I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.
This is learned today:
Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...
The barrister whose £8m lawsuit against me was struck out yesterday is now whining that he's been treated unfairly.
This (from LinkedIn) is delusional. It demonstrates the absurdity of Kamal's libel claim, and the beyond-absurdity that it cost me £146k to defend.
Hello! Are there any criminology lecturers or graduates here who wouldn’t mind my asking them a few brief qs for research purposes?
The sheer strategic stupidity of bailing Russia out of its economic hole by launching a war that entirely foreseeably spikes the oil price - and then having no minesweepers in place to deal with the foreseeable fallout. Rank incompetence.
"Where is Strait of Hormuz?"
"Strait of Hormuz how get around?"
"Strait of Hormuz, alternative?"
Cost of 10 days of the US/Israel-Iran war to the European public due to rise in fossil fuels according to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: 3bn Euro.
Not Europe's war, but certainly also Europe's problem.
Growing concern in EU capitals that Trump is going to pressure the EU to clear up his mess in the Strait of Hormuz. Argument being: “You guys need the oil most, so you need to do the heavy lifting” on mine sweeping, naval-based air defence & the protection of shipping lanes
Excellent, and ultimately depressing, analysis by the magnificent @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
A hugely embarrassing episode for all concerned.
Kemi Badenoch's spokesman denies she is ashamed of British animals, after the Conservative party call the Bank of England's decision to put British wildlife on our banknotes "deeply depressing"
The scene: a tiny office somewhere in Whitehall; several grey suited government officials in a state of some stress.
‘How can we possibly distract everyone from the release of the Mandelson papers?’
A hand is raised…
‘What about badgers on banknotes?’
Peskov complained that social media make it harder for Russia to spread its propaganda abroad.
They are not even hiding their goals.
"We’re now rapidly losing the tools for our propaganda work abroad,especially in the near abroad.
In the clip from 2013 he is citing the Sun journalist as a source that gives him credibility that he can enhance the size of women's breasts. He has clearly not been "misrepresented" in the slightest
🚨A historic breakthrough today for the fight against #SLAPPs as for the first time ever, the High Court has formally branded legal action as a #SLAPP, throwing out a “spectacularly inflated” £8m libel claim against @danneidle.bsky.social who reported on a barrister’s role in a tax avoidance scheme
I know this isn't the point of this thread but the clip art they choose for the front of this document is absolutely appalling for 2023 and shows just how much effort is needed to move people away from lazy stereotypes about what people who are members of particular religions look like.
The thing is, when Winston Churchill was put on the £5 note, the sharper knives in the drawer would have realised that this was part of an ongoing process which meant that one day Winston Churchill would be taken off the £5 note.
According to O'Sullivan, the determination to continue the war in Ukraine at any cost is only bringing closer the moment when the situation becomes unsustainable, emphasizing that "the Russian economy will collapse very slowly and then very quickly."
“If western military organisations were too slow to develop counters to obvious operational problems in the past 4 years, what else might they have missed?” There is a systemic learning deficiency in western military organisations we need to fix. engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
I’ve just watched a video made by someone who appears to be an adult and who wishes to be PM suggesting that a badger is an unfit successor to Winston Churchill and I now formally give up.
Animals that might be harmed by eating ragwort, a native wildflower, do not eat the living plant unless starved.
Sheep are a traditional control method.
Ragwort hysteria is a far bigger problem than the plant. See ragwortfacts.com
I have never watched an episode of 'Only Fools and Horses'. I do however know that the series features Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney; and is set (unconvincingly) in Peckham.
What do you make of this?
BREAKING: Andrew Milne, the solicitor who has been buying up hundreds of freeholds in Sheffield and then demanding money from homeowners, has been sentenced to a 24 month community order and 300 hours of unpaid work for “grossly offensive and menacing” emails to the court reporter Daniel Cloake.
Art, culture and freedom in Slovakia: an exhibition that serves as a warning to the Czech Republic
Feel this ad would be very confusing if you didn't already know it was one place.
A brief overview of how #Ukraine’s image is shifting in Gulf Arab media: comparison between the past two days & last week by Serge Danylov.
Coverage of Ukraine in Gulf states’ media (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain) over the past week (early March 2026) has undergone a fundamental transformation
NHS numbers originally I.D. card numbers.
Anybody alive Sep 1939, the three / four letter signify the Enumeration District (ED).
The numbers are household (or instiution), then individual.
After 1948 ED letters, followed by entry number in birth register.
KB's 'P' denotes post 1939 arrival in UK
At this point, it seems that the safest assumption is that the Trump administration simply doesn't care if the Russians are sharing information on US military assets with Iran. Putin can do what he likes, however damaging to the US, with no fear of a US response.🧵
Key statements by chief designer of Fire Point company Denys Shtilerman on the Ukrainian FP-7 and FP-9 ballistic missiles:
▪️ The FP-7 ballistic missile will soon be tested against targets in Russia
This whole thread on a show cause hearing is just excruciatingly painful. Yes, AI used to generate filings, yes fake citations and made up quotes from actual cases. Yes, lawyer attempts to bluster out of trouble. Car crash.
Remember there was this “Board of Peace,” one seat cost $1 billion?
The City of London Police Memorials to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. Rededicated today with a third Memorial added bearing the names of those omitted from the original plaques #lestweforget #policehistory #Cityhistory #TheFourteen
