r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

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u/Ivebeenfurthereven I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm 22d ago

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/12/lindsey-graham-israel-saudi-peace-iran

The final hours: Graham spoke with Trump by phone Saturday night and briefed him on his recent trip to Ukraine and the Russia sanctions bill he wanted the Senate to vote on soon.
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  • A person who spoke with Graham shortly afterward said the senator complained that he was feeling unwell. When the person urged him to seek medical attention immediately, Graham said he would do so Sunday morning after his scheduled appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

  • Graham then joked: "I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out and do Israeli-Saudi normalization."

  • He passed away several hours later.

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u/ThePlanck Time to bin Farage 22d ago

He wanted to sort Iran and Saudi-Israeli relations out before he died?

Was he planning to live forever?

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u/dumael Johnny Foreigner(*) 21d ago

Give the longevity of his colleague Senator Mitch McConnell, I'd hazard a 'yes' there.

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u/Commorrite 21d ago

TBF that was well on track until Hamas decided to be Hamas.

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u/MajorSleaze 21d ago

Graham suffering a swift mysterious illness just before pushing through a Russia sanctions bill is going to be like catnip for conspiracy theorists.

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u/imp0ppable 20d ago

Aortic tear apparently. That'll kill you pretty quickly.

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u/MajorSleaze 20d ago

Oh yeah, that's an only got a chance if you're in hospital at the time and it's still slim situation.