European stock markets plunge in early trading, following stock market slumps across Asia

Shortly after opening, the Dax index in Germany was down almost 10%, while the FTSE 100 in London was down almost 6%

The Shanghai Composite was down more than 8% at one point, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng down almost 13%

Monday's losses follow global slumps last week - in my 20 years covering the Asian stock market, this is one of the biggest continuous sell-offs I've seen, writes our Asia business correspondent Mariko Oi

Earlier, US futures were sharply down, indicating that Wall Street shares will fall when US markets open

Donald Trump defends his policy, telling reporters on Air Force One "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something"

What antidote is available?

I see 2 tier free gear beer poncing about at the sight of the new Dreadnought submarine we are building!!. The steel being used is 80% French and 20% Belgian!!, is this because this idiot has got rid of British Steel??

About Trump and his tariffs

https://youtu.be/ZAZFIILFJ00?si=2YJgqtbEkD8hogIM

Now they have until June

https://youtu.be/akNkpcOgmNo?si=zSrbV4lLWolPTMHj

When Homeland Security Investigations agents showed up at Abby’s Bakery in February and arrested the owners and eight employees, residents of Los Fresnos were shocked.

“I was surprised because I know that they’re not taking advantage of the people,” Esteban Rodriguez, 43, said after pulling into the bakery’s parking lot to discover it was closed. “It was more like helping out people. They didn’t have nowhere to go, instead of them being on the streets.”

The reaction in the town of 8,500 residents may show the limits of support for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in a majority Hispanic region dotted with fields of cotton, sugarcane and red grapefruit where Republicans made gains in last year’s elections.

Now, Baez and Avila-Guel, a Mexican couple who are legal U.S. permanent residents, could lose everything after being accused of concealing and harboring immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally.

Hundreds of school bus drivers, painters, retirees and parishioners from the nearby Catholic church come into Abby’s Bakery each day.

Six of Abby’s eight employees were in the U.S. on visitor visas but none had work permits when Homeland Security Investigations agents came to the business Feb. 12. The owners acknowledged they knew that, according to a federal complaint.

Baez, 55, and Avila-Guel, 46, have pleaded not guilty. They referred questions to their attorneys, who noted the workers were not held against their will and there was no attempt to hide their presence, as a smuggler would.

As green card holders, the couple could be deported if they are convicted.
They have five children who are U.S. citizens.

The bakery closed for several days after their arrest.

Monsignor Pedro Briseño of St. Cecilia Church often visited before early morning Mass for the campechana, a flaky, crunchy pastry dough layered with caramelized sugar.
His routine was interrupted when plainclothes immigration agents arrived in unmarked vehicles.

“A woman came here crying.
She said, ‘Father, Father, they’re taking my brother,’” Briseño said.
The priest walked over and saw agents use zip ties to bind employees’ hands.

A hero

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdLLAGaw/

This sounds like a very depressing must-watch https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/22/netflix-from-the-police-to-the-prime-minister-how-adolescence-is-making-britain-face-up-to-toxic-masculinity

This time in Italy

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/musk-addresses-italy-s-populist-league-party-says-he-hopes-for-zero-tariffs-with-europe-someday/vi-AA1CmHf1

I confess to not having seen any news yesterday but has anyone seen this on any news? Maybe finallly the Americans are starting to coimplain about Trump`s actions. Maybe those rumblings I`ve mentioned on a coupla posts are turning into something? I bloody hope so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz79ewg193ro

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14575537/Brits-prepare-72-hour-survival-kit-Putin.html

Freedom of speech except if it was applied to ….

https://youtu.be/BO8jJ92Kb84?si=_dEhD1FHK1RwhrTj

https://inews.co.uk/news/jaguar-land-rover-halts-car-exports-to-us-worth-6-5bn-amid-uk-job-loss-fears-3626322?ITO=newsnow

For those who query why Trump is a huge negative influence in the UK and the world in general, please read, think, and think again...

For new members at his Mar-a-Lago property, Donald Trump has recently established a cost of $1 million.

From the existing $700,000, the proposed price represents a considerable rise, as per the reports of Yahoo news.

Trump regularly mixed with visitors to Mar-a-Lago throughout his first administration, taking suggestions on policy from them.

Several Mar-a-Lago members were appointed to significant roles.

These include Lana Marks, who became the US ambassador to South Africa, Adrian Zuckerman, who served in Romania, and David Cornstein, who was sent to Hungary.

In 2019, USA Today identified eight club members who had roles in Trump’s administration.

The membership fee at the start of Trump’s first presidency was around $200,000.

People hoping to win political favors would view the fee increase as a wise investment.

Your thoughts?

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/court-confirms-sacking-of-south-korean-president-who-declared-martial-law-13341497

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/kemi-badenoch-claiming-27k-month-10080775.amp

Neither was Belarus or North Korea


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjl3k1we8vo.amp

https://businessday.ng/world/article/prominent-senator-ted-cruz-warns-tariffs-risk-sparking-gop-wipeout-in-2026-elections/

"Poetry in Motion".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson

https://youtu.be/BUTLDt021uM?si=dEzX-8VpBPwOA1y1

Freedom of speech

Looks as if so called British Steel, Scunthorpe is poised to close, thanks to Millipedes stupid net zero shite!!!, also, how can British Steel be Chinese owned???

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/senator-cory-booker-takes-a-stand-speech-donald-trump-25-hours

No, just following the pack
An old experiment

https://youtu.be/CpNIWHiZXrQ?si=KnpXnq4CpgE4dg-n

President Donald Trump left observers baffled this week when he suggested in a late-night Truth Social rant that his tariffs on Canadian goods would include taxes on illegal drugs.

In the Truth Social post, Trump said that one of his goals with the tariffs was to "penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, but Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy."

Fentanyl is an illegal drug, the government collects no taxes from its purchase or sale.

Are you baffled?

https://mol.im/a/14564071

To create your Drag Queen Name, take your Granny's first name and the last dessert / biscuit / chocolate treat you ate.

Go!

https://londonist.com/london/latest-news/april-fools-jokes-pranks-london-2025#

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With the clocks going forward

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd8tcnrV/

What a load of crap when a foreign nation can switch off our nuclear deterrent.
These missiles are on active service 24/7 on instant readiness. Its no bloody use having to ask Big Brother if we can use them. The enemy will not wait.
Its a fantasy defence cock-up.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2034988/uk-nuclear-weapons-trump

https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-slam-marine-le-pen-guilty-verdict/

https://youtube.com/shorts/X0IFg25pmfs?si=-KiWK5rr4-tNOjC0

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/woman-arrested-after-body-of-baby-found-in-bag-in-notting-hill-13339342

Six police sent to detain a couple who made comments online?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34141297/cops-councillor-parents-arrested-complaining-primary-school-whatsapp/amp/

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Crooked smiles all round...

https://youtu.be/LM4XVksinYc?si=REmgE1ev1Abb5dlq

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/12G6m7kLNdN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/laurence-fox-charged-with-sexual-offence-13335577?dicbo=v2-vNlM3uo

After giving pub landlord friend huge contract

https://youtu.be/qrJ301_TeL4?si=peE3wJVvf214hNZM

https://youtu.be/l7kQNwJ4H_w

Not sure it will show up but listening to Elon Musk and his team has changed my mind about his endeavours.

https://news.sky.com/story/myanmar-earthquake-latest-rescuers-searching-for-survivors-as-more-than-1-000-killed-in-myanmar-earthquake-13337088

https://youtu.be/HIjnn-yU6aU?feature=shared

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCk9sXupeQ