#MackenzieKing’s “cheerleading” for #Hitler’s regime got a tremendous boost during his tour of landmarks of the #Nazi “miracle,” as Teigrob recounts in riveting detail. The photographs tell a very chilling story as well, especially one that shows King sitting proudly in Hitler’s seat at the All-German Sports Competitions while surrounded by Nazi bigwigs in full swastika-studded regalia.
Both works, Mackenzie King in the Age of the Dictators, by Roy MacLaren, and Four Days in Hitler’s Germany: Mackenzie King’s Mission to Avert a Second World War, by Robert Teigrob, rely heavily on the King diary. Indeed, without access to the prime minister’s private thoughts, neither book would be as insightful, as cringe-inducing, or, likely, even possible.
Did you know that #Shinzo Abe's grandfather was known as a #monster?
This is a 19-point #thread on the tumultuous years during & after #WW2 from Japan's POV, on the #problem of #US peace-keeping efforts & on Japan's ongoing nepotism issues.
12/ As #PrimeMinister of Japan, Kishi wanted 2 things: an armed Japan & a severance of US-Japan alliances. He had some support for this, as people were sick of US military bases. The #treaty between the nations was highly unequal, allowing the US overly much freedom.
I think of David Cameron as the worst Prime Minister since Neville Chamberlain, and to my mind bringing about the Brexit referendum would be enough to place him there by itself. Brexit has been a disaster for Britain (and bad for the rest of the world too).
The #OnlinePetition calling on #PrimeMinister#JustinTrudeau to deny Carlson a visa for “actively supporting” Russian President Vladimir Putin began on Tuesday and has already seen more than 1,100 signatures and counting.
So Justin #Trudeau, our "#unifying" prime minister who wants to "build #bridges, not sow #division", announced the suspension of the much-hated and regressive #carbon#tax on #heating#oil - but only in the Maritime provinces, because heating your #house shouldn't be expensive, and the #Maritimes are mostly oil-heated.
The west, which is mostly natural #gas-heated, or #propane-heated, which are also carbon taxed?
I'm sure that the fact that the Maritimes fairly reliably #elects mostly #Liberal#members of #parliament, and the west has been rather pissed at the disdain Ottawa holds for us "flyover country" folks and so haven't sent many Liberal members to Ottawa, has nothing whatsoever to do with it.
On Today this morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked to Nick Robinson about his new committment to stop some of his government's planned measures on limiting climate change.
The interview is on the Best of Today podcast, on BBC Sounds.
Dear #RishiSunak, you’ve declared war on people who want to curb car use. It’s one you’ll lose.
“There is … an irony in the fact that the “pro-motorist” campaign against #LTNs, previously articulated by the #transport secretary, Mark Harper, is now being spearheaded by a #PrimeMinister whose default transport mode is a #helicopter.’
Using abusive words against prime minister derogatory, not seditious: Karnataka High Court
The court made the observation while quashing an FIR against officials of a school where a play had been staged against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC.
The ghost of the #Johnson premiership still haunts the #Tories! They will be destroyed by their decision to make him Prime Minister. #Sunak is just the idiot that is standing on the bridge. The sooner the government & the party sinks the better for all of us!
This weak as dishwater #PrimeMinister is now facing six* by-elections with these poll numbers. Will be fun to watch!
*It is actually only five at the moment as #NadineDorries is still figuring out how to use a dictionary to look up the meaning of the word 'immediately'
#US#President#JoeBiden on Wednesday directed his administration to deploy “all available federal firefighting assets” that can quickly respond to the #wildfires raging across #Canada.
The #WhiteHouse said Biden made the order after speaking with #PrimeMinister#JustinTrudeau about the evolving wildfire situation, where the #American president pledged continued support to Canada.