The European Union must commit to purchasing “large scale” amounts of US oil and gas or face tariffs, according to US president-elect Donald Trump.

In his latest trade war threat, the incoming GOP president spoke out against Brussels via his account on social media site Truth Social.

Trump said: "I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas.

Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!"

I've just spent several days without a proper water supply because a valve jammed at the Cheam water treatment plant. It was either very low pressure of totally dried up. They supplied bottled water so I could at least get a cuppa and I used rainwater from the garden to flush the loo, but I couldn't have a shower for four days.
This morning I received four separate letters from SES Water, two of which had identical contents.
It just adds insult to injury that they're wasting money on postage when the infrastructure is failing.
They'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

The new leaders of Syria, HTS, are a proscribed terrorist group because of links to Al Quaeda and ISIS. But they have never attacked foreign targets or civilian targets in Syria. They have only fought against the Assad regime.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05p9g2nqmeo

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/lord-coe-to-explore-complete-transgender-ban-in-womens-olympic-events-if-he-becomes-ioc-chief-13276533

They murdered these lovely boys - they may be under age but I think they should be named.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/teenagers-who-murdered-max-dixon-and-mason-rist-in-bristol-detained-for-life-13272088

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj90zyk2zn2o.amp

Here’s a little song about families at Christmas

https://youtu.be/qTx-sdR6Yzk?si=SGyklYsQZWU4DzWO

Who wants that PITA EU with their laws, high taxes, compulsory £billions donations, excessive fixed pricing and regulations ?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/brexit-britain-eyes-trade-bonanza-as-uk-joins-world-s-fastest-growing-trade-bloc-in-latest-blow-to-rejoiners/ar-AA1w7hJh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=14bd6bc3adb84ac9ce7eb38415c3acf6&ei=19

This is a house not far from me. They raise money for charity each Christmas.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/man-killed-freak-hunting-accident-34340598.amp

Every other man has a beard.

Why?

This is a house in my road with 1,000's of lights.
Don't know how he does all that, don't know where he stores it all, don't know how he sorts it all out and dare not think of his electricity bill.

But interestingly on google maps

So in case you missed it

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14lp4336m6o.amp

No one injured

The enigma of Christmas is now ruined for those kiddies and their parents.
No point in saying sorry, the cat is out of the bag.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/vicar-apologises-after-telling-sobbing-children-santa-isn-t-real/ar-AA1vSsjC?ocid=windirect&cvid=c9f7cc51560045e69bdbb512b57a9f46&ei=153

Further to a couple of of posts about Musk and other super-rich interfering in the democratic process... Obviously we aren`t the only ones to question it, but so far no ones done anything. Maybe that`s about to end.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/australia-moves-to-ban-billionaires-from-buying-elections-387027/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHL2CZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaFPI_fIltaER9YUzRVWRP9H5d-FBEvmht_H8K5zBVCcdxd1n8vxXkIvGA_aem_G7bMq0yuji_oc3YgjKBYVg

Keir Starmer has stepped in to defend sandwiches, after Kemi Badenoch said they are “not a real food”.

We pay their wages...

When will Ofcom do anything ?

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/11/gb-news-britain-muslims-ofcom-report

BBC bring back "Yes Minister".

Alf Garnett has just been voted in by a landslide...

The lawyer assisting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in selecting federal health officials for the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump has filed a petition urging the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine.

The vaccine has safeguarded millions of people for decades against a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

Trump said he's going to direct Kennedy to study the rising rates of autism diagnoses and that he'd consider getting rid of some vaccines for children, falsely suggesting autism may be caused by vaccines.

"We're going to have a big discussion. The autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible. If you look at things that are happening, there's something causing it," Trump said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99xpgekvm8o

Anyone else getting Internal Server Error in red when they post a comment.

