Arrests come as Trump lands in UK for second state visit

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    I hope they don’t get convicted with anything and it was just a case to stop them.

    Without looking, this looks like the work of Led By Donkeys. Pretty good activists I must say

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    This is what peak trolling looks like guise. It has all the elements for a perfect recipe. Bloated and petulant narcissist target, check. Corpulent and obsequious hosts, check. Incredibly damaging and embarrassing open secret that nobody wants to publicly discuss but everyone is dying to find out what’s in the dossier, chef’s kiss.

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    10 hours ago

    nice going. make peaceful protest illegal. surely this won’t have completely expected repercussions

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    Understandable, in true Britain first spirit they should’ve projected the royal nonce Andrew.

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    13 hours ago

    If it’s illegal to peacefully protest, then it’s time for violence against the oppressors.

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    16 hours ago

    Apparently it wasn’t a static image it was a ten minute movie of images of Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Nonce Andrew and expose interviews.

    Well done.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk
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    Trump’s here for two days, I think. I imagine all four will be released without further charge on the third day.

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    18 hours ago

    This government seems to see the “beneficial” trade deal with the US as one of the key successes of their tenure. If it breaks down, they’ve got exactly zero wins and only a series of disasters they’ve lurched between since taking office.

    Ignoring the fact that the deal seems entirely one sided and allows US tech giants to snap up contracts across whole swathes of British institutions, despite not being able to find any reasons for things like LLMs in government departments, without any reciprocal benefits like lifting steel or car tariffs which are all still in place and were what starmer used as examples of how good the trade deal is.

    Doing “deals” with trump is like grabbing a snake by the tail, sure you might look for a while like you have control but at any moment the snake can turn around and bite you. So now we’re stuck in a situation where we have to collectively suck trumps cock lest he decide to just say “50% tariffs for you bitches now”.

    Hence the strong arm tactics by the home office to scare people into not doing things like showing foreign visitors our contempt for them, which has been a long standing tradition of the British people.