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Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:35 pm

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:22 pm The war will affect us the most out of the G20 economies in terms of inflation. Supply chain disruption generally hits the UK harder.

Because we are a net importer of energy? Should we drill baby drill?

Was the same even when we were a net exporter up to the mid 2000’s.

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 4:14 pm

Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:35 pm

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:22 pm The war will affect us the most out of the G20 economies in terms of inflation. Supply chain disruption generally hits the UK harder.

Because we are a net importer of energy? Should we drill baby drill?

Was the same even when we were a net exporter up to the mid 2000’s.

What other factors do you think mean the war will affect us most?

Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:00 pm

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 4:14 pm

Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:35 pm Because we are a net importer of energy? Should we drill baby drill?

Was the same even when we were a net exporter up to the mid 2000’s.

What other factors do you think mean the war will affect us most?

I'm just setting out my case for maybe why we should riot and that it started long long before Trump had anything to do with it.

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:30 pm

Rich B wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:00 pm

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 4:14 pm

Was the same even when we were a net exporter up to the mid 2000’s.

What other factors do you think mean the war will affect us most?

I'm just setting out my case for maybe why we should riot and that it started long long before Trump had anything to do with it.

Go for it - so it’s because we’re going to be hit hardest by the war, but not because we’re net energy importers?

Trump posing with the NCAA wining University of Georgia women's tennis team... Honestly, they're there - look closer...

Jon Stewart's weekly summary of Trump's craziness is always worth watching.

Also found interesting: and unfortunately very true

Messing with Falklands

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 64133.html

Everything single day there’s something more and more bonkers going on.

Yesterday a group of grown adults behind a frail and uninterested looking Trump tried to mansplain how he worked out his 600% reduction in the price of drugs.

I know American stupidity is the new normal, but I still find it utterly insane.

Haha just seen that clip

It sums up the entire Trump administration pretty well doesn’t it. Rather than admit that Trump is wrong and doesn’t understand basic maths, he assembles his entire cabinet to gaslight the world that his maths was intentional and correct.

More fun and games at the Correspondents Dinner last night…

the security in the new ballroom will be far better…. hmmm

No doubt another staged assassination attempt.

I did think the camera angle of Vance ‘escaping’ looked very staged..,

its promo for the new unpopular ballroom. i expect there was nutter with a gun (they’re not short of them) that got as far as the front entrance, then they hammed it up so trump could show the need for a new ballroom.

Rich B wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 11:09 am its promo for the new unpopular ballroom.

My first thought too.

dinny_g wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 10:45 am I did think the camera angle of Vance ‘escaping’ looked very staged..,

This one? Cameraman showed great composure.

There’s also a few vids taken by people in the audience while the security bods were on stage pointing guns into the crowd. Would you really be holding your phone up to a load of armed people scanning the room for a ‘shooter’. Load of bollocks

Still, a great reason to cancel the state visit.