Donald J. Trump @realDonaldIrump X.com The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
Heβs right, you know. Waitβ¦
A Tory peer is to quit the Conservatives & retire from the Lords after facing suspension over PPE contract deals
It comes after an investigation found he breached Lords code of conduct for helping a subsidiary of a company he chaired, to get contracts
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The enthusiasm of most billionaire media outlets in the US and UK for Trumpβs illegal assault on Iran is another reminder of how deranged, perverse and frankly psychopathic these organisations are.
This is almost exactly what I said would happen on yesterdayβs show. The conflicting & contradictory reasons given for the war, coupled with client journalists & pusillanimous politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, will enable him to claim βsuccessβ when nothing remotely successful has happened.
In the last three days, the Brexiters have been losing their shit because "MPs were dancing while the war in Iran was going on."
Here's Farage yesterday.
And nothing...
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It doesnβt matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. Itβll never cease to amaze me that people donβt care that itβs happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say βSend meβ wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
Ben Stiller is calling out the White House after it used a clip from Tropic Thunder in a video promoting the Iran war.
βWe never gave you permission and have no interest in being part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie,β Stiller wrote.
Scottish Opera offers hugely discounted tickets to people under the age of 26. In fact most of the theatres here do, usually for around Β£10. Which means you could see a whole live show for less than the cost of a ticket to one of Timothee Chalametβs films. Just saying.
Reformβs Scottish leader may or many not be racist but heβs definitely wrong as knife crime falls in Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/07/r...
A little bit obsessed with all the nut clusters currently βashamed to be Britishβ because Starmer didnβt sign us up to this shit show.
Kemi Badenoch's hawkish approach to Iran war may not be wise
A Democratic senator has said he will open a perjury investigation into her alleged lies.
"The feeling at home, despite oversaturation in the media, could not be more different than it was before Iraq."
Those proud bastions of free speech Reform UK banned @willhaycardiff.bsky.social from their manifesto launch because they are scared of the scrutiny he would provide. Imagine what these cowards will do in power.
The greatest orator of our times
Trump: "Marco loves going to your countries, he's always at one of these countries, he likes your countries the best, where are you, I'm in Chili, oh good how's Chile doing, we like it, we all like him, he's got a language advantage over me, because I'm not learning your damn language."
βSelf-driving taxis safeβ says self-writing article.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
βWho was Jesse Jackson?β
From the new Private Eye, out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1670 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption βon shelves now.β The main headline reads βTRUMP ATTACKS IRAN,β with a subheading βHOW OPERATION EPIC FURY UNFOLDED.β The cover features four photo panels set in the situation-room with US political figures seated around a table. Speech bubbles add dialogue: βIs the Supreme Leader dead?β followed by βNo, Trump always looks like this!β; βMission accomplished!β answered with βYes, Iβve killed the Epstein storyβ; βWhat happens next?β with the reply βPopular revolt and regime change,β and a follow-up, βIn America?β; and finally, βWhy have you started this war?β answered with βSo that I can stop it,β alongside βIβll ring the Nobel Committee.β
Trump Attacks Iran. How Operation Epic Fury unfoldedβ¦
The new Private Eye is out now.
Looking forward to @thenewsagents.co.uk going LIVE at noon via @globalplayer.com and YouTube
Tune in and send your questions to newsagents@global.com. Voicenotes preferred!
βSenior military figures in the UK have told us we need to start thinking of ourselves not in a post-war state, but in a pre-war stateβ
Are we in the early days of WWIII?
Absolutely spot on. Very astute, clear summary of the unfortunate situation we find ourselves in.
'A fight to the death is not going to be over in four to five weeks.'
@matthew-wright.bsky.social has a 'hideous sense' that the 'unconditional surrender' Trump seeks from Iran will be 'the furthest thing from their minds'.
'They have made the gravest mistake - Iran will never, ever, surrender.'
Caller Darragh feels the US has 'totally underestimated' the Middle Eastern country.
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk.
This week: Trump & Netanyahu plunge the Middle East into war, with no plan for its end.
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FT exclusive:
Russia has shared targeting intelligence with Iran, including locations of American military assets in the Middle East, as Tehran unleashes a barrage of drone and missile strikes against the US and its allies, said people familiar with the matter.
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White House says Trump did not really mean that he was demanding Iran's "unconditional surrender" when he called for Iran's "unconditional surrender". My live update for LBC News with Jonathan Ray presenting.
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Translation: we're going to run out of munitions if we're not careful.
No word on whether he's invoked the Defence Production Act as he orders up more "exquisite class" weaponry (which sounds like someone just sold him a bill of goods).
Senior administration figures from the President on down are all shrugging their shoulders over evidence that Russia is helping Iran target US military personnel. All claim it doesnβt matter. There is no floor, nor any explanation for Putinβs hold on these people.
