Greenland alongside our allies is wrong. This constant pressure from the US towards Denmark, and now its military allies, is a huge concern. President Trump risks weakening the very foundations of NATO. Thule Air Base used to have c.10,000 US personnel, now (as Pituffik Space Base) it has c.150. If the US assess Greenland to be strategically important to their flank, we should query why they have drawn down personnel by 98%? As an MP with two USAFE bases in his constituency, one of which hosts US European Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, alongside NATO’s, I question the wisdom of the US in adopting such an aggressive stance towards us as allies when we facilitate its eyes and ears across Europe and Africa as well as significant US air assets, vital to US operations in both continents. Keir Starmer must defend Britain’s interests, something he has consistently failed at regarding Diego Garcia and the Chinese super-embassy. This is a critical test for the Prime Minister.
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Ed Worrall retweetledi
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
We have consistently underlined our shared transatlantic interest in peace and security in the Arctic, including through NATO.
The pre-coordinated Danish exercise, conducted with allies, responds to the need to strengthen Arctic security and poses no threat to anyone.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland. Dialogue remains essential, and we are committed to building on the process begun already last week between the Kingdom of Denmark and the US.
Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.
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@Artemisapphire Must say, I thought the statement by Kemi Badenoch dismissing efforts to teach about issues in school, was shockingly bad. Revolting in fact.
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Leavin' this here, Rupert.
Rupert Lowe MP@RupertLowe10
I read that schoolboys will be sent on courses to tackle 'misogyny'. Schoolboys aren't the threat. Importing countless young men from third world cultures that treat women like dirt is the threat. Forcing this ridiculous guilt on decent young lads is truly despicable.
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“No less an authority”…. 🧐
Sophy Ridge@SophyRidgeSky
Donald Trump's $10bn claim against the BBC refers to Liz Truss 👀 "No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, discussed this bias, the need to hold the BBC accountable, and the BBC’s pattern of actual malice" Spotted by @olivermiocic
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@Artemisapphire I mean, the subtext of his own preferences is a bit obvious isn't it?
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Mr Tate redefining sexuality for the C21st
Manly Man Men only like Manly Men, you heard it here first, bois
Liking women is soft and gay
J.J. McCullough@JJ_McCullough
At this point I’m just confused.
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@Artemisapphire Fair point, may need a custard cream as well though
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Being single, I am very happy on my own
But there are times, on the long dark winter nights, with a chill to the air, when I feel the desire and need and want for A Man
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"This about taking the bins out, isn't it?" 🙄
Yup. It's dark and FREEZING and they're stinky 😭🥶
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