At 71 and rich beyond dreams, Andrej Babiš could have spent the rest of his life playing golf. Instead he's achieved a stunning political comeback. Subscribe to my new Substack – Based in Bohemia – for regular insight on Czech politics and society. robjcameron.substack.com/p/laws-and-s...

“You should start a Substack,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said. “People will subscribe,” they said. So I did. It’s called Based in Bohemia, and the first post looks at Andrej Babiš’s vast business empire. Give it a read. You might like it. open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...

Oh to be a fly– or another kind of bug – on the wall of the emergency Starmer, Zelensky, Merz and Macron meeting in London tomorrow. European leaders have been obsequious about Trump’s zigzags in public; but much more honest in private if last week’s leak to Der Spiegel can be believed. 1/

Czechs have a fine sense of humour and irony, like the British (still the gold standard IMHO). But some Czech 'black' humour leaves me cold. Some shit just isn't funny. Most of what Turek has tried to dismiss as 'black humour' falls into this category I think. robjcameron.com/journalism/d...

There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy

Big weekend for the Czech Republic. Babiš has ruled out the Communists/Stačilo! as a coalition partner, which leaves Tomio Okamura's anti-immigrant SPD, and/or the anti-Green Deal Motorists. But it's an election, and anything could happen. robjcameron.com/journalism/b...

And now for a round up of centre-left politics news ... Oh. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Emil - a moose on the loose - has spent the summer wandering through Central Europe. But now his perambulations appear to have come to an end after getting arrested in Austria. robjcameron.com/journalism/e...

Update: Campaigners appear to have won. Transport Minister Martin Kupka has just announced the bridge will stay. (rather it will be dismantled, restored, and then returned to its original location). md.gov.cz/Media/Media-...

People tell me the golden decor in the Oval Office was ordered from Temu. I didn't believe them. And it isn't true. It's from Home Depot. 😂 www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

This story reminds me of the time police in the UK stopped a guy for speeding and said 'who do you think you are, Nigel Mansell?' It was actually Ayrton Senna. www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC Radio and Online pieces I did on the campaign to save the iconic Vyšehrad Railway Bridge. robjcameron.com/journalism/b...

Oh. www.instagram.com/p/DL5Y1KINee...

I confess I'm not familiar with Mr Momo's body of work, but he's told Instagram the Rubicon Festival - and with it Kanye's appearance - is off, according to the Slovak Spectator. spectator.sme.sk/politics-and...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, fate of Kanye West concert in Bratislava unclear. The wheat field where he’s due to appear in less than 3 weeks hasn’t even been harvested. Meanwhile, ticket sales have been halted. Organisers promise full announcement tomorrow. dennikn.sk/4725969/na-p...

“We’re just going to apologise for the language by the US President, there.”

Opponents have started a petition against what is being described as Kanye West's sole appearance in Europe in 2025 - a rap festival in the Slovak capital Bratislava. www.rubiconfestival.sk/en/post/ye-e... Ye, a self-described Nazi, will play Shanghai, Seoul and, uh, Slovakia.

Midnight Hammer. I like their early stuff.

Two weeks you say?

Slovak police made a failed attempt to arrest ex-Defence Minister Jaro Naď over ammo supplies to Ukraine on Wed am. Failed because he was on holiday in Canada at the time. Naď says Fico is exacting his revenge on those officials who helped Ukraine early in the war. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fascinating geopolitical machinations up in the far north.

We should've made a bigger national crisis of someone breaking into Nancy Pelosi's home & trying to kill her husband. But then, we should've made a bigger national crisis about hundreds of someones breaking into the Capitol & trying to steal an election. But then, we should've done lots of things.

Great panel on the European security and vital role of 🇺🇦 at @globsec.bsky.social today. Thanks to @bctallis.bsky.social!

'Incredible ground gained. We have a sitting MP interacting with our guys publicly' writes Steve Laws of Homeland Party (a racist campaign to remove all ethnic minorities from Britain) of Rupert Lowe's response to far right blogger Morgoth, who was challenging Reform's rejection of overt racism

I told you we’d be back

RIP Frederick Forsyth. Interviewed him for RP back in 2007, which produced the memorable quote: "Afterwards, lying on a blanket looking up at the stars, I said 'I wondered what happened to my StB escort?' and she replied - 'you've just made love to it.'" english.radio.cz/novelist-fre...

This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator

⚡️Exclusive footage shows the SBU attack on strategic bombers at Belaya Air Field in Russia's Irkutsk region.

Stunning details now emerging: this was an operation planned a year and a half in advance, involved smuggling drones into Russia, placing them in containers on top of trucks, arranging for them all to open simultaneously and to strike.

The unprecedented aspect of the attack is that the drones appear to have been launched from trucks inside Russia – and the drivers reportedly had no idea what they were transporting. Maskirovka is a game both sides can play. 2/2

Analysts suggested Russia only had 68 heavy bombers before today so if Ukraine is right and they lost 40 that’s a significant degrading of capability.

"It's all fu**ed up, fu**ed up," - a Russian soldier shows the attack on a Russian airfield.

⚡️ The special operation "Web", as a result of which the SBU hit 41 Russian strategic aircraft, was prepared for more than a year and a half. This operation was extremely complex from a logistical point of view. The SBU first transported FPV drones to Russia, and later - mobile wooden houses.

Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia. "SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.

If this is even close to correct, this is huge! It’s an operation on par with the Israeli Operation Moked opening the Six-Day War, and in particular the loss of platforms that play a key role in the airborne leg of Russia’s nuclear triad will see a lot of discussion and study.

Starting to look like a major Ukrainian offensive. Now explosions have been reported in Severomorsk, where the Russian Northern Fleet, including subs with nukes, is based. #explodey

Latest development in Slovak bear story - Deputy Environment Minister Filip Kuffa says from next week meat from several hundred bears subject to a nationwide cull will be offered to restaurants (after appropriate checks have been carried out). Background here: robjcameron.com/journalism/c...

Going to an event later to mark the killing of senior Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution. Heydrich was mortally wounded just after 10.30 am on May 27, 1942 by two Czechoslovak paratroopers as his car slowed to round a bend in Prague. robjcameron.com/journalism/h...

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

The 25 most registered battery-electric vehicles brands in Europe in April 2025. Source: www.jato.com/resources/me...

Space lasers shining from TV towers are notoriously difficult to capture on camera.

Madeleine Albright used to send subtle diplomatic messages with the particularly brooch she chose to wear to a meeting. Tomáš's socks not quite so subtle. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Just President Zelensky casually hangs out with Ukrainian cleaning staff at the Czech parliament

Zelensky is simply a mensch. He ran into some Ukrainian cleaners on his official visit to the Czech Parliament and posed for photos with them. They cried. (Having just moderated a conference with his wife I can confirm she is also utterly charming.) www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...

🇨🇿🇺🇦 Zelensky: Together with the First Lady, we have arrived in the Czech Republic on an official visit. Meetings are scheduled with President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala, with the heads of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, students, and the Ukrainian community.

Telegram channels indicate that the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, is on fire.