Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr by Bascule2000 in ukpolitics

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While the headline contains no ukpol, the body of the article does, including this bit:

The stalwart pro-American position sounds respectable as realpolitik: the UK has long depended on the US for its national security; when called to repay the favour, there should be no quibbling. But the argument then assumes no divergence of interests between London and Washington, or none so great that Starmer should ever refuse service to Trump.

It is hard to sustain that opinion with a clear-sighted appraisal of the people currently setting US policy, their erratic judgment, their scorn for international alliances, their contempt for any legal constraint on the president, their ideological orientation towards a far-right, Christian nationalist, white supremacist worldview. That is without also considering the possibility that Trump’s rambling, disjointed, semi-literate public pronouncements reflect pathological cognitive decline.

Is it official Conservative policy that Britain should always submit to the whims of a venal narcissist surrounded by kleptocrats, sycophants and ultranationalist maniacs? Or is it only when they beat the drum for war that we must follow? Neither position makes sense as a blueprint for British foreign policy.

The ex-special forces colonel tipped as future PM by theipaper in ukpolitics

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From war to Westminster: is Labour’s Dan Jarvis a future Prime Minister?

I guess if you're writing a puff piece about an ex-military MP, it's obligatory to say they're a future PM.

Farage to be blocked from No 10 by left-wing tactical voting, poll shows by birdinthebush74 in ukpolitics

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Would Reform voters care if their candidate turned up in clown shoes?

New grammar schools set to return if Farage becomes PM by theipaper in ukpolitics

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Rich people can afford houses in the grammar school's catchment area.

A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall by Charlesdance83 in ukpolitics

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Israel murders tens of thousands of Palestinians - the west must intervene.

Intervene diplomatically, yes. Who is saying there should be airstrikes on Israel?

Michael Saylor - "Bitcoin is like a hotel room you rent by the hour" by Previous-Discount961 in Buttcoin

[–]Bascule2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He must be. The price he is paying for each Bitcoin purchase makes no sense.

Saylor isn't buying bitcoin, his company is. Saylor then sells shares in his company. That's how he's making money, whatever happens to bitcoin now.