When it comes down to it, it's up to you guys to find a convenient lamp-post and deal with the matter.

FIFA are simply following their longstanding traditions - this will be your nation's equivalent of the 1934 World Cup.

I honestly don't think we could have avoided lockdowns of some form or another. The severity and length of them, however, was almost entirely due to the failure of leadership in government.

The damage done by the lockdowns was huge, economically and socially, but there is still not a realisation among many people opposed to them that the reason they dragged on for so long was the dithering at the outset. Three weeks at the start meant two months extra at the end.

Yeah, other countries had done the legwork to establish it was very likely to be airborne with a ridiculously high R0, and yet we had to go through weeks of handwashing advice and bugger all else.

Anyone who took even a sideways glance at the data from other parts of the world was screaming the same thing.

He seems to reserve his worst spite for people who make him feel inferior - McCain is the best example.

In a way, I agree, but not for her reasons. A lot of people have no idea what is going on under that rock - you need to kick it away, and expose the roaches to sunlight.

Remarkable that out of all of them, she's the one that pops up with at least a show of principles.

He needs to be careful, Trump is looking for a bit of distraction regime-change, and the target will be whoever catches his eye first.

I can see why club owners would be miffed, but it's an employment arrangement, not a loyalty pledge, and he's not indentured to the club. Most fans slamming him wouldn't stick around at a job if a much bigger opportunity came up. Owners regularly sack new hire managers, it's a two-way street.

Some regression towards mean intelligence might have been hoped for, but alas, not for Ivanka. Or the other offspring, come to think of it.

Exactly. Defamation requires reputational damage. A pervert like Trump has no reputation to damage, even if he holds the highest office.

Does either involve extreme time dilation and hiding in bookcases?

I echo your sentiment, but if he does somehow prove defamation, and a court orders the BBC (us) to pay, we're paying up. Actually trying to prove defamation is a tough one, but as I said, the BBC isn't known for standing firm in these circumstances.

The edit amplifies the overall meaning, suggesting that Trump was more directly inciting an illegal act. However sure we are as to his underlying intent, his actual statements didn't go as far as the BBC report suggested. Whether that was bad faith reporting or just sloppy editing, who knows?

Ha! his contractors are stiffing him, claiming they are solid gold! Not that he'll pay them, but at least they're losing less.

The BBC would have to defend the 'meaning' of the edited clip - that Trump directly incited an insurrection. I suspect they could have a decent stab at that based on publicly available information. Should be an interesting case, bring it on. Of course, I expect them to capitulate.

As a Dr Who fan, I find Virginia Foxx a little disturbing.

If a single penny of licence fee money goes towards the appeasement of Trump, that's the final nail in the coffin of my dutifully coughing it up every year despite diminishing returns and the steady decline of their journalistic standards.

And even if the headline rate was falling, that would still mean higher grocery prices month on month. Economic illiteracy and lying, the perfect combo.

Sounds more like he's asked AI to post some weak praise of random movies on his behalf. Which is a relief, because if Musk says he likes a movie, I instinctively to like it a little less.

Like the guest presenters on HIGNFY after Deayton had his little moment.

The perfect publication for Trump. And his entire cabinet.

Blackhawks deploying on your streets? The level of armaments available to these goons and their willingness to use them against civilians does not bode well for the future of your country, even if you get to vote the current administration out.

I suppose they could name the ballroom after him. Five minutes before they send the bulldozers in and start restoring the East Wing.

I thought it was a feature to force riders to pedal out of the saddle.

It's the Twat Pack.

There is a big difference between 'not well informed of risks' and 'told there was zero risk'. Data on longer-term issues associated with these vaccines was patchy at time of rollout, millions of doses = more problems, and yes, these people, along with covid long-termers, have been largely failed.