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Is a miserable pissant of epic proportions. Sir Keir Starmer is blocking a request by President Trump to allow American planes to use British bases to attack Iran, telling him that it would be in breach of international law. In a rift with Washington, the prime minister is understood to have told Trump that the UK would not allow the use of British facilities at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, which is home to America’s fleet of heavy bombers in Europe. Under the terms of long-standing agreements with Washington, these bases can only be used for military operations...

Festival star in anti-Bush tirade By Amy Shelver “THREE words: ‘Worst president ever‘,” said Michelle Shocked triumphantly when asked why exactly she is anti-Bush. The famous Texan-born singer-songwriter, who has used her locale in the United States – both literal and metaphorical – as a source of inspiration for her music, entertained a jam-packed Taphuijs at this year‘s National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, three nights in a row. This is a far cry from any stage she ever thought she would be on, considering she had a clause in her record contract that stated that she would neither play in...