Iran still aiming at a deal that leaves it with more than the status quo ante.
That'd fall within a usual definition of winning the war.
Unsurprising that Trump's not happy. But either these were close to the terms he was going to agree, or the two sides are still miles apart.
I agree. X has had more than enough warnings.
I get that this would adversely impact some people for whom X is valuable. Trade with Russia was valuable to some people too. Other platforms exist. We cannot allow great evils to go unaddressed because of some inconveniences.
The headline encapsulates what's wrong with the analysis: "Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party". No, it's not dissent: it's disagreement.
What's the difference? One is opposition to authority, the other is an argument between near-equals. And there is no authority in No 10.
Starmer doesn't lead. That's a fatal failing in a prime minister.
Particularly so in a time of global turmoi, rapid change and increasing threats.
Public confidence doesn't come just from the absence of mistakes. In any case, the absence of action doesn't mean an absence of mistakes.
If Labour had not made its tax pledges, it would almost certainly have won a smaller majority. But it would have had more actual power to govern.
It doesn't matter how many seats you hold, if you brick up the levers of power.
You end up either breaking your promises or breaking public services.
Any politically-savvy government would be blaming the poor growth figures directly and repeatedly on America (and, off the record, directly on Donald Trump).
It wouldn't be entirely accurate but there'd be enough truth to make the claim credible.
This is not a politically-savvy government.
Really poor, Westminster bubble, commentary from Chris Mason (which can't even get the Bubble aspect right: Starmer is finished).
But more importantly, he addresses neither the reality of Britain's security challenges, nor *why* Starmer's premiership has fizzled out.
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Of course he has.
Who knows what it means though. Maybe he really is about to cave and was trying to set up a narrative of forcing Iran.
Or maybe it's all bluster, daydreams and delusion again.
Or perhaps he's just playing the market. Impossible to say.
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As Lord Acton warned in 1887, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority".
Power on this scale is dangerous, and fundamentally incompatible with democracy.
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Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a staggering amount of wealth never seen before in the history of human commerce.