Putin still dreams of seizing all of Ukraine, but this is unrealistic, – Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski.
According to him, even at the cost of tens of thousands of deaths, the pace of Russia's advance is so slow that it would take decades to seize Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/PnyO0KKjK8
As frequently blogged, an independent and landlocked Ukrainian state can be centred on Lvov. Russia should take Ukraine east of the Dnieper, as well as the Black Sea littoral to a depth of about 50 miles. Kiev and Odessa to be free cities.
In the west of Ukraine, car traffic is disrupted due to snowfall and icy roads.
Deployment of Western troops and military facilities in Ukraine will be considered an intervention that poses a security threat, Maria Zakharova said.
The official spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that Western units and military facilities in Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/1ldCRRropK
It will happen just from deaths alone – and sooner than 30 years. This doesn’t take into account the continuing invasion or them breeding like rabbits. pic.twitter.com/2qMRnu6Vo7
New post. Keir Starmer and Labour are running scared. They are cancelling democracy in areas where Reform is set to surge. They are afraid of Nigel Farage, they are afraid of Reform, they are afraid of the peoplehttps://t.co/45Hn6pRl92
A "diversity panel" at Metropolitan police pushed through minority and under-represented staff, some of whom went on to commit rape, assaults, and drug-dealing
In rough figures, 99%+ are terrorists and/or terror-supporters, and/or otherwise criminal, and/or parasites.
Unwanted here. Hier unerwunscht, to put it another way.
Other “communities” similar, but with a (slightly) less menacing profile.
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I keep seeing tweets etc from “the usual suspects” (inter alia, the Jew-Zionist “Campaign Against Antisemitism”, GB News, Talk TV, Nick Timothy MP, “lord” Ian Austin etc) demanding the sacking of the Chief Constable and others of the West Midlands Police.
All about the storm-in-a-teacup around whether some ghastly Jewish football team from Israel should have been allowed to play west of Birmingham, and its violent supporters allowed to attend.
The intent behind the claque noise is obvious. If the police cave in, in future they —and other police forces— will be too scared to oppose any and all demands by the Jew-Zionist/Israel lobby.
cf. the fraudulent claim by the “CAA”, a year or so ago, that its chief, liar and (in my opinion) perjurer, Gideon Falter, had been barred by the Metropolitan Police from crossing a road by reason of his looking “visibly Jewish“.
They “demanded” the resignation of the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police on that occasion. He refused to play ball, many others were aware of the many fraudulent stunts attempted by Falter, “Slitherman” and other “CAA” types, so the scam failed, that time, as have others, e.g. the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe stunt attempted by dishonest Jew lawyer Mark Lewis, his wife/carer/CAA operative Mandy Blumenthal, and dishonest young Jewish newspaper scribbler and “CAA” supporter (now no longer scribbling) Sabrina Miller. See:
The document on "security guarantees" prepared by the Western calition of the willing together with Kiev is far from a plan for a peaceful settlement and is aimed at continued militarization, Maria Zakharova said:https://t.co/AL5aoGazmzpic.twitter.com/1XLAwViyA6
Moscow calls on Washington to adhere to the rule of law and immediately cease illegal actions against the oil tanker Marinera, according to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry:https://t.co/9SqHwKwYFMpic.twitter.com/0VNrc1kG0x
The Russian protest seems somehow half-hearted. Maybe Putin is waiting to see what Trump’s actions will do in terms of splitting and splintering NATO. Same with the Greenland situation. Fertile fields for “conspiracy” speculation.
If NATO effectively ceases to carry weight, a shipload of oil is a small price to pay.
Meanwhile, Russian forces are still, every day, advancing across the fertile plains of eastern Ukraine.
Being born in Britain doesn’t make someone British.
I was unaware of those details about dim newspaper scribbler Allison Pearson. I thought there must be “something”; I did not know exactly what.
Incidentally, here below is Dr. Aladwan’s crowdfunder, established to help her fight the “lawfare” (legalized harassment) being waged against her by the “Campaign Against Antisemitism” and associated Jewish cabals: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/help-me-fight-the-israel-lobby/.
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Clarification: he was not found guilty of raping a child until after he was employed by the police.
He was alleged to have raped one but there was insufficient evidence to convict him.
He was later found guilty of raping a child. And a woman.
[“You really could not make it up. Cliff Mitchell applied to join the police in 2020 but was rejected because he had previously been found guilty of raping a child. However, a “diversity panel” overturned the decision and he joined the Met Police. He went on to rape two more victims, including a child under the age of 13. He was sacked from the police and given a minimum sentence of 14 years.“]
Translates to a Commons with 419 Reform MPs, 52 Greens, 51 LibDems, 44 SNP, 27 Lab, 21 Cons.
Hugely important if it were to happen. Not just the changed Commons, but also the knock-on effects to a House of Lords where there exist almost no Reform or Green peers. Abolition? Creation of thousands of new Reform peers?
Also, the wider ripples, ranging from lessened influence by members of traditional London clubs, to changes affecting, inter alia, the Foreign Office and other great offices of state, MI5, SIS, the police hierarchy etc.
The [Israeli] Jews, backed by the worldwide web of Jew-Zionists, find it easy to attack unarmed Arab civilians using advanced and remote-controlled weapons, but “what goes around comes around”, and I have no doubt at all that Israel will one day (perhaps sooner than “they” think) face equally devastating attack.
Ukrainians media have declared a state-wide alert due to an alleged threat of an attack by Oreshnik from Kapustin Yar. pic.twitter.com/pdvcXmE8bp
Not news to me, and not news to readers of this blog, I think, but that clip should be shown or shared far and wide, because many people are still ignorant of the facts described.
I see no sign that the System political parties have any serious intention of stopping the migration invasion. As for Reform UK, it is in the pocket of the Israel/Zionist/Jewish lobby and so would be, as a government, unwilling to do more than 5% of what will need to be done.
Britain is sliding towards a very likely war, not a “civil war” in the traditional sense but a multiform civil/social/cultural/racial war.
Talking points
“A revolution without firing squads is not worth much” [Lenin]
Salus populi suprema lex esto (“the welfare of the people is the highest law“) [Cicero]
The “Russian” Revolution (in fact two revolutions, both in 1917, and basically Jewish-led or manipulated) was however not the result of Jewish exiles scribbling pamphlets and books in Zurich and London and Brussels but, in its origins, an outcome of the volcanic anger of the Russian masses, particularly in the large cities.
Even Lenin did not recognize the Revolution for what it was when it happened; he scurried back to Russia to try to take control of a situation already in existence.
In Britain, we see the System political and msm set-up behaving as though the post-1945 (or post-1832) socio-political way of doing things will simply go on and on, but the ground is moving under the feet of the MPs and the msm scribblers and talking heads.
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🚨KEIR STARMER GIVES £100 MILLION TO COUNCILS SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD HOMES FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
The British public who pay for this won't see a penny of it. The UK is at tipping point This cannot go on pic.twitter.com/JByCgXUk9P
A school teacher lost their battle with cancer, and the entire high school, students and staff alike stood together to give a heartfelt guard of honour. 🥺❤️🩹 pic.twitter.com/oztP8tUMHw
— Restoring Your Faith in Humanity (@HumanityChad) January 1, 2026
Impressive.
Mass immigration is like a hydra. You think you have dealt with the problem but then many more problems pop up.
The Israeli tail continues to wag the American dog.
The US is “pretty much ruled now by a small group of billionaire oligarchs. I think they're in charge,” says retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor. pic.twitter.com/2dBAbzoIbO
We WILL be making bonfires 1000x the size of this one day considering every single bookshop selling new books all across the west is literally just shelves and shelves of anti-White bile, transgender nonsense, gay nonsense and books praising our own destruction. pic.twitter.com/D1nw3Femys
“The UK is already a place where a schoolteacher is still in hiding after upsetting Muslims because he taught their children about free speech. What does Labour think will happen when its emboldens Muslims to cry “racist!” at every turn?” https://t.co/3SQR9eoAu0
No argument. Having said that, the biggest threat to free speech and freedom of expression in the UK comes from the Jew-Zionist Israel-lobby element. Goodwin never mentions that. Neither does Toby Young, nor the “Free Speech Union”.
🇵🇱 Polish PM Donald Tusk urges Europe to be brave like Poland, saying the country’s secure eastern border and most modern army make it a model for the continent pic.twitter.com/v2aTK0vr2B
North Korea intensified its rhetoric regarding the Middle East, declaring that any new Israeli attack on Iran would be considered a direct threat to Asian security. A spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry warned that a war on Tehran is "no longer a local matter" but… pic.twitter.com/RO46YpYgyQ
Her vlog is artless yet somehow compelling, like the books of Derek Tangye (writer, sometime journalist and columnist, sometime MI5 officer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Tangye).
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Robert Gates, former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of Defense: NATO expansion was “recklessly ignoring what the Russians considered their own vital national interests… When Russia was weak in the 1990s and beyond, we did not take Russian interests seriously. We did a poor job… pic.twitter.com/bioR7HVF6a
At the moment, Russian "shakhedi" are attacking Kyiv at very low altitudes so that they won't be detected by radars, – according to local blogs. pic.twitter.com/i8AVeV5bdR
Just imagine…that ridiculous bimbo is Vice-President of the European Union!
