Errr. Wot?

Was a lovely sunny day, which was nice

The War on Terror Paved the Way for Trump's Rise—Now He's Making It His Own www.thenation.com/article/worl...

London is beautiful in the sunshine

Presumably this accurate and thus utterly idiotic Hegseth: "Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE! On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules. Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel. If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

We're in the era of vibes-based foreign policy (and commentary), which is not a good thing

Over on LinkInnit

Taps screen, take no pleasure in saying I told you so...might also mean that the whole 'History teaches us...industry' falls apart open.substack.com/pub/martindb...

IN PHOTOS: Central Tel Aviv in flames after a direct Iranian hit www.haaretz.com/photo-blog/2...

'Terror was needed to make Arabs leave': What Israel's army did in '48, revealed www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

BREAKING Several US warplanes crashed in Kuwait on Monday morning but their crew survived, Kuwait's defence ministry says, as Iran pressed on with a third day of strikes in the Gulf

Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future www.ft.com/content/4371...

Raises some important issues but also ignores the fact that many Humanities staff outside the magic circle are facing redundancy. They are naturally willing, indeed desperate, to apply for entry-level Oxbridge posts. The situation is grim. 1/2

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Who's this bumbling idiot on the wireless..?

Seems like a good moment to re-up my primer on the endless empty promises that strategic airpower can win wars entirely from the air: acoup.blog/2022/10/21/c...

FT goes full prepper www.ft.com/content/260b...

Waltz, Kenneth N. “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability.” Foreign Affairs 91, no. 4 (2012): 2–5.

The morning propognada gets muted

People are complacent about risk of financial crisis, says Lloyd Blankfein www.ft.com/content/6f71...

War is the opiate of the Israeli masses | Opinion www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

Really good article. www.ft.com/content/f2ea... Military briefing: Iran’s new retaliation strategy

Slightly grumpy, smart and interesting but with flaws variety.com/2025/film/re...

Incredible #blitzspirit and it’s all “we” now. Could cancel at our end though? Nah

New Stewart Lee column. "The clods of filth are Badenoch's obvious and clanking attempts to attach the phrase 'paedo protectors' to the Labour government."

Telegram, Pavel Durov and the shaky future for tech’s libertarian princelings www.ft.com/content/26c1...

Taps screen, for those quoting Wag the Dog podscan.fm/podcasts/unc...

These are deeply serious people that are going to get so many American sons and daughters killed needlessly, and it's hard to say we don't deserve it...

Official record of Benn's 1998 speech publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

'Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Edinburgh are to begin strike action following management's plans for £140 million in cuts and up to 1,800 job losses.' 1/2

Protest erupted following assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US and Israeli strike.

The hate hour...

Hummm www.ft.com/content/49f7...

'Troubled'?? www.ft.com/content/da63...

Hot dumb fishy take

Nigel Farage is saying the by-election - which Reform was defeated 41% to 29% by Green Party (14,980 to 10,578) was "stolen". Not "fraud" but on Reform calculating the % of eligible voters born abroad: Farage says it is "shattering news" that naturalised citizens + Commonwealth nationals can vote

Lord Haw Haw ruins anniversray of a perfectly good book

Brave reporter reports the war...

Over at the Torygasp

So, as long as they're 'evil', we're good to go? Well OK then

Who, who, & who?

Being an old fart, I didn't recognise anyone at the Brits, apart from these two lads

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This newest Trump war is now known informally as Operation Epstein Fury.

The furry Slovenian monsters who chase winter away www.ft.com/content/9fd6...

Had to go look it up