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Not very far-sighted, QE.

Is that why you and your flag-waving brexit mates have no Plan B on what to do if things go wrong??

That shows your lack of understanding. America First isn’t just a form of words,. Wilson used it to mean he was sticking to neutrality in the First World War, and he went back on it within months to join the war.

America First isn’t words – it’s a mind-set, an ideology. Without going into its history, the mind set means that America is being…[Read more]

I’m not spinning.

The nothing burger described by the media, the victory of Kim, the failure of Trump to nail anything at all down in return for concessions to Kim are not spin.

When Trump was asked about human rights at the press conference, he pushed the question aside. he achieved nothing at the conference.

If anything is to be achieved, it…[Read more]

Just a concerned mood, Jane, just concerned.

happy that the threat of nuclear war has been temporarily lifted, though that happened a little while ago.

Not happy about the trade war brewing – and hoping Trump will change his mind.

He usually changes his mind several times, mind you.

Yes, jane, I’m afraid I’m very worried.

I never subscribed to the more scarem elements of the Remain campaign that the economy was going to collapse.

But I’m worried that the British economy will be boiled like a frog.

Now that depends on the countdown process.

Or I am wrong.

If I’m wrong, I’ll be sad to leave the EU but I know that the UK…[Read more]

The deal is coming to be called the nothing burger.

Kim is generally seen as the victor. He’s emerged with legitimacy, Trump didn’t think human rights in North Korea were a big deal, and the threat of a nuclear attack against North Korea is being defused without any concessions so far.

Kim was desperate – his nuclear facilities seem to have had…[Read more]

I am green (geddit) with envy, but I still have hopes that Northern Ireland will allow me an escape.

I will so hate you when I hear you laughing, paigey – if I am still trapped here, that is.

Still, how can brexit fail?? It’s not possible – is it??

Deary me, Jane, what are you worried about?

For me, it stops when we’re back in the EU,

but nobody’s going to want to rejoin the EU if brexit is a success.

If brexit is a failure, only the brexit fanatics will want us to be outside

but for the moment, we’re leaving.

I’m just looking at the countdown.

Nothing more.

I’m afraid you’re not…[Read more]

Is Trump going to squash Britain and Europe’s head, Jane???

erm..

every President has put the USA first, and every British PM has put Britain first – as they see it.

America First, like Britain First, is something else. A specific movement. See the cartoon from 1941. It’s the same idea, whihc has a long continuity on the US Far Right.

America First means that Trump is on the point of starting a trade war…

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The destruction of the earth’s natural habitat, and its beauty, should concern everyone.

But, QE…

all I’m setting up is a countdown.

I’m glad we agree that the referendum campaign was a disgrace, though. That’s why I’m against a second referendum to take us back in.

Just doing a countdown from interest.

Also because the issue is so important. I’m not stopping debate just because of a dishonest referendum campaign.

The meeting between Kim and Trump has gone off with a major victory for Kim.

Trump could have achieved a lot. Kim had been frightened enough to insist on the meeting. His nuclear testing sites have apparently had a major accident, and he’s putting the ebst face on  bad job.

He came off with a major propaganda coup, and nice conessions. In…[Read more]

Linda, you mistake my point.

I think that if the US hadn’t entered the war against Hitler, then fascism would have triumphed in the West, though that could be debatable.

The stories you relate about US combat bravery and sacrifice in the war against Hitler could be multiplied. Ken Burns produced a powerful documentary on this called The…[Read more]

The UN – United Nations – was established in New York as an international organisation after the defeat of Hitler. There are permanent embassies from all nations sited in new York, and the money goes to the New York hotel owners. Is Trump feeling aggrieved that Trump Towers isn’t one o them? I think the money is paid from the national…[Read more]

Erm, the last time a monarch tried to screw with parliament, we chopped their bloody head off.

The monarch has very little  power in the UK other than ceremonial. It’s why we have been called a crowned republic.

It was the Bill of Rights that the British people won against despotism which was the basis on which the Americans fought…[Read more]

Linda,

if you approach your Senators with the information that the US Tax people are agencies of the UN and paying for the Queen’s lifestyle, they will tell you that you have been taking advice from a fool or a liar.

When you tell them it was Alfie Graphgate, perhaps they will understand.

The simplest of points. Forget the gross inaccuracies…[Read more]

Exactly, Ms M.

He’s turned US policy into a bad reality tv show.

He wants to shake it all up, but in favour of big successes like himself – lots of tax giveaways for the rich.

He doesn’t bother to prepare anything, doesn’t listen to advisers. Even Reagan, noted for his extreme laziness (“they say that hard work never killed anyone, but hey, why…[Read more]