
The morning after.
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The morning after.

The morning after.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer is travelling to the Middle East today to hold talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

To my mind, Thatcherism was the necessary, inevitable, and painful conclusion of the 1945-1979 destruction of our economy through nationalisation (squandering the Marshall Plan money from the Americans in the process) and rampant trade union militancy. We literally handed over 20% of the economy to people with no interest in the profit motive (and therefore no interest in quality, efficiency, customer opinion, etc.). And then New Labour shackled the government (judicial review, freedom of information), hamstrung the remaining industry with the Climate Change Act, and furthered the process by which producer interest is all that matters. And now the Starmer government is making it harder yet, ramping up taxes on employment, ramping up wages, continuing with insane energy policies, and adding yet more workers' rights (for those lucky enough to have a job). Also, their attack on family-owned businesses is a really bad idea, as they tend to be the companies that plan properly for the future and treat their employees well. It's unarguable that there have been some useless and ineffectual Conservative governments in the last 80 years as well, but none have done the damage that Attlee, Blair (and Brown), and Starmer have done / are doing.


"I think we do have to rethink the idea that the US a reliable, trustworthy ally which we can depend in the longer term." Lord Ricketts, former National Security Advisor, says we should 'forget' the UK-US special relationship because it is a 'transactional relationship.'


Iran’s Proposed Peace Plan 1. Non-Aggression: The U.S. must fundamentally commit to guaranteeing non-aggression. 2. Maritime Control: Continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. 3. Nuclear Program: Acceptance that Iran can enrich uranium for its nuclear program. 4. Primary Sanctions: Removal of all primary sanctions on Iran. 5. Secondary Sanctions: Removal of all secondary sanctions against foreign entities that do business with Iranian institutions. 6. UN Resolutions: End of all United Nations Security Council resolutions targeting Iran. 7. IAEA Oversight: End of all International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on Iran’s nuclear program. 8. Reparations: Compensation payment to Iran for war damage. 9. U.S. Withdrawal: Withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region. 10. Cease-fire: Cease-fire on all fronts, including Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. @TreyYingst