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House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics

The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.

The House of Commons rounded on Donald Trump’s national security strategy, which stated that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and vowed to help the continent “correct its current trajectory and promote patriotic European parties”.

Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of parliament’s joint committee on the UK government’s national security strategy, said: “The United States consensus that has led the western world since the second world war appears shattered.

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

I’m just gonna start suing every media company for printing shit I said 10 years ago without my permission

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 day ago

Britain is a close second.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Oh, they finally noticed?

[–] ReCursing@feddit.uk 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

British MPs extremely unobservant if they've only just noticed

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Many are and have been active collaborators

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I want more countries to start speaking up about the fascists and human rights violations in the US. It's harder for Americans to ignore by immediately claiming partisan bias.

Even better, start refusing to do business with the economic giants and billionaires in the US, especially as the US continues to lose global influence. It hurts the rich assholes and they're the ones who can (and do) pressure the gov to change on a far faster timeline than activism can achieve.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 7 hours ago

If you want to see how fast even the Dems will bend over the wealthy, look at the government shutdown. When it was all about taking away food and health care from the poor, then nobody can figure out a solution, but as soon as the airports started falling apart, and the corporations couldn't move around the country, the whole thing is over in a couple of days.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We know. We have to wait to see if we can take the Nazi’s away from the nuclear codes. With an election or if they are going to try undermining the elections. Then shit gets spicey.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

if they are going to try undermining the elections if they are going to successfully undermine the elections

The try is a given, it's already started with the SCOTUS changing rules on map redrawing.

[–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Took you guys all year to notice?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

"a year"? Trump became president in 2016 though. Everything's been shit since.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago

Took you guys 8 years to notice. Then you relected him.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 17 hours ago

shouldve been noticable when brexit happened.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Trump has such a shitty TV show host vibe.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Great catch there bud! If it weren’t for people like you, us Americans wouldn’t know for shit what is happening around us!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago

accusing them of failing to control immigration

Maybe stop flooding us with victims of your little wars and coups first?

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

POT CALLS KETTLE BLACK MORE NEWS AT 6.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today -5 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Says the country that'll arrest you for saying the wrong thing online. Lolz

[–] shoresy@lemmings.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you're from the US and you think it's better, then let me remind you that it's not:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/07/juvenille-judges-cash-detention-centre

And if you think that's too long ago, then maybe you're not aware that AI surveillance tech is currently being used to monitor students in thousands of schools across the US. According to the AP, over 65% of alerts from the software are false alarms yet they still result in students being arrested and spending time in jail all because AI can't understand the context of jokes.

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/best-of-the-week/honorable-mention/2025/students-have-been-called-to-the-office-and-even-arrested-for-ai-surveillance-false-alarms/

So a few years ago, if you made fun of your vice principal online, a corrupt judge would throw you in juvenile detention and in 2025, if you crack some jokes with your friends online, AI sends the goon squad to arrest you.

So much freedom...

I guess if you're a student in the US these days you need to have a dark sense of humor since you never know if your school will be the site of the next mass shooting.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

Uhuh, let's talk Brexit shall we?

Brexit illustrates the United Kingdom’s rightward political shift by emphasizing national sovereignty, border control, and resistance to supranational governance, even in defiance of elite institutional consensus. It also reflects a view of free speech as contestable and negotiable, with speech increasingly treated as something fought over within legal, political, and cultural power structures rather than as an unquestioned liberal absolute.

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

British MPs can be right about this and wrong about other things. Duh.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 0 points 1 hour ago

So why dont we take quotes from bill cosby and the like?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I guess some people need to hear this: it’s actually possible for two things to be bad at the same time. Crazy right?