Current Affairs - 2026

[Stephen]

I meant on the news front.

Oh them............they've moved on to something else.

Yes, this. Might as well give them a front door key to Mi5

UK approves plans for Chinese mega-embassy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2xwp37dmgo

[david63]

Did anyone else hear the ramblings of the "deranged one" last night (I only caught a few minutes whilst waiting for something else). He just does not have clue as to what he says - for example

I know we'll come to [Nato's] rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours

has he forgotten about Afghanistan?

I also heard him say that there have been no illegal immigrants entering the US in that last few months. By definition they are illegal so how does he know that none have entered? Does he think that they report their presence to somebody?

I suppose somebody will be getting sacked later because his plane had an electrical fault and had to return making him late arriving in Davos.

[Onelife]

Let not his words be ignored for it is where our destiny lies if we do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqHDhO4h10

“If you are not at the table, you are on the menu”

Mark Carney

[oldbluefox]

I wonder how he would cope with a certain M Thatcher. I cannot see she would be pussyfooting around him in the way Never Here Keir, Trump’s lapdog is doing.

[Stephen]

What the hell is he going on about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt

[david63]

What the hell is he going on about.

Why let facts get in the way of a good rant?

As usual he has not got a clue what he is talking about - pity he is not like other leaders and has somebody fact check his speeches for him.

[Mervyn and Trish]

They wouldn't find any!

[Ray B]

Has someone lent on him after the threats.

[david63]

So from what is coming out it appears that Trump will be able to build more bases on Greenland forever. But he could do that anyway without all the attention seeking.

The is always the possibility that he will get it wrong and put the bases on Iceland as he does not seem to know the difference.

[Ray B]

From the forum in Davos Trump said -
Trump ended the ceremony by describing himself as a "real estate person at heart"
Is that not what we've been saying for ages.

[oldbluefox]

I’d heard he was a banker

[Stephen]

I’d heard he was a banker

I think there may be a typo in banker Foxy

[Onelife]

I’d heard he was a banker

I think there may be a typo in banker Foxy

[Mervyn and Trish]

So from what is coming out it appears that Trump will be able to build more bases on Greenland forever. But he could do that anyway without all the attention seeking.

The is always the possibility that he will get it wrong and put the bases on Iceland as he does not seem to know the difference.

If he does I hope I can still get in to do my shopping.

[david63]

That's it - he's gone too far now https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr444j671vo

[Stephen]

His brain and his mouth are definitely not in sync.

[david63]

I never thought I would be saying this but I thought Emily Thornberry was brilliant last night on QT with her response to Trump and without doubt she was angry.

In view of what Trump has said I think that King Charles should not go to the US later in the year.

[oldbluefox]

In contrast to Kinnock Jnr this morning who said he was …..disappointed

I agree David, the King’s visit to America should be cancelled.

[Onelife]

I never thought I would be saying this but I thought Emily Thornberry was brilliant last night on QT with her response to Trump and without doubt she was angry.

In view of what Trump has said I think that King Charles should not go to the US later in the year.

She’s always been a grandstander but like you say, she said as it needed to be said.

As for Charlie, I think he should go there and never return…he should also take the rest of the freeloaders with him.

[oldbluefox]

Then we could have a President Trump/Putin all of our own

[Onelife]

Then we could have a President Trump/Putin all of our own

There is that possibility but I would like to think that we have more about us in being able to field a better representative/head of state than the billionaire we have now.

[oldbluefox]

Other billionaire options are available............. Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un. Be careful what you wish for.

[Mervyn and Trish]

So...

Blair, Starmer, Johnson, Farage......

Let's face it we don't have a great record at electing people.

[oldbluefox]

Knowing OL’s expertise in backing a winning horse I’m not sure whether we could trust him when it comes to choosing a President otherwise we could end up with a right donkey. 🫏
Whilst the Royal Family promote the nation “President Keir” is chasing around the world looking after everybody else whilst his own nation is falling apart at the seams. Millions spent on the Chagos Islands whilst patients are being cared for on corridors. That is just one example. Is that what we would want to be representing us?

[david63]

Is that what we would want to be representing us?

Possibly not but at least he can string two (sometimes more) words together into a coherent sentence.