“Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, showing it is in control of a strategic waterway that it has closed off to the rest of the region’s oil producers…throwing a financial lifeline to Tehran as it comes under blistering attack from the U.S. and Israel.” GIFT
Flip-Flop-Farage.
CNN airs compilation of JD Vance on the campaign trail saying he would keep the U.S. out of war in the Middle East. "We're going to stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world. Our interests are very much in not going to war with Iran." #IranWar
Despite this👇 and other speeches appealing to humanity and justice, only 10 Labour MPs voted against this!!
I guess orders and career come before humans for these empty vessels!
We're governed by morons: "…as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets."
So many average citizens have stood up to Trump.
Alex Pretti went to the street to protect his fellow humans, who the Trump regime was harming. He lost his life for it. Renee Good lost her life for resisting.
And sorry, but—these fucking cowards in the Senate can’t vote against Trump nominees?
When Americans were asked to temporarily sacrifice going to their barbers so we could keep the morgues from overflowing, people with guns stormed the Michigan capitol.
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?
They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.
3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.
2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.
But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
This crisis will continue to get worse until normal traffic through the Strait resumes, and, at this stage, even if the conflict ended today and tankers ramped back up to 100% Hormuz flow, it would still takes months to return to anything resembling normality.
When can we sacrifice some billionaires money so we can have healthcare and eduction like all the countries doing it better than us?
The economic consequences of war with Iran ft.trib.al/V4enJAQ | opinion
Gulf disruption chokes sulphur flows supporting swaths of global industry ft.trib.al/l6VowZS
2/8 ... an increase in the number of people seeking assessment, greater awareness always does, not a bad thing
But when it comes to actual clinical diagnosis - you wait on years long waiting lists (NHS) or pay extortionate amounts privately to be assessed properly
They don't just ask about...
🚨👀 Nigel Farage says Reform UK never promised to cut council tax. An election leaflet says otherwise...
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Similar was discovered about abuse of taser powers when we did the Taser report using police use of force data for resistance lab. Absolute nightmare of police violence around richer areas of London.
We are facing an energy crisis. Britain is the worst exposed in Europe with only 2 days gas supply stored. If only we had our own gas to exploit. Or our own oil. Or our own coal.... Blame @Ed Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)
If only we had clean, renewable energy and were not beholden to a dirty, expensive, dangerous commodity that pollutes our environment and is the source of most of our geopolitical woes.
This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
Trump can walk away from this “little excursion” as he now calls it, but I have a feeling that Iran isn’t going to let bygones be bygones for a few more decades.
This is magnificently contemptuous www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Last week, Friedrich Merz sat in silence when Donald Trump called the Spanish government “terrible” over Madrid’s refusal to allow the use of its air bases to attack Iran.
Spain’s leaders are still furious with the German chancellor.
🔗 politi.co/40lKS4Q
lol I missed that Farage and Badenoch had re-traced their steps somewhat.
what do you do when your desired outcome (banning gender-affirming care) goes against the medical consensus? easy: simply exclude 97% of the relevant medical studies from your review...
Joey Barton charged with wounding with intent
www.skysports.com/football/new...
Joey Barton has been charged with assault and lost a libel case, all on the same day.
He now also owes more than £300,000 damages and legal costs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-trans mouthpiece and convicted violent offender, Joey Barton, has been arrested again. This time, he allegedly beat a man so badly the victim had to be rushed to hospital
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
