OPINION
Donald Trump is winning and he knows it (Image: Getty)
While we’re unlikely to ever know King Charles’ reaction to the news he’ll be hosting President following the “unprecedented” offer of another royal visit to the UK, let everyone wake up to the crucial role our plays in the fortunes of this nation. Sir handled his dicey DC summit with aplomb, but it must also be noted this has been another week of Trump triumphs.
After over 60 years of hectoring, European nations suddenly found their cheque books to increase their financial commitment to NATO, Ukrainian President agreed to race to Washington to sign a minerals deal in favour of the US and the King is brushing off the red carpet to welcome the President and the First Lady. All in seven days. Unpredictable, perhaps. Productive, undoubtedly.
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Let’s make this Artificial Intelligence (AI) argument really easy. The Government is currently on course to allow to allow tech giants to help themselves to material copyrighted by artists from Lord Lloyd-Webber to Dua Lipa, as well as printed material too, without consent.
Question: if I were to seek to help myself to the contents of any cabinet ministers’ wallet or purse without their consent, would they be equally relaxed?
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The fact the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton is now to employ a doctor to treat elderly patients in its corridors (at a salary of up to £70,425) tells you everything you need to know about the state of our casualty units across the country.
Radical reform in our NHS is crucial and we need to ensure our doctors’ surgeries and other clinics deal with as many patients as possible without the need for the to go their local A and E unit. That, plus a proper reform of care provision, is the prescription the NHS requires.
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Now the has confessed to “unacceptable” and “serious flaws” concerning its appallingly biased pro-Hamas documentary broadcast a couple of weeks ago, do you suppose we can expect an apology from Miriam Margolyes and the 499 other “useful idiots” who have argued for it to be salvaged?
Of course not. Remember, the liberal left is NEVER wrong.
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The Government trumpets the additional cash handed to shore up the nation’s defences and say £13 billion has been found by cutting foreign aid, but cold analysis shows that it is worth just £6 billion of the target. That’s loftily brushed away when they say “the figures are the same, but by different measures” whatever the hell that means!
They also refuse to say if the controversial Chagos giveaway deal was to proceed, would the £9 billion come out of defence funds.
Given their track record, what do you suppose the answer might be?