This is my general observations on the debate so far. Firstly, Donald Trump and his cheerleader and hanger-on Nigel Farage. They would like you to think that the world was 'safer' when Donald was President - try telling that to my young Ukrainian friend whose parents hid her in the cellar for 4 months to hide her from the Russian soldiers outside. She couldn't stand up the ceiling was so low and she was frightened all the time. When she cries because her parents refused to leave their village (E of Kharkiv) because they didn't want to abandon their small farm and its animals, and are now again in mortal danger, tell her that Donald will give "not a penny more to Ukraine" to defend itself from the murdering invaders sent by his friend Putin. Tell it to the pretty young mother, with her toddler daughter, and her grandmother, who were in my house when a Ukraine-wide air-raid alert was sounded and the mobiles of their husbands (father & grandfather) didn't respond. When I said don't worry they'll be in the Metro, they said that's worse because Putin bombs those and they will be entombed. I could go on.... I know many more Ukrainians who want to go home, have lost everything, and fear for their loved ones. Good old Nigel and Donald - nothing to see here!! Try telling it to European citizens who fear they will be next if Donald is able to help 'friend' Putin.... NATO is a defensive alliance, and always has been, so nice to think Donald will have his finger on the nuclear button if Putin invades another country - not.Illegal immigration: Donald wants to "drill, baby, drill" so you can expect the "tsunami" of migrants fleeing war, famine & drought in the southern hemisphere, which Suella Bravermann ironically rightly referenced, to increase dramatically as the climate catastrophe unfolds. Oh, but Reform UK & Donald don't believe in science do they? (Donald thinks windmills cause cancer, and that injecting bleach and shining lights up his bottom protects against Covid infection. A very "stable genius" indeed). Reform UK parrots the same climate balderdash. Donald we know is stupid, but Nigel we think is not. So why? Power is why, and the voters are their stooges for believing this suicidal misinformation. Transgender children: this is another Republican culture-war scam. Children are born transgender, or not. It is an imbalance which cannot be taught!!! If you ask a transgender child if they wished they were like all the other kids, I can guess what they'd answer. And children (who are only little people after all) are designed by nature to be sexual beings - nature wants to propogate the species - hence female puberty is early. Unfortunate but true - we've all been though it.The term Globalist: used alot by Trump and Reform UK. I read it is an anti-semitic trope referencing a 'secret cabal of rich Jews controlling the world' (George Soros for instance, who is merely a philanthropist millionaire). I am not Jewish, but you can see from my Austrian name that I could be. I currently live in Germany and have suffered anti-semitic discrimination because of my name (a long time ago admittedly), but I wonder if you Reform UK supporters ever have, or know what it feels like. Try being black for a minute. Seeing your local youth club closed down, your library, the local swimming pool, your school playing fields sold off, etc., etc., and no hope of a decent education to give you a good, well-paying job. It takes huge impetus to haul yourself out of these inner-city ghettoes - could you all do it? I doubt it.Brexit: Words fail me. Are there people still who thought that was a good idea?I am a homeowner in Putney and lived there for many years. I'm sure you don't want to hear what Europeans think and say about Brexit!
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