German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:
“There will be no military participation.. We have a situation which we did not provoke.. This war started without any consultations.. What does Trump expect from a handful of European frigates in Strait of Hormuz that the mighty US Navy can't manage alone?"
@thefarce.org: "The Hunter Biden story was mostly made up. Kushner’s corruption is so thorough and vast that America hasn’t even begun to reckon with what a disaster it is for everything this country once aimed to stand for." thecause.substack.com/p/jared-kush...
Is it time to look again at the long-debated theory that Scotland is ‘too wee’ to be a successful independent country? | Diane Izzett
WAR!!!
#Iran
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
If Trump wants more than strategic advice from Europe on the Strait of Hormuz, the price should be a gigantic US military aid package for Ukraine to compensate for the additional oil revenue Russia is receiving due to the Iran War.
Military aid. Not defence contracts paid by Europe.
1. Donald Trump starts a war with Iran, deeply unpopular with the American people, that causes oil prices to spike.
2. Trump allows Russia to sell its oil at those inflated prices, giving Russia far more money for its war with Ukraine.
3. Trump is Russia First.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
This has given the Iranian regime immense leverage. Well done to the US administration for thinking this one through!
"Solar and wind have generated more electricity than fossil fuels across Europe.
That’s a huge moment in the energy transition, and it didn’t happen by accident.
Here’s what the data shows
Fossil fuels are no longer the dominant source of electric..."
www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
via The EV Guy
This week, we investigated the ownership of 105 Union Street, where a huge fire is believed to have started on 8 March.
There's two stories here. One is about tenant small businesses like the one in 105 Union Street.
Another is about landlords and councils not monitoring them.
If your German isn't up to scratch, we wrote about this in English :-)
www.nzz.ch/sport/extrem...
bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
A proposed motion to remove the councillor from the convener position had majority backing after Manson's outstanding tax payments emerge | Hans Marter and Chris Cope
Aye, Glasgow steps up.
I'd say this is honestly pretty emblematic of all of Scotland.
📌🔅Why America is Losing the War With Iran
The Chris Hedges Report w/ John Mearsheimer 3/11/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-s...
Trump took the bait.
His predecessors resisted and avoided the traps.
#Israel
#Iran
#trump
#trumpFAIL
Businesses have been destroyed, but people saved, as a landmark of Glasgow's built heritage, 175 years old, is reduced to ash and rubble | Sadia Sikandar
The American journalist and author Roger Kahn once said this: "Sport tells anyone who watches intelligently about the time in which we live" | Alec Ross
Friend of the channel Caolan Robertson was able to interview President Zelenskyy! Go check it out!
youtu.be/hYa7H1EmpCM
“It should not surprise you that the same team which invited a reporter into a Signal chat about war plans a few months ago have been blindsided by the Iranian regime’s resilience.”
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We've won the UK's first ever SLAPP suit - acting for @danneidle.bsky.social - and made some really important law protecting the right to call out barristers whose misconduct facilitates aggressive tax avoidance.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have downplayed reports that Russia has been providing intelligence to Iran used to target American forces, drawing frustration from U.S. officials who spoke with the Kyiv Independent.
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
#ProudBlue #Resist #EpsteinFiles
If this doesn’t scare Republicans & Democrats into decisive action to stop the Trump regime, I don’t think anything will. Listen to the former Chief of Staff for Gen. Colin Powell assess the Israeli-US War on Iran. There’s a lot we aren’t hearing & it’s terrifying!
In the departure lounge of an airport, miles away from Clacton, Captain Farage has gathered his team for a morale boosting speech | Ronnie Barbour
The United Kingdom’s 'Left' needs to look to the European Union for big ideas | Martin Roche and Sir Graham Watson
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A private jet used for Farage’s Chagos stunt is reportedly linked to a billionaire donor who has given £12m to Reform
Huge money can buy political influence.
The #ElectionsBill must go further. Democracy shld be shaped by voters not the biggest cheque.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A Scottish independent bookshop has won a prestigious award, beating out competition from across the UK and Ireland
Jeez, since when do you take Russians by their word? These guys have been promised 'deals' by the Russians and are equally taking these promises as real. They are willing to throw anybody or anything under the bus in an attempt to get their grubby fingers on illearned gains. It's painfully obvious.
