Larry Cuffe

Hi Robert, I haven't seen any of your posts for ages; my fault. It's well past time we had lunch, certainly before you leave for Egypt on my birthday!

Starmer and his government are the closest in Europe to Trump and his chaos in the US. Labour has not been socialist since before Thatcher.

I abandoned X when Musk became president

Fingers crossed this will continue. Not least because it will bury the dead end that is the BSW.

Column. On the mad right-wing ARC conference, and how peculiarly frightened they all seem to be of completely made up things, while somehow never really mentioning real things at all.

www.thetimes.com/article/25dc...

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Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“Trump’s election was a response to the cruel failures of neoliberalism, but it will also be their ultimate expression. It was a response to the corruption of the political system by private money. And it will be the system’s ultimate corruption” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏👏👏

“That’s a nice little TikTok you have there. It would be a shame if someone didn’t give your favorite president 50% of it.”

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Thank you Larry. I miss it so much. And my traditional Pork Pie.

My mutton with capers was my second favourite after the pork pie.

Sad no company in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 or england was willing to help me.

Keep well and see you next month. 🙏🍷🍷🍷🍽️🍜✅

Reform deputy leader Richard Tice splitting time between Skegness and Dubai after partner leaves UK MP says says he is totally committed to his constituency after Isabel Oakeshott moved to the Emirates

Bunch of hypocrites

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm told that the food bank was closed for 2 days, for security, and that the billionaire arrived by helicopter. How many ways can you be crass! (It wasn't a question).

A fond memory Robert, I loved that pie.

One week in the life of Kemi Badenoch She might be the single worst opposition leader we've seen in our lifetime. She makes Michael Foot look like Barack Obama.

Opportunistic, uninformed, haphazard, confused, shameless, contradictory, ideological, petty, misleading, vindictive and insane: Another week in the life of Kemi Badenoch iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-i...

This company likes to portray itself as akin to numerous small local brewers. It is, in fact, a giant corporation backed by a US private equity firm.

"I never have gaffes... I never have to clarify.. Because I think very carefully about what I say" - Kemi Badenoch

NEW: The Lib Dems launch a new attack ad on Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

A good week for the party

It’s really hard to fathom that come Monday, a convicted felon, rapist, and insurrectionist, will become president of America 🇺🇸 Authoritarianism looms large!

A distopian nightmare come true. I am old; I grew up seeing the world get steadily better... until the Reagan/Thatcher right wing assault changed everything. That was the start of the rot. The rot is accelerating.

Fascism and Oligarchy have joined forces. Their aim is to destroy our democracies so they can rule like feudal lords. Only a strong EU can counter that. The best way to make the EU and Britain stronger is to reverse Brexit – so that we can all stand united again on the barricade against tyranny.
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This about sums it up!

You've almost got to admire the thought process behind seeing how spectacularly badly Labour's winter fuel payments policy has gone down with pensioners and then thinking "let's come up with something even more unpopular"

I'll NOT be watching. You?

Still think this is true. It doesn't mean I don't think Labour won't lose seats or even end up in a coalition or however it plays out. But looking at the numbers and the various ways it can play out, it's still more likely than not that Labour is in power next time.

Spending cuts would be ‘political suicide’ and turn voters to Reform, McDonnell warns Reeves - Politics.co.uk Early decisions taken by the Labour leadership “tied” the party’s hands “unnecessarily”, John McDonnell has said. The former shadow chancellor and frontbench colleague of the prime minister insisted t...

🚨 NEW: Spending cuts would be ‘political suicide’ and turn voters to Reform, McDonnell warns Reeves

“I actually think that the earliest decisions taken not just by Rachel Reeves but by Keir as well, I think tied our hands unnecessarily”
, McDonnell said

Story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...

I have always thought Truss weird; but I think that she now deranged.

My interview with BBC World Service Radio about the free press and the importance of editorial cartoons to that free press

open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Wednesday the 15 is fine for me Robert. Noon at Sugo, as usual? I look forward to seeing you then.