Idea for TV show: Maoist let 100 flowers bloom self criticism, but every other show the Maoists decide to purge anyone who criticised them. Who will be purged? Tune in next week to find out
Something v similar was going on before WW1 broke out. The geopolitical writing was in the wall but people couldn’t quite imagine the globalised world they had was about to break
Tito was the communist insurgent backed by the allies against the Germans in the 40s. He then went on to be the dictator of newly formed Yugoslavia.
James madison wasn’t looking too strong when a foreign force turned up, forced him to evacuate and burned down the White House.
Straight of Hormuz, with Buddha imposed, text: The realization that the lack of oil isn't causing your suffering, but the desire for oil itself, on your path to enlightenment.
Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?
So glad we spent the last 10 years telling kids to drop normal subjects and learn to code then
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
"We have already destroyed 100% of the Normans’ military capability, but it’s easy for them to shoot a close-range arrow somewhere along, or in, this Battlefield, no matter how badly defeated they are.”
I think a lot comes down to the fashion for having so many midfielders and one striker, as you say sitting back defending deep. Prem badly needs a 442 team to rip things up and change fashions again
How it started ... How it's going
The Uk govts confidence in AI in its growth strategy is one of the most maddening things about it. A close second is the magical belief everyone is going to instal a heat pump next year and 100k jobs will be created
Tail wagging the dog
Regarding Iran's threats to the Strait, Trump claims, "We have the greatest mine sweeping ability." Um, no. 1/4
He’s lost control of events. Iran can close the strait unless he invades and holds the surrounding area. But that will be a costly exercise he doesn’t want.
Who says they will reopen the strait though?
5 vehicle crash according to highways agency
Always struck me as more black humour than anti war. I read somewhere it was so popular in the army that a us army colonel in Vietnam used to make his battalion sing it as they marched
This is what I recall too and why I opposed it. It was clear that what would happen was a few missiles fired from a ship or something and basically nothing would be achieved
WW1 generals didn’t think it would be all over by Christmas. That’s why the schlieffen plan existed. And it’s also why lord Kitchener warned the cabinet in august 1914 that a war would be a “three year bloodbath”
Cantonas comment was always obvious in its meaning. The press chose to pretend it wasn’t because it was embarrassing to them
I want to see an entire episode where he is tied to a wooden mast blindfolded while it all happens around him
Fwiw I think spurs will stay up. But if they did go down I could see them doing a Tommy docherty, crushing the championship and then taking the confidence into a good place prem finish the season after.
Scholes v rarely did media as a player. When he did he often said something v blunt and what PR teams would have considered ‘unhelpful’.
I think he’s just one of those unfiltered people. If you give them access to a microphone and broadcast their every utterance you’re going to get some of that kind of thing
He was always pretty straight talking as a player. Think that’s why they kept him away from the media!
One of the interesting parallels with 14-18 is the highly trained pre war soldiers were mainly killed in the attrition war. A new breed of attrition war experts eventually replaced them who then struggled to adapt once open warfare broke out again.
Slightly harsh to say they don’t work. It’s about context. NATO have been preparing for open manoeuvre warfare with air superiority. But Ukraine is in a Ww1 style attrition war without control of the skies. As in 1918 eventually open warfare will return before someone wins
I always assumed it was to get through the rib cage. But surely the ribs would snap the needle?
Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict
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