Chris

@dontpanicand42.bsky.social

Expand your knowledge, see new places, take your dog, always smile and find time to punch nazis.

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Brexit is a fundamentally dishonest policy, peddled by rightwing vested interests hiding behind prejudice. It has made the UK ungovernable because it requires relentless deceit to sustain it. And yet - in practical terms - it is ruinous. It is the debt we all have to pay to the truth.

Actually Trump would have "accomplished" 3 things. He would have shown the world that the US is a declining and unreliable power, and he would have entrenched a more hardline regime in Tehran to the detriment of the Iranian people. And he would have given Putin lots more money.

Europe is not just about geography, it's also about the values and principles we share. That’s why we are glad to welcome Canada at the European Political Community meeting today to discuss common issues. We will be talking about connectivity, but also resilience to the threats we are all facing.

The USA has not only ceased being leader of the free world, it has ceased being a member of the free world. It betrays democratic allies and supports expansionist dictatorships. The only question Americans need to ask themselves is do they want this to continue?

Europe can survive and deter Russian aggression without relying on the US. But this is only possible if we finally step up our defense investments and rapidly integrate Ukraine. True European security requires a fully united and armed continent

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UK: Head of government appointed as ambassador someone who was friends with Epstein. Huge scandal. US: Head of government was friends with Epstein. Has not appointed ambassadors to most posts. Not much scandal.

Of course Europe can defend itself! It is a challenge, structures are as they are but we need to stop pretending that we are some helpless babies needing to be saved by the US. My - slightly less rant-y - comments from last night.

I hope liberal and left-wing Americans defeat Trump and all he stands for, but if they want to put America's relationship with the world on a more sustainably realistic basis they need to stop viewing every geopolitical crisis or conflict as a mere externalisation of domestic American culture wars

So Trump agrees a deal where Iran gets to keep charging tolls, gets to keep its nuclear program, and of course, keeps the same regime in power. This was all a terrible waste and so far a catastrophic defeat for the USA.

If spheres of influence return, Russia falls into Europe's orbit, not the other way around. Their economy is smaller than Italy's. You cannot dictate terms to a continent when you are that weak. Russia is not a superpower

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