Andrew Sinclair

Israel superimposed over America, to show relative size.

Iran superimposed over America, to show relative size.

For info: Israel and Iran superimposed on America.

Israel population 10.2 million
Iran population 92 million
America population 340 million

Maybe this could be shared around America 'coz I bet few American's have a clue about the relative sizes.

We've got to get a grip of D' Hondt and use it to our advantage. That means having multiple pro-indy parties. The SNP will dominate in constituencies. D'Hondt is designed to prevent such dominance getting bigger so it's essential that there is another pro-indy party to get our list votes.

That's not the same strategy as using our 2nd vote *for* the SNP. Voting ScotGreens is the most assertive vote against WM we can do. It's just arithmetic. Not ideology or politics, just D'Hondt arithmetic. There are 4 WM parties which act as one so they get rewarded by D'Hondt and we don't.

It literally gifts seats to WM parties. Yes, it *might* get the SNP one or two seats, but it *will* certainly give the WM parties 30+ seats. How will that help us? We have to be brave and see beyond the SNPs freak result when they got a majority. We have to use our 2nd vote *against* WM....

Yep. That'll work. All those list seats going to Reform, Lab,Tory will be sure to convince WM that we want Indy. We have to do all we can to wipe out the WM parties. If they're reduced to a handful of seats they can't claim that Scots voted for them. That's why SNP2 is an arithmetically dumb plan.

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

I'd have the plan in place and being communicated to, and by, every SNP member & supporter right now. That the SNP will be Scotland Govmnt again is obvious. But so what? So more of the same? That suits the professionals in the SNP for sure. But how does it get Indy?

..a professional part, no longer driven by political passion. Why should an SNP MP who's been in WM for over 20 years be a cause for celebration? Surely that's a badge of abject failure?

I expect SNP to be far, far, more robust in fighting for Scotland in both Westminster and Holyrood. There's too many careerists in the SNP who are content to let Indy slide into the long grass. JS is not the man who will deliver Indy. I'm uncertain who in the SNP is as it's become....

So please show me the SNP strategy plan which John Swinney has promised which is anything other than "Please Sir, Can we have an S30 IndyRef" - which every dog in the street knows Wmstr will refuse.

So what is the SNPs plan? As far as I can see all they're promising us is to ask for another S30.

Trump is treating the death and destruction which he is dealing out as a video game. I'll bet he gets his generals to play slo-mo video replays for him.

"the General sat as the lines on the map moved from side to side".

"Why do that?" - Speaking personally, because I no longer trust the SNP to deliver Indy. I believe that under Swinney the SNP has become complacent and needs another party to 'hold it's feet to the fire' on Indy.

Surely Iran only needs one missile to get lucky once and hit a big American target. America needs to be lucky every time against every Iranian missile.

Meanwhile, China will be tracking and learning from every missile exchange...

So, about your FIFA World Cup Donnie...
You do know that Spain is the favourite to win it? And that Iran have qualified to play in it too?

(small beer I know, but every possible victory against Trump should be taken).

What do you make of the Spanish PM Sánchez? He's been the only sane political leader recently. Imagine if *all* PMs were as forthright and honest as he is. We need our politicians to be more Sánchez.

The same technological pinpoint accuracy that was used to slaughter children in Gaza now being used to slaughter children in Iran.

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The UK is uniquely exposed to the power of US tech monopolies - from Palantir to AI and cloud services.

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Thanks. Dratted autocorrect.... 😄

Hegseth is insane. He's drunk on power (or is it something else?) . No sane, rational, human could say the words he's said. Let alone with the glee and almost Hannibal Lectern lip licking anticipation which Hegseth shows. It's actually terrifying.

The SNP know exactly how the Holyrood voting system works, so where are their figures that justify potentially wasting a million list votes and handing seats to the unionist parties?

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IRAN WAR OPERATIONAL TIMEFRAME, ACCORDING TO WHITE HOUSE/PENTAGON:

Saturday: “days”
Sunday: “a week”
Monday: “four weeks”
Tuesday: “four to five weeks”
Wednesday: “eight weeks”

They have no idea what they are doing or what they have unleashed.

"How Israel manufactures wars, consent, and apathy. Israeli occupation doesn’t only affect Palestinians, they actively occupy the American mind."
via If Americans Knew

Will someone please ask him the simple question "Why?"

Why is America doing this?

Why?

Why is America continuing the destruction and murder?

Why?

Perhaps if a few of the Spanish (or other nations) players decided not to play that could start a load of others to be conscientious objectors.

The images of Trump on the pitch at the World Club Championship final were bad enough. Imagine what he'll do at the World Cup Final?

How secret meetings sold Britain to Thiel's Palantir Palantir wants to see everything when it comes to surveillance, but when it comes to its own meetings, it seems they prefer the lights off

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Why is anyone surprised? Margaret Thatcher was giving out Propaganda contracts, to her chums, without competitive tenders, when I was a lad!

It's not just the USA!

UK is just as bad.

Wake up, World!

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If PM Sanchez has a word with his national football team and asks them to boycott the FIFA World Cup that'd be quite a kick in the nuts to Trump. Spain are one of the favourites to win the tournament.