@neil-lewis
Spanish Olive Oil Guy - international trade, foreign policy, economics, clean energy, food, transport. European liberal social democrat. Oh, and trees. Spain, Europe. (Don't do DMs. Don't need hookups nor $$$ ops!)
No conspiracies required, one way or other Trump is a jackpot for Putin.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices
Farage and Badennoch try to look strong against 'immigrants' but are in fact such cowards before Trump.
Such is the value of the British sovereignty that they fought for.
Solid step. Definitely a necessary step.
We coukd hope, or we coukd apply pressure to #RejoinEU...
I know what we are doing...
It should be a clear warning that it is particularly Serbia pushing for the idea of EU accession without veto, hoping it can enter into the single market without fulfilling the rule of law or democracy criteria.
Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
EVERCORE: “.. Our current base case is still that when the U.S. exits, the dynamics still make it more likely than not that the kinetic conflict will pause, but it will take time beyond that to restore confidence in maritime security, .. and oil prices will remain structurally elevated ..”
A special prize to anyone who protests about animals on banknotes *WHILE USING AN ANIMAL TO REPRESENT THE MYTHICAL GREATNESS OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER*
Oil tanker near Iraq 😮
1st batch of Mandelson vetting documents points to 2 things. The Government knew plenty (if not everything) about Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein, sufficient for Jonathan Powell, Starmer’s NSA director to raise a 🚩. McSweeney’s opinion was preferred
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/peter-...
Trump: "Spain? I think they've been very bad. Not good at all. We may cut off trade with Spain."
Please do. We buy more from you than you buy from us. Also if you want to leave our bases in Rota and Moron, it’s also fine with us.
Old farthing with bird on it
Animals on money?
Perish the thought that patriotic British people would ever countenance such a thing.
That's what many Nationalist politicians forget - many of us have family who live or work in other countries.
And, many of us, either directly or through our ancestors, have experienced the life as an immigrant or simply being a 'guest' in another country.
Zapatero, ex Prime Minister of Spain:
"The right-wing are brave against immigrants but cowards before Trump and Netanyahu"
(my translation)
elpais.com/espana/2026-...
BREAKING NYT:
An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
“Because he dresses like a cartoon Englishman of the counties, the extent to which Farage is a creature of the US has been overlooked by the public. No longer, perhaps”
Excellent by Janan Ganesh
as.ft.com/r/ed1e7858-2... Farage forgets which country he aims to govern
This is amazing. The hacker found CSAM in the Epstein file and threatened to report the server to the FBI, not realizing it was a FBI server. That’s as close to an ethical actor as we’re going to get in this mess.
Yes, I heard that. And that Merz Said that he stood up for Spain / EU in private but (something like) didn't want to create a scene in public.
So Merz / VDL will just ignore Trump and say nothing in public this time too?
Some firms evacuated DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) today after Iran's threats to US/Israel-linked economic targets and banks:
NORWAY POLICE: INVESTIGATING WHETHER BOMBING WAS CARRIED OUT ON ORDER FROM A STATE ACTOR
Merz and Von Der Leyen will immediately respond to this EU wide provocation, won't they?
🇺🇦The Ukrainian Defense Ministry released the following report:
“Over more than 1,460 days, Patriot air defense systems have fired about 600 missiles against Russia in Ukraine, and approximately 800 missiles against Iran in just 3 days.”
🇺🇦🇮🇷 Zelensky: Russia has started supporting the Iranian regime with drones. It will certainly help with missiles, and it will also help them with air defense. What next?
There is only one question: when and which country will be the first to support the Iranian regime by sending troops?
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
Pluto…my favorite planet as a kid growing up. Never did I ever imagine looking at real pictures of it. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Pedro Sánchez: "El mundo está cambiando, pero los valores y principios de la Unión Europea no deberían cambiar" www.eldiario.es/1_c73e38
Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
