Politics Thread!

[Deckard]

Literally a binfire and so so so great to watch although why does it take a man in a bin to point out truths like Farage doesnt vote often in the Commons , he doesnt do local surgeries etc and spends more time in the USA.

Follow the money - binface 500/1 a few days ago now 5/1 !

[Ratsoap]

[KlaxonCow]

Binface is battle bus ready to take on Frogface for Clacton!

[tufty]

I'm sure that's absolutely certainly not AI...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958583 ... 982701603/

[F-ZeroOne]

US Secretary of Defence [1] approves gender affirming care for US troops, irony meters explode in-between cries of "Our precious bodily fluids!":

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0nlx18rz0o


[1] No, I am not going to call him what he so dearly wishes to be known as.

[Deckard]

Go Reform - another classic blunder in Cornwall

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornw ... l-11062165

https://cornwallpoliticalwatch.com/reform-uk/collapse

So at a local level they literally have no clue.....

[tufty]

It's not really political, but good news - the Tate brothers have finally been arrested and extradited to the UK on rape, sex trafficking, assault, ABH, and CSAM charges

[Little stoned kiwi]

It's not really political...

Not yet, it will be though.

[KlaxonCow]

Even though previous tariffs were reversed by the Supreme Court, even though this would be in breach of the Turnberry agreement that America signed with the EU to cap off tariff levels, even though this is clearly politically motivated and is interfering with foreign legal proceedings outside American jurisdiction, the orange manbaby is crying "tariffs", in between his pathetic wails of "wah", once more.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/2 ... s-01011576

Trump threatens new tariffs against EU over Google fine

The president’s social media post could signal a coming breach in last fall’s Turnberry agreement.

President Donald Trump floated plans Friday to place a “substantial” new tariff on the European Union, accusing the bloc of “robbing” American companies and pledging to initiate a trade investigation after the EU fined Google for illegal trade practices.

“The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment.”

I've said it from the start. Cut America out of international trade. Find other suppliers.

In fairness, many countries - such as France - have used the time wisely to decouple their government from use of the American operating system called "Windows". But all of Europe - including the UK - should have also been using this time to find replacements for Google, Amazon, Facebook and most certainly Twitter.

Because this is how it's always going to be. Every time Trump wants something, he's going to wail that he'll put stupidly high tariffs on a country and it backs down and complies with the wishes of the tyrant. And while the Supreme Court will probably later overturn it all, because it's grossly illegal direct political interference in the "free" market, it'll hold for the months that it takes the court system to get around to ruling on it, in the interim.

And, frankly, Trump is a tyrant who is very clearly preparing to rig / undermine / call off the November mid-term elections - with his empty bullshit that China has been interfering in American elections, with zero evidence that this is the case - so that he can dismantle American democracy, in order to remain "President for Life" into a third - and possibly fourth, fifth, sixth... depending on how long the Paedophile-in-Chief lives for - term of office.

I get that decoupling the world's trade from America is hardly an easy or quick thing, but this is not "business as usual" and it's not going to go back to "business as usual" if you wait long enough (unless the American people themselves force him out at the end of his term, and do not allow him to interfere with the mid-terms either) and we simply don't have the time to wait for that anyway, because there's still 2 years left until America has to go to war over its very democracy, in which he can cause immense damage. Indeed, a cornered wolf - who increasingly has nothing to lose, as he's out of office unless he reacts first - will always fight back.

Europe has began the necessary transition, but it needs to go faster. Move away from Windows, transition to renewables to phase out fossil fuels - to avoid the twin perils of both Putin and the American petrodollar - and decouple ourselves from America.

To be clear, America, the country, remains our ally and friend - and the second it removes the orange manbaby, we should rush to greet them back to the civilised world again. But, sorry, while this unpredictable mad tyrant is running the American Empire, we should have nothing whatsoever to do with them, to the greatest extent possible.

Indeed, that's how we help America return to sanity. Place it under unofficial sanctions effectively. Boycott it from all trade, until the country returns to normal and behaves properly again.

We absolutely cannot simply reverse every red card decision that Trump does not like, and disregard the rules of the game - the laws and treaties and agreements - just because the orange manbaby wails that the tyrant is not getting his own way.

