@LBC Name 5 things NATO provides that the US can't do itself.
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Software Engineer - C++, C#, JavaScript, Python. Business owner.
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Starmer says Nato is 'in America’s interest' following call with Trump amid suggestions Britain to be 'punished' over Iran war response lbc.co.uk/article/starme…
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@Rekt57v @ZiaYusufUK Every party is ex Tory or Labour.
Are you forgetting which parties have been on 80%+ of the vote for the last 100 years?
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This abominable situation was brought to you by the Tories.
They turbocharged welfare spending and hollowed out our military
Shameless arsonist firefighters.
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch
We are now spending five times more on welfare than on defence. This must change! The Conservatives will bring back the two-child benefit cap and use the money for defence. The security of the United Kingdom is our priority, and we have a plan for a stronger country.
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@BritishYusuf Data centres power everything from banking, apps, video games, your online shop, as well as training AI models like the ones that'll be going into robots and GPUs.
Maybe stop speaking about things you know little to nothing about.
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@ClaireCoutinho Open AI needs to secure and pay for its own energy.
We are not here to subsidise foreign firms to make money and pay no tax.
These data centres do not create many jobs anyway.
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🚨We just lost on our share of $500 billion of AI investment because of our insane energy prices.
We cannot afford to miss the growth opportunities from the industries of the future. Yet Labour are doubling down and locking us into higher energy prices for longer.
We are the only party with a Cheap Power Plan that would cut costs for households AND businesses.
Guido Fawkes@GuidoFawkes
Disaster for Miliband as OpenAI Pauses Huge UK Project Over Energy Costs & Regulation order-order.com/2026/04/09/dis…
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@GaynorGled94272 @LBC I'm not claiming benefits.
In fact, I employ dozens of people and paid more tax last year than most people will pay over their entire lives.
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'Six million people are facing hunger in the UK and people like me are being pushed to food banks'
LBC Opinion lbc.co.uk/article/hunger…
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@LBC Took 2 weeks to get our 1 available ship ready to leave port, and then that ship broke down and is back in port.
What exactly is he traveling there to do, besides embarrass us? A little PR boost before the local election wipeout?
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East as he travels to the region to meet leaders of Gulf countries. lbc.co.uk/article/starme…
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@MajorGowen_ @PolitlcsUK They genuinely believe these kids are committing crime and stabbing people because they're bored. As if they don't have £1000 smartphones and £600 consoles... 🤷♂️
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@PolitlcsUK "Jamal, it's 1am, have you considered putting down the Rambo knife and picking up a Ping-Pong bat?"
Is that really Sadiq Khan's solution?! 🙄
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🚨 NEW: Sadiq Khan has pledged £30m to fund late-night youth clubs in every London borough to tackle crime
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@PolitlcsUK Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and others don't need late-night youth clubs to stop knife crime (it's not even an issue) and neither did the UK until the last 1 or 2 decades...
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@FlameCrypto @sentdefender It also sets an awful precedent. If Iran can charge ships passing the Strait of Hormuz, why couldn't the UK and/or France do the same in the English Channel?
Same logic for the Strait of Gibraltar or the Torres Strait...
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@sentdefender Absolutely 0% chance that this ends with Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz
Israel, UAE, and Saudi Arabia would never allow that to be the base case moving forward
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From this post it’s pretty clear that tonight’s agreement isn’t just a two-week ceasefire in the eyes of President Trump, but an end to the Iran War.
OSINTdefender@sentdefender
U.S. President Donald J. Trump calls Wednesday a “big day for World Peace!”, following tonight’s announced two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran. Trump states that the United States will assist with the buildup of ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that reconstruction can begin in Iran. The President adds that, “We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just ‘hangin' around’ in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!”
