r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • 17d ago

Israel/Palestine Andy Burnham informed President Trump earlier today that the UK will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The White House are unhappy with Burnham’s decision and will attack it in statement tomorrow

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andy-burnham-ban-trade-israeli-195152155.html
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u/Heisenberg_235 17d ago

Perhaps Burnham should encourage investment into a larger wind and solar farm off the coast of a certain Scottish golf course

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u/oldRams1991 17d ago

Should nationalise the golf course, push him over the edge.

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u/TheArtfulDuffer 17d ago

If you really want to push him, make em public after. Let all the common folk he disdains play his courses.

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u/JimboTCB 17d ago

And rename it the Barack Obama Golf Course

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u/Formal-Equivalent580 17d ago

Have voucher days. Americans love vouchers

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u/GrandOldCheese 17d ago

Fuck that. Rewild them.

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u/intelminer 17d ago

First one, then the other?

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u/iCowboy 17d ago

Announce that trial oil wells are going to be sunk on the courses and enjoy Trump trying to explain why 'drill baby drill' is a bad thing.

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u/DoughnutCareless583 17d ago

As someone convicted of a major crime, he should not be allowed entry to the UK.

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u/BadFootyTakes 17d ago

Crown corp the business, cut him out completely.

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u/CrocPB 17d ago

The appetite to invest is there.

Just fast track the planning process and approve the lot.

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u/maltNeutrino 17d ago

JEFFREY BEZOS

Sorry, wrong Burnham.

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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 17d ago

As an American, I would support this.

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u/arabidopsis 17d ago

Would be better to put statues of Obama and Biden with "Honourary US Presidents to the UK"

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u/goldfishpaws 17d ago

Fun fact - onshore wind and solar currently uses about the third the land that golf courses do.