Absolutely pathetic.
The mayor of the Chinese city of Haikou, who amassed about 4.5 billion dollars during his "career", and in whose apartments 13.5 tons of gold and 23 tons of cash were found, was sentenced to death. pic.twitter.com/XmQ0Fz8FNX
Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the Russian President, Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, called for acknowledging the existence of well-funded and well-organized campaigns inciting war in the US, UK, and EU media:https://t.co/Xhf928BHjXpic.twitter.com/WT7GX1bTKf
The pernicious campaign inciting war between the West including, perhaps especially, the UK, and Russia, is ubiquitous. Such a war would be even more disastrous than the Second World War.
Far fewer than usual. Either the Kiev regime is running short on drones, or is planning a spectacular mass attack, using hoarded drones. Probably the latter.
Bondarenko: Western Europe is preparing for a new Northern war against Russia and therefore insists that Ukraine has 800,000 soldiers
The Ukrainian political analyst Konstantin BONDARENKO: The war will be fought for control over the Baltic Sea, to deny Russia access to that sea.… pic.twitter.com/mx7kCGpo3L
[“Bondarenko: Western Europe is preparing for a new Northern war against Russia and therefore insists that Ukraine has 800,000 soldiers The Ukrainian political analyst Konstantin BONDARENKO: The war will be fought for control over the Baltic Sea, to deny Russia access to that sea. This was confirmed to me by sources in the European expert community. They are not for peace there, only for a ceasefire. For freezing the conflict – with a subsequent thaw The Euro-Atlantic region is forced to watch as the Ukrainian project, once considered a pillar-support in the fight against Russia, turns into an uncontrolled and toxic mechanism capable of dragging down everyone involved in its artificial maintenance.”]
The Stuttgart "local residents" have started celebrating Catholic Christmas… Fresh shawarma and kebab – traditional German dishes – are waiting on the tables at home… pic.twitter.com/1665UPuoLV
The Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Army, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, warned that the army would strike at Israel's enemies "wherever necessary, both on the near and far fronts", apparently hinting that Israel would be forced to strike Iran again.
From the horse’s mouth. Israel will be using Jews who live outside Israel to “monitor” non-Jews in their own countries; that Israel/”diaspora” nexus will not only be “monitoring” anti-Israel content, but trying to suppress it, and to repress those posting it. That nexus will also be creating false narratives etc.
It is already happening, in fact. AIPAC in the USA, the “CST” and malicious “Campaign Against Antisemitism” [“CAA”] in the UK etc. You see it elsewhere too, France, Australia etc.
Ukrainian Jewish citizens in Dnepropetrovsk celebrated yesterday, and Ukrainians are wondering where the mobilization officials have disappeared to. pic.twitter.com/TZYeIIPmmb
let's be clear: Russia will never be defeated. We have withstood centuries of hardships, seen empires rise and fall, and we are still here. And tomorrow, we will be there, in this new multipolar world that is already emerging. pic.twitter.com/hyXNEBChl3
Russia’s world leadership will not arrive for another 1,500 years but, in the meantime, Russia must be allowed to develop in its own way, not as a field of exploitation by Western profiteers.
"Most people who enter Britain through asylum routes have low employment rates, low wages, are economically inactive, and if they are working then they earn a median salary of just £20,000 for men and £18,000 for women."https://t.co/5QluSPB5P1
It seems to me that both main (or formerly “main”) System parties are living in a world of delusion in which, after events or scandals or propaganda attack ads, the disenchanted British voters will ditch their new-found support for Reform and the Greens, and will return to the old comfortable (?) fold as Con and Lab voters. Not going to happen, in my view. The old loyalties and habits have been shattered by the betrayals by both Lab and Con (and their palpable incompetence, as well).
Andrew Neil is right. About absolutely everything.
When leaders start treating elections as optional…
They usually discover too late… that voters stop treating them as legitimate.
So the knackers yard boiling pots are warming up nicely for Starmer.
[“NEW: The Government is set to announce the “biggest animal welfare reforms” in a generation – Ban puppy farming by reforming dog breeding rules – Ban electric shock collars on pets pending a consultation – Ban trail hunting amid concerns it is being used as a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting – Introduce humane slaughter rules for farmed fish to prevent avoidable pain during killing – Phase out colony cages for laying hens, which restrict movement and natural behaviours like nesting and perching, and pig farrowing crates, which confine mother pigs and stop them turning around after giving birth – Ban snare traps that can catch pets and cause suffering for animals – Reform the use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs after evidence it causes distress and suffering – Ban shooting hares during the breeding season (roughly from February to September) so young hares are not left without mothers.”]
For once, I thoroughly approve of all the new government measures (re. animal welfare) but, as tweeter Sophie Meaden says, both Muslim halal and Jewish kosher slaughter must also be banned.
Naturally, Starmer-stein’s government would not ban “Semitic” forms of slaughter, because 1. this is a totally “occupied” Labour Friends of Israel government which 2. in terms of numbers of actual votes is dependent on UK-resident Muslims.
I might add that I suspect that these (otherwise welcome) animal welfare measures are being brought in partly to —so to speak— shoot the Green Party’s fox, and cut some support ground from underneath the Greens.
I genuinely can’t understand a word she says and that’s not me being cruel when I say that.
The comedy industry has been absolutely destroyed due to the Marxist ideologies being pushed throughout the West.
Quite. By the same token, while I am sorry for those with disabilities, I oppose the near-worship exemplified by the Paralympics. The Olympics are supposed to be “Faster, Higher, Stronger“, so having a kind of parallel for-the-disabled sports-fest does not seem to be quite right, though I take little interest in sports anyway, so that is not a major issue for me.
As to comedy, I have no idea who the featured individual is (or what she is saying, as tweeter Sophie Meaden says) but Ms. Meaden’s view is surely correct.
There is a kind of madness abroad in this country now. It is seen in various realms, and was very obvious during the truly ridiculous and absurd “Covid” panicdemic/scamdemic of 2020-2022. Examples: the range of ludicrous “measures” taken (facemask nonsense, “social distancing”, “furlough” payments, fraudulent business loans or grants, the toytown police of the toytown police state checking people’s shopping, and arresting people out of a drive or a walk or sitting on benches at the seaside).
Mad. All mad. Oh, and who could forget the ridiculous “clap for the NHS” nonsense?
As to comedy, it dies when the State, or the System, mandates what cannot be said, or who can or cannot be laughed at. Thus the Soviet Union had a magazine called Krokodil, supposedly satirical, but it could only laugh at approved targets, so not the CPSU (Communist Party), not socialism as a system etc. The same thing has now happened (since the early 1990s) in the UK. Example: the lame Have I Got News for You show. Private Eye magazine, too.
No comedian who wants to be on TV or radio, or even in theatres, can make fun of Jews, blacks, or a range of other groups or events or types.
We now have an ever-tightening noose of censorship. The “bad law” Communications Act 2003, s.127, for example, is frequently abused by the malicious Jew-Zionists such as, in fact mainly, the so-called “Campaign Against Antisemitism”.
In fact, the Jewish/Israel lobby is behind much, though not all, of the anti-free speech activity in the UK. The Muslim element too, though much less so. Then there is the pervasive “political correctness” or “woke” influence.
I have a few good cartoons illustrating all that but, because they featured as Prosecution evidence in my 2023 free speech trial, I prefer not to republish them at present. Q.E.D.
Poll by @LordAshcroft (not British Polling Council member) in Mail on Sunday has Reform 25% -2 Con 22% +2 Green 19% +1 Lab 18% nc Lib Dem 10% -1 11-15 Dec, change since Nov pic.twitter.com/YgP9t7N2wU
Somewhat different from other polls of the past few months. Translates to a Commons with about 283 Reform UK MPs (about 30 short of an overall majority), Cons 111 (far better than all other recent polls; not far short of their present position; and they would be the Opposition, if not in some kind of compact with Reform, which would be not unlikely), 64 Lab, 60 Greens, 50 LibDems, and 44 SNP [etc].
Lord Ashcroft’s polling has been accurate in the past. It may just be that the electorate is very volatile at present.
The Labour party’s decision to tie itself to the Netanyahu govt for inexplicable reasons has allowed the Green Party to surge and will lose them their seats in London and all the big cities. What a moral, strategic and political catastrophe that policy has been.
We have reached a crucial turning point. Is it a crime to criticize Jews? Poland has to break free of Jewish thought control by acquitting Gregor Braun. https://t.co/l43XzP4igI
[“Warsaw, Poland — In one of the most politically charged trials in recent Polish history, MP and nationalist leader.@GrzegorzBraun_ delivered a dramatic and controversial defense statement in court. He directly referred to the writings and teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson — whose portrait was displayed in the Polish Parliament — arguing that the ideology expressed in those texts discriminates against non-Jews and violates the Polish Constitution. Prosecutors accuse Braun of hate-motivated offenses and disruption of a religious ceremony during the 2023 Hanukkah event inside the Sejm. His immunity has already been removed by both Polish and European institutions, opening the way for a full criminal trial.“]
There is a certain element, embedded within the UK, which is engaged is a relentless campaign to shut down what freedom of speech still exists. That element has suborned many in the mass media, politics, the law, the police, and the Crown (or “clown”) Prosecution Service. That element seeks to make economic serfs of British people.
