Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.

I see a lot of, "Trump is betraying everything that makes America great."
But maybe America isn't great. Maybe insisting on its greatness, for whatever motive, is part of the problem.
A prosperous country with uniquely terrible health coverage for ordinary people doesn't seem good let alone great.

A reminder that Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the entire Conservative-supporting press have spent the past week lambasting Keir Starmer for not joining the Iran war.

Here's what has happened since then to public opinion

That's a quote for the ages

Franz Ferdinand slam IDF for using their song in propaganda video
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/luPs

In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing

Another win for Kemi Badenoch.

Baby-brain nonsense to pretend this a matter of personal courage from the captains and crew, and not the straight-forward economics of prohibitively astronomical insurance costs.

Also, easy to be vicariously brave about sailing a giant floating bomb under Shaheds when you're safe in a Fox studio.

I'm told some Labour MPs are unhappy with this latest act of hostility towards trans people being blamed on Streeting. That feels silly or naïve. It's happening because Wesley kept in place in the NHS, indeed encouraged, the ideologues that Kemi Badenoch *told us* she introduced to key positions.

Screenshot of a tweet by Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania). The tweet reads: “Has any theory in international relations been more discredited than blowback? It turns out you can just kill bad people and everything is fine.” The timestamp below shows 10:08 PM · Feb 28, 2026

Dunno, folks.

If the intellectual leaders of my movement were the dumbest human beings alive, that might give me some pause regarding their claims of inherent genetic superiority over other races.

Apparently not so for our Nazi buddies, but here we are.

YouTube video by Zoe Gardner The TRUTH about this week’s asylum changes

The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood sure has put on a show…

But how much is really serious & how much is just a theatre of cruelty?

Here’s the TRUTH about this week’s asylum changes

youtu.be/w6Nr4ccjMlM?...

It’s past time for Trump and Hegseth to come clean on this. They already know the truth. What they are doing now is simply refusing to accept responsibility.

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO BRITAIN'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY (YES MINISTER EDITION) 🧵

Hacker: Humphrey, why does Britain support authoritarian regimes in the Middle East?

Humphrey: Because they provide stability, Minister.

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This 18-year-old Afghan girl nearly escaped the Taliban – then we took her visa away She resisted a forced marriage and studied in secret, winning scholarships to leave Kabul and attend a British university. But now the home secretary’s ban on study visas has removed her one chance of...

18 yr old Bahar had offers from York and Reading, but 'thanks to Shabana Mahmood, she will now never escape the Taliban.'

'Britain has decided that the girl who fought the Taliban’s agenda, who learned English in secret, who turned down a forced marriage, who won her place, is an asylum risk.'

Trump is Russian asset. People can debate whether he’s being blackmailed, paid, or is just a useful idiot. Regardless of his motivation, he works for Putin.

Small update on this, it appears the dildo of consequences may be arriving unlubricated because oil is now unaffordable.

Trump told me that the Ayatollah was close to collecting all the infinity stones and had to be stopped.

Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

Britain calls opera and ballet “high art”.

But what about Welsh choirs, Eisteddfod singing, Highland dance, Irish traditional music and step dancing, English brass bands, Morris dancing, folk music, gospel choirs, street dance and musical theatre?

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc

All are serious forms of music, singing or dance practised across the UK.

Yet opera and ballet get the prestige institutions and large subsidies, while the rest are treated as 2nd rate.

Why are imported court traditions ranked above the traditions millions actually practise?

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Britain calls opera and ballet “high art”.

But what about Welsh choirs, Eisteddfod singing, Highland dance, Irish traditional music and step dancing, English brass bands, Morris dancing, folk music, gospel choirs, street dance and musical theatre?

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

"We can't last 35 more months with what we've seen over the last 13.

We cannot do it. We will not survive it as a nation."

Britain honoured Trump with a state visit during the Gaza genocide.

Now, people say a royal visit to the US should be reconsidered because of Trump's rudeness over the Iran war?

It's an odd moment to discover moral red lines.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc

More from the New Statesman @mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc

More from the New Statesman @mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc

Since leaving politics, Blair has become a salesman for Larry Ellison @mrjamesob.bsky.social

And Ellison backs Trump and Netenyahu.

For all his lofty rhetoric, that's who Blair is now - a billionaire's spokesperson.

@lbc.co.uk #lbc

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Since leaving politics, Blair has become a salesman for Larry Ellison @mrjamesob.bsky.social

And Ellison backs Trump and Netenyahu.

For all his lofty rhetoric, that's who Blair is now - a billionaire's spokesperson.

@lbc.co.uk #lbc

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Today we have a double debunk:

1. A debunk of the idea that 67 dog breeds are being banned in Britain

2. A debunk of what the usual suspects are saying online (because they are so tediously predictable!🙄)

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Sovereignty for sale Tech monopolies and the future of the nation state

New post just out:

"Sovereignty for sale"

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

Why is it so dangerous? What are other countries doing? And what should we do?

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...