Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[sinkov]

Probably written by Mrs Trump...

Concerns are mounting over President Donald Trump’s ability, willingness, or even interest in engaging with the most pressing issues facing the country, as he increasingly—and casually—admits to being unaware of critical matters. His repeated declarations of ignorance, often delivered without hesitation or concern, have deepened alarm among critics who warn of a dangerous void in informed leadership in the Oval Office.

"Among critics", what's that supposed to mean ?

[outwoodclaret]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

"Among critics", what's that supposed to mean ?

People like me are "critics" mon ami, you know the ones, the Looney Left" as you call us.

Trump is removing all of the "Checks and Balances" put in place to stop maniacs like him from dramatically damaging century old institutions and procedures.

No more British steel for the US, no more Range Rovers and BMW's for the Yanks. No more overseas tourists for the US holiday industry and government warnings from across the globe that "It may not be a good idea to visit the US right now". God Bless America.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

Extremely well reasoned Sir Outwood and for once I am not going to argue with you.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Woke up this morning (Thank You God) to read the latest news on Ratbag Reeves in Downing Street and the Sun Bed King in the White House. It might be best to just go back to bed.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

My dad who had some brilliant one-liners used to say, "Don't $hit on your own doorstep". Perma Tan please take note...

"Airline travel between Canada and the US is “collapsing” amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, with flight bookings between the two countries down by over 70%, newly released data suggests."

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The global fightback to the Sun Bed King continues, can our comedy act Starmer & Reeves stop licking Perma Tan's arse please?

Canada’s prime minister has said the era of deep ties with the US “is over”, as governments from Tokyo to Berlin to Paris sharply criticised Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports, with some threatening retaliatory action.

Mark Carney warned Canadians that Trump had permanently altered relations and that, regardless of any future trade deals, there would be “no turning back”.

He told reporters: “The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over.”

[outwoodclaret]

The ordinary football fan in the modern money grabbing game shares much the same feeling of powerlessness that the majority of citizens do in our dystopian society. Irrelevant. Like Piffy on a rock bun.

[sinkov]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

Apart from the above Sir Outwood, what problems do you think this country faces ?

[sinkov]

you know the ones, the Looney Left" as you call us.

I've given it some thought mon ami, but I can't come up with a better name to call the Loony Left than 'the Loony Left.'

Any suggestions ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I've given it some thought mon ami, but I can't come up with a better name to call the Loony Left than 'the Loony Left.'

Any suggestions ?

The "Caring, Sharing, Global Co-Operative Alliance" readily springs to mind.

[sinkov]

No more British steel for the US, no more Range Rovers and BMW's for the Yanks.

A bit of a reality check mon ami, much needed with the current hysteria and hyperventilating amongst Lefties regarding President Trump.

"The last few years have been troubling for the British steel industry. High energy costs, a wave of cheap Chinese imports, plant closures, the COVID pandemic and financial struggles have all taken their toll. Steel is a high energy user and significant carbon emitter. Coal-fired blast furnaces exceed temperatures of 2,000?C and the industry is responsible for around 2% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. The sector faces the challenges of transitioning to greener and more cost-efficient production. Such challenges are especially acute at the UK’s largest steelworks at Port Talbot in South Wales. Owned by Tata Steel, the site recently closed one coal blast furnace with a second one due to shut in September."

Our manufacturing industries have been in decline for years, and especially steel. The big problem is the fact that this country has the highest energy costs in the world, due to the eco-loons running the country for the last 20 years with their Net Zero agenda and nothing whatsoever to do with President Trump.

Our steel exports to the USA are worth 400 million pounds a year, and as all countries are facing tariffs we are not going to lose out to any of our worldwide competitors. It's a specialised product and it seems unlikely the US can produce this steel internally or they wouldn't be importing it from us, in which case, at least in the short term, our exports should not be harmed much. But I could be wrong, suppose the entire 400 million pounds of exports to the USA are lost, our Foreign Aid budget is 15.3 billion pounds, if we can afford to give that amount of money away annually, then the loss of 400 million of exports is but a drop in the ocean and not anything of undue concern.

The tariffs the USA is imposing on imported cars is perfectly justified, the UK and EU imposes it's own tariff on cars imported from the USA by adding 20% VAT onto their selling price, there is no equivalent tax on cars imported into the USA, so President Trump is simply trying to create a level playing field for US car manufacturers.

Hope this helps mon ami.

[sinkov]

The "Caring, Sharing, Global Co-Operative Alliance" readily springs to mind.

Hmmm, that's a bit of a mouthful, it doesn't quite slip off the tongue as smoothly as Loony Left, so regretfully I shall have to reject your kind suggestion.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

A bit of a reality check mon ami, much needed with the current hysteria and hyperventilating amongst Lefties regarding President Trump.

"The last few years have been troubling for the British steel industry. High energy costs, a wave of cheap Chinese imports, plant closures, the COVID pandemic and financial struggles have all taken their toll. Steel is a high energy user and significant carbon emitter. Coal-fired blast furnaces exceed temperatures of 2,000?C and the industry is responsible for around 2% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. The sector faces the challenges of transitioning to greener and more cost-efficient production. Such challenges are especially acute at the UK’s largest steelworks at Port Talbot in South Wales. Owned by Tata Steel, the site recently closed one coal blast furnace with a second one due to shut in September."

Our manufacturing industries have been in decline for years, and especially steel. The big problem is the fact that this country has the highest energy costs in the world, due to the eco-loons running the country for the last 20 years with their Net Zero agenda and nothing whatsoever to do with President Trump.

Our steel exports to the USA are worth 400 million pounds a year, and as all countries are facing tariffs we are not going to lose out to any of our worldwide competitors. It's a specialised product and it seems unlikely the US can produce this steel internally or they wouldn't be importing it from us, in which case, at least in the short term, our exports should not be harmed much. But I could be wrong, suppose the entire 400 million pounds of exports to the USA are lost, our Foreign Aid budget is 15.3 billion pounds, if we can afford to give that amount of money away annually, then the loss of 400 million of exports is but a drop in the ocean and not anything of undue concern.

The tariffs the USA is imposing on imported cars is perfectly justified, the UK and EU imposes it's own tariff on cars imported from the USA by adding 20% VAT onto their selling price, there is no equivalent tax on cars imported into the USA, so President Trump is simply trying to create a level playing field for US car manufacturers.

Hope this helps mon ami.

You obviously don't understand Sales Tax, State Tax and Federal Taxes mon ami. For every thousand dollars I earned in the US 40% disappeared in a litany of taxes. Under immediate threat here is the Aston Martin range of products but car manufactures have a long history of hitting the dirt. They are already running at a loss and the Sun Bed God might have just finished them off.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Hmmm, that's a bit of a mouthful, it doesn't quite slip off the tongue as smoothly as Loony Left, so regretfully I shall have to reject your kind suggestion.

I've ordered some Perma Tan/MAGA styled baseball hats mon ami. They are obviously Red with CSGCA emblazoned on the front. Soon as I have them, your gratis one will be in the post.