@mike CANZUK time. The Commonwealth has always been a useful balance to the influence of our powerful neighbour, and we could deepen our economic, cultural and military ties with our cousins therein.

@mike The main #CanPol podcast Iisten to has been taking Pres. Trump seriously for a long time: https://www.readtheline.ca/podcast

For too long Canadians have thought they were immune from the dangers of the world. The last time Canada had military spending higher than 2% of GDP was while Brian Mulroney was PM; finally we're investing in hard power again. And our economic weakness vis-à-vis the Americans is another danger: the richer they are, the easier it is for them to push us around.

Jason Kenney (@jkenney): "“Beauty will save the world,” Prince Myshkin famously says in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. We need a lot more beauty on social media as an antidote to the nasty stuff. So I’ve decided to do my little part with a New Year’s resolution regularly to post what I think are compelling works of art, particularly but not exclusively Canadian art. [...] First up: “How Often at Night” by the great Alberta born artist [...] William Kurelek (1927-1977,) [...]"
https://nitter.net/jkenney/status/2006940862845198479#m

Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford): "Exclusive: Britain will refrain from criticising the US over the capture of Maduro amid concerns about angering Donald Trump. The UK will not make any assessment on whether the action is lawful. If the issue is pushed to a vote at the UN Security Council the UK will abstain [...]" https://www.thetimes.com/article/b300db48-1d35-4a12-a004-f6ef7eace0b7?shareToken=a345a8043200ad2c7f50068a1f40b08d"

https://nitter.net/Steven_Swinford/status/2008065700791714153#m

Useless. The UK should either condemn the attack on #Venezuela as a matter of international law, or support it to gain influence.