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Colorful to bring back some DDR3 motherboards in May
videocardz.com/newz/colorful-…
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@_JamesGtfo @SYS_04_ @PolitlcsUK The UK has given foreign aid for decades
You might also want to look up who discovered and developed anti-biotics, the smallpox vaccine and many other drugs and treatments that have quite literally saved the lives of a billion+ people, with a substantial amount of them in Africa
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@SYS_04_ @PolitlcsUK So there’s no actual argument against giving them reparations
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🚨 NEW: Zia Yusuf says Reform would block visas from the following countries if they demand slavery reparations from the UK
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Kenya
Montserrat
Nigeria
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
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@EliteTigers1 @ElectionMapsUK @GoodGrowthFdn He's not a member of the British Polling Council.
There has to be some standard for polling, otherwise we may as well start taking polls on X seriously.
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@ElectionMapsUK @GoodGrowthFdn @ElectionMapsUK why haven't you featured the Ashcroft poll that was the talk of Easter weekend? This isn't a party political question, I'm just genuinely curious as to why you haven't featured it?
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (-1)
LAB: 20% (-1)
CON: 19% (-1)
GRN: 15% (+3)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @GoodGrowthFdn, 27 Mar - 1 Apr.
Changes w/ 13-16 Feb.
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@MolinesPinto Wrong again, and on multiple things. As I said, talk about things you understand. This subject is clearly not one of them.
reuters.com/world/europe/p…
reuters.com/world/europe/n…
euronews.com/my-europe/2026…
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@ProlificIntent @PaulEmbery All of that is purely for your own benefit, not ours... Go project your power elsewhere
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Trump says he is "blowing up the whole country" if Iran does not reach a deal. Power plants, bridges, the lot. Possibly even desalination plants. Assuming this is not yet another panicked bluff, such actions would undeniably constitute war crimes. In which case, the relationship between other countries and the US must surely fundamentally alter. How could any nation maintain normal relations with a regime committing such egregious war crimes? How could the king's state visit still go ahead? It would be inconceivable.
Rachel Scott@rachelvscott
Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table. "If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said. I asked if there’s anything off limits. “Very little,” he said.
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@PaulEmbery @barnsleybitter This might be a stretch because the report doesn't mention Trump, but maybe you'd like to try educating yourself on the threat Iran poses: #physical-threats" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gov.uk/government/pub…
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@PaulEmbery @barnsleybitter You didn't say it, but quite obviously implied it, since you don't think a foreign nation trying to murder Brits is an attack.
You're a grown man calling someone a "Trump cultist" because they said something you disagree with. I think you need to grow up and act your age.
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@MolinesPinto @PaulEmbery Or you can refrain from speaking about things you know nothing about?
The US has 100,000 military personnel in Europe, dozens of navy vessels, 200+ aircraft, AEGIS, JSTARS, satellites, and AWACS.
Then we have BMEWS, the F-35 program, Trident, Patriot, THAAD, etc.
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@ProlificIntent @PaulEmbery You really need to go away and do your sums again
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@PaulEmbery @barnsleybitter If you can't understand that a nation state initiating terror attacks in the UK against British citizens, whether they are political opponents or not, should not be treated as a simple crime, then you are beyond help.
Your hate for Trump turns you into a ridiculous person.
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@ProlificIntent @barnsleybitter If you can't understand the difference between the targeting of individual political opponents and a miltary threat against an entire country, then I cannot help you.
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@PaulEmbery @barnsleybitter "There have been 15 Iran-backed murder or kidnap attempts on UK targets since the beginning of 2022 and August 2023."
You repeatedly ignore reality because you dislike Trump.
news.sky.com/story/physical…
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@barnsleybitter Yes, because Iran was on the brink of attacking Britain!
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@PaulEmbery Lets also not forget that the ICC found a “reasonable basis” to believe UK forces committed war crimes, including:
torture and inhuman treatment
unlawful killings
sexual violence
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Hist…
No one likes hypocrites. 🤷♂️
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@PaulEmbery How could any nation maintain normal relations with a regime committing such egregious war crimes?
Because in the real world, the US subsidises UK and European defence to the tune of several hundred billion $ a year and the last time I checked, we were broke with stagnant GDP.
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