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Jonathan Pie meets HRH The Duke of Chesterton.

In an exclusive interview HRH The Duke of Chesterton talks about the rumours surrounding his personal conduct and his friendship with Sir Harry Carmichael. https://www.jonathanpie.com

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On 17/12/2019 at 5:07 PM, Fulham Broadway said:

We all know as @Atomiswave and @Vesper have also said that Trump, Johnson, and other World leaders are scoundrels. 

Interestingly their status is actually reinforced by their unpopularity. It is a psychological trait that when they say something offensive, or crassly stupid, the people offended get a dopamine hit from being outraged and pointing out their idiocy either verbally or social media. Thus the cycle continues.

Guess what I am saying that the macro-ecomomic/political situation is generally beyond our control - apart from being allowed to put a cross on a bit of paper every four years. 

The old anarchist slogan 'if voting changed anything, they'd ban it' rings true every time. There is another slogan from the old Anarcho/Socialist tradition ' Look after your own garden' -ie work in your local area politically. Be it helping people, co ops, raising awareness of local issues. This is really empowering, rather than moaning about Trumps latest tweet and if everyone did this would make a REAL difference. 

Right I'll get off my soap box now -peace brothers and sisters. 

Well count me in to, not just Vesper and Atomiswave.
But regarding the Trump character he's a relatively new face in town. In my time the arch-villain in America was tricky the Dicky.
Regarding the British connection the truth is we European peoples have been going out of the way to avoid offfending the Tories. If only because the Tories were the no one target of the Kremlin and the Soviet spies.
So we were going out of our way to defend the British Tory establishment for their various blinders.
But now what ? When Bojo is a certified nincompoop, what other name are we going to use ? Are we resort to science fiction, like Jules Vern, to describe Bojo ? He's a nincompoop, period.

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On 12/13/2019 at 2:49 AM, Vesper said:

under Erdoğan, they will tear into Syria, and try and kill a million plus Kurds everywhere they find them

That's impossible. That would cause a massive civil war in Turkey that's nothing like before they experienced.

Do you know in which city most Kurds live? Istanbul. So Turks killing Kurds everywhere is just a narrative of the media.

Also have you ever considered why mainstream media doesn't  give a shit about Yemen yet they suddenly become humanists if any country attacks Kurdish peshemerga?

I'll give you a hint. Netanyahu: Israel Supports the Establishment of an Independent Kurdistan.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-supports-establishment-of-independent-kurdistan-1.5450316

So a piece has been carved for this purpose from Iraq and then from Syria. Iran and Turks know which countries are next.and they are trying to avoid.

I hate Erdogan but anyone who is against their operation against ypg is doing exactly what Netanyahu and other super hardcore zionists wanted them to do.

 

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Its baffling to me how people so willingly are putting their faith and hope on criminals and murderers......sheeple we are man.

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20 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

Its baffling to me how people so willingly are putting their faith and hope on criminals and murderers......sheeple we are man.

 

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Don't think I've ever seen a more right wing government or zeitgeist in the UK

You know it's almost a fascist regime when 5000 Britain First Nazis have joined the Conservative Party, and IDS is given a knighthood for killing the poor and disabled

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21 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Don't think I've ever seen a more right wing government or zeitgeist in the UK

You know it's almost a fascist regime when 5000 Britain First Nazis have joined the Conservative Party, and IDS is given a knighthood for killing the poor and disabled

Well, there was Oswald

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41 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Well, there was Oswald

They got smashed in cable street and were never in government.

Seriously, we now have a very right wing lot IN POWER. They won't even be interviewed on the BBC Today programme. They want to get rid of the BBC and Ch 4. 

Theres also a video of Cummings in 2014 saying if he ever got power he'd place people in the House of Lords then put them in Ministerial positions circumventing democracy. Already happened with two Ministers.

 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

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Shit storm dead ahead 

Trump and the yanks just assassinated the 2nd most powerful Iranian leader

He is the head of their worldwide shock troops and state terrorist cohort the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and since 1998 commander of its Quds Force—a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations.

 

Baghdad airport attack: Iran general Qassem Suleimani killed amid US tensions

Drone strike in Iraq kills man regarded as the second most powerful person in Iran

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/03/baghdad-airport-iraq-attack-deaths-iran-us-tensions

 

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Trump is fucking nuts

 

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RW yank Fox News is banging the war drums

madness

 

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Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, was killed yesterday in a targeted U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport. The Pentagon confirmed the military operation, which came “at the direction of the president” and was “aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans,” and claimed in a statement that Gen. Soleimani was “actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.” The airstrike came just days after supporters of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia attacked the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, itself a reprisal for U.S. strikes on the militia in Iraq and Syria. Mustafa Salim, Missy Ryan, Liz Sly and John Hudson report at the Washington Post.

The Pentagon said Gen. Soleimani and his Quds Force, the military unit responsible for projecting Iran’s influence via proxies across the Middle East, “were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members, and the wounding of thousands more.” The Pentagon also blamed the Iranian general for orchestrating attacks on coalition bases in Iraq in recent months, including an attack on Dec. 27 that resulted in the deaths of an American contractor and Iraqi personnel. Michael Crowley, Falih Hassan and Eric Schmitt report at the New York Times.

Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Gen. Soleimani, was also killed in the attack. AP reporting.

The U.S. airstrike marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened “severe revenge” for Soleimani’s death, saying “the resistance movement will continue with double motivations.” In a message sent on Twitter, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called the strike an “act of international terrorism” and warned the U.S. it was “extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation” of Trump’s growing confrontation with Tehran. Isabel Coles, Ghassan Adnan and Michael R. Gordon report at the Wall Street Journal.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also vowed retaliation for the Iranian general’s death, writing in a message sent on Twitter early today that “Iran will take revenge for this heinous crime.” Rouhani pledged that his country will continue to fight against “terrorism and extremism.” Anna Kaplan reports at The Daily Beast.

The deputy commander of the Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, was appointed today by Khamenei as the replacement head of the elite Quds Force, state media reported. Iran’s supreme leader said in a statement that the force’s agenda “will be unchanged from the time of his predecessor.” Reuters reporting.

Trump’s decision to order the U.S. airstrike drew swift reaction from congressional leaders, with responses largely falling along partisan lines, giving new flame to a debate over whether Congress should trim the president’s war powers. Catie Edmondson reports at the New York Times.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged the administration to “immediately” brief lawmakers on the U.S. killing of Gen. Soleimani, saying in a statement that the operation was carried out “without the consultation of Congress” and without an “authorization for use of military force” against Iran. Phil Helsel reports at NBC News.

The strikes followed a warning yesterday afternoon from Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who said the U.S. was prepared to take pre-emptive action against Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria if there were signs the paramilitary groups were planning additional attacks against American bases and personnel in the region. Reuters reporting. 

Who was Qassem Suleimani? Michael Safi provides some clarity on the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, one of the most infamous military operators in the Middle East, at The Guardian.

An expert analysis of the kinds of questions raised by the U.S. strike killing Gen. Soleimani is provided by Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman at Just Security.

A look at how the confrontation between the U.S. and Iran developed over the last eight days is provided by Sarah Almukhtar, Falih Hassan, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Lauren Leatherby, Allison McCann, Anjali Singhvi and Jin Wu at the New York Times.

The significance of the killing of Soleimani “cannot be overstated,” Peter Bergen argues at CNN, shedding light on the commander’s role in Iran’s military operations across the Middle East.

Live updates are available at CNN and Al Jazeera.