I suppose I should have thought harder about George's curly hair when reading Blyton's books. I defer to the BBC when it comes to knowing what she really looks like.

In being fair to Blair, once he starts banging a drum, he does keep banging it.

Link to Reuters piece from 2007: "If we don't replace our existing nuclear power stations which are coming to an end, we will find it virtually impossible to meet our climate change targets (and) we'll end up importing even larger amounts of foreign gas," Blair told Sky News.

So, not really a new dawn, then, and certainly not an opportunity "for the UK". Instead, and opportunity for the likes of B Gates with his Terrapower plan for micro-nuclear and isotopic "cancer treatment".

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https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/court-delivers-blow-to-blairs-nuclear-plans-idUSL15738612/

David Miller writes:

The 'new Syria': no borders, no territory, no water, no crude oil, no army, no air defence and no weapons (except for those held by murderous al-Qa'ida gangs and foreign proxies).

Just ISIS-in-suits, lots of Mossad, thousands of American troops, French Special Forces, German spies, Turkish asset-strippers, British 'diplomats', Zionist troops and constant Zionist airstrikes.

The 'Blessed Revolution', which took one of the Arab world's most economically productive, stable and culturally sophisticated states and turned millions into refugees or vanished them into dust.

First they told you it was for 'democracy'. Then they told you it was about removing a 'brutal tyrant' (unlike the very genteel Gulf rulers funding the regime change). Then they dared to tell you it was about 'Syrian agency', while all those telling you so were working for US intelligence front organisations. Now the ISIS-in-suits regime is in charge, they tell us it was about Iran and Hizballah all along.

A sectarian war to smash Muslim unity; smash the Resistance; hand Syria over on a plate to the Zionists; and turn it into a playground for the financial interests of everyone who paid for the dirty war, all now jostling for their piece of the pie.

And those who never understood — or lapped up the sectarian bloodlust — clap along like seals.

As far as I can see, the only good thing about Peter Mandelson being appointed to ensure Israel continues to act with impunity is that his reemergence may prompt a few more rounds of "Northern Guacamole".

Jill Mortimer revived the gag in 2021, during her maiden speech in parliament, and I think it has plenty more mileage:

"Lord Mandleson has previously said that the infamous rumour he once mistook chip shop mushy peas for avocado dip guacamole was a “great story but not true”. He said the mix-up was actually made by an American student helping out in a 1986 by-election but became wrongly linked to him over the years after a joke present from former Labour leader Neil Kinnock."

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https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/jill-mortimer-aims-guacamole-jibe-at-peter-mandelson-in-maiden-speech-3391437

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HART on the "decision" to jab 12 to 15 year-olds:

"So what happened next? Without wanting to rake over old ground (the links in the previous paragraph provide a suitably detailed blow-by-blow account of developments), in what was referred to at the time as a ‘twisted and perverse’ decision, in early September 2021 – against the scientific advice of the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) – the UK CMOs gave the green light for otherwise healthy 12 to 15-year-olds to be injected with a concoction that was purportedly somehow going to help their immune systems tackle the syndrome that was being referred to as Covid-19."

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Happy New Year.

I'm not sure which venue this is from, but it's a 1970s price list from the bar, which indicates very well the devaluation of the pound.

Perhaps the heavy weighting towards liqueurs gives a clue as to the type of patron.

Wine? No, none of that muck!

This week's Editor's Choice articles from ukcolumn.org

1. The Nottingham Common Purpose Effect Re-Visited (By Martin Edwards
Tuesday, February 2020)

2. Fake Money as Cluster Bomb (By John Waters June 2023)

3. Canada's expanding euthanasia laws: Making the unthinkable thinkable again (By Vanessa Beeley December 2022)

Clare's post, and Dan Hannan's "brainwave" about "great Anglosphere democracies" puts me in mind of Blackadder and the great universities:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKuHYO9TM5A

Frank Kitson in 1971, from Low Intensity Operations.

Mike, Vanessa and I discussed this in UK Column News Extra this afternoon.

To see the book for yourself, you can find a pdf here: https://annas-archive.org/

Justin Welby has stepped down as Archbishop of Canterbury amid criticism over his handling of abuse allegations.
The Bishop of Manchester is reportedly a leading candidate for the role—but is this really an improvement?
Charles Malet’s UK Column article exposed the Church of England’s investments in pornography, weapons, and embryonic stem cells, raising serious questions about its moral compass:
www.ukcolumn.org/blogs/the-church-of-england-ethically-investing-in-pornography-weapons-and-embryonic-stem-cells
What direction will the Church take now?

How BBC News works:

I have just heard this girl describe the snow she is standing in as "knee deep".

Call me old fashioned, but as I observe the increasing numbers of (predominantly young) people wandering about the place with "earpods" permanently stuffed into their heads, I cannot help but think it a terribly bad idea. Situational awareness to zero, brain-cooking potential to high.

I wonder if anyone is aware of any research into the effects of this technological development, on hearing, health and cognitive function.

As it stands, the statistics on hearing loss are extraordinary (if they are to be believed): 18 million people in UK with hearing defect of some sort.

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https://www.hearingaid.org.uk/hearing-loss-awareness/uk-hearing-loss-and-hearing-aids-statistics