Saturday, 30 August 2025

The Very Stones

Like Russia hawks, people who think that the man with the solution to a conflict in the Middle East is Tony Blair are now supporters of Donald Trump, while Trump supporters are now both Russia hawks, and people who think that the man with the solution to a conflict in the Middle East is Tony Blair.

Would it take a heart of stone not to laugh? I famously have a heart of stone, but I am still laughing. Not that one probably should. The Tony Blair Institute has described the Gaza genocide as a “once-in-a-century opportunity” to turn the place into a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone”. It can now become only one of those things. Look which one.

2 comments:

  1. And then there's the Trump-Starmer bromance, what do the supporters of either of them say about that?

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