George Orwell b. 25th June 1903 Writer “Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” pic.twitter.com/7Xh1pchdYs
…but we do know that almost all, maybe 99%, will be long-term parasites, that a significant number will indulge in various forms of criminal activity, and that a small, but not vanishingly-small, number will be active terrorist sympathisers or operatives.
72% of them are in social housing 70% of them are unemployed 10% of them are in full time work
…and the “full-time work” in question is, in 9 cases out of 10, driving a taxi.
From a Minister who claimed £3 million on 2nd Home few yrs ago (rented her own home relatively close to Westminister for the magical figure declared £10K they all declare 10K for renting house maybe another scam,
Attempted revival of the 2010-2015 anti-disabled-people and anti-sick-people campaign waged for propaganda purposes by David Cameron-Levita and Gideon George Osborne, and implemented by Iain Dunce Duncan Smith and the Jew “lord” Freud.
Helen Whately is a disgusting woman. Born into affluent circumstances (parents both doctors, one a surgeon), she has never known poverty, ill-health, or even modest shortage of funds. She is married to a businessman of some sort, and they own several homes.
Like so many Con Party “senior” people since 2010, Helen Whately display a mixture of ignorance and overconfidence.
There is every reason to suppose that Helen Whately will lose her seat to Reform UK in or before 2029.
He began as a dreamer from Stratford… and became the voice of the human soul. Shakespeare’s life evolution in a minute — only on JamesDrake TV: pic.twitter.com/8h76xPmQxZ
Hungary will resist pressure from European Union leaders and maintain its opposition to Ukraine's accession to the EU, as well as to funding the Ukrainian military and government, Orban announced on Radio Kossuth's morning program:https://t.co/VlVlm9hkvtpic.twitter.com/Pfvd8jrEwU
Yes we don't even know that the 26 that are being sent by France to replace the 26 we sent them … are better or worse than the ones we removed. Do we even know the criteria that France are using to choose them?
The anti-Israel lobby will try and contest it. But the fact is Hamas bears sole responsibility for the horrors of the past two years. And for all its posturing, the global community recognises it. That's why Hamas is being forced to disarm and disband. And Israel isn't.
Scribblers such as Dan Hodges are, at least by some, actually taken seriously by some. Yet look at that tweet.
Hamas, says Hodges “bears sole responsibility for the horrors of the past two years“, years in which the [Israeli] Jews have killed, grievously wounded, or abducted something like a quarter of a million Gazans, mostly civilians, mostly women and children. The vast majority of buildings in Gaza are now either destroyed entirely, or damaged so badly that they are uninhabitable.
The [Israeli] Jews have cut off most medicine food etc.
Huge numbers of children have been mutilated, or had limbs amputated, by reason of Israeli bombing.
None of which has been directly done by Hamas. Indirectly, yes, Hamas attacked southern Israel in October 2023, and may have killed or captured about 1,500 Israelis and others, but it now seems that many of the Israeli dead were killed by Israeli forces, operating a pre-planned free-fire zone protocol.
Hamas should probably never have attacked Israeli territory in that way at that time, but the Israeli response has been beyond disproportionate in both time and severity. The Hamas attack was only one day, or just over a day, in duration!
Then there have been sadistic games played by Israeli Jew snipers and drone operators.
So, no, the past two years of horrors are far from being the sole responsibility of Hamas; au contraire.
As for why Hamas is being forced to disarm, and Israel is not, that is an even worse point by Hodges. Israel is not being forced to disarm simply because no party is able to force that, not even Israel’s bankroller and arms supplier, the USA.
Hodges even says:
As a ceasefire is about to come into effect, it's important to remember that every death, every injury, every bereavement, every destroyed building, every pile of rubble, every bullet fired and every bomb dropped was the fault of Hamas. They own all of this.
Would anyone at all take seriously such rubbish? I find it curious that Hodges is so totally pro-Jew, pro-Israel. He himself is not a Jew, certainly not “full-” and probably (?) not even “part-“. His craven allegiance is therefore hard to understand, unless it is just for careerist or money reasons. Pathological.
Breaking.
Migrant found guilty of threatening to kill Farage.
“Give Europeans a pile of bricks and they will leave you with a civilisation. Give Africans a civilisation and they will leave you with a pile of bricks.”
[tweeted comment seen a couple of years ago]
Simplistic, of course, but still largely true.
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I was told the story the other day of a trauma nurse who has left the NHS as the working conditions had become simply intolerable. Unsurprisingly, they are emigrating to NZ. There are so many problems inherent in the whole system now, and our governments have become too used to…
Starmer threw it in your faces to distract you from his blatant corruption for which he should have resigned. And you all took the bait. Yu are not talking about him and McSweeney doing that crooked business during Starmer’s bid for the Labour leadership.
I woke up to the germinal phase of that even in the 1970s, but since then the trade unions have become something basically fighting against the interests of their own members, as in the promotion of migration invasion, the “anti-racist” (etc) nonsense, and much else.
A group of foreign mercenaries fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces consisting of troops from the United States, Poland, and Colombia has been eliminated in the Kharkov Region, Russian security agencies told TASS:https://t.co/DlQWHqIsRHpic.twitter.com/mcj4pbn75o
Were I in their position, the first thing I would do would be to dig tunnels 5 or 10 times deeper than any found so far…
The EU approves for the first time aid to finance the salaries of Ukrainian soldiers
In a historic shift, the European Commission has approved the use of EU financial aid to fund the salaries of the Ukrainian armed forces. This decision marks the first time since the start of… pic.twitter.com/xmwbLjyhDF
…and what group or “community”, in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, France etc, owns most of the mass media?
Yes.
“Them”…
Explosions and shooting in Kiev: attack on TE-6 underway, causing power outage. ▪️The attack continues, with power and water outages in various parts of the Ukrainian capital. DTEK confirms the power outage. ▪️150 Geranium-type strike missiles are flying over the region of… pic.twitter.com/QOYynoiGuJ
"The Government has carefully considered the risk of genocide, including when permitting exports to the F-35 global programme. The high civilian casualties, including women and children, and the extensive destruction in Gaza, are…
[“This is the Government’s formal position: “The Government has carefully considered the risk of genocide, including when permitting exports to the F-35 global programme. The high civilian casualties, including women and children, and the extensive destruction in Gaza, are utterly appalling. Israel must do much more to prevent and alleviate the suffering that this conflict is causing. As per the Genocide Convention, the crime of genocide occurs only where there is specific “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” The Government has not concluded that Israel is acting with that intent”.
Why has Keir Starmer never publicly acknowledged this. Why has no Minister publicly acknowledged this. Why will no Minister simply say “Israel is not committing genocide.”]
Because Israel, in reality, is committing genocide. The Israeli Jew leadership have declared their genocidal intentions time and again, without using the actual word.
Then look at what they have actually done— killing and badly wounding over 200,000 Gazans, mostly civilians, mostly women and children, the vast majority of whom have had no means of self-defence at all, and were not even trying to defend themselves, let alone take the fight to the Jew invaders and/or occupiers.
All because Hamas killed or captured, on one day, or two days, about 1,500 Jews, many, perhaps most of whom were in fact killed via the free-fire/scorched earth protocols of the trigger-happy Israeli forces, and not by Hamas operatives.
The disproportion is ludicrous.
Starmer-stein’s Labour Friends of Israel government of clowns wants to support the Jewish state, but even Starmer’s cabal has been appalled at the behaviour of the Israeli Jews. Hence the weaselling. They, this government, stand upon a determination based on the single word “intent“…
As for Dan Hodges, he is somewhere between pathetic and disgusting. As far as I know, he is not Jewish (his mother, the famous actress and Labour politician, Glenda Jackson, was certainly not); I suppose he may be “part-“.
At any rate, Hodges seems to be, to put it over-politely, “less critical” of the Netanyahu regime than many a real Jew; many Jews even in Israel recognize the madness, evil, and extreme disproportion of what Israel’s armed forces have done over the past 2 years in Gaza.
This is what it looks like when a party dies. The Tories can’t go on like this. https://t.co/vPxmH5JyiS
50 people? 60? That audience, even including the deliberate bunching at the front (for the benefit of TV cameras etc), is sparse, to say the least. It includes quite a few journalists in its ranks, so the real audience there is numbered in the few dozens.
As I remarked yesterday, seeing Kemi Badenoch’s speech, fewer people by far than the audience at the London Forum, where I gave a politico-legal talk in 2017.
That photo is not showing a fringe meeting, but the speech of the Shadow Chancellor in the main hall.
On present polling, Mel Stride will probably lose his own seat at the 2029 (?) General Election.
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This is Oscar, the cat who never missed a class, he's attending school for years, now he's everyone's favorite classmate and the campus legend pic.twitter.com/c1iZIX591v
Drone-related provocations in Europe are being used to pressure parliaments into approving massive military spending and to escalate the climate of military hysteria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in comments to journalists:https://t.co/UxY1N9aDdwpic.twitter.com/s4LnzdYy6S
The only factor that really matters is the nuclear weapons situation.
