Bye, bye the post WW2 semblance of a rules based order and hello to the expansionism of the 1930s. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump's stance on drugs. What's he smoking?

The Donroe Doctrine: Donald Trump's uncompleted vision. Will he complete it in 2026?

Two sources of sustainable energy, one above and another below but lower than we have gone before. But this time we cannot drill our way to unlocking the energy potential that exists. eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unlim...

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire?

Goodness me, these judicial comments are astonishingly damming of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. news.sky.com/story/regina...

Project 2025 and the Media: The Heritage Foundation could not have hoped for more from the Trump Administration. www.cjr.org/analysis/how...

Fact or Fiction: The truth about AI. www.theburningplatform.com/2025/12/12/t...

When Greenland becomes the 51st State of the Union will it be renamed Trumpland? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

City and Guilds: How Privatisation benefits the few, the executives and shareholders as sadly, the benefits fail to trickle down. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The Trump family cashing in on dad being President.

The King's Message for Christmas.

"Israel would never bomb a hospital. Or maybe it would if it had some tunnels underneath. Or maybe no tunnels were needed, just the presence of some presumed Hamas fighter, or a camera... By the end, Israel had destroyed every single hospital in Gaza." brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-r...

Thought for Today: "After almost a year of Trump’s second term, I and many other people — including, very likely, you — are feeling exhausted, distraught, and sickened by what’s happened to our country and the world." robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

The Met Police: "So can the Met be reformed? Well, if tokenism could do the job, it would have happened by now." "It is in charge of implementing increasingly authoritarian anti-protest legislation". www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-...

When AI has replaced entry level jobs who will then fill the jobs in the next level up when they become vacant... further advances in AI or inexperienced entrants? Presumably, the former process will stop at the C-suite? fortune.com/2025/12/16/a...

Another open secret is why essay cheating persists. Universities are heavily dependent on overseas student fees, while high grades boost institutional status, rankings and course demand. However, is this good for higher education, students or wider society? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"In France, the mental health of young people has deteriorated in recent years, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic." The pandemic damaged the future of a generation. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Ukraine: A peace deal based on a piece of the action for those both in Russia and America who are negotiating the deal. "bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy." pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...

Donald Trump's tariffs: A majority of Americans don't understand what they actually are.

A rail fare freeze: Like the Fuel Duty Freeze it would be a 'hostage to fortune' on future Budgets. It is a political gimmick not sensible economics. Little wonder the tax system is in a mess when Chancellors play politics and not managing the government's finances. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Offshore Gambling Companies: Tax expert Dan Neidle discovers a possible Brexit Benefit. Sky Bet's offshoring activities. "This kind of approach would be prohibited by EU law if we were still a member of the EU; but of course we are not." taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/18/s...

The Epstein Files: Include "In 2018, internal briefings on Bannon’s efforts to build a European alliance of right-wing parties – which named Matteo Salvini, Viktor Orban and Nigel Farage – were circulated to Epstein as part of a shared email thread." bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...

Covid Inquiry - Government no stars: Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late". #ukpolitics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"This change in what people eat is fuelled by powerful global corporations who generate huge profits by prioritising ultra-processed products, supported by extensive marketing and political lobbying to stop effective public health policies to support healthy eating" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The BBC and Gaza: “Day after day, I saw the world’s most influential newsroom bend under political pressure,” www.equator.org/articles/ins...

Were it not for regulation and regulations that are enforced then consumers would find themselves regularly done over by business. #ukpolitics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The myth of meritocracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lord Mandelson: Kensington and Chelsea Council open a leak inquiry. #ukpolitics www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza: The border agents told them they had been detained because they posed a “national security threat to Canada.” Richard Falk is 95 and his wife is 71 nonetheless in this crazy world they are deemed a security risk. countercurrents.org/2025/11/the-...

Rotten Boroughs: "Michael Situ has resigned as the Cabinet Member for Housing at Southwark Council - the same borough where Chancellor Rachel Reeves broke renting rules." #ukpolitics www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Keir Starmer's personal 'black hole'. #ukpolitics

When extremists gain power then bad things happen. A shocking tale of the treatment that some young women were subject to in Franco's Spain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Robbie Gibb, "An analogy would be a fixer for Gordon Brown nominating Tony Blair’s chief spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, for a seat on the BBC board. Imagine the furore"... from those fulminating #ukpolitics www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Dieselgate: This time the 'dirty diesels' are Ford diesel cars sold between 2018 and 2018. Profit always takes precedence over standards and regulations. Whatever businesses might claim always remember that the bottom line is profit. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a “green zone” under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a “red zone” to be left in ruins. A plan the international community should have nothing to do with. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard on Thames Water, “What is the government doing letting a bunch of people run the largest water utility in the country and behave this way?” What indeed? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Watch out, watch out, there's a scam about. Indeed, as there's a multitude of them out there with these being just the latest. northeastbylines.co.uk/business/ban...

"Tim Davie’s predecessor as BBC director general [Tony Hall] is leading calls to end political appointments to the broadcaster’s board amid concerns over the influence of Robbie Gibb." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

2024 - "what we got was a complacent general election campaign focusing entirely on the faults of the incumbents and a series of hostages to fortune on tax that have left the new government hobbled ever since." bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/l...

When healthcare becomes Financialised: When a doctor is not solely concerned as to what's best for his patient but also as to what's the most rewarding treatment option for him financially. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looking after themselves, private care providers. As for those they're meant to care for or their employees then it's a different story. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The crisis at the BBC: Who was the leaker and who were those behind the leaking and what were their motives? Was it a purely political, was it for business reasons or even a nexus of the two? Whatever, it will not be to the benefit of public service broadcasting. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

"When Deborah Turness, the now departed BBC News chief, was first invited to a meeting with the corporation’s board a few weeks ago, there was little to suggest it would be a particularly significant encounter." #ukpolitics www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

An Ashes series not what it once was, back in the day. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, will it air? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Pity of War: Remembrance, how it has changed but how will it be remembered in future? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would leave us all far worse off" #ukpolitics www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Despite the much publicised view of Donald Trump and others, London has been crowned the Best City In the World for the 11th year in a row. A spokesperson for the White House reportedly claimed it was fake news. #ukpolitics secretldn.com/london-best-...

The Covid Contracts: "Massive government spending without basic checks for quality." but a nice little earner for politically connected VIPs. #ukpolitics www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...