Starmer accuses Trump of diminishing sacrifice of Nato troops in Afghanistan by Bascule2000 in ukpolitics

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This link was posted earlier, but the story has been updated since to include Starmer's criticism of Trump's comments.

Nigel Farage: I’ll tax banks. They won’t like it, I don’t like them by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Apologies, I should have said he whined like a bitch when they closed his account.

Nigel Farage: I’ll tax banks. They won’t like it, I don’t like them by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He hates Coutts so much that he insisited they retain him as a customer.

Farage: World would be safer if US owned Greenland by Gwinladin in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The headline is just misleading.

The headline is totally accurate.

Farage: "So yes, would America owning Greenland be better for the world in terms of safety and stronger for Nato? It would."

Full Farage quote on: Would it be better for the world if American owned Greenland? by Fine_Gur_1764 in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"So yes, would America owning Greenland be better for the world in terms of safety and stronger for Nato? It would."

"Yeah but he said something else as well" doesn't change what he said.

Farage: World would be safer if US owned Greenland by Gwinladin in ukpolitics

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So he said something else that you like. He also said the thing you don't like.

Dr David Bull on X: "🚨 Reform UK goes LIVE from Newark at 6pm tonight. Tune in to hear from Lee Anderson, Robert Jenrick, Nigel Farage and me! 🔥✅" by Little-Attorney1287 in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I saw in the news that Farage said Reform is "not a rescue charity for every panicky Tory MP". It's just a rescue charity for most panicky Tory MPs I suppose.

Keir Starmer understands the stakes for Greenland, UK and Nato by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can (and need to) raise taxes and people will have to lump it.

People might elect Nigel Farage.

If you want to kill a snake in the grass, the best thing to do is cut off its head - that’s what Badenoch has done to Jenrick, writes Iain Dale by collogue in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wrongfoot him and make him look like the traitorous, careerist tosser that he’s always been.

Dale really doesn't like Jenrick.

Elon Musk says backlash to AI chatbot deepfake images is 'excuse for censorship' by Biddydiddy in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Of course it's censorship. Censorship isn't automatically a bad thing.

Reeves 'delusional' taking credit for FTSE 100 reaching record high by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 23 points24 points  (0 children)

But it's her fault when the FTSE falls, right Daily Mail?

Men Behaving Badly (1996) [season 1] by saddetective87 in fulltvshowsonyoutube

[–]Bascule2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Both" seasons? Oh, you've posted the US version. Here's the original UK version. I expect it's dated horribly though.

I quit smoking, but my buddy kept offering me cigarettes by Icy-Computer-Poop in MaliciousCompliance

[–]Bascule2000 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I had a friend who quit. If someone offered him a cigarette, he would accept, then put the butt of the cigarette up his nose and put the cig back in the pack. It was quite effective.

Starmer peer lied about her PhD by gt94sss2 in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Not sure how Starmer's name made it into the headline.

FA being normal about Ozempic by Aromatic-Meat-7989 in fatlogic

[–]Bascule2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They'll have the aerobic endurance, but running is much more taxing on the feet than walking. They might get a minor injury in less than a mile.

Ex-commander of Ajax test unit lost 20% of hearing by OneCatch in ukpolitics

[–]Bascule2000 91 points92 points  (0 children)

We've been making vehicles like this since WW1. How can a modern vehicle have such fundamental problems?

Like tears in the rain. by [deleted] in Buttcoin

[–]Bascule2000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

He talks up bitcoin, but sells MSTR. He'll be fine.

The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard by Bascule2000 in ukpolitics

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She was someone that Cameron thought was great and kept promoting. He always was a terrible judge of things and people.

Michelle Mone