Air defenses downed 251 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry reported. TASS has compiled the main information about the attack’s consequences:https://t.co/MAN4C5JImSpic.twitter.com/CBLBIaXlmg
The US Patriot surface-to-air missile systems have been performing poorly in intercepting Russian ballistic missiles, The Washington Post reported on Sunday:https://t.co/0PHhHjKQphpic.twitter.com/oDp2p7126Q
Translates to a Commons with about 383 Reform MPs, about 106 Lab, 56 LibDem, 40 Con, and 33 SNP (Greens 6, Plaid 5 etc). What matters in that, and in the 120+ previous opinion polls, is not the exact detail but the overall picture. Reform either —as in this poll— carrying a solid majority, or very close to an overall majority, Labour cut back, and with the loss —in most polling— of two-thirds, or even three-quarters, of its MPs.
As to the Conservative Party, few if any polls now think it can get more than 50 MPs; many put the figure as low as 30, 20 or, in a few polls, below 10.
I do not think that removing Kemi Badenoch will make a huge difference, but if Jenrick takes up the reins, it might save 10 or 20 seats.
I have blogged before to the effect that British (real British) voters, will not vote for a non-white person as Prime Minister, which —in effect— is what they would be doing if voting Conservative at present.
Yes, there are, and have been for a number of years, non-white MPs. Few have impressed, to put it mildly. A Prime Minister, though, is another level entirely.
Sunak’s electoral failure was not entirely by reason of his Indian heritage and ethnicity, but it was a significant factor for sure. Not just that he looked “foreign”, but the fact that, despite having been born here, and educated at Winchester and then Oxford, he seemed not to “get” Britishness, as when he scurried back to London from the D-Day commemorations to attend a business meeting.
Kemi Badenoch has even fewer ties and bindings here. Born in London so that she could later get a British passport (the law was changed the following year; born a year later, she would have been barred from ever getting British nationality), she was taken to Nigeria by her parents, brought up there and then in the USA, and only “returned” to this country aged 16-17. Her roots are in every sense either in Africa or America, not in Britain.
No doubt the unthinking will call me “prejudiced”, but keep her as Conservative Party leader and you will see how she does at the (?) 2029 General Election. A near-wipeout is my prediction, if she stays in her present office.
The newspapers say that Jenrick and/or others are already gathering support for a leadership bid in November or December this year. I doubt that that can revive the Conservative Party, but it might make the difference between 10 Commons seats and 30.
[“My monologue on ‘Tories in the land of the living dead’ on The Times at One with Andrew Neil on @TimesRadio
As the Tories gather in Manchester for a conference they hope will rescue them from the land of the living dead one fact is salient above all others. In the general election of July 2024 they scored their lowest share of the vote ever, at 24%. Just when they thought it couldn’t get worse than that — it did.
The Tories are now around 16% in the polls. Far from challenging a deeply unpopular Labour government for first place they’re struggling to avoid fourth place, behind the Liberal Democrats.
At Manchester Kemi Badenoch is abandoning her ‘slow burn’ approach to policies with a raft of new initiatives, many of them with more than a hint of the Reform song sheet. But the Tories face a systemic problem which is not easily resolved.
Nearly everything voters dislike about the current government — high taxes, slow to no growth, mass legal immigration, uncontrolled illegal immigration, net zero, wokery — started under the last Tory government. The Tories are now in full retreat from nearly all of that. But, to use a good Scottish word, if you’re really scunnered with Starmer, why would you seek salvation in the Tories, the original source of your misery? If you think net zero was a mistake — which the Tories are now saying — are you not more likely to look to Nigel Farage, who always opposed it, than the Tories, who enthusiastically implemented it for over 14 years?
Ditto large-scale immigration or high taxes or identity politics. All matters the Tories rail about now, all prospered under a Tory government. All opposed by Reform. At least the Tories can claim to be the only party serious about cutting public spending, as shadow chancellor Mel Stride illustrated in Manchester today. Labour has given up the ghost and Reform’s fiscal plans verge on fantasy. But not that long ago the Tories were the high spenders. So is anybody inclined to listen to them now? And there’s the rub.
It’s not that voters don’t necessarily like what the Tories are now saying. It’s just that they’re not interested, not listening, don’t regard them as relevant to the current political discourse. And when that happens to a political party, there’s the real risk that oblivion awaits just round the corner.“]
[Andrew Neil]
Exactly. Also, the fact is that the “Conservatives” are really, in power, little different from “Labour”. Same or similar core beliefs, similar methods, fairly similar personnel; both parties in favour of multikulti society and globalism, and both (of course) ruled, from behind the scenes, by the Jewish/Israeli lobby cabals.
[Kemi Badenoch after her speech today. About 80-100 people in shot. If that is about half the audience, then the whole crowd must have been, at most generous, maybe 250. Compare that to the years of Heath, Thatcher, even Major]
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Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories, says John Curtice. https://t.co/bdRW5aMAvv
As I have said on the blog many times, I respect the independence or autonomy of both Poland and the pribaltika (Baltic states), and their right to run their own affairs, cultivate their own cultures etc, but they must not interfere with the destiny of Russia, or its own territorial, cultural, or political integrity.
The party "Alternative for Germany" is increasing its lead over competitors and Friedrich Merz's ruling CDU party in the polls pic.twitter.com/bt9vo11P1T
Russian troops liberated the community of Otradnoye in the Kharkov Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday:https://t.co/06kerFM3Vtpic.twitter.com/vb26XTdFcS
Trump seems to have finally gone off his head. I always favoured his election (on both occasions), and for one reason only— to avoid a Russia-USA or Russia-NATO conflict which would probably degenerate into a nuclear exchange, devastating Europe as well as Russia and North America.
I was never under any illusion about Trump, and, during his first term, called him “a squawking parrot in a gilded cage, guarded by a phalanx of Jews“. That has not changed.
Now Trump has (apparently) totally changed his stance on the conflict between Russia and the Kiev regime in Ukraine. He is sanguine about Russian planes being shot down if they overfly even the borders of Polish airspace, and has made the extraordinary statement that “Ukraine” (the Zelensky regime in Kiev) can “win” (defined as seizing back all territory occupied by Russian since 2014: Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk etc).
The fact is that, even if supplied with new weapons (and Trump has not offered any directly), the Kiev regime would not be able to re-occupy those regions, because, first of all, the Kiev-regime armies are crumbling away. They lose 1,000-2,000 men per day, and try to plug the gaps by abducting men aged 25-65 from the streets of Ukrainian cities, pressing them into service by brutal compulsion.
Then there is the fact that most of the populations of Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk are actually Russian and/or Russian-language speakers. They do not want to be part of the Jew Zelensky’s shambolic, corrupt, and brutal fake state.
If Trump orders huge new weapons transfers to Kiev, or that is done via NATO, and if it looks as if Russian advances are being pushed back, it may trigger a reaction in Moscow that few if any want— the use against the Kiev regime armed forces, or against Kiev itself, of tactical or even strategic nuclear weapons by the Russian side.
Trump says one thing one day, another thing another day. His brain, in strictly medical terms, may not be working normally now. That should worry even those of us who were (relatively) in favour of him in the past (though, personally, I myself never favoured most of his policies anyway, only some and somewhat).
Russia cannot lose this war and will not lose it.
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The British newspaper "Telegraph" called the statement of the American president bad news for Ukraine.
Donald Trump said that Europe should help Kyiv to "retake territory."
According to the newspaper, this looks like Washington refusing to increase support and shifting… pic.twitter.com/UYFLWhaLD4
If that is right, then all well and good (though if the analysis is correct, Trump should lay out his strategy more honestly or at least more clearly).
ITV has been given exclusive access to film the deportation of dozens of foreign migrant criminals. They were put on a flight to Romania after losing their right to remain in Britain. They had served sentences for offences including theft, sexual abuse and murder.
Incidentally, those deportation flights to Romania carry almost (?) entirely not real Romanians but Roma gypsies (with Romanian passports), a fact ITV News glosses over. Don’t insult real Romanians by conflating them with the Roma predators and scavengers.
Another poll showing Reform slipping back. Again too early to show a definite trend. But worth watching. https://t.co/4YUqf3RfD6
Is this true? Can people be that stupid (even bearing in mind the disappointingly poor quality of Reform’s policies and people)?
If accurate, that would result in a Commons with Reform having about 287 MPs, Lab 192, LibDems 63, Cons 56, SNP 22 (etc). A minority Reform government, or one requiring Con MPs’ votes to keep it afloat.
What is known about consequences of overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russian regions. Two people were injured by shrapnel in the Rostov Region after a drone attack:https://t.co/5DAEB8Z46rpic.twitter.com/Q6XnNjX7De
Again, this is the problem with Reform’s current strategy. Nigel Farage feels the need to blindly support all Donald Trump’s narratives. Which means he keeps getting pulled off onto Trump’s agenda, rather than his own. https://t.co/7FYKMtWJpi
Well, for once I agree with radio loudmouth James O’Brien, as well as Dan Hodges.
Farage should have added the unsaid, i.e. that those taxi drivers were (obviously) Muslims. Not that that necessarily makes their words an accurate prophecy, but it would have given needed context to what Farage was saying there.
