Dear Sir Kier Starmer

Please stop doing things that makes me want to vote for you at the next General Election!

NHS Shakeup
Welfare & Benefits Shakeup
Potholes
#Labour #Politics
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0eg39…

You can't make this stuff up!

#Labour has spent the last fourteen years telling you that the #NHS is underfunded and understaffed. Screaming that there are not enough doctors and nurses, what do they plan to do now that they are in power? Take a scalpel to the NHS. 🤦‍♂️
theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲?

TBH, I could kick myself because I was already thinking yesterday morning, "I bet Trump stops sending weapons." If I had posted that thought on social media, I'd have beaten all the journalists to the scoop.

"𝘗𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯!"

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

"𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧......"

🤔 So, if it can defend itself, why does it need America's help?

Europe is fooling only the gullible if people think they stand a chance without US help. I wonder how brave Starmer would be if Trump announced a withdrawal from Europe.

British Army: Approximately 83,010 personnel
Royal Navy and Royal Marines: Approximately 32,610 personnel
Royal Air Force (RAF): Approximately 32,610 personnel

Just under 150,000 in total. Russia has just under 3 million personnel on active duty.

France has 290 Nukes, while the UK has 225, with a plan to reduce that to 180 by 2030

Russia has 5,580

france24.com/en/europe/2025030…

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 #Labour 𝗠𝗣 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲!
Where did I put my surprised face?

news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbu…

This proves that leaders are indeed a bunch of feckless kids.
European politicians, including Friedrich Merz of Germany, said that Europe needs to work towards independence from America politico.eu/article/friedrich-… and then next thing the UK's Kier Starmer says that Donald Trump, i.e. America needs to play a firm role in Europe. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c625ex282z…

What a bunch of headless chickens! 🐔 🇪🇺 🇺🇲

It's incredible how people can change their minds when you threaten to turn off the gravy train.

"When you've got'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/2…

This happens under #Labour, and nobody says a word. If it had happened under a #Conservative government, the press and TV news would be screaming, "Tories attack the NHS!" remember, children, it's not about what you like but who you like.

independent.co.uk/news/health/…

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: My graphics card has stopped working.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: We'll reinstall the driver.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: That didn't work.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: Hang on, how are you getting a desktop?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: The one screen works but not the other.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: So the card is working?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: I kicked the cable, and now the one screen doesn't work.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: So reinstalling the driver was pointless, you may have damaged the port.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: I'll buy another card from Amazon.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: Umm? OK.

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: I fitted the new card, and that doesn't work either!
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: What?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Only one screen works!
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: I'm coming to you tomorrow, I'll need to physically see it.

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: It's working now.

I bet he'd pulled the cable out of the monitor, or he hadn't pushed the cable in enough. 😠🤦🙈

People really need to understand what's going on. Zelenskyy's offer of resignation is worthless! The whole reason for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is to stop Ukraine from joining the EU! Zelenskyy, to Putin, is probably irrelevant. His reason for invading is to ensure a buffer zone between Russia and the European allies.

Putin is the aggressor and possibly a dictator, but Zelenskyy is a trouble maker imo.
theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

Oh no!

mastodon.org.uk is down.

I've been reading a book!

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽
Processes how the brain distinguishes between "us" and "them" in social contexts. A key brain region involved in this is the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which plays a role in social cognition, including distinguishing between in-groups and out-groups.

𝗔𝗺𝘆𝗴𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗮: Involved in emotional reactions and threat detection, often more active when perceiving out-group members.

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘅 (𝗔𝗖𝗖): Helps regulate conflict and bias between in-groups and out-groups.

𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗧𝗣𝗝): Important for perspective-taking and understanding social differences.

Are we really going to send British troops to shoot Russians? I mean, it's a nice sabre-rattling gesture, but do we really want to risk starting a full-blown war? I wonder what Russian mothers or the Russian people will think when their sons are shot by 3 Para or whichever regiments we send?

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/f…

Amazing! Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, three years on, and suddenly, Europe can get off its arse and look like they're doing something. This has nothing to do with peace, defeating the Russians or potentially brokering a deal and everything to do with "Whose in charge!"

Europe, including the UK, is an utter joke! They all want American money, troops and support, yet when America decides it's time to stop the squabbling, everyone starts throwing a tantrum.
#ukraine #PresidentTrump

itv.com/news/2025-02-17/starme…

It's nice to see #Labour getting their spuds kicked for a change.
#politics

theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Guilty by association or just as bad?
Sadly, at the moment, the Guardian doesn't say what he's supposed to have said.

Quote: "A government source told PA News: “Oliver Ryan’s remarks were unacceptable and deeply disappointing.""

So much for #Labour cleaning up the sleaze in politics.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

@realDonaldTrump needs to threaten to pull US troops out of Europe. That'll shit'em up. 🤣

politico.eu/article/eu-slams-d…