Andrew Tait

When @grok starts lying about what @grok has written, we are all in trouble.

‘Could’? Who pays the tariffs? Are you allowed to say?

Just how you want it?

It means they don’t have to factcheck or contextualise anything Trump says. Note the reporting of the trade deal promised after Starmer’s visit.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Trump was offered the opportunity to meet Prince Andrew as well but apparently they’re already well acquainted.

Absolutely @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

I #standwithUkraine! I stand with Zelensky and the brave Ukrainian people. DJT and JD Vance aren’t fit to lick their boots. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

That’s fine but then add caveats. He promised May and Johnson amazing trade deals. When he did the same with Starmer that context is vital. Obviously this is just one example.

President Trump predicts 'tremendous increase' in UK-US trade The US president rejects

January 2018 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...

Trump: US and UK working on 'very substantial' trade deal The deal could lead to a five-times increase in trade, Mr Trump says after speaking to Boris Johnson.

2019 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...

One of the main issues Starmer faces is that while Trump often forgets his promises, he never forgets when he's been undermined.

He also said that the Tates must face justice in the U.K. It was a question put to Trump which Starmer could’ve let slide had he wanted to.

Trump lied about the UK giving Ukraine a loan and Starmer interjected that it was a gift.

‘Only 1% of fentanyl coming in is from Canada’. ‘We should be stopping more than 1%’. Levels of moronic.

He just corrected him.

Trump’s action will be devastating in the U.S. and across the world. The GOP are not dissimilar to the Tories under Johnson. Starmer’s priority is to limit the impact on the U.K. Trump’s ego is a weakness to be exploited.

This is true. Stephen Fry described him as pronoid. Starmer has the opportunity to save jobs and even lives with a token concession. I don’t see many other pragmatic alternatives,

I understand but then doesn’t the meeting itself normalise fascism? Cutting overseas aid to appease the dictator has tangible consequences. Conversely, I’m not sure his fragile ego could cope with the real free speech he’d encounter here.

Why not? What do we give up? If he can get concessions that really matter by appealing to Trump’s notorious vanity then do it. Let him come so he can see what the majority of the U.K. think about him.

The reason we always lose to the right wing extremists is because we refuse to support the least worst option. I understand that Starmer isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but we don’t have the luxury of being able to sit this one out.

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I was born in England of Scottish parents and do not consider myself to be English. Nobody else gets to make that decision for me,

My understanding is that there are no openly atheist US Senators. Religion is the go to when they can back up their arguments with evidence.

Do or die season guys.

24/25 is my proper crack at making it in this media world.

If not you may see me in the summer like this

There’s a lot of tribalism on there. I fear that most would rather win the argument than find the least worst realistic approach. iandunt.substack.com/p/a-newslett...

Apparently we don’t have the equivalent unique words in English. Are gardeners familiar with this Czech tradition?

Great news!