This decision sends a green light to any Muslim who wants to enforce an Islamic blasphemy by taking the law into their own hands. The court is effectively saying that if you attack a blasphemer with a knife, he will be convicted of causing you harassment, alarm or distress and… pic.twitter.com/oPK8nueih1
[“This decision sends a green light to any Muslim who wants to enforce an Islamic blasphemy by taking the law into their own hands. The court is effectively saying that if you attack a blasphemer with a knife, he will be convicted of causing you harassment, alarm or distress and you won’t have to spend a day behind bars. Moussa Kadri has been let off with a suspended sentence after repeatedly slashing Hamit Coskun with a knife while shouting that he was going to kill him. Kadri had been enraged that Coskun was protesting against Islam. Hamit is still living in hiding having been convicted of a “hate crime” for burning his own copy of the Quran.”]
A completely wrong decision.
As the famous Dickensian character said, “the law is a ass, a idiot“…
Hard to believe that a violent foreign crazie like that has been effectively let off, even in today’s Britain.
Little is written about McSweeney’s decisions to drop out of university and subsequently move to Sarid, a Jewish colony built upon the “flourishing” Palestinian village of Ikhneifis. pic.twitter.com/aTjNdN3zKL
Upon joining Labour in 2001, McSweeney worked on Peter Mandelson’s “Excalibur” database.
Starmer overruled security services to promote Mandelson, despite him being a close friend of convicted paedophile + suspected Israeli intelligence asset Jeffrey Epstein. pic.twitter.com/EQnLjUQ3Oj
From 2008-10, McSweeney campaigned alongside David Evans, Jon Cruddas, + Margaret Hodge in Barking & Dagenham.
David Evans kicked Corbyn out of Labour and was subsequently handed a life peerage by Starmer. The Jewish Chronicle describes him as a “fierce critic of anti-Zionism”. pic.twitter.com/9JmEDSgi85
God. Just look at them. “The simulacrum of the human”, as someone once called “them”.
In 2015, McSweeney ran Liz Kendall’s leadership campaign.
Kendall refused to vote to recognise Palestine in ‘14. In ‘15, she told Labour Friends of Israel that she would fight Israel boycotts + sanctions with “every fibre in [her] being”, and she joined LFI the following year. pic.twitter.com/IBICZSRNKF
McSweeney was advised to claim an “admin error” by solicitor Gerald Shamash.
Shamash previously took action against Tony Greenstein on behalf of Labour + Scott Horner, a party official who got a discussion on sanctions against Israel banned.
After covertly attacking the Canary, McSweeney instead forged ties between Labour Together + the Guardian.
Historic Guardian editor C. P. Scott was a committed Zionist + close friend of Chaim Weizmann. He introduced Weizmann to the PM + helped lobby for the Balfour Declaration. pic.twitter.com/HPVWGSocOy
In March 2024, Albanese was the referred to the ICC as an accessory to genocide for defunding URNWA, providing military aid and “unequivocal political support” to the Israeli state, and allowing Australians to join the Israeli military. pic.twitter.com/L4BB4mQmtS
If not “them” directly, their agents or, to put it more plainly, slaves.
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The Ukrainian army lost about 1,495 troops in clashes with Russian forces across all combat areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry:https://t.co/9VFAjSBXEApic.twitter.com/PFJ95en3KX
About the same number every day now. 1,000-2,000. It means that, over the course of a year, the Kiev regime is losing about half a million, or more, men.
Russian troops are on the cusp of liberating Kirovsk (Ukrainian name — Zarechnoye) in the north of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Presumably, the “security guard” has been told not to try to detain the thieves. They obviously know it, and are not at all deterred by his pointless presence.
Enoch Powell was not only right, as far as he went, but also wrong inasmuch as he did not go far enough, and never could have foreseen (even in his later years) the jungle that Britain’s urban concentrations have now become.
Marwa has two feet that don’t work properly. PIP claim anybody? No doubt a cheeky Motability car. Then there’s UC (and full Housing Benefit and Council Tax support). Child Benefit for the 3 kids. Maybe more DLA/PIP if any have ADHD. Plus NHS, schools and social housing IN ZONE 1.
As previously noted on the blog, neither side should be directly targeting civilians.
The Spanish Prime Minister announced that he will send a warship to accompany the Sumud global fleet in Gaza to "ensure respect for international law". Turkish MP Ozgur Ozel appealed to Erdogan to send Turkish ships to protect activists traveling by boats to Gaza: We appeal to… pic.twitter.com/JY6CbfUASn
[“The Spanish Prime Minister announced that he will send a warship to accompany the Sumud global fleet in Gaza to “ensure respect for international law”. Turkish MP Ozgur Ozel appealed to Erdogan to send Turkish ships to protect activists traveling by boats to Gaza: ‘We appeal to those who govern the country: the Sumud fleet is the conscience of humanity! Support this fleet. Whatever happens, protect this fleet!‘
Italian Minister of Defense: An Italian Navy ship has been dispatched to the “Steadfast Fleet” to provide assistance after it was attacked.“]
It would be a great thing if the Spanish, Italian, or Turkish naval ships in question ended up sinking the Israeli ones. It might lead who knows where…
Donald Trump, despite changing his rhetoric towards Russia, still refuses to authorize strikes with American weapons deep inside Russia"
This is claimed by The Wall Street Journal, noting that Trump received from his circle data about a "planned offensive by the Ukrainian Armed… pic.twitter.com/QAvi3otlaN
I started out entirely on Israel’s side. 200%. I’ve run out of words with which to condemn what they’re doing and so apparently have the majority of Israelis. 75% back an end to the war.
Ha ha. Glad to see that anti-Israeli feeling is rising, including feeling against the “facilitators” and supporters of Israel in the UK.
As regular readers of the blog will know, I oppose the recognition of Palestinian statehood for reasons other than any wish to support the Jewish state (and people know that I would never do that).
For me (and this was the settled British diplomatic convention for most of the past couple of hundred years, except during WW2), governments and states are only recognized de facto, not de jure, that is to say that recognition is, or was, only granted to governments which have, or had, effective power over the defined geographical area of a state. The ideology of the government in question, its “legitimacy”, and the “rights and wrongs”, should be, and in the past usually have been, disregarded.
In the case of Palestine, the areas of the now-“recognized” “state” are not defined, and are indistinct. Also, no Palestinian entity has effective control over either of the two main components of the rump Palestinian areas (West Bank and Gaza).
[how the land of Palestine has been seized and/or stolen by Jews over time; still continuing, of course— the maps only show the position up to 2005]
The Israeli Jews (i.e. Israeli state, which itself has been recognized by the UK for a very long time), rule over most of the existing Palestinian areas, though at a remove in the West Bank.
In fact, the UK recognised Israel de facto on January 29 1949, and de jure on 28 April 1950. In other words, the UK accepted that Israel, as a state, was something real on the ground by early 1949, even though its legitimacy as a state was not recognized by the UK until well over a year later, in 1950.
What the Starmer government of the UK (until now horribly pro-Jewish lobby and pro-Israel) has done is recognize the existence of a Palestinian state purely de jure. It cannot recognize the Palestinian state de facto because the land borders are undefined, because there is no one Palestinian entity to recognize as a government in power over the area of the recognized “state”, and because the Israeli state is ruling over, effectively, all of the West Bank and all of Gaza, despite the existence of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank areas.
The two main wings of Palestinian politics have been split since 2006, Hamas ruling Gaza (at least until recently), Fatah ruling the West Bank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Authority. Neither party holds any sway to speak of in the other’s main area.
In other words, the UK government has recognized as a state a “Palestine” which has two notional ruling “governments”, which ruling entities are at loggerheads with each other, and neither of which exercises much power.
There is the other point, that the UK government is now in the position of declaring Palestine a state de jure when it has also declared (and has now put into law) the position that Hamas, the only Palestinian entity presently ruling over whatever is left standing in Gaza, is a “terrorist” entity. The UK government is therefore in the position of recognizing as a notional “state” a vague collection of areas half of which are ruled over by a “government” not only not recognized (either de facto or de jure) but also by a “government” now declared as “terrorist” by the UK government! Mad.
What this means, really, is that the UK government now officially recognizes, in effect, a non-existent (in reality) Palestinian “state”, and it also means (arguende) that the UK government is giving at least implied verbal support to Hamas, an entity which is officially “terrorist” in UK law, and support for which is a crime. Starmer and Lammy may have to arrest themselves!
More seriously, this is government and diplomacy by soundbite, and government lacking any clarity. I did say, on the blog, that Starmer was “slightly to my own surprise, clueless” several years ago. If I say so myself, I was right. Starmer is a disaster. Utterly lacking in ability to be a Prime Minister.
I suppose that Starmer and his “Man Friday”, Lammy (until recently, Foreign Secretary), might argue (well, Starmer might; Lammy is utterly incapable of stringing together a coherent sentence) that what they have recognized is not a state but a hope for a state (in the future). God knows what the likes of Bismarck or Metternich would have thought of that!
I have seen and heard nothing from the Labour Friends of Israel fraudster and expenses cheat now posing as UK Foreign Secretary (Yvette Cooper).
Actually, what Starmer has done is to pretend to recognize, as being a state, a word or name (Palestine), and only a word or name, because the recognized state does not exist: no government exists or is recognized, the areas of the recognized state are not defined, and the (long-recognized) state that does have effective power over all potential areas of Palestine, i.e. the Israeli state, neither recognizes a Palestinian state (on any boundaries) nor accepts the UK and other states’ recognition of Palestine as a state.
