John and Irina Mappin

Not looking good for Orban

Why can't this president or any president say no to Israel?

@TuckeronX

Niamh TikTok

How's that going to work with China (or Russia, for other goods)? A touch of brinkmanship.

Telling China, let your economy collapse, buy from us, or confront our forces?

Also, the US is effectively attacking European fuel supplies and global energy prices. The Houthis are bound to ratchet up in the Bab El-Mandeb Strait.

What is Restore doing?

https://x.com/RestoreBritain_/status/2043332676036255967

Need

In Kwa-Zulu Natal, the South African President comes out to unveil a working tap, to much local celebration 🎉

Just watched this. Brings out some difficult questions. If a person with high security clearance becomes squeamish about what the secret state is up to, at what point is it acceptable to suicide them? The story of how the CIA is beyond the law for murder of its own citizens. If the state refuses to prosecute, you can't take out a private case, because the tort has to be based on negligence, not intent. If the state intended to kill, there is no legal way to mount a private prosecution. The series, in the final episode, convincingly suggests that there's an existing protocol that kicks in when the interest of the secret state is threatened and a series of dark arts kick in to mislead the public about why.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(miniseries)

Viktor has lost...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

Boris Johnson - Tory - did this: Boriswave’ will cost every family £20k, claims Reform
Report says ‘fiscal disaster’ looming for British taxpayer as a result of increased levels of immigration........ The immigration “Boriswave” will cost every British household £20,000, according to analysis by Reform UK.

Around 1.6 million people who moved to the UK under Boris Johnson and his successors between 2021 and 2024 are set to be given indefinite leave to remain.

In a new report, Reform said the cost of NHS care, benefits and new infrastructure to cope with the increased population would reach £622.5bn in real terms until 2085 – a sum it claimed would “bankrupt” the British taxpayer and represent a £20,000 liability for every household in the UK.

The figure is three times the annual budget for the NHS, and 10 times the defence budget.

Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman, said: “We are standing on the edge of a fiscal disaster. The Boriswave is a legacy of Tory incompetence and Labour’s open border ideology. ........ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/04/12/boriswave-will-cost-every-family-20k-claims-reform/?m