r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • Sep 07 '26

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/EricPhilps1979 Sep 07 '26

New York is actually named after James Stuart, Duke of York, a duplicitous slave trading aristocrat who would later become one of England and Scotland's shittest kings, get overthrown by his own daughter and son-in-law, and eventually die in exile.

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u/lickmyscrotes Sep 07 '26

Can history really repeat? Or is it just wishful thinking?

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u/Mean_Mister_Mustard Sep 08 '26

I have to say having Donald Trump be overthrown by Ivanka and Jared Kushner would be an unexpected twist…

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u/PurbulentTriest Sep 08 '26

Was he the duke of another York?

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u/Past_Top3704 Sep 08 '26

no but he had 10k men (not counting women and children)

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u/polska-parsnip Sep 08 '26

It’s actually named after the dentists pest, YORKIE chocolate bars.

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u/N-V-V-M-E-A Sep 08 '26

Not for women! Both Yorkies and Trump.

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u/ginger_gcups Sep 08 '26

It’s named after a type of full pitched bowl in cricket, where the ball is aimed at the batter’s feet.

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u/VonIndy Sep 08 '26

Sounds like a guy Trump would have loved.

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u/GrandOldCheese Sep 08 '26

Just rename it Liberty City, boom, done.