[F-ZeroOne]

You may have heard that President Baby Tango Man wants to get the US Navys new Ford class aircraft carriers redesigned by removing their fancy new EMALS electromagnetic catapults (the things that fling several thousand pounds of jet fuel, high explosive and aviator off the ship to the tune of "Danger Zone") for Ye Olde steam catapults [1].

There are all kinds of reasons this is a bad idea, starting with it will cost a lot. But. It. Gets. Worse.

He reportedly also wants to move the carriers "island" - thats the sticky-up bit that serves as the control centre - forwards so that, and I swear I am not making this up, the carriers look more like WWII era carriers.

Again, there are all kinds of reasons why this is a bad idea, starting with there are reasons the Fords have their islands where they do. What next, he wants to bring back straight carrier decks with wooden surfaces?

[1] Through the gritted teeth of absolute fairness, the same memorandum in which this latest gush of stupidity appeared does also mention some steps to address the US Navys shipbuilding woes. Delaying new carriers so that the Ghost of Isambard Kingdom Brunel can reshape them will still not help though.

[snaff]

Reform UK would cut about £50bn from the benefits bill and scrap the disability payments system, Pip, if it comes in to government, the party will announce next week.

Are there enough workers to vote for this, or are bennie scroungers now the biggest voting block?

[KlaxonCow]

Reform deputy leader accused of being ‘completely out of touch’ for telling people to ‘enjoy’ climate change

‘If it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic,’ says Reform UK deputy leader

Richard Tice has been accused of being “completely out of touch with the public” after telling people concerned about global warming to stop being “doom and gloom”, as it could see an improvement in English wine.
[...]
The comments have been condemned by climate change campaigners, who said those affected by the ongoing drought and wildfires did not need him to “belittle their summer from hell”.

“As the public were forced to learn the word ‘firewave’ this summer, farmers faced yet another devastating harvest, and families struggled with overheating homes and school closures. But Reform UK’s deputy leader seems to have solved the issue: let’s just enjoy it,” James Sutton, co-director of Zero Hour, said.

Yes, folks, just enjoy the heatwave.

Enjoy the wildfires burning homes.




Enjoy children learning in WWII bunkers because their classrooms are above 40C.



Enjoy the 3000 excess deaths - more lives lost than 9/11 - from the heatwave.

Enjoy the floods from the start of the year, when it rained every single day for 3 months straight:



Enjoy the weather getting more and more extreme, at a faster and faster rate - EXACTLY AS PREDICTED BY SCIENTISTS 30 BLOODY YEARS AGO. But, no, let's keep pretending there's "scientific debate" involved - when there isn't - and let's just overlook that every forewarning has been exactly right, thus far, and, if anything, has been too conservative, as things are getting bad at the faster end of the predictions.

But, no, no. Just enjoy it, folks. Over a lovely glass of English wine.

Richard Tice at the Reform UK party conference:

[SuperMappy]

I tried to have a conversation with a friend, who I have know for about 45 years, yesterday to hopefully talk about all the things we like in common like Star Trek, Star Wars, gaming, ladies we've seen out and about, etc. I'm not sure what made the conversation go this way but all he did was carry on for about 35 mins about how much he hated Trump. I listened to him go on and on hoping that maybe allowing him to rant about it would help him feel better, but no it apparently did no good. I personally have never been able to stomach much politics before my mind and brain just want me to switch it off and walk away. All I can do is try to steer him away from politics when we talk by talking about the other things I have mentioned but it is getting more and more difficult. Politics is, imho, easily the worst case of mental cold and flu I have ever seen in people.

[skab]

He reportedly also wants to move the carriers "island" - thats the sticky-up bit that serves as the control centre - forwards so that, and I swear I am not making this up, the carriers look more like WWII era carriers.

Even worse, more like post-WWI, because they looked more menacing or whatever. Letting someone with crappy taste like the one with the golden toilets decide how your military gear looks like is an obviously insane idea.

[snaff]

Enjoy the floods from the start of the year, when it rained every single day for 3 months straight:

Wow, look at how the flood waters bypass the medieval churches which stand safely protected upon dry land.

Since finding God these signs of divine providence leap out at me everywhere.