What makes this whole Starmer/Lammy nonsense even more nonsensical is that the UK government under “Starmer-stein” is engaged in practical support for Israel and, in effect, its brutal, sadistic and genocidal war in Gaza. He is a member, like most of his Cabinet, of Labour Friends of Israel, and not only is his wife Jewish but his children are being brought up as if full-Jew.
Starmer’s government continues to give intelligence help and support to Israel, promotes sales of arms and other equipment to Israel, pursues prosecution of anti-Israel protesters (and “antisemites” opposed to the Jewish lobby in the UK— I ought to know, after all!), and permits importation of Israeli goods and services into the UK.
The current UK government policies on the Israel/Palestine situation are simply not congruent.
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One important thing to remember. Today’s recognition is nothing to do with diplomacy, security or even morality. It is solely about the electoral and internal priorities of the Labour Party.
Good point. Labour has recently sunk as low as 16% in the opinion polls. If Starmer wants to limit the damage, he has to claw back some support from somewhere, whether from disaffected and pro-Palestinian former Labour voters or from equally-disaffected Muslims.
Frankly, I doubt whether it will work. No voter who is pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel, or (such as that lady tweeter, above, at top of today’s blog post) simply anti-genocide etc, will vote Labour because of this. Those who go the other way will likewise not vote Labour because of this, and may well vote against Labour because of it.
Over the past week, the Ukrainian army suffered losses of nearly 4,500 soldiers in battles along the lines of the Lugansk People’s Republic, with the greatest damage to the enemy inflicted by Battlegroup West, Marochko told TASS:https://t.co/eDrCp14xNkpic.twitter.com/rQFNIUhCYz
Three people were killed and 10 others were wounded in Ukrainian attacks on the bordering Russian region of Belgorod over the past day, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported:https://t.co/R4s1U3gYokpic.twitter.com/ey17zNpCzR
Air defenses shot down 114 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry said. TASS has compiled the main information about the consequences:https://t.co/ljjTP6dv5Npic.twitter.com/A5lvHerRqC
Thanks to Boris Johnson & the Tories, nearly 300,000 low-skill, low-wage, non-European migrants will become eligible to stay in the UK FOREVER from next year
Full access to the NHS, the welfare state, social housing, student loans, AND can bring relatives
Mad. Or bad. The UK should declare global neutrality.
If any other country had just murdered four America s, three of them kids, it would be the biggest story in the news and Trump would be preparing to strike back. https://t.co/8jAXWIUOAg
When it comes to Israel and the Jews, the Americans are the most pathetic “cuck” nation imaginable.
Interesting tweet-thread
I do not often repost anything tweeted by vituperative Jew-Zionist barrister Simon Myerson, but the following tweet-thread is interesting on the subject of the character of the person currently posing as Prime Minister:
I think my own Keir Starmer story, may shed some light on how he makes decisions. In 2006 I prosecuted a difficult case of manslaughter against 4 young people in respect of the death of another young person, who had a heart attack running away from an assault. We won. 1/7
As per the protocol we had a chat. I talked him through the issues. He asked me for a 2 page summary, & told me that he would ask the House of Lords to determine the issue (he also told me I’d lead the case, but that’s by the by). I supplied my summary. I heard nothing. 3/7
A lot of embarrassed shuffling later it became clear that he had been talked out of the idea by someone else (I do know who, yes), who knew nothing about the case and never spoke to me – or junior counsel or the solicitor – about it. Nor did Keir Starmer. 5/7
So, now I see @UKLabour gaslighting the Jewish community by saying this move will help a 2 solution – which it won’t at all – rather than confronting the disagreement & winning an argument, if it can – I remember my own experience of cowardice & indecision. Hey ho. //
Of course, for me, the effect of the notional “recognition” of a non-existent state of Palestine on the “Jewish community” is not relevant, not in the slightest, but I do oppose making Britain a diplomatic and geopolitical bad joke.
Incidentally, that side-point about Treasury Counsel is interesting. I myself was briefed, I think only two or three times, as ad hoc Treasury Counsel. I was never on any of the normal Treasury Counsel panels, sadly (“sadly” because it guarantees a supply of lucrative Government work and is also rather prestigious). I was instructed ad hoc because the work I did on those few occasions (as I say, pretty minor but involving official secrecy) required either normal Treasury Counsel or, if none was available, someone who could be briefed as having been approved to do that work. The instructing entity was the Ministry of Defence.
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Ungrateful ones who feel mistakenly 🇬🇧owes them something even if they weren't born here. This rehearsed and nursed grievance (aided and abetted by self-hating liberals) is their excuse for coming here and completely leeching off society whilst acting like they're doing this…
If your plan is to tell the British people they should shut up and keep paying for low-skill workers from the third world, £10 billion a year on welfare + another £6 billion a year subsidising social housing for foreign nationals then get ready for a massive Reform majority
Oh, and ask them if they think companies should be forced to train up more British kids —like the 1 million out of work and education. I look forward to the BBC Verify summary.
Um, @AndrewMarr9, it ends with us being like most other nations around the world by restricting welfare for our own people & putting the hardworking, tax-paying majority first. Why should Brits be forced to subsidise millions of people they never asked for? https://t.co/3ilNeU96au
Civil war/social war/racial war/cultural war. A mixture of those. Possibly but not necessarily slow-burn.
Andrew Marr is an evil System puppet and propagandist. See below:
Marr is a creature of evil.
Only the Aryan can give life.
[“At the end stands Victory”]
Farage wants the voters that the other parties don't want. Millions of people didn't vote in the last election. Not saying it's right as I hate the policy, but it's a fact.
I have covered all this on the blog in recent years. Over 40% of eligible voters did not vote at GE 2024. Only about 20% of all eligible voters voted Labour. The non-voting 40+% represent the level of angry disenchantment with System politics in the UK. If any party could capture the majority of the disenchanted, that party would be one of the largest voting blocs, perhaps the very largest.
Having said that, and as far as Reform UK is concerned, even at present, on “only” 34%, the projection is that Reform will be able to form a government with a majority even larger than that of present Starmer-Labour.
Reform’s policy started with “deport people who are here illegally”. Fine. Then it was “deport people here legally who commit a serious crime”. Fine. Now it appears to be “deport people here legally”. Where’s this going to end up.
I disagree with Dan Hodges’ view that Farage’s latest policy announcement has been a mistake. I think it may have just won the next General Election for him and for Reform UK.
All the System drones are out on social media tonight, attacking bitterly the new Reform deportation policy. Conclusion: Reform and Farage have scored a direct hit on the System tank.
Pierre de Gaulle, a a French public figure and grandson of Charles de Gaulle, founder of the Fifth French Republic, commented on the Kiev regime introducing sanctions against him:
Russia is capable of responding to any threats, not with words, but with military and technical measures, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the Russian Security Council:https://t.co/Mo8fEwZOtZpic.twitter.com/dh2C5cbRrH
This is Sajoud the little girl who’s childhood was stolen by war, her eyes still shine with beauty despite collecting garbage in the streets.#FreePalestinepic.twitter.com/9rBQowlWHY
“They” are very brave when targeting children or other unarmed civilians, but they still have the race-memory of a time, about 80-90 years ago, when they themselves (at least, their ancestors) scurried in fear away from soldiers wearing a different uniform…
Von der Leyen to focus on EU militarization in State of the Union address. The principal elements of her speech are clear in advance: calls to stand firm against Russia, support for Ukraine, and an accelerated pace of EU militarization:https://t.co/vvzl9exec0pic.twitter.com/1Rz4WMgYFY
IN BRIEF: What is known about overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian regions. Two employees at a boarding school in the Rostov Region suffered injuries:https://t.co/s453hMGv1Wpic.twitter.com/62SJlpFe8b
Poland sent military equipment to the Belarusian border on Wednesday morning, reported the state television channel "First National".
"A column of Polish military equipment is moving towards the Belarusian border. Morning footage shows the movement of Polish troops heading… pic.twitter.com/egEULS2FGI
Translates to about 392 Reform MPs, so a substantial overall majority. Lab 99, LibDems 64, SNP 33, Cons 30 (etc).
I have seen a few tweets noting that, in another recent opinion poll, Reform’s share dipped to about 28% after its recent annual conference, but those tweets are mistaken insofar as they say that the lower Reform UK level therefore shows increased support for Labour or Con. I think not. People are not intending to vote Reform to get a Farage/Reform government; they are intending to vote Reform in order to stamp on and kick Lab and Con.
Look at 2024. Voters voted Labour (or abstained) in order to kick out the Cons and their “great non-white hope”, the little Indian money-juggler, Sunak. Labour thus gained an unmerited large Commons majority even though, out of every 20 eligible voters, a plurality, 8 out of the 20, did not even vote; 4 out of every 20 voted Labour; 3 out of every 20 voted Con; 2-3 out of 20 voted Reform; another 2-3 voted LibDem, and 1 out of 20 voted Green.
