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Nigel Farage loves Orbán.
I wonder why …

FT headline “Reform gains second big donation from Thailand-based crypto investor Populist party received £3mn from Christopher Harborne in November last year, on top of £9mn in August”

trying very hard to pretend they are not closely tied to the Trump administration

perhaps the extra £3million gifted to Reform from Christopher Harborne, of Thailand, will help with the loss?

FT today 👇

#ToldYouSo

back to the table for T self-enrichment, no uranium enrichment, no funding militias, and no democracy (for Iranians/ Americans)

what happened to all the Braintrees in Braintree?

did someone cut them down for development, instead of remediating brownfield sites?

"They are more powerful than many nations. But Mark Zuckerberg is a person. Elon Musk is a person..."

Ian Russell - father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after months of viewing harmful content on Instagram - on how he views big tech

Molly vs the Machines - in cinemas tomorrow only 🔗⏬

Screenshot of FT headline: “Reform gains second big donation from Thailand-based crypto investor Populist party received £3mn from Christopher Harborne in November last year, on top of £9mn in August”

Aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne, born in Britain, lived in Thailand for the past two decades, donates another £3million to Reform.

This has got to stop.

#GetMoneyOutOfPolitics

“Maybe Vance could take this opportunity to say thank you”

“Only if JD Vance wears a clown suit”

“JD needs to wear short trousers and a school cap the next time Zelensky is hosted at the WH - he's still learning”
😄

FT headline “Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran Kyiv has pioneered cheap and mass-produced machines to battle Russian versions of the Shahed attack drone”

1st comment, with 1082 likes (a lot for the FT) “Maybe Vance could take this opportunity to say thank you”

FT comments section 🤌🔥

great scott!

where do we bury all the guys? and who is first on the list?
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Where is your net stupid zero bullshit now, eh, Dubai dick?
#UKPolitics

Bird flu from the US most likely. Scientist who studies these things explained it to Dr Chris van Tulleken (BBC, Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic).

Only takes someone with human flu (spreads easily) catch bird flu (more deadly) at a poultry farm at the same time. Devastating antigenic shift.

Anyway, the motives of a certain ME PM are clear: avoid ongoing trial, win forthcoming election, stay out of jail, convince Iran to stop attacking that certain country though militant groups, and bonus of pleasing elements who believe in Armageddon. Motives for US are clear: weaken Iran's negotiating position then bring (modified form of) them back to the table because T lost patience re refusal to give up enriching uranium (last Thursday in Geneva was latest negotiation); make them agree to stop funding militia attacking pal's country; ie stabilise ME so T can get on with his self/fam/associate-enriching G-project, and any new lucrative "deals" with Iran. He will bring them back to the negotiating table within a few weeks. Kurds waiting in north may be allowed to add pressure but will be overlooked ultimately - can't negotiate with unstable country, and T doesn't have much time before markets start yelling. Probably doesn't care too much about his voter base and the mid-terms, bc he's "taking over" voting administration in some states anyway, and/or will declare result as "fake". The long term plan is all going very well for a new regime in US, and UK will fall in line through the influence campaign (X etc) and puppet Farage soon enough. Re Europe, the western alliance will be loosely preserved, with increasing strategic autonomy on Europe's part, but US regime is more interested in "western hemisphere" and Asia. Meanwhile, the citizens of

… the world can suck it, in a nutshell shell, as we hurtle past all the so called Planetary Boundaries. Expect massive migrations this century from global south, whilst inequality within north gets insanely worse. Not great, but that's how it is, and global elites are preparing for this new world.

Not really. It’s pretty clear what the objectives are, and it’s all going pretty well (for them). See reply to that comment in FT👇

See thread 2/

Wouldn’t impact Israel negatively (US dissenters not likely to be a problem for long under the current administration’s plan). We’re all pretty fucked tbh - UK too soon enough.

PS
T has really fucked up the post WWII international order, as other nations are going to want nuclear weapons in a world without international law (Japan, Germany etc).
Proliferation increases risk of error so we’re likely heading for total wipe out at some point this century. Humans are v stupid.

-China is way ahead of the game with 56% of electricity power capacity from renewables (less vulnerable to geopolitical “events”), tho Iranian oil under US influence problematic for C in medium term.
5/5

Overall:
-Bad for Iranians who remain stuck with no democracy. -Good for oil/gas addicted world with more stable ME (if T gets his way).
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Main goal for T is no uranium enrichment for Iran, and that it stops attacking neighbours through militias, so he can get on with self-enrichment deals for self, fam & associates in a more stable ME.

Will have weighed up negative impact on polls against plans for the mid-terms.
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Iranian stockpiles of missiles reported to be limited (days worth) but ongoing disruption of drone attacks could be an issue.

Iran likely (in my view) to be drawn back to the negotiating table at some point, in a much weakened position, so he may get what he wants.
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This war helps Israeli PM in that respect, but not US.
T’s motives are different, because of anti-war sentiment amongst his base. He will be aiming for brief war.
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My guess: probably a minor motivation. US & Iran negotiations were ongoing, even on same day as HClinton’s comments, but:

1. they won’t release files that incriminate him

2. Tehran’s insistence on right to enrich uranium possibly exceeded T’s patience, giving way to the other motivators I listed

Possibly hasn’t given it a second thought. Only cares about large enough base (anyone he can manipulate, ie right-wing/MAGA/christian nationalists) to maintain power. Probably hoping to emulate successful autocracies that have managed to quash dissent & unrest.

an awful regime, indeed.

however, the war will see many innocent people killed. outcome likely to be same or new autocratic regime, maybe compliant with US (Trump family) interests, and a hope that it stops attacking its neighbours (through militia groups).

nobody here has the moral high ground.

Ppl in the UK are experiencing a certain degree of schadenfreude for British tax-dodgers who live and are stuck out there.
And we are asking the question: “why should British tax payers fund the repatriation of British tax evaders?”. Especially as they are constantly battering the country online.

How about humans go back to enjoying nature & participating in the arts instead of trying-failing to fill their empty souls with consumption?

Q: why do the uber-rich surround themselves with artists & intellectuals?

A: bc material consumption is only momentarily rewarding (hunter-gatherer brains)

that’s the war I am referring to …

Result:
- no democracy for Iran
- T will try to “make a deal” soon, and spin it as a win
- there will be continued conflict over energy, which will transpose to other areas of world as the green transition unfolds
- we will continue to be ruled by despotic leaders as the globe burns

humans eh?

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- markets still signalling brief war
- protracted war as excuse for US to postpone mid-terms less attractive for Trump than a deal leaving new leaders in power & T fam enriched

imo: length of war centres on how much devastation Iranian leadership willing to endure b4 returning to negotiations

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