Renton

The right were in power 14 years mate. The headbanging right for more than half that time. I bet you're regretting getting rid of temporary Poles now for permanently settled Indians aren't you?

Really sorry to hear that MF, seems like a similar story to my dad. Only consolation was the palliative care team in my case were excellent. That was the Freeman. Cramlington is also superb though. Take care.

I think the US might have provided more weapons monetarily but Europe has provided more aid overall. And bearing in mind the US is profiting from the weapons it is providing, their net spend isn't that great.

'Kin Hell man. I go for a walk then he says this. I fucking wish I could ignore this as per Gemmill's advice but it's pretty hard to, and if I'm honest, the fact that the POTUS has gone completely rogue is quite scary. Does anyone still think the US is a democracy?

Yeah, that was the fucking point of my post.

But not when @Gemmill does. Amirite?

Did you know bats die when they have sex?

I was listening to a scientist on this yesterday. He was clear covid was almost certainly leaked (probably accidentally) from their Wuhan lab. Ftr, I've always considered this a possibility but was keen on it being backed by scientific evidence. It sort of is now. At least, the scientific circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.

They're also pressuring them to release the Tates aren't they? Utter scum.

I've thought about that too. I genuinely fear the Chinese less than the US at this point. I would build up trade with them at the expense of American trade. In this case physical separation will be a good thing, but they can buy our services and we their EVs. They will become the dominant super power, see how the US likes those apples. Bad news for Taiwan mind.

Also forgot to add, the post war rules based order also appears to be dead. NATO, the UN, the WHO, USAID. This is probably the biggest threat. Honestly don't know how we can come back from that. Sometimes you have no choice but to see how things play out.

I made that suggestion on here a while back and since then I've noticed many other people suggest it. Not straight forward though, a major factor in trading is economic gravity, you can't physically shift where Canada is so it will always be the case most their trade will be with the US, even if that does involve tariffs. Incidentally this economic fundamental was seemingly too high a concept for the Brexiter gammons to get their heads around. The West has fallen, it has been decapitated. The World is being divided along 4 lines - the US, China, Russia and Brics, and the EU. The first three of those are authoritarian, a mix of communism and outright fascism. The fight in Europe is now to preserve liberal democracy. I would like to invite Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to that party. Maybe being in the commonwealth will count for something after all. We need to wake up, expel as much US influence as possible from our economies. It will be hard. But we are a collection of rich, educated, enlightened countries. We can do this.

Trump has just literally blamed Ukraine for Russia invading them. Every time I feel like we are as far through the looking glass as we can go, there is another level.

This has legs.

Free speech!

Good old t'Leeds. Play off final pelanty loss for the fans of massive lads.

Seems extra weird for a woman though somehow.

Possibly. A bit premature though. Fuck knows what the US and the wider World will be like by then. They get their election first, if they have one.

Yeah, she's a disaster for them. Only issue is, she is letting Farage become the opposition. Isegrim's link works now btw, did you do the music?

What a cunt. You just know if Trump made a political gesture, a pardon if you will, this twat would be happy as Larry. As long as it's not his face that's eaten, that's all that matters. Hope he loses his home and his medical insurance and becomes a tramp sodomised on a nightly basis.

I berely made it through the trailer.