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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · Feb 16

I started a politics/opinion blog!

My perspective on the future of the so-called "Special Relationship" between the UK and the US in the new era of Trump's international gangsterism.

The 'Special Relationship' is over

You cannot cultivate a relationship with the political equivalent of the Sword of Damocles.

pthomasjohnson.substack.com

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

"Yes, if your relative has forgotten their ownership, you should take it! The Rolex would be lucky to have such a caring and attentive owner! Would you like me to suggest some potential ways to execute your heist?"

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

Surprisingly, when you've spent the last decade telling people they aren't welcome, try not to act surprised when they respond "ok, bye!"

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

People keep telling Dems policies to adopt that would broaden their appeal, & the response from people who lost 2 elections to a psychopathic reality TV star has invariably been: "fuck you, we know best, stay in your lane, be quiet, fuck you, vote for us because you're our only hope, also fuck you"

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

I'd ask liberals to show us how it's done but you managed to lose to a senile reality TV host - twice - while refusing to learn from any mistakes of the past, and after almost a year are a rounding error away from a fascist party in the polls. When does all the glorious winning start?

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

To who? The entire planet is paying for the Dem's short-sightedness right now.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

Canada's Liberal Party won one of its best vote shares in recent history. Whatever salve makes you feel better for blowing what should have been a slam-dunk, I guess.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

Tbf they try and the gerontocracy closes ranks and wields the party levers against them to shut them out every time. You tried that with Mamdani after your favourite sex pest lost, and he still stayed in the race as a spoiler. "Vote blue no matter who".

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

"We keep losing elections while doing the same thing over and over, and are a rounding error's polling distance away from actual fascists led by a malignant psychopath, but I'm sure just doing the same thing we've been doing since 1992 & not listening to any criticism will bring us eternal victory"

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 5h

I love this genre of post where the comments are all "leftists are the most evil self-righteous bunch of nihilistic narcissists in human history, I hate - nay - loathe them with a passion, I wish they'd fuck off and die, but also our electoral success in every election hinges on them voting for us"

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 7h

Which is funny considering the array of tiresome bores that lined up to perform for the Bonesaw Prince constantly bemoaned the supposed overuse of alleging racism from The Left™.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 7h

Or you could take the time to learn why many Brits have well-founded concerns about this, instead of sneering from afar?

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 7h

Oh they already are, many of them were campaigning on both simultaneously.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21h

This threatens to blow up into the culture war battle to end all culture war battles.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 14h

People think politics is corrupt… all of it. And to fix it, we need to rebuild trust.

That’s why I’m running on:

- Banning stock trading by members of Congress
- Overturning Citizens United
- And not taking a dime of corporate PAC $$

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 7h

1. This definitely didn't happen.

2. This only happened in Ford's head.

3. If this did happen, which it didn't, he's admitting he threatened to assault a constituent?

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, Canada is officially a constitutional monarchy. The monarch is the same as the monarch of all the Commonwealth realms, but the Monarchy of Canada is a separate institution to the Monarchy of the UK. Same with Australia, New Zealand, etc.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 8h

Cut to 2029: "Oh my god why is growth so low, why does nobody want to come here, why are things even worse?"

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 8h

Correct. As do Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, and Japan (the latter being Emperor).

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

Probably, but then again I have legitimately encountered people that are as cripplingly stupid and arrogant as this.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

Ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for banana bread.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

Ah, you're one of those stupid timewasting pricks who tells people to "do their own research" when asked for evidence to support their patently ludicrous claims. You're not an intellectual, you just have your head stuck up your arse. Stick to admiring the Pope, that's your wheelhouse.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

Don't expect a straight answer. This prick makes ludicrous statements and then arrogantly condescends whenever anyone inquires.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

I'm asking about how NF&L results could possibly track to American swing states, when they're not even in the same country. Maybe assume good faith, answer the question, and leave the fucking shitty, snarky, condescending, holier-than-thou attitude at the door next time.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 11h

What?