Checking in on Elbridge Colby who assured me the threat to Taiwan was so accute the US couldn't spare any weapons for Ukraine as his administration burns through a decade of missile production in a week to make snuff propoganda films.
On the one hand Brexit will enable an entirely non discriminatory points based immigration system, on the other hand errrrrrrrrr no it didn’t…
You have two countries that are close allies, both using the same drone technology. There’s nothing hidden about this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
I've just reviewed my 52nd Sticky Toffee Pudding. But what did it get out of 10?
We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.
I need your help
Taco is an increasingly unhelpful way of looking at the Trump administration open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Never has a nation been as dominant on the battlefield as the USA.
But this war is yet more evidence that tactical mastery has stopped them thinking about strategy.
the stink of gender resentment coming off Silicon Valley has been obvious for a while. these men hate women because they hate being told no.
It’s a fragrant misuse of court resources
There are quite a few cynical and sinister figures in British public life. But Tony Blair is among the very worst. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The police had done nothing for six months, even though this was a terrorism matter, and then rushed through a charge without the requisite decision from the attorney general. There was then an attempt to reissue the charge even though they knew it was a day late. And the CPS, rather than accepting defeat at first instance, devoted time and resources to an appeal, even though the applicable law was long settled. Terrorism law should be taken seriously. It is a special body of law in respect of dealing with particular threats. But the case of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh shows two things. It shows the lack of seriousness with which the police take terrorism legislation, and it shows the utter seriousness of the CPS in trying to protect itself.
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What the botched prosecution of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh says about the police and CPS
A series of unforced errors show that terrorism law is not taken seriously by those who should be enforcing it
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to destroy nuclear material. You failed to eradicate Iran's retaliatory capacity. You brought chaos to the Middle East. You killed god knows how many people. You destabilised your own economy. All for nothing, but the ego of madman.
Whatever our political differences, depicting political opponents as pests or vermin has a long and troubling history in propaganda.
That the Conservative Party now thinks this is acceptable political discourse is deeply shameful. I hope Tory MPs roundly denounce it.
It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.
Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US inews.co.uk/opinion/hegs...
Many have asked what 'Woke' really means, suggesting it's meaningless or just means 'things I don't like'. Now, we have a definition and, yes, it turns out it's meaningless or just means 'things I don't like'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Russia is winning so much that in the fifth year of its full-scale invasion, Ukraine is supplying its weapons to the U.S. and the Gulf states.
Could be worse. In order to avoid controversy, all Euro notes feature bridges. In order further to avoid controversy, they're all fictional. Or they were until the folk of the Dutch town of Spijkenisse took it upon themselves to build them. Now all Euro notes feature bridges from just one Dutch town
This is Reedy. He’s so happy to share his favorite part of the day with you. 13/10 (TT: runreedyrun)
A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme.
Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
Fascinating thread from a US senator.
Interesting that as he cannot say anything which was briefed and classified, he lists what was not briefed.
Clever.
Russia is not “winning” in the Ukraine 👇
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New Origin Story, on an absolute unqualified piece of Nazi shit, who is as close to the brains of the Trump operation as it gets.
This time we profile one of the worst people in the world and explain how much of what we associate with Trump is really Miller’s sinister mission to remake America
🧌 New episode out 🧌
To understand the Trump administration, you need to understand Stephen Miller. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social are here to accompany you on this treacherous journey.
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
What is not happening with constitutionalism in the United States and the United Kingdom
A look at constitutionalism (and the lack of it) in the US and UK, with reference to a 1980s computer magazine column
By me at The Empty City
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-no...
The Lords really has behaved abysmally this parliament so far
NEW - The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords, finally passing the government’s major reform that has been fought every step of the way, despite being manifesto pledge.
It passes now only because the government offered the Tories more life peerages.
On the absurdity of setting UK interests by a Trump doctrine when not even the US national interest is served by the president www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
