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Male, married, Irish-born UK-based librarian, PhD, author of non-selling monograph and various other emissions on Gothic, film and tv, interested in liberal-left politics and (cliche alert) cats. No right-wing trolls, unsolicited DMs or scammers please.

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Outcry grows over ‘clown car’ cabinet but no sign Trump ready for shakeup Antics of RFK Jr, Kristi Noem and others prompt derision – could their erratic behaviour prove president’s undoing?

Living illustration of the old saying that 'a fish rots from the head'. This administration is so rancid and corrupt in every respect that it can probably be smelled from outer space.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

01.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Irony is dead. The assassination of Khameini was ‘murder’ and 'a cynical violation of all norms of human morality' (Putin). He would know... If hypocrisy caused all world 'leaders' to spontaneously combust, it'd be an empty stage.

01.03.2026 12:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If so, I share your derangement. We can’t vote against a ‘War President’ can we, is the logic… What a vile and evil man (and administration) this is.

01.03.2026 08:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Khameini: if true, I shed no tears, but this is totally the wrong way to go about it; it has been undertaken for the worst of motives by two other extremely evil men who are both amoral and immoral, in both cases wanting to divert attention from their own crimes.

28.02.2026 23:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Guardian view on violent online rhetoric: all politicians have a duty to set a civil tone | Editorial Editorial: The ability to conduct polite debate on social media, without amplifying menaces and lies, is a basic qualification for public office

Has anybody told Trump?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.02.2026 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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MPs condemn hosting of Tommy Robinson by Trump administration The far-right activist’s trip came amid calls for the US to be included in a probe into foreign interference in UK politics

Scum attracts scum. Who knew?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

26.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Guardian view on violent online rhetoric: all politicians have a duty to set a civil tone | Editorial Editorial: The ability to conduct polite debate on social media, without amplifying menaces and lies, is a basic qualification for public office

Has anybody told Trump?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.02.2026 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

What a State the Union is In.There will be few more nauseating images this year than that of Vance and the glove puppet Johnson applauding, gurning and grinning behind the travesty of a president who should be in jail. Well done, 77.3m idiots and worse, well done.

25.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The UK Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. But after his latest insults to British troops, sending Charle to honour Trump, would be a slap in the face to veterans. Will you add your name to cancel this state visit? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

25.02.2026 14:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What a State the Union is In.There will be few more nauseating images this year than that of Vance and the glove puppet Johnson applauding, gurning and grinning behind the travesty of a president who should be in jail. Well done, 77.3m idiots and worse, well done.

25.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reform UK promises to scrap flagship Labour worker and renters’ protections Richard Tice echoes Donald Trump with pledge of ‘great repeal act’ and ‘tight quotas and significant tariffs’

Thus speaketh yet another Reform UK multimillionaire… And, of course, just as in the US, a depressingly large number who haven't got much and who can't rub two drumsticks together will still vote for the Right, even as their own throats are slit. Why? Because 'Nige' will send 'them' all back...

24.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It almost goes without saying that Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Orban, Musk and Murdoch are a sextet of extraordinarily evil men. What I find extraordinary - and extraordinarily unforgivable - is that nothing bad ever, ever seems to happen to any of them.

23.02.2026 19:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And still Squeaker Johnson and the Cabinet of sycophants and cowards (including Vance) do NOTHIN.

24.02.2026 10:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It almost goes without saying that Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Orban, Musk and Murdoch are a sextet of extraordinarily evil men. What I find extraordinary - and extraordinarily unforgivable - is that nothing bad ever, ever seems to happen to any of them.

23.02.2026 19:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Bessent on Fox ‘News’: Well, it was a toss-up between him and Vance as to who’d start the unsubstantiated lies first. The possibility of the gunman being a Republican or simply an unstable person will be swept under the carpet.

22.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Condolences to the non-GOP taxpayers in the US, whose millions of tax dollars are spent, every day, on protecting Trump.

22.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bessent on Fox ‘News’: Well, it was a toss-up between him and Vance as to who’d start the unsubstantiated lies first. The possibility of the gunman being a Republican or simply an unstable person will be swept under the carpet.

22.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Alito and Thomas certainly deserve removal. Kavanagh is Trump’s equivalent on the Court. Partisan, impulsive, undignified, whiny, full of his own sense of entitlement, and undisciplined.

21.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now 15%? This man is clearly mentally ill as well as a dangerous tyrant. He needs to be *removed*. But this administration consists of toadies, sycophants, cowards and/or ideological fanatics, to a man and woman. There is not one person with a scintilla of courage, integrity, or worth amongst them.

21.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I’m afraid I have to disagree regarding Republicans. Ignorance or turning a blind eye before voting for this is no excuse. I do not wish any of the 77.3m who put this thing and his administration back in well. Quite the reverse.

21.02.2026 16:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now 15%? This man is clearly mentally ill as well as a dangerous tyrant. He needs to be *removed*. But this administration consists of toadies, sycophants, cowards and/or ideological fanatics, to a man and woman. There is not one person with a scintilla of courage, integrity, or worth amongst them.

21.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Because the permitted reporters pool is full of right-wing apologies for journalism and toadies like Matt Gaetz. There’s your answer.

21.02.2026 10:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If there is ever a Democratic administration in the US again, Alito and Thomas need to be removed from the SCOTUS. By any means.

21.02.2026 10:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes. Hillary Clinton was absolutely right about ‘Deplorables’. There is no accommodation possible. None.

21.02.2026 10:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has he f**k

19.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So, Trump can pontificate on Mountbatten-Windsor because he's been 'totally exonerated' on Epstein? Despite 90% of files still being under wraps, and what has been released being redacted to meaninglessness by his lackeys? Are we to die before this c**t is ever brought to account for anything?

19.02.2026 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The disturbing rise of Clavicular: how a looksmaxxer turned his ‘horror story’ into fame His gonzo argot of ‘mogging’ and ‘jestermaxxing’ masks a malign chauvinist philosophy, and his audience keeps growing

Tom Cruise's brilliant, career-best turn as an Andrew Tate forerunner in Magnolia (1999!) looks more and more prescient.
I'd like to think that this **** will get his comeuppance, but he'll probably be a senior politician in 10 years - Vance’s veep for instance.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

19.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted

This thing was UK prime minister for 49 days, thanks to Tory party members. And we are paying 115k pension to her for the rest of her contemptible life. She is quite, staring mad and belongs in a psychiatric hospital somewhere. Trump deserves jail or worse.

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

16.02.2026 00:28 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

It’s a disease shared by both cultures, alas, and the stain in UK was contemporaneous with Trump’s emergence. Exhibit A: Brexit (2016). And beyond. Look at Hungary, Slovakia, Argentina…

16.02.2026 00:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted

This thing was UK prime minister for 49 days, thanks to Tory party members. And we are paying 115k pension to her for the rest of her contemptible life. She is quite, staring mad and belongs in a psychiatric hospital somewhere. Trump deserves jail or worse.

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

16.02.2026 00:28 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0