On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. 1/28
Side piint - but Im less convinced this wont work. Listed to 5Live money on tuesday morn and repeatedly callers going on about price gouging...
The great issue here is Labour know they need a enemy and someone to blame, but the obvious, accurate enemy isnt available to them.
So you get this.
If it doesnt work the question is when you pull the Trump ripcord and hang the diplomatic consequences
Basically its 'dont cut your nose off in spite of your face'
I think the key points here is balance: car teavel is going to continue, the population will expand and we need a further crossing.
Similar with airports: air travel isnt going anywhere and we riak losing a core strategic strength. The key is to reduce the carb9n impact of both industries
I think that was certainly the case pre-this year and still witb some senior Labour peeps
So many people I know have no idea. Its the core focus of this govt, the main area of spend and politically very salient.... and rarely features.
Once again I come back to: the Government needs to yell *way more* about what its doing on energy and climate.
Decent day - not a place I knew before we headed out (Val Cenis) but fun.
One new skiier as well which is lovely
Had some lovely power here (tho a very little off piste)
Yeah, exactly this. Its the right percentage play. The ref will be hot on sealing yhe ball off and the French try to jackle everything so very hard to run the 10 phases youd need to kill it
International rugby has never been better than it is right now.
Badly!
Look, i got the big one
The scenes pretty much every time I open my phone, laptop or even my eyes, to be honest.
Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here.
And youd be right not to! Totally miscalled Ireland
There is a really interesting pattern of Green Councillors pretending they arent in charge.
Lavan does it a lot
Exactly the comparision I was thinking of past night...
That + give them a load of booze.
But yeah, the reason Norton has lasted so long (and so many others failed) is he's a incredibly giftee comic and raconteur. Even if the guests dont give him much he can make it entertaining. Claudia is a fantastic presenter but not sure she has that
Why do you hate pensioners John?
Yeah, quite. Its how you end up with the Calfornia voting to cut taxes and raise spending.
Ultimately its not fair to expect normal people to have developed policy views! Its for politicans to mediate into something more coherent
Look, weve got to rig the election somehow
Likely we get hammered - but its been such a odd 6N who knows. Maybe the England side from the autumn turns up....
Mix of things - late in the cycle to change a coach, no obvious successor, the success of last year still has a gloe and its a hefty pay off
I think Borthwick likely stays whatever tbh...
So, sport. Reckon:
Scotland beat Ireland - with bonus point
Italy beat Wales
France beat England.... with a bonus point.
So French win - just.
Wish Scotland would do it tho
Yeah, kind of where womens bidy image was in 00 or so
Perhaps that was the very northern, rural, rugby, farmer culture thing but it was far more about making your body a tool
Its interesting isnt it. When i did gym properly for rugby that sort of thing would have been seen as very... vain? Non-manly? Jusy not the done thing?