New rules

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c159qjv90z3o.amp

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

If Jesus was the leader

https://youtube.com/shorts/xBEHUIM7wag?si=qqkOi69SxEciEx6E

I think it's despicable that the girl's family waited until they were back in UK before contacting the Dubai police so they could arrest the boy.
https://news.sky.com/story/british-man-18-jailed-in-dubai-for-having-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-pleads-for-ruler-to-let-me-go-home-13272151

https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/military/horror-map-shows-putin-s-new-deadly-missile-could-strike-uk-in-matter-of-minutes/ar-AA1vMoHh?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/state-pension-could-be-nearly-tripled-to-almost-30-000-if-proposal-makes-it-to-parliament/ar-AA1vMexK?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6c54714b588f45a0fbb16a76cecb1834&ei=13

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/11/13/german-chancellor-fool-elon-musk-italys-judges-removed/

This is from a month ago

What wonderful news to see the library that was destroyed in the riots this summer opening up again after crowd funding raised over £250,000

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge91l5rd3lo.amp

After being identified in footage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c878p3l93rqo.amp

https://youtube.com/shorts/Pmif9dgHEZI?si=BpQxq4Xw5EzYcTO8

https://www.thelist.com/1735978/donald-trump-lies-about-height-prince-william-taller/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j9y4r9178o

For Israel to launch air strikes against Syrian towns and ports. And to take Syrian land beyond the Golan Heights.
The Golan Heights are originally Syria's until Israel occupied them in 1981.
Netanyahu is the middle east version of Putin. They even look similar.

Sentencing next week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn9x0w9r878t

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6l1xjnd6xo

Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector, NHS staff and teachers primarily.

Who wants to be a train driver?

Click on

13 passports for children under 2 before someone realised that wasn’t right!!

Time to deport this criminal

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986748/home-office-arrest-kosovan-national-crime-gang

https://www.dementiauk.org/news/dementia-named-uk-leading-cause-of-death/

For the second year running

Who said this today?

Clue. A politician...

" If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t know exactly what that would look like.”

A great use for AI

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-daisy-the-ai-granny-wasting-scammers-time/

Not just a prison but 5 underground levels of torture chambers. And you have the BBC's John Simpson saying Basher al-Assad was "not wicked".
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/inside-sednaya-torture-prison-syria-assad

Please submit your nominations and supporting info.

Should billionaires (foreign or home grown) be able to pump money into political parties to sway our elections? Does it interfere with elections and othe democratic processes when they are allowed?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/white-british-students-not-allowed-to-apply-for-security-services-internship/ar-AA1vqZcs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3fd20dfcba394dbfd901fd7513353cfb&ei=23

And all he can do, as bullies do, shout over the top, interrupt and act like a spoilt child . Just like his followers

https://youtu.be/7lH9fYIk1yg?si=4viCzmIM0e2AKMhZ

It’s always somebody else’s fault .

Ursula Von der Leyan's new deal with South America threatens to rip the European Union apart, as tensions mount between Paris, Brussels and Berlin.

The European Commission president penned a landmark new trade deal with Mercosur states in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday - but the French government is reported to be strongly opposed to the new agreement.

The deal, which is 25 years in the making and will encompass over 700 million people, is objected to by France over fears that its domestic poultry and beef markets will be undercut by cheaper South American supply.

On the other hand, Germany is reported to be thrilled with the agreement, as Berlin sees it as a means of boosting exports.

Siegfried Russwurm, the head of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), lauding the trade deal, saying: "This agreement will provide an urgently-needed growth impulse for the German and European economy."

Under the terms of the deal, trade barriers will be reduced between the EU27 and Mercosur members, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and new addition Bolivia.

Ms Von der Leyen told a press conference: "We are sending a clear and powerful message: In an increasingly confrontational world, we demonstrate that democracies can rely on each other. This agreement is not just an economic opportunity. It is a political necessity."

Despite the agreement being reached by the leaders, EU states still have to ratify it. France is hopeful of convincing fellow sceptical states Poland, Ireland and Austria to block the deal.

"France's voice remains strong in Europe," Sophie Primas, a French junior trade minister said. "No, we're not alone in our opposition to Mercosur as it stands. We can achieve a blocking minority."