Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.
That's $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
Thousands of lives lost.
People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
There are parallels with British politics here.
Yes, I remember Habeck being undermined and slaughtered! I haven‘t checked what he‘s up to now. He said something about quitting politics. Or is he back in Schleswig-Holstein?
Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦♂️
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Black people are disproportionately stopped and searched, arrested, charged and remanded, we are given longer sentences. Only 1% of judges in England and Wales are Black. So if juries are replaced with judge-only trials, then what happens is overwhelmingly white.”
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The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social
Brexit
a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)
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This is an aspect of the Kushner and Witless negotiating team that needs more exposure.
These two incompetents link trade deals with peace negotiations all the time.
And the trade deals always seem to benefit the same group of people, them or their families.
But mostly tRump.
So Donald Trump and Jared Kushner are getting Billions from Saudi Arabia to use the U.S. Military to attack Iran?
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It is in this house.😽
Great shame that Greens lost out in federal election.
What a hero Cem Özdemir is. What a long-lived politician!
Coalition?
The SPD in Baden-Württemberg (basically the German Labour Party) has fallen to around 5.5%, only just managing to get returned to the state's parliament. There's a 5% hurdle in Germany to ensure parties who get less than that don't enter parliament.
🌻 German Greens have won the election in Baden-Württemberg! – holding the state and making Cem Özdemir the first Minister President in Germany with a so-called "migration background" (his parents were both Türkish immigrants). Özdemir describes himself as an "Anatolian Swabian" and "secular Muslim".
Ticey cosplaying a UK government minister.
🤞indeed.
A bit like liberating Gazans from Hamas by withholding food and medicine…
The @foodfoundation.bsky.social says climate-driven events like drought, wildfire & floods, along with post-Brexit admin costs on imported foods are already pushing up UK food prices:
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The UK relies heavily on imports of food. Recent events have shown, in an increasingly volatile world, you can't always count on ships being able to move about.
Some countries are stockpiling food to prepare for climate shocks, the UK should too, says Prof Lang:
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£40,000 in Russian bribes.
Reform’s former leader in Wales is now serving ten and a half years in prison.
Foreign interference in UK politics is not theory. It is fact. We must defend our democracy.
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I’ve been waiting and expecting this so here it comes!! In some respects I’ll be surprised if this moron makes it 3 more years. The bigger question is can America and its citizens make it?
How long should it take to confirm whether the US bombed and killed over 170 people, mainly girls in an Iranian school? It can’t be that difficult. And why isn’t this leading every news outlet in the country? It’s utterly shameful.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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What wonderful names!
I adopted my girls five years ago. It took them a while to show their true personalities, but now they are the happiest cats in town.🐈🐈⬛
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Every word = spot on.
Ppl are struggling and in despair; there are many with impressive qualifications who have no jobs - and privileged, entitled, out of touch Lab (apparently🤷♀️) politicians are happy to demonise them. There are THOUSANDS applying for every job!
Thanks! Obviously nobody thought of potential traitors. In fact, if EU was a united states Orban would be committing something akin to treason.