Michael Sparkes

I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.

"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."

This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year

YouTube video by Universal Pictures Les Misérables | Do You Hear the People Sing?

#ProudBlue #Pinks #RU

This has always been one of my favorite songs and I’ve been humming it all week as I “took to the streets”. We must continue to rise up against oppression and remember the power of the people as we stand united for freedom and a better future.

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Trump is fucking Ukraine. I’m ashamed to be represented by this regime. People fighting for their lives and country and this government sides with the aggressor. Sad.

Trump (and Witkoff and Kushner) is tragically acting like Putins agent again. This is not America First. This is Russia First.

I worry that if Putin prevails in Ukraine, our NATO allies could be tested next. That risks dragging us into a far bigger conflict. From my recent conversation on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.

I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.

Calling Putin “transactional” misses the mark. He’s an ideological autocrat who has heavily invested in exporting illiberal nationalist populism across Europe & the U.S. What he fears most is democracy thriving in Ukraine. Any negotiation with him must start from that reality.

Trump still thinks he & Putin can put a peace deal together - without Ukraine or Europe.

phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-was-...?

The Telegraph reports the US plan includes a “pay for land” model under which Russia would take control of Donbas in exchange for compensation for using the territory. No figures are disclosed, but the idea fits the broader outline of a deal heavily tilted toward Moscow’s interests.

John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"

"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"

"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"

"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"

Ok, that made me laugh! 😂

No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour Keir Starmer ramps up pressure on Reform leader, who has dismissed claims as ‘one person’s word against another’

'In the face of concerns raised by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and an extremism adviser...Farage’s spokesperson on Wednesday appeared to question whether it would be possible to remember events from the 1970s and early 1980s.'

They all might want to have a chat with an expert oral historian.

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin has been working with Kyiv for months on long range missile projects and the Ukrainian army will be equipped with them. No details on numbers or timelines, keeping Russia unsure of Ukraine’s real capabilities. Merz adds support will continue.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington is drafting a list of ideas to halt Russia’s war, adding that any durable peace will require “difficult but necessary concessions from both sides.” Another sign the administration is trying to shape a deal that Kyiv will find hard to accept.

I'm no art critic but the very reaction to it suggests the artist has hit the mark.

Shame it's going.

🚨 Byline Times reports that Epstein was helping Steve Bannon fund a far-right EU revolution… with Farage at the centre.

Epstein. Bannon. Farage.

Who really wanted Brexit?
Did Farage know Epstein? #RejoinEU

Nigel Farage No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address 'disturbing allegations' of past racist behaviour

Contemporaries accused Farage of targeting minority ethnic children for abuse during his time at Dulwich college, singing a "Gas 'em all" song that referred to the killing of Jewish, black and south-east Asian people, and burning a school roll in a year when there were said to be more Patels than Smiths. When faced with claims from Channel 4 in 2013 about his conduct at school, Farage admitted saying "some ridiculous things ... not necessarily racist things ... it depends on how you define it"

Whether Farage is racist “depends on how you define it” apparently.

Oxford dictionary definition: “the belief one's own race is superior to others, which leads to prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism against people of a different race/ethnicity”

Racist then.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The retired US lieutenant general was widely viewed by European diplomats, Ukrainians included, as a sympathetic ear in an administration that has leaned toward Moscow”

Footage from Ternopil as rescuers continue searching for the missing. The damage is so severe that parts of the site can only be cleared by hand. This is what deliberate war crimes look like: residential buildings hit by cruise missiles, leaving families buried under the rubble.

Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Poll Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Vote in our poll.

This little poll seems to have really upset the racists - many of whom don't appear to live anywhere near London

Why not upset them a little more.

www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...

Medical expert floats new theory for Trump’s mysterious MRI Trump told reporters last month that he underwent an MRI scan—but did not give a reason as to why.

Medical experts say MRIs are not part of a routine physical. They are only given when something is being monitored like cognitive dysfunction.
Dr. Gupta says the scary part is the lack of transparency by the WH.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.nj.com/politics/202...

The UN just gave Trump full reign to grift off of the ruins of Gaza. His only interests are profit and bragging rights.

Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the war isn’t over for Netanyahu US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.

US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.

🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.

A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶

Gosh. What a surprise.

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

New #EpsteinFiles @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation: how Steve Bannon’s planned “European revolution” ran through Nigel Farage’s network – with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein quietly helping in the background. 🧵 1/12

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.

Let me get this straight: The Trump admin. is taking in billions of dollars from tariffs—which are paid for by Americans in the form of higher prices—and are now talking about giving the money back, but people shouldn’t spend it?

What is the point of all this?