'It is . . . unclear why the UK should divert scarce resources from Europe that would neither be decisive nor influence a mercurial US Administration that does not need them.' writes @mtsavill.bsky.social in the latest RUSI Commentary.

🫨 Reform UK proving incompetent at running things? I never!

Whenever I speak to students I seem to find it impossible to mentally calibrate their age against events properly. Last night in answer to a question I started talking about the expenses crisis before remembering they were all four years old when it happened and had no idea what I meant.

1/8 The "Hague Invasion Act" (ASPA) is the ultimate symbol of US imperial exceptionalism. Passed in 2002, it authorizes "all means necessary", including military force, to "rescue" Americans from the International Criminal Court. It’s a legal shield that places the US above global law. ⚖️🇺🇸 #ASPA

🚨IRAN UPDATE:🚨 Charlie Gammell joined me a second time to talk about the latest. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Epstein fallout just keeps rolling on www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

So predictable. While Trump and Hegseth posture, millions around world have their lives turned upside down by their cavalier, ill-thought-through attack on Iran, whose regime clings on, and people suffer. Everyone suffers from the devastating consequences, except the immoral morons who launched it.

Even before Trump, this term was just the international relations version of parasocial behaviour - ie an obsession with a celebrity who is at best barely aware of you

​1/4 The BBC’s "fumble" during VDL’s speech today wasn't just a technical glitch. It was a visual metaphor for a broadcaster struggling to frame a terrifying new reality: the official end of the "Rules-Based Order." By cutting the feed, they sanitized a massive shift in EU doctrine. #VDL #BBC

1/5 🇪🇺 Today in Brussels, Ursula von der Leyen delivered a pivot-point speech at the Annual Conference of EU Ambassadors. While BBC and CNN coverage was spotty, the message was clear: Europe is shifting to a "Security First" doctrine. The "Peace Project" is now a Power Project.

The “she” is Isabel Okeshott .

BBC just cut ursula von der leyen speach today live.

Why is it that "populist" politicians are either funded by billionaires or billionaires themselves? And why can't populist voters ever figure out that most "populist" policies are actually aimed at enriching the wealthiest in society?

The NYT and the media are partly responsible on their hate campaign against Mamdani. Political violence has been normalized in this country, and democrats are getting the brunt of it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Kremlin has installed intelligence teams in Budapest to manage April election outcomes in Orban's favor. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Well done Spain. The spine of Europe. Let's hope more Europe and UK leaders find their own. Netanyahu, Israel, Trump and the US Aministration are murderous bastards www.cnn.com/2026/03/08/e...

When Israel targeted Gaza’s water supply, people rightly called it out as a war crime, denying civilians the most basic supplies.

If they won't join the EU, SM/CM/FoM/Euro, then remainers/Joiners have other options; national parties, Greens and LibDems. Labours vast, but wafer thin majority will evaporate in 2029, if they don't start joining the EU.

Yep. Anything but Labour & Con(artist)s. As for voting ReFuk they're quite good at fucking themselves. #tactical #voting is the only way to go. If the voting system won't work for you, bend it to your needs. Farage to be blocked from No10 by tactical voting share.google/u20e0C96B0L2...

I wonder if this was in Trumps planning. There goes another ⅓ Billion😏 Iran Destroys Key US Radar, Raising Gulf Missile Defense Concerns - Bloomberg share.google/LnxUiLhJj692...

“a low likelihood of creating a stable, modernising government”. This is at a similar low likelihood to me captaining England to victory in this summer’s World Cup.

You can see why: it’s been a few weeks since Trump betrayed the Syrian Kurds. Need to find some new Kurds to screw over.

War in Iran: 'The US Constitution's inability to limit the president's war powers is a danger to world order'

Now who holds all the cards. Although, once Trump has the designs and can manufacture at scale he'll double cross prior agreements. TACO has previous. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brilliant piece of explanation from @rosatkins.bsky.social for BBC Verify, cheers for sharing. Split it in 2 because it's over 3 mins long and the punchline is amazing. Ros Atkins: Why is America doing this? pt 1

Kent Smetters, director of Penn Wharton Budget Model, recently told Fortune that total economic toll on US could reach as high as $210 billion. Direct military expenditures ~$95 billion + massive disruptions to trade, energy markets, & financial conditions around world. fortune.com/2026/03/02/h...

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

A conflation of two opposites Trump administration vs. Thought. Might is right, even if it bankrupts you and leaves you wide open to every other superpower as you over extend.

One more nation state dragged into the conflict.

I'm sure most people in the UK don't appreciate what global warming may mean for us.

Plumber wins by-election for Greens From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

It could only be improved by a double tap, the second to ignite the gas a d utterly destroy the ship.

US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn

ICE Caught Spying on US Citizens; Iran Invasion Imminent open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...

I see lessons have not been learned from the spectacular loss of Gorton and Denton. If Labour insists on continuing down this route, then they do honestly deserve to lose the next GE. Utterly infuriating.

The EU law referred to here already allows removal of benefits in case of "concealed financial resources" and sanctions for "seriously violent behaviour". And it's the government's choice to make asylum-seekers wait 12 months before they can work, increasing dependence.

More porky pies from the White House. They can't help themselves. www.politico.eu/article/whit...

South West Water admits criminal offence over Devon parasite outbreak. Water unfit for human consumption, 150 people fell ill. SWW already has nearly 200 criminal convictions. Licence not cancelled, no exec prosecuted, record high customer bills, sewage dumped in rivers. Privatisation is a scam.

The same technological pinpoint accuracy that was used to slaughter children in Gaza now being used to slaughter children in Iran.

Regulator investigates £8.4bn private dentistry UK market. Private equity dominates the market - rip-off charges, profiteering, local monopolies. No body voted for private equity takeover, loss of NHS dentistry. It happens because Govts favour corporations. www.gov.uk/government/n...

This, from @alanbeattie.bsky.social - and the broader point I've made before - Trump isn't creating the new global order so much as blustering around the emerging one in which China's global economic rise continues www.ft.com/content/8dc2...

Gavin Newsom likens Israel to ‘an apartheid state’ and decries war on Iran

Watch our video featuring expert analysis from our researchers on Iran. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social - Iran's Regional Response @ddolzikova.bsky.social - Nuclear Threat Assessment Dan Marks - Global Energy Security Dr Neil Melvin - Aims of the United States

I wonder what would happen: 1. Iran becomes signatory to the ICC 2. It ask the ICC to issue and arrest warrant against Trump 3. A warrant is issue 4. Trump becomes Personna Non Grata in 126 countries & denied entry 5. Hague never have to arrest Trump 6. US don't Trump-up the US Hague Invasion Act

A shame Starmer doesn't have the same moral fibre.

Trumpian Ecconomics. What a loser. The art of the deal.😏 www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

NATO is dead, long live the US🤦😏

How fucking stupid do you have to be to arm the Kurds. Welcome to a new Middle East war zone The U.S. decision to arming Kurdistan is not seen as a move for democracy, but as a direct threat to Turkish national security, a "betrayal of the spirit of the alliance." Iranian Kurds today, PKK tomorrow