The point is that, having binned the fake Conservatives, the voters now want to bin fake Labour. The result of that will be that Reform benefits by default, as Labour did in 2024. The wish of the people, though, is not Reform government, as such. They accept, whether consciously or not, that that will be the inevitable result of binning both main System parties, but their wish is just to have an effective government, and a society which puts Britain and British people first.
It is hard to say what the “ceiling” of Reform, in percentage terms, may be. The opinion polls have had Reform as high as 35%, so far. That may stretch to 40% or higher; we do not know. I certainly think it doubtful that either Con or Lab will get to 35% before the next general election. Lab may or may not get to 30% (I doubt it); the Cons are unlikely to go higher than 25%, or even 20%.
As often said, my hope is that Reform beats Con and Lab, but then fails in government, leaving the field wide open for the advance of a social-national movement that, at present, does not exist in a formal sense.
The head of the UK police watchdog has said ‘non-crime hate incidents’ should be scrapped and police should focus on tackling crime.
…and the police must stop acting as puppets or good little dogs for the Jew-Zionist/Israel lobby (especially the so-called “Campaign Against Antisemitism” or “CAA”).
Nationwide protest rallies and strikes against the government’s economic policies are taking place in France. According to French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, nearly 200 people have been detained for participating in riots so far:https://t.co/KdH4FfGiTEpic.twitter.com/nCD4l2ZLsj
The European Commission will suspend financial support to Israel and freeze all payment transactions with this country, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC.
She also proposed imposing sanctions against several Israeli officials.
“I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.
"I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain. You have to be incredibly resilient, fight for early release and be… https://t.co/0cPmDlQJnj
Well, we know that Mandelson is uninterested in young (or any) women, so what is the connection? It must be the Jewish and Israeli connection. Mandelson is a Jew. Epstein was a Jew (Epstein now, of course, having “gone up the chimney”, but Mandelson not yet).
Mandelson is yet another member of Labour Friends of Israel, along with Starmer-stein and almost all of his Cabinet.
There is a clear Jewish, Zionist or pro-Zionist, and Israeli Intelligence (MOSSAD, Aman etc) aspect to the whole Epstein case. Look at the involvement of the half-Jew, Ghislaine “Maxwell”, whose horrible full-Jew father, “Robert Maxwell”, is believed to have been MOSSAD’s chief agent in Europe, until (very probably) assassinated on MOSSAD or Aman orders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Directorate_(Israel).
Look at my very detailed, and frequently updated, examination of all such matters around Epstein:
Hodges thinks Starmer-stein’s position is hard to understand. Not when you factor-in Starmer’s slavish pro-Israel position, which is egregious even compared to that of Sunak, Truss, “Boris”-idiot, May, and Cameron-Levita.
Look at Starmer’s Cabinet, at his elevations to the Lords etc. Starmer may actually be a conscious and willing agent, or at least an “agent of influence”, of the Israeli state.
Has everyone in Government gone completely insane. How can they think this is a tenable stance. https://t.co/qlN5oczjdS
Like previous no-good prime ministers, Starmer was the preferred candidate of the Israel lobby. That lobby trashed poor old Corbyn, and (via a Labour Friends of Israel, and pro-Zionist msm, conspiracy) installed Starmer and his Labour Friends of Israel ministers.
Speaking for myself (and as can be verified by my blog posts going back several years), I always saw Starmer as “dull as ditchwater“; also, having been at the Bar myself, I knew that quite mediocre people often get quite high positions in English law, in Starmer’s case as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). I therefore thought, until about 3-4 years ago, that Starmer, though dull and also in the pocket of the Israel lobby, would —as a Prime Minister of this country— be at least administratively competent. I was therefore surprised, circa 2022, to see that, in fact, Starmer was so incompetent that I described him that year as “utterly clueless“.
I think, though should not say so, that I was right…
'Mr Herzog, is your government committing war crimes?'
Look at stupid Starmer-stein’s face as the scarcely rhetorical question is asked. He looks more affronted than the Jew from Israel.
The armed forces of Ukraine lost approximately 1,325 servicemen in the zone of Russia’s special military operation in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said:https://t.co/5YOoOuxmXopic.twitter.com/6d3ecEhUpz
In a single day…(and it is happening every single day).
NATO, at Warsaw’s request, has invoked the use of Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty and launched consultations over the violation of Polish airspace by unmanned aerial vehicles, government spokesman Adam Szlapka told the Polsat TV channel:https://t.co/DtbtKfi65opic.twitter.com/ZKUr0cTUGh
I am not “anti-Polish”, not by any means, and travelled there several times in the late 1980s, but I struggle to understand why the current Polish authorities seem determined to have their country flattened again, and for no good reason.
Protests have broken out in France against the government's economic policies. Hundreds of protesters are blocking roads and disrupting city operations in Paris. The reason was the government's decision not to index pensions and social benefits in line with inflation. pic.twitter.com/Ty40FwKSFX
“Jeffrey Epstein was a very wealthy man, but exactly how wealthy and where that money came from remains shrouded in mystery.
Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein’s role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel between political figures and business titans, greasing up the former with lifestyles they could not afford and the latter with avenues of political influence.
…the questions about the source of Epstein’s wealth have never been fully resolved. He was worth nearly $600m at his death, thanks mostly to two wealthy billionaire clients – Victoria’s Secret founder Les Wexner and, later, Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black – as well as Johnson & Johnson heiress Elizabeth “Libet” Johnson, sister of former US ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson.
Between his collection of lavish homes in New York, Palm Beach and Paris, two private Caribbean islands, two jets and helicopter, Epstein held nearly $380m in cash and investments, according to his estate.
That wealth arrived suddenly. According to associates, until the end of the 90s, Epstein was living in a two-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side close to the river. It was only when Maxwell arrived from London that his lifestyle was dramatically elevated.
Epstein moved to a townhouse on 68th Street and later to a 28,000-sq-ft mansion on 71st Street, later transferred to him by Wexner in 2011.
Steven Hoffenberg, a former business partner of Epstein convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, claimed that Maxwell’s father, disgraced press baron Robert Maxwell, introduced his daughter to Epstein in the late 1980s.“
Ukraine has increased the number of attacks on Russian territory after the Russia-US summit, which took place on August 15 in Alaska, with the number of attacks on civilian targets rising from 300 to 430 per day, Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia:https://t.co/KdtJNUDFJfpic.twitter.com/zsDXO5GOwD
Breaking: An Israeli strike has again targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, live on air. The strike directly hit civil defence crews as they were rescuing survivors from the first strike pic.twitter.com/NazwtxlVzV
Another Israeli war crime, tacitly supported by Jew-Zionist orgs, and (or so say those orgs) most individual Jews in the UK and elsewhere.
The so-called “Campaign Against Antisemitism” [“CAA”] claims that c.95% of Jews in the UK support Israel generally. It can be inferred, therefore, that, at minimum, a majority of them support also what Israel is doing in Gaza and the West Bank.
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence from May reveals Israel believed it had killed ~8,900 militants in Gaza, indicating a proportion of civilian slaughter with few parallels in modern warfare. https://t.co/cEWNLBXgsR
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed a draft law that would extend special status and benefits for Ukrainians who arrived in Poland after February 2022: https://t.co/z1syI0Ns7mpic.twitter.com/TA8aermQLE
Without constant foreign subsidy, the Kiev regime would collapse within weeks.
Norwegian Prime Minister: We continue to support Ukraine, we will allocate billions Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre arrived in Kyiv today. He stated that Norway will allocate 8.45 billion dollars to aid Ukraine in 2025–2026. He added that Norway will assist in… pic.twitter.com/k7zekQ00Sb
My country has largely gone, and has been, mainly, stolen or trashed by enemy elements, aided and abetted by traitors.
The United States seeks to further decrease nuclear weapons together with Russia, as well as to involve China in this process, US President Donald Trump stated:https://t.co/Jhao8sbKGHpic.twitter.com/fDyMrAiHSE
Very good, of course, but the genie is out of the bottle now. Israel, Pakistan, India already have nuclear weapons, Iran, North Korea and maybe others seem close to getting some, and other states yet, such as Turkey and Japan, have the scientific and industrial capability to put a nuclear weapons programme in place even if that has not yet happened.
Russian troops liberated the community of Zaporozhskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday:https://t.co/voe5A5fxfWpic.twitter.com/u7ppBjZsse
Radio of the Israeli regime's army: 🔹 “The results of a military investigation conducted in the Israel showed that the missile fired from Yemen towards the occupied territories on Friday had a cluster warhead.” pic.twitter.com/Y2FGWrU8p8
For decades, Israel had advanced weapons, while most of the surrounding or engaged states did not. That has changed in recent years. Israel is doomed.
Young English people cannot support themselves: Starmer has killed Britain's budget
The British government is introducing new taxes that will mainly affect the most active working middle class, writes The Telegraph. The level of public welfare is steadily declining: 53% of… pic.twitter.com/1Vaj0pcS5u
[“Young English people cannot support themselves: Starmer has killed Britain’s budget The British government is introducing new taxes that will mainly affect the most active working middle class, writes The Telegraph. The level of public welfare is steadily declining: 53% of Britons rely only on benefits, and the wealthy are urgently leaving the country. And there are still four more years ahead with the current government. “If taxes are raised to direct more money to an increasingly inefficient public sector, welfare will decline. But the Labour Party does not understand or, worse, does not care that growth is impossible if the already shrinking and demoralized middle class is further crushed,” the article’s author protests.”]
