A.V. Deggar

Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purpos...

What's definitely on the cards is an inadvisable ground invasion of Iran.

UK bases may be used as staging points to refuel/resupply US troops before moving onwards, as was the case with the 2003 deployment in Iraq.

Is that all hunky-dory? Are actually doing this all over again?

Something that's worthy of consideration: what if one of the bombers that has used tarmac on British soil ends up delivering a payload of nuclear munitions in Western Asia?

I wouldn't say that's a particularly far-fetched scenario.

100%, it's the same cohort of bastards that joined the SA

If you're wondering what kind of person joins a private street patrol group, it ain't your avuncular AirFix pensioner type—it's the same kind of people who joined Hitler's SA: disgruntled veterans & cosplayers, nativists, extremists of all ages, nonces, violent misogynists, wasters & petty criminals

A reminder that this isn't the first time that Reform UK have called for the establishment of vigilante gangs for protection.

Here's their deputy leader, Dick Tice, beating the drum for private patrol groups.

You can bank on uniformed paramilitaries stationed on a street corner near you by 2029.

Apologies, America, Uncle Sam needs your sons and daughters to die for oil *again* but this time with a side order of protecting pædos 🫡.

Lest we forget that Sir Keir is just the most recent in a line of incredibly unpopular, venal cowards to use strife abroad to deflect from troubles at home.

No doubt his imminent successor will pick up the baton without hesitation.

As impensable as the PM of the UK telling a US president to do one, is the current tenant of 10 Downing Street even slightly objecting to a war that would distract from his domestic woes.

Sure, this will make Sir Keir even less popular but its his turn now, & he deserves his "world stage" moment.

They meant a "Government of servility" an unbroken legacy of slavish obeisance to the Hegemon across the Great Grey Sea.

Perpetual bondage—starting from Lend-Lease onwards—to whomever might be installed behind the Resolute Desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

And Lèse majesté is utterly unthinkable

US bombers arrive in UK

So, the learnèd Sir Keir, human rights lawyer KC, and his former colleague, the Attorney General Baron Hermer KC, have decided that the war of aggression against Iran is precisely as legal as the UK's support of the genocide in Gaza.

A "Government of service", they said....

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Bloody hell

They are. And it's an old and cold legacy of classism that underpins their actions.

Expect The Daily Telegraph to develop further in its role as Britain's print-version Infowars.

Bild has played a big role in promoting the AfD in Germany so you can be damn sure that the Axel Springer owned Telegraph will go even harder for Reform. And it’s taste for demonising refugees and benefits recipients is highly in line with corporate culture.

And we, the lords of the manor, the blessèd & learnèd few, chosen by heredity or propelled by unique genius, will be the guardians of culture & the arts.

No need to bother yourselves with such lofty matters, villein, save all your strength for the interminable toil that will ever be your lot.

After ½ a century of neoliberalism, any notion of the commonweal is just laughable.

A society that prioritises collective welfare & diversity of thought over individual interests & market forces is a joke to these people.

You, the enserfed, will never be more than a pair of hands in the field.

This is a bullshit argument because it presumes the fucking plumber is paying tax in the first place.

Dubai residents race to a warzone to avoid tax

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

😆 a feat still beyond modern science

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Steamer is desperate and deluded and Britney is DUI

I see Britney's taken Sir Keir's poll numbers particularly badly.

I think the problem is these people have never had a bad idea in their lives, it's everyone else that's consistently wrong!

Absolutely right!

Peace out, Queen 🫡

Cricket's Revenge 🐶🏏

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Sure, none of them will be right though, as usual 🤪

Unbelievable 🤣

Noem has just been fired