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    Avatar photoHe Didnt Like Ground
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    Your not the first person to mention or think that , the flaw is I reckon most Americans now don’t care ….

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    #1764913
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    “It’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that the episode was staged to boost his abysmally-low ratings”.
    That was my first thought too. Especially as it has been mentioned that Orban was considering a failed assassination attempt to help him win the election. Which then (especially with Vance trying to help Orban win) made me think that Trumps last assassination attempt was staged, too.

    #1764914
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    Will the average American remember this come November , unlikely , will the average American be furious every time they fill the car or pay for the groceries …. yes

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    #1765192
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    I am no Royalist but that was a masterclass from the King.

    Unlike many I actually didn’t have a problem with him going. Diplomacy is dealing with people you don’t like. Will it ultimately make any difference? Who knows, but not going would have been worse in my opinion. Even Trump may think twice before criticising the King (once he’s had the jokes explained to him) but pulling the visit would have allowed him to decry the move as political.

    Well played, Chas :good:

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    Yes it was good, particularly the subtle digs at Trump which pleased the assembled Democrats, and the gentle humour. His speechwriters deserve a hearty pat on the back.

    As an aside: Hiitherto, monarchs here have always been referred to as simply ‘the King’ or ‘the Queen’ but now Chazza tends to be referred to in our media as ‘King Charles’. A tad strange.

    #1765211
    Richard88
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    A function of the late Elizabeth II’s long reign perhaps? My mind is certainly drawn that way as opposed to Camilla when I hear ‘The Queen’. Nobody born in or after the 1950s has any living memory of anyone other than her being the monarch until very recently.

    Victoria was of course on the throne for a very long time too but tradition and formality were stronger then.

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    All I can say is I’m glad he hasn’t picked up his father’s sense of humour.

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    A function of the late Elizabeth II’s long reign perhaps?

    That’ll be it: Having been known as Prince Charles for decades he’s now simply morphed into King Charles.

    #1765234
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    The King formerly known as Prince Charles. You can do your own Purple Reign jokes.

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzr7vr203o

    So Trump can find $1.776 bn to pay his cronies but can’t find any money to help ordinary people struggling with food, petrol, etc?

    And many people in this country are too thick to understand that the same things will happen in the UK under a Reform government.

    The mind boggles. :wacko:

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    Now then be serious, Nigel Never Sweat is The Messiah and will lead us to The Land of Milk and Honey!

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    #1767230
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    If Nige gets in it’ll be 1984 … Are you left wing

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    #1767372
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    What a surprise: oil prices have dropped this morning following the weekend’s ‘good news’ on peace deal, hot on the heels of last week’s ‘bad news’ that the USA were minutes away from resuming hostilities, which of course spiked the oil price.

    Sell high last week, buy low today, then issue news in the near future that peace negotiations have stalled, oil rises: sell. Am I right or am I wrong?

    Don’t know who I detest more, the seemingly flagrant market manipulation by the Trump cohort or the Commodities Market’s ever-credulous, fickle, lemming-like response to the cohort’s weasel words.

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    Don’t know who I detest more, the seemingly flagrant market manipulation by the Trump cohort or the Commodities Market’s ever-credulous, fickle, lemming-like response to the cohort’s weasel words.

    Absolutely this, the supposedly all seeing, all knowing ‘markets’ that don’t seem to have realised they are being played like a fiddle by Trump and his cronies.

    From the article:

    People don’t know that in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower, 1889 it was built. It was supposed to be taken down immediately after the world’s fair

    People do know this. I do, as do many others. It’s quite a well known fact. Still, thanks for letting us know you only just found out and are trying to sound clever.

    The next (non-Republican) incumbent of The White House is going to have spend half their term clearing up this rubbish.

    #1767884
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    Zelinsky asking for face to face talks with Putin after cracking St Petersburg yesterday ( Putin’s home town ) is ballsy , how does Putin not lose face here

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