Paddy Fraser

This is just sickeningly insensitive. Not an ounce of decency, compassion or respect for the 72 lives lost and wider community. But this isn’t a slip-up or a stumble. This is Reform showing us exactly who they are.

They try to distract, they'll even start wars to shift away from it. Never forget what they're trying to hide from you.

@AuthorGFAllen indeed

Do people actually exist who can stay in all day and read a book from cover to cover?

The paper that cheered for: - Brexit - Johnson - Truss - Farage - Reform Now cheering for Trump. Thereby remaining reliably, catastrophically wrong about pretty much everything… #DailyFail

An utterly monstrous, uneducated and ignorant bigot

🚨Trump today: “We can’t take care of daycare. We’re a big country. We’re fighting wars. It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.” The United States has spent: $21 billion on the Iran war in 30 days. $100 million on Trump’s golf tab this term. $200 billion requested for Pentagon weapons. $8 trillion on wars since September 11th. But daycare is not possible. Medicare is not possible. Medicaid — which covers 72 million Americans including children, seniors, and people with disabilities — is not possible.

Honorable men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces refuse to fly planes loaded with weapons shipments to Israel. They are then summoned to the Pentagon and forcibly arrested and handcuffed. Watch the clip before it is removed from the internet. A woman shouts: ‘This is a genocide.’ 👏🏻👏🏻

@A_AMilne Dear Piglet. Must re-read. Can't remember how this ends

Piglet had got up early to pick himself a bunch of violets; and it suddenly came over him that nobody had ever picked Eeyore a bunch of violets. So he hurried out again, saying, “Eeyore, Violets,” in case he forgot, because it was that sort of day. ~A.A.Milne #kindness

Let’s be absolutely clear about what just happened. The United States of America, the country that built NATO, that spent half a century telling Europe that Russia was the enemy, that asked young men from Normandy to Kabul to die for the idea of a free world, has now chosen Russia. Not drifted toward. Not flirted with. Chosen. Trump calls Putin a genius. Cuts military aid to Ukraine mid-war. Blocks sanctions. Parrots Kremlin talking points about NATO aggression. Invites Lukashenko, Russia’s obedient attack dog, to found a peace board while Russian missiles are still hitting Ukrainian hospitals. The continent that actually shares a border with this threat. That actually absorbs the refugees. That actually lives under the shadow of what happens when Russia decides a neighbor isn’t really a country. Europe was told for eighty years to trust Washington. To buy American weapons. To let American generals run the alliance. To believe that when it really mattered, America would be there. It wasn’t there! It picked the other side and sent an invoice. Normal Americans, the ones who actually believe in something, should understand what this looks like from here. It looks like betrayal. Clean, deliberate, and permanent. Not a misunderstanding. Not a bad week in foreign policy. A choice. Europe is building its own army, its own supply chains, its own future. Because one man wanted to golf with autocrats. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

Israel’s Ambassador to Australia says Palestinians deserve the death penalty because they’re “deranged” and “the usual punishments don’t work”. This is what apartheid and genocide look like when they come together. Disgusting.

One year ago, the IDF gunned down 15 emergency workers and buried them in a mass grave. Then they lied about it. When caught in their lie, they lied again. When caught in that lie, they lied again. When caught in that lie, they lied again. Then the media lost interest.

@OunkaOnX He also refuses to understand that NATO is a defensive alliance; it wasn't formed to initiate wars

Trump says the US is 'leaving soon' and has 'nothing to do' with the Strait. He started a war, lost it, closed the Strait, and now he's pretending it was never his problem. This is what failure looks like

What Iran does to its people is illegal War on Iran is illegal Invasion of Lebanon is illegal Building on occupied territories is illegal State executions based on race are illegal Taking of hostages is illegal Genocide illegal You cant pick and choose when “illegal” matters

Wool is the only textile fibre that: - Regulates body temperature in both directions: warm when cold, cooling when warm, through a moisture-wicking mechanism that no synthetic can replicate - Is naturally flame-retardant without chemical treatment, which is why it is still the mandatory textile for aircraft seating and racing drivers' undergarments - Absorbs up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling wet, then releases it gradually - Is biodegradable in soil within months, leaving nitrogen as it goes: it is, technically, a slow-release fertiliser - Grows back. Every year. Without harming the animal. The sheep, in fact, requires shearing. If you don't shear a sheep, it suffers. The shearing is not exploitation. The shearing is a welfare intervention. What replaced wool in your outdoor gear, your base layers, your running kit, your ski socks? Polyester. Which is a plastic. Which sheds microplastic fibres into waterways with every wash. Which does not biodegrade. Which cannot be made without petroleum. Which, when it reaches the end of its life, sits in a landfill or an ocean for five hundred years. The sheep on the Brecon Beacons is producing a renewable, biodegradable, multifunctional technical fibre from grass and rain. No factory. No fossil fuel. No microplastics. The sheep has been doing this for ten thousand years. We replaced it with plastic and told ourselves it was progress. Then told the sheep it was the problem.

As the Supreme Court is poised to rule on Trump’s request to end birthright citizenship - it might be a good time to mention the fact that Ivana was not a US citizen when Don Jr, Ivanka & Eric were born, and Melania was not a US citizen when Barron was born.

Parts of Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are being flattened. Thousands of innocent children have been killed. Millions of people displaced. And before anyone says “But, Hamas, Hezbollah”…Imagine if Britain had done the same to Ireland after the IRA bombings? You cannot justify this.

Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

Former president of Romania, Traian Basescu: "Donald Trump is reaping exactly what he has sown. He showed contempt for Europeans, he demeaned us, questioned the very existence of NATO and wanted to invade and annex Greenland, a territory that belongs to the European Union. The rejection shown today by European leaders is aimed not at the United States, but straight at Donald Trump. He comes out of this conflict humiliated, the Hormuz strait is now blocked, he failed to achieve regime change, failed to secure the uranium and proved himself incapable of defending his own allies in the Middle East. All the US allies in the Gulf that saw themselves as protected by the US were struck by Iran almost at will, whenever Iran wanted, with the US being either unwilling or unable to defend them. So Mr. Trump comes out of this with a terrible record. He started this war having absolutely no idea what he was doing, and even now, I don’t think this man is aware of or understands what he has done. Yes, Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons, but the way Trump thought he could solve that problem is one that only a child could come up with. This man still doesn’t understand what he has done and continues to be arrogant when asking us for help instead of admitting his mistake."

A lovely story about filming with the Queen and James Bond for the Olympics in today’s @TimesDiary She had strong opinions on the sketch

🔥 Farage roasted again by 🇺🇸 Rep Jamie Raskin “This is the guy that delivered Brexit to the UK. How he shows his face in public after that debacle is beyond …Isn’t that considered a disaster in the history of England? I cannot imagine a society that produced some of the greatest writers, poets and musicians… falling for a free speech imposter and charlatan like that.” Absolutely 💯