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News & Current Events Apr 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM

Chancellor Rachel Reeves calls US-Israeli war on Iran a 'mistake'

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macross1984 Apr 15, 2026 +9
I would call it stupidity. Not mistake.
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Nuclear-Jester Apr 15, 2026 +7
To our dear pro-war bots: Russia is still waging war on Ukraime and threatening to drop nukes at random This and all your BS mean Europe has no interest in starting a suicidal war with Iran
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SoCalThrowAway7 Apr 15, 2026 +5
Yeah so does basically everyone else in the world. Biggest unforced error I’ve seen in a while
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Ultra_Metal Apr 15, 2026 -7
You don't speak for the world.
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SoCalThrowAway7 Apr 15, 2026 +8
Oh sorry I forgot to say everyone who’s sane
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Ultra_Metal Apr 16, 2026 +2
You don't speak for them either. You only speak for yourself.
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jwatson1978 Apr 15, 2026 +3
One nice thing about trumps idiocy is I am learning about the British government. I had to look up what position she holds.
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coolpall33 Apr 15, 2026 +8
Just for anyone else who is curious and doesn't want to Google it. Rachel Reeves is Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is the UK's chief finance minister, or the equivalent of the Secretary of the Treasury. It's generally seen as the 2nd most powerful position in the government after the Prime Minister, and it's very common for a Chancellor to go on to become Prime Minister - examples include Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, James Callaghan, John Major, Gordon Brown, and Rishi Sunak (though RR has stated she doesn't have any interest in the role). She's rightly pissed because Trump's temper tantrums have damaged the growth outlook for the UK and thus undermined her projected Budget figures (which while conservative did rely on some small amount of growth).
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Mediocre_Comedian739 Apr 15, 2026 -5
But she also wants to bring back austerity… Basically, let’s take it all out on the most vulnerable members of society…. While pretending she’s left wing.
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vector_search_blue Apr 15, 2026 +5
Why? I thought the war was unpopular in the UK?
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Wolfgirl90 Apr 15, 2026 +2
It’s not exactly an unpopular opinion here in the states.
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zachxyz Apr 15, 2026 +4
The US isnt Iran. People can voice their differences here.
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OldLondon Apr 15, 2026 +5
Just don’t post it on social media on your phone and go through an airport ever
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Mediocre_Comedian739 Apr 15, 2026
No, it’s her job and that’s some pretty weak language to describe what’s happened. Also she wants to use austerity to cope with the current economic crisis.
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Uvtha- Apr 15, 2026
Retreat Rachel!  It's very sad folks, people have been saying this for years that Rachel wants NUKES for Iran, she's very soft on crime not good for the UK, can you believe it?
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Lpreddit Apr 15, 2026 -14
Appeasement worked so well for Chamberlain too
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Nuclear-Jester Apr 15, 2026 +8
"Why aren't you helping us in this pointless war after we insulted your dead soldiers and threatened multiple times to invade Canada?"
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Lpreddit Apr 15, 2026 -10
Why do you say it’s pointless? Is there a different way to stop the IRGC, Hezbollah and Hamas?
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Nuclear-Jester Apr 15, 2026 +6
I am sure that starting the war of Afghanistan on steroids will help How did it work out the first time?
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Flimsy_Share_7606 Apr 15, 2026 +6
Was there a better way to stop the Taliban? Because we spent twenty years, countless deaths, and a trillion dollars and they are still in power. We've been through this many times but the US doesn't seem to learn that  bombing countries into submission doesn't work very well. But we keep insisting that it is both necessary and the only option we have. It is so baffling how even conservatives are against being the world's police now and don't want more wars....unless it's the middle east and then you got to bomb that shit. Obviously. No way around it. Europe? Not our problem. Asia? Not ours. South america? Maybe some light kidnapping. Africa? Who cares?  That little section between Asia, Europe, and africa? Bomb it. Always bomb it. Don't stop bombing it. Bomb it til it stops hating us. Then a little more bombing. Wait a few years. Then what? You guessed it, more bombs.
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Kradget Apr 15, 2026 +3
Probably because we can't meaningfully degrade the Iranian military before the damage to ourselves and our allies is too great.  And if just killing the shit out of people indiscriminately was going to dismantle Hamas and Hezbollah, it probably would have done it by now.
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ShoulderPast2433 Apr 15, 2026 +4
Who is Hitler in this scenario?
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OldLondon Apr 15, 2026 +1
You’re right appeasing the American far right Turd Reich isn’t working 
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PedanticQuebecer Apr 15, 2026 +1
As we all know, Chamberlain sanctionned Germany in every possible way.
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Typingdude3 Apr 15, 2026 -13
She should be focusing on her dismal job regarding the UK economy instead. Per the left leaning Guardian (so no right wing bias here): ”Inflation is climbing towards 4%, while unemployment could hit the highest rate in more than a decade” “British growth had been lacklustre, with households and businesses mired under a cloud of tax speculation before Reeves’s budget last autumn” She needs to focus on her failing job before the UK gets downgraded even more than it currently is.
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CUDawg_30 Apr 16, 2026
Well if anyone knows about mistakes it would get this particular British government.
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Ultra_Metal Apr 15, 2026 -13
Liberating people from tyranny is never a mistake. Letting tyranny survive is a mistake. A very deadly mistake.
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ricketyladder Apr 15, 2026 +4
Don’t see a whole lot of liberating going on here
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Ultra_Metal Apr 16, 2026 -1
You'll see it soon when Reza Pahlavi gives the signal for the Iranian people to resume their revolution.
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Sufficient_Shift_370 Apr 15, 2026 -10
Labour all from the same hym sheet
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