Miles King

Thatcher wanted to raid European ‘butter mountain’ Files show PM sought to use European stockpiles to replenish UK’s emergency reserves.

While strategic food dumps had been run down under Labour Government's of the Sixties and Seventies, it was Thatcher who ordered them to be sold off (buildings and foodstuffs). Gummer was just tidying up the last vestiges in 1993-6. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/thatche...

this headline may explain why our local Waitrose was rammed this morning.

Roy Cohn's six rules that Donald Trump learnt:
1. Admit nothing, always claim victory.
2. Counter-attack with unimaginably greater force
3. Weaponise the legal system
4. Manipulate the media ruthlessly
5. User fear as shield & sword
6. Cultivate total Loyalty

ideas.bkconnection.com/the-five-les...

Trump's OODA.

Observation: what was on Fox News 5 minutes ago.
Orientation: how can this event personally enrich me and how can I use it to attack my enemies
Decision: This must be done because I am always right.
Action: Pretend to take action, then reverse ferret if it looks like it's going to 💩

did Trump become President in order to

1. Grossly enrich himself and his wider crime family
2. Launch a witch-hunt against his enemies, perceived or otherwise.
3. Shut down all investigations into his own relationship to Epstein.
4. Feed his planet-sized ego.

in no particular order.

Good piece about a transnational trend in reactionary politics

Following in Murdoch's footsteps, we have seen countless reactionary billionaires building media empires, almost always at a huge loss

Profit is not the point, power is and weakened democratic institutions are unable to resist

You're right. I think it's more of an instinct, a compulsion, but there must be the basic elements of a plan there. Whether they happen around Trump, or even in spite of his tantrums and sulks, is moot.

Genius!

"Delightfully, Heavenly’s current range of tour merchandise includes Heavenly branded bicycle bells. I bought one, but within hours it had been stolen off my bike while I was buying some onions in Sainsbury’s, 1

Yes they'll seek to tie that particular flag to the bandwagon, to keep the extreme zealots in Israel or the USA happy.

‘A man with an outstanding ICC arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes and alleged crimes against humanity, and an adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster who hates wind and low water pressure but loves pussy and KFC, have launched an illegal invasion of Iran. ‘

Trump loves to project power, because he is a weak person. His vanity and narcissism, which makes him incapable of considering any consequences of his actions, is magnified by his lack of intelligence (cognitive decline) and the fact he has no attention span at all.

Put simply, there is no plan.

Almost all of Israel's massive stash of weaponry comes from or is funded by the USA. Historically this has been about deterrent. Since Trump's been in power the pressure not to actually use it has gone. Despite Putin giving Iran intel to help their strikes, Trump wants to remove sanctions on Russia.

Am I alone in thinking this is really an attack by Israel against Iran? The USA joined in with Israel's war. Why? Because Trump is weak and stupid. He's caught between his two best mates Bibi, a genocidal leader; and Vlad, also a genocidal leader. He wants to please both; both are exploiting him.

Absolutely insupportable. Labour have a massive majority. It’s a hugely popular issue. To fail to act would be a dereliction of historic proportions, and utterly inexplicable.

Stewart Lee: They’re saying Trump has ‘lit the signal fire for Armageddon’. Still, could be worse! If it’s true that the Iran war will mark ‘Jesus’s return to Earth’, as US forces have been told, at least that would suggest there was some kind of plan

It's hard to find humour in the current geopolitical sh*tstorm but I think on balance Stewart Lee wheedles some out for us in his latest for @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... It's plausible that Lee is right to think Trump will set his eyes on Londinistan for his next regime change.

Henschel Hs 293 - Wikipedia

I just remembered seeing one of these at RAF Cosford - more similar in size to the Shahed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hensche...

SCR-584 radar - Wikipedia

and, if you've read "Most Secret War" by RV Jones you'll know about the Tizard Committee and the UK/US joint work on radar which led to advanced US units being rushed to England after the initial V1 launches showed how useless the British radar was in tracking them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-584...

Yes I was thinking that earlier. The difference being the V1's would (albeit unintentionally) cut out, signalling their rapid fall to earth. Whereas the change in pitch to a higher note signals the Shahed's acceleration towards the target. Also a massive difference in payload - 850Kg vs 18kg.

Image of the start of the latest blog post

Real war and culture war. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog analyzing the Brexit imprint of domestic responses to the Iran crisis, the hypocrisy & sectarianism of Reform's response to the by-election and the questions it poses for Labour: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/real...

Brent Crude is up nearly 10% today, to over $93 a barrel.

It hasn't been this high since November 2022, during the continuing fallout from Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

While we can expect a big spike in inflation from the cost of Oil-related products, it should also ⬆️ the transition to electric.

Time for a Boston Tea Party moment?

sorry to hear that Matthew. Sounds very nasty.

I think it's the difference between Axel Springer SE, which is now 95% owned by Friede Springer and Dopfner; and "the entire Springer company" where KKR and CCP still have investments alongside Springer's - specifically in The Stepstone Group and AVIV. Axel Springer SE is purchasing the Telegraph.

Ukraine is hopefully now negotiating a ATACMS/Patriots for anti-Shahed Sting drones swap with the USA.

Axel Springer Implements New Corporate Structure Axel Springer becomes a family-owned transatlantic media company / KKR and CPP Investments become majority shareholders of the classifieds businesses / Julia...

Hello Sam @writesbright.bsky.social just read your Desmog piece on the Telegraph, Axel Springer and KKR. This release would suggest AS has split from KKR nearly a year ago. www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-...

Axel Springer say they want the Telegraph to be centre right, which will be an appreciable move to the left for the Telegraph

How else are they going to pay for Bibi's war?

Trump's head explodes "the Russians are our enemies???"

more treasure for the Trump crime family.