Jesus: "In one of the documents seen by Index, the school admits that the categorisations of the books were written using AI, writing: “Although the categorisation was generated using AI, I consider this classification to be broadly accurate.”"

He has a great point. If they move from a situation of one where people could sail freely through the straits to one where they can only sail with Iran's acceptance, Iran has gained control of the gulf.

It seems that the Labour Gov is quietly leading the UK into a war in the Middle East, again, this time without even consulting Parliament.

Unthinkable, yet he's thinking about it.

Trump's reintroducing the paper straw!

Ireland has one of the best wind resources in Europe and an Exclusive Economic Zone seven times its landmass. It should be an energy superpower. Instead it imports 80% of its energy and paid the highest wholesale electricity prices in Western Europe in 2025. This is a moral question. A thread.

"balcony solar" is fantastic. Very little effort and investment to fuel homes. These units could provide 25-50% of a small households needs, at the investment cost of a few hundred pounds. Bring it on.

More wind, please.

Read this Byline Times piece on North Sea drilling. It makes some fair points about the lobby overstating things, but it attacks a straw man. The serious case for continued UK production isn't that it'll cut your gas bill. Nobody credible is arguing that. bylinetimes.com/2026/03/13/t...

American Energy, Danish Resolve: “Revolution Wind is adding affordable, reliable American-made energy to New England’s grid, helping to meet growing energy demand and lower consumer costs,” said Amanda Dasch, Chief Development Officer at Ørsted.

The end of the beginning.

If you choose to cruise through the strait of Hormuz, you may light a fuse that puts you in the news.

My Bluesky feed is sometimes a little empty. But then I remember....I've muted the word Trump.

This is, rather, the UK Govs position too.

What does the new crisis in the Middle East mean for UK energy policy, particularly the North Sea? Me in @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Oil supply shocks: Worth thinking about this in % terms, duration and the peak price spikes in each of those.

Non ideal.

At current growth rates, every American will have applied for British citizenship by 2052. www.ft.com/content/b2a8...

I assume the indigenous British ancestry bit means everybody has to leave England if they're not Welsh?

A calculating criminal...

The endless "tear down Starmer" cycle is pure self-indulgence. There's no strong alternative, just weak options or borderline corrupt ones. It's collective hysteria from MPs and media who find leadership drama far more fun than actually knuckling down to the hard, thoughtful work of governing.

A scandal hit ex-deputy PM who had to resign causes damage to the government by challenging a PM for returning a scandal hit ex-deputy PM to government, possibly opening their way to return to government.

I'd put a bet on that all PMs have an anonymous email address based on the name of an astronomer royal.

I think that's kind of stretching things.

Blimey. Marjorie Taylor Greene:

This applies to families with teenagers too.

I think I've worked out how to solve the Greenland question, and Climate Change. Instead of Greenland we give Trump sovereignty over the Arctic sea ice. In one simple move, he will be incentivised to preserve the ice and control climate change or risk losing his asset. Done.

"There was a time, in the early 21st Century, when Great Powers would draw lines on maps and carve up the world, on WhatsApp".

The deal: Crimea for Russia. Greenland for US.

Can Keir Starmer bore enough to stop a trade war - or an actual war? My SKETCH of Today In Saving Greenland. thecritic.co.uk/on-b...

Americans pay for their own tariffs, nobody else. www.kielinstitut.de/publications...

Unhinged

WSJ Editorial Board calling it as it is: "Tariffs in the cause of bullying imperialism is the wrong way to make a deal" "China and Russia may be the biggest winners" "No one should underestimate the shock his Greenland project is producing among allies." www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

“For all its pointless absurdity, Mr Trump’s conflict with Europe over #Greenland may come to be seen as the moment when America’s leadership of the West was profoundly put into doubt.” My latest for The @economist.com. economist.com/europe/2026/...

Of all banks Deutsche Bank should know what makes Trump tick.

FAFO

Trump kicking off a new trade war against the UK + EU over Greenland, which they can't compromise on, could easily escalate politically again. The UK would feel serious pain from a UK-US tariff war outside the EU or its customs union. One unintended consequence may be to drive the EU and UK closer.

Brand safety disaster imminent...

TBH we all fear the "wine mums"

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Did you make sure to keep the camera away from the volcano like we discussed? Yeah, about that…

Turns out I'm an Adrian Quesada super fan. How are you all not listening to this? open.spotify.com/track/1T27Hw...

"Keir, I'm sorry I've written your name down, I hope I'm wrong"

Stamp duty might not actually be a very good tax...

"Make me a map of the UK as it looks to a visiting American."

This is probably the most cynical attempt in a while to shake money out of reform supporting pensioners. Imagine them, sitting at home, seeing this on Facebook, signing up to Coinbase and burning their savings up on crypto junk. youtu.be/l0bmJlrhRg4?...

Top 5 Carbs, best to still awesome: 1. Roast potatoes 2. Crisps 3. Fries 4. Baked potatoes 5. Buttery mashed potato

The UK's automatic enrolment into pensions has been one of the biggest public policy triumphs in decades. Hard to fix things like productivity & incomes quickly - but this really has been a quiet triumph.

Scientists have observed that every time Reform goes above four MPs, one of them has to leave the party, a phenomenon known as the Farage Equilibrium.

Hang on a minute, lads. I've got a great idea.