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Trump surrounds himself with sycophants. It’s a terrible way to run a business – and a country When ‘yes men’ rise to the top, poor decision-making follows.

Trump surrounds himself with sycophants. It’s a terrible way to run a business – and a country
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Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement

It's abundantly clear to me that Israel needs to be punished by the international community for its actions in Gaza and the West Bank. We need to isolate them: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article) A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

"The parasite and the host can peacefully coexist as long as the parasite does not starve its host. The political problem with A.I.’s hype is that its most compelling use case is starving the host — fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments."

Steve Witkoff’s record should worry us all The man tasked with negotiating world peace is an old friend and golfing partner of Donald Trump. But when it comes to the most sensitive negotiations...

This is not going to end well...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

"Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last."

Looking at you NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN, Joe & Mika, ABC News...

'I will not touch bread if it is moist': Kemi Badenoch sparks Westminster food fight Starmer says he prefers a toastie over steak after Badenoch claims ‘lunch is for wimps’ and sandwiches are not ‘a real food’

More evidence that "moist" and "Bad Enoch" should never appear together in the same sentence...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

So true. Also relevant for Russia and China 🤦‍♂️

Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’

What - apart from naive stupidity on Keir Starmer’s part - is holding the UK government back? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If this is OK for them, why not the rest of the UK?

Northern Ireland to continue to retain some EU trade laws post-Brexit

30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.

Now no one dares.

Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"

Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide “We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:

I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean, I guess. video clip by Mad Men Watch & share this I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean, I guess. video clip by Mad Men. Perfect for memes and reactions on social media. Discover more related video clips on Vlipsy.

My favourite Mad Men quote:

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‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

How can this make sense?

World beating UK, energy prices nearly double anywhere else.

Also the UK, every energy firm making 4-10x profits.

I wonder if they are related?

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato

Right?

Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars | Marina Hyde In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, the ad already looks like a period piece. But aside from that – I mean, seriously? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

“Jaguar have Trojan Horsed themselves” - but would Austin Powers drive one?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/22/jaguar-new-branding-cars-donald-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Weapons grade hypocrisy on display here…

Classic Clarkson.

Hola Jávea

Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's nominee for attorney general Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's nominee for attorney general

Après lui, le déluge ...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Clarkson gets owned and he doesn’t like it.
He’s a pathetic thug.

"What do you farm mate? Arable, beef?

"Outrage"

Farmers might be better off if they'd planted more crops instead of posters in their fields.

Boris Johnson struggles to explain Brexit to French radio host Boris Johnson struggled to explain Brexit during an interview with a French radio station on Monday, 18 November. The former British prime minister, who campaigned to leave the European Union, told Fr...

The man is an embarrassment. He struggles to explain Brexit because it is stupid and self-destructive.

www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/bori...

Starmer under fresh pressure over Brexit as tens of thousands back calls to rejoin EU The prime minister will probably see MPs debate the call in the Commons after 36,000 voters signed the petition in just three weeks

Our country is at best struggling, at worst we are slowly sinking into isolation. #RejoinEU is urgent.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...