Dan Kaszeta FRHistS

Seriously, who the fuck calls themselves a visionary?

My money is on Starla

Fascinating that the “leaders” of the current AI madness are making the argument for nationalization for us.

Asylum appeal backlog doubles in a year, Home Office statistics show More than 80,000 people waiting to be reassessed after rejection at end of 2025 – 91% more than a year before

A wholly predictable and entirely avoidable outcome of rushed, inadequate decision-making.

Vulnerable people are left paying the price, stuck in limbo with their futures on hold. This cannot carry on.

I also knew a guy who knew Haile Selassie. I have lived an interesting life

Okay, the Strait of Hormuz is in the news so just wanted to jump on quickly and do a Q&A about it. Hopefully this will answer some of the questions people are asking and maybe dispel some of the myths

I knew a guy who knew his wife.

Yes

We can ferret out the truth of that

I’m old enough to remember when the word “nationalist” meant the KMT lot on Taiwan

I see them practically every day in London, albeit with human drivers for now

They’re literally the people making us travel with 2 passports

Alternatively, your erstwhile friends have cleansed their lives.

Undercover officers spied on family of innocent man shot dead by Met police, inquiry told Surveillance took place while grieving family of Jean Charles de Menezes was seeking to hold Met accountable

Thing we do every single time “wholly unjustifiable,” Met admits. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

But the answer to your question is right there in the link

And retracted

Free link to a reputable journal

John 11:35 invoked

I think Sir Michael Take proposed this one

I think they want her on the banknote as they believe all animals are woke

Much more in the Duchy of Lancaster, like 6 million a year on average

About a million pounds a year in Cornwall, but that's from 2022

Screw them. They're a menace.

Mine too. I've been navigating the mess. Mostly, I'm through it. But still

An obsolete will can be even worse than no will

Pretty sure the first Waymo killing will result in a riot

All the more reason to have a will

William

His son now.

Even a “my mate Gary down the pub is my executor and he’ll divide up my stuff any way he sees fits” is better than nothing