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Trump is the most psychologically fragile leader in US history. Even Europe’s weakest leader is worth a hundred times what that Putin-appeasing puppet is worth. The USA is more diminished than it realises.

FIFA Peace Prize (aka The Nobel Participation Award)

Trump at the Pearly Gates, awaiting judgement: “You know, Mr God, I already took a test.”

God: “The findings are not transferable. Keep your coat on, this won’t take long.”

Being in Government is having unrivalled access to a set of incredibly powerful tools that can help people. Labour seems to have lost sight of that principle, and is instead content to tinker and maintain, rather than deconstruct and build something different.

Strong Message Here - Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Natalie Haynes decode the world of political language.

Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner, @aiannucci.bsky.social:

Q. “What’s big and in a car?”
A. “Purple”

*As with #Banter & ‘Locker Room Talk’ context is everything, so listen to the latest #StrongMessageHere on #BBCSounds for the details on why this joke is funny

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’

@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.

And yet Paul Greenwood seemed content to suggest this was just media misrepresentation on #bbcr4 #r4today just now.

Yeah, Paul Greenwood is playing the part of a stereotypical bad guy. Came across like a pantomime villain but minus the humour.

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

The ECHR protects us all, we must protect it

youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

As a Registered Social Worker, the ECHR and 1998 HRA are the cornerstone of my profession - every other piece of UK legislation works relative to these. Anyone suggesting they be abandoned or watered down clearly doesn’t understand the practical implications. Literally so many decisions affected.

For Jan. 6 rioters who believed Trump, storming the Capitol made sense “We were just American people tired and pissed off at the fact that we felt our election was stolen,” a Jan. 6 defendant said.

Just renewed my #TVLicence - aka the BBC’s fighting fund to embarrass #Trump with definitive evidence that his actions absolutely undermine his faux-victimhood. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The 2025 BBC panorama edit gave the impression Trump said: “We're going to walk down to the Capitol... and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell".  Back in 2021 the impeachment charges made a point of another, factually correct statement from Trump: “If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore.” The latter was often cited in relation to the trials of those attacking the Capitol on Jan 6th. Those insurrectionists were convicted (later pardoned by Trump). There is a clear and established connection between what was factually said by Trump, and the actions that followed. Trump’s biggest issue is just that. Fair enough the Panorama edit was egregious, but it doesn’t alter the fact that Trump’s words played a part in the violent disorder that was inspired by it.

For Jan. 6 rioters who believed Trump, storming the Capitol made sense “We were just American people tired and pissed off at the fact that we felt our election was stolen,” a Jan. 6 defendant said.

It is an established fact that those attacking the capitol on J6 were inspired by Trump’s words: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn... (c.2022)

Yes, the #Panorama edit was misleading, but it doesn’t alter the fact that convicted insurrectionists drew inspiration from Trump’s words.

#BBC #BBCR4 #R4Today

#bbcr4 #r4today #Trump

Next step: Bar them from standing as Mayoral candidates.

Finally!

I dare say we will both find out more detail amongst the 20,000 documents that have just dropped. Who knows, maybe Trump himself will be able to point to evidence he raised his concerns about Epstein and Maxwell *externally* and to appropriate authorities.
Appreciate your civility btw.

I’m not the one you need to ask!

Again, Trump doesn’t need to have been directly responsible for the abuse to be culpable. Information has been published that points to the possibility he might have been in a position to report the abuse. All I’m asking is for clarity on whether he either did that or sought to. Simple really.

I’m not accusing him of anything - I’m posing some questions on the basis of information that has come to light today. Believe it or not, we probably have something in common - that justice be done, and done properly!

The point is, Trump didn’t have to be directly involved in the abuse to have had an opportunity to stop it entirely - and not just stop it affecting Mar-a-Lago.

I think there’s a realistic possibility - and likely a probability - that Trump knew or had credible suspicions about what Epstein and Maxwell were up to. I’d want that to be robustly explored, not shouted down.

Where are you getting that victim testimony from? It’s not in the emails.

Oh please, stop and entertain the plausible possibility that Trump knew what was up. I’m not saying he did, I’m just asking that question. What then? Would you be as desperate to defend him as you appear right now?

Failure to report a suspected crime would reflect very badly on him though, right?

Maxwell procuring girls for Epstein to offer out.

That Maxwell was recruiting/procuring girls for Epstein, with the entirely plausible situation that Trump knew what Epstein did with the girls. Trump spending hours with one of those Epstein trafficked girls strong suggests he knew what was up.

But did he go to the authorities - the implication is that he suspected criminality, said ‘not here thanks’ and just turned the other cheek…!

So Trump “knew about the girls” and his response was simply to ask Maxwell to stop?! Was Trump’s only consideration the impact on Mar-a-Lago/his business? Is there any record or suggestion that he took his suspicions to the appropriate authorities - as any decent person should?

JRM would love that because it achieves exactly what he and other Tories have been trying to do! Let it go to court - yes the BBC may have made the mistake, but Trump’s character *and actions* form part of the evidence. He’s irrefutably done the things the BBC edit portrayed.