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1/ Please stop saying Trump is having a 'massive tantrum' or sour grapes because of his reception in the UK.

How can we not have learned this yet? He is a calculating actor and an expert propagandist. He is the world's greatest troll. He is behaving strategically not impulsively
2/ It suits Trump to keep people guessing on whether he is out of control. He is not. He is working towards a very consistent set of goals in this Europe trip which couldn't be clearer:
- Weaken EU (so weaken possibility of May's soft Brexit)
- Weaken NATO
- Strengthen Russia
3/ By wrongly interpreting his actions as irrational/emotional we play into his tactics and divert attention from the only appropriate response, which is to reach across political boundaries and form a pro-EU/post-WW2 international order alliance against him and his allies
4/ Steve Bannon in May: "Europe leads in this populist nationalist revolt. Europe is about a year and a half ahead of the United States... Europe's a hotbed of populist nationalism" channel4.com/news/steve-ban…
5/ More on Trump's tactics in my @NewStatesman article newstatesman.com/world/2018/06/…
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Can someone point me to the workers rights amendment which it is being reported May might back to bring over Labour MPs?
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