"European leaders refuse to talk to Russia, despite the proxy war being lost and 69% of Ukrainians supporting immediate negotiations to end it. The slogan 'support Ukraine' has turned into 'fight to the last Ukrainian.' The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will sharply… pic.twitter.com/e2bTiuyI0t
"They are still some way away from having an operational nuclear weapon"
Former UK National Security Adviser @LordRickettsP plays down suggestions that Iran are on the verge of having a nuclear weapon, adding that they do not yet have a delivery mechanism#Pestonpic.twitter.com/oBNYbDUa2J
Madness. The governments of the EU states and UK do not care at all about the welfare of their own citizens.
The Russian Armed Forces have a strategic advantage in all areas of the special military operation in Ukraine and keep advancing along the whole frontline, Russian President Vladimir Putin said:https://t.co/41gpZmGFbdpic.twitter.com/bgxsTynpOR
World War III would destroy civilization and must be prevented at all costs, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told a session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum:https://t.co/BY7QDLw1KZpic.twitter.com/7FKvDRH5lK
Ha ha! Jews are quite funny (without meaning to be) a lot of the time. It’s always “all about them”, in any and all circumstances. For example, Israeli Jews destroying every single hospital in Gaza is simply war damage, and really the fault of those being bombed, but if a hospital in Israel as much as has its windows broken, it’s some kind of evil “holocaust” (and so on…).
A few hundred cowardly Jews with dual nationality leaving their own (supposed) beloved country because they wish to avoid all risk is apparently the same as the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (my own maternal grandfather having been one of those taken off the beaches then) facing possible annihilation; and with the 1940-41 London Blitz thrown in as well! No wonder so many Jews are comedians…
Having said that, I believe that the lady tweeter is herself at least partly Jewish, but not (not completely, anyway) pro-Israel.
There used to be a saying, something about (I forget which creatures) leaving the sinking ship…
Iran Targets $475 Billion Israeli Stock Market
Tel Aviv's financial sector was rocked Thursday morning by Iran's missile strike on the Ramat Gan area, one of Israel's key economic hubs.
As news of the attack spread, financial markets reacted sharply, with traders rushing to… pic.twitter.com/SDAeLsKAL7
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Oh, dear…what a pity… and only yesterday or the day before, I read that the shares on that stock exchange were rising fast, after Israel’s sneak attack on Iran. Life is so unexpected…
Devastating blow to the Israel regime's economy by Iranian missiles; catastrophic damage to Ramat Gan in footage from Al-Arabi TV channel. pic.twitter.com/CiHkxjC39c
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
The images are not from Gaza, which was hit by the Israeli army. They are from Tel Aviv, which was hit by the Iranian army. pic.twitter.com/hCrPVevIM8
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
…and once the Israelis run out of ground-to-air missiles, Tel Aviv and other target areas will be almost undefended, and will be ground down (as Gaza has been), assuming that the Iranian missile barrages continue. According to the US/UK msm, that might be as early as one week from now.
Israel is running out of interceptor missiles under Iranian pressure According to the Washington Post pic.twitter.com/2mnUw4c4MI
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
So much for “Tel Aviv, the high-tech city with the booming economy“…It might soon be little more than a hole in the ground.
Israeli journalist admits destruction of weapons and ammunition at Soroka hospital. pic.twitter.com/BdBbFAudkH
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
The Israelis hide weapons in hospitals, it seems, just as (they claim) Hamas did in Gaza.
According to media reports, Iran used the Shahab-3 missile, which was introduced in 2003, in the latest operation. pic.twitter.com/5Se9OLqI5z
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Israeli army spokesman: 'We are launching attacks in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip in parallel with our large-scale operation in Iran.' pic.twitter.com/dEPaMFuAih
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
“They” are a force for destruction, wherever they are.
Applause and shouts of "Iran, Iran" from Jordanian children when they see Iranian missiles! pic.twitter.com/ZCWUlyNFIC
— Iran War Designer (@IranWarDesigner) June 19, 2025
🇮🇷 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The command center and intelligence of the Israel army were hit by a targeted strike. pic.twitter.com/99hiZxCi2X
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in a direct interview with Al Jazeera: "I asked every Israeli to report to the police anyone who watches Al Jazeera. It should be banned from Israel because it represents a danger to our National Security." pic.twitter.com/x0yQ4ZadfO
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Ecce the supposed “free democratic country” we hear so much about from our (UK, US etc) System politicians and msm…
So much for Israel being a “free and democratic” society…
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If you want a symbol of how utterly broken Britain really is then read this:
Labour's Attorney General, Lord Hermer –who signed off on sending Lucy Connolly to jail for nearly three years, helped give away Chagos and has consistently chosen to represent people who hate Britain… pic.twitter.com/6mlLEOrNLl
Strange. My red lines for Stephen Fry were him joining in with the fake antisemitism shit which ultimately gave us Starmer, the cheerleading for Israel committing genocide, and the crawling visit to Zelensky. Interesting what triggers some people. https://t.co/v9K7LXwdjI
— Mannie Quinn & The Mighty Hornets🐝 (@MannieMighty1) June 19, 2025
People are always saying how wonderfully talented Fry is. I cannot see it, for all his fame, acting career etc. In Jeeves and Wooster, that wonderful adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse, Fry was admittedly very good as Jeeves, but Hugh Laurie was the star, really. In Gosford Park, Fry’s police inspector ruined, in my view, the atmosphere, by importing a kind of cheap comedy into the film. As for his film about Oscar Wilde, it was nowhere as good (or as historically accurate) as the 1960 film starring Peter Finch, The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Fry’s version (if I recall it aright— I have seen it, though long ago) almost completely expunged Wilde’s heterosexual side [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde#London_life_and_marriage], and said little about Wilde’s life or views outside of Wilde’s obsession with Lord Alfred Douglas and various disreputable youths.
I knew a barrister who met Fry at a wedding, and said that he, the barrister, had been quite shocked at how “left-wing” (a term I myself rarely if ever use) Fry was. Said barrister was himself Labour, though of the John Smith “centrist” (?) tendency. Where Fry’s true sympathies lie is disputed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry. I am unsure whether he really has what might be called an ideology. He is, of course, half-Jewish.
🚨 Here is the strongest compilation of direct ballistic missile strikes by Iran on Tel Aviv over the past two nights.
Yet more idiotic government legislation – supporting milk 🥛 supplied in plastic rather than glass bottles. pic.twitter.com/iv0LMM6Sg6
— No Farmers, No Food (@NoFarmsNoFoods) June 19, 2025
Moscow warns Washington against interfering in military actions against Iran, as this is fraught with uncontrollable consequences, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on the sidelines of the SPIEF:https://t.co/Ka0SvCOL3Zpic.twitter.com/7iL45FfKf3
Russian troops liberated the community of Novonikolayevka in the Donetsk region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday:https://t.co/zRHXpjgc44pic.twitter.com/I6qMRhE2U0
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Iran’s most deadly missiles may not be capable of interception.
It may be (speculating wildly, so be it) that the Iranians, often though not always noted for their subtlety, have been using their “pawns” (drones and slower missiles) as sacrificial pawns (as in chess), with the idea of exhausting the Israeli supply of ground-to-air defensive missiles. Then, when the Israelis run out of countermeasures such as Iron Dome and Arrow missiles, the Iranians will launch the real stuff…
That occurs to me as I recall the arguably most famous game of the Soviet chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal (a Jew, incidentally), who sacrificed almost every piece he had on the board, even his queen, in order to deliver the final brilliant and inescapable line of moves that led to checkmate (via a minor piece, at that). I think that that game was in 1968 or thereabouts.
Ah. Got it: “Tal vs. Vasily Smyslov, Yugoslavia Candidates’ Tournament 1959, Caro–Kann Defence (B10), 1–0.[33] A daring piece sacrifice to win a brilliancy prize“: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tal. As I thought, it was against Smyslov.
Looks like my memory is still OK (though I got the date wrong)…
Chess is a rather comforting game. If I have leisure and time, and am not too occupied elsewhere, I should take it up again.
UNUSUAL
Iran's Revolutionary Guard warns Israelis of a possible strike on the Dimona nuclear reactor and demands they evacuate the facility immediately. pic.twitter.com/DXXqVHWqrB
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
At last…
(of course, the Israelis may have secret back-up facilities elsewhere).
I get the bus home from work at around the time school finishes, 30 min ride.
There's 1 or 2 white kids at most and it passes multiple high schools on the way…and these buses get packed.
Translates into a Reform UK government with a Commons majority of at least 50 (Reform 377, Lab 141, LibDem 52, SNP 37, Cons 13). For the Conservative Party, this may be the end of the line.
Why would any government particularly a Labour one go after both winter fuel and disability components. Totally self-inflicted mess. What did they think would happen. 🤦🏽♀️
I suppose she thought she had been elected (selected) as a real (old-style) Labour MP, not as lobby fodder for the Labour Friends of Israel cabal of Starmer-stein and company…
'Get 'em gone. Sorry.' @TomSwarbrick1 responds to the news that Pakistan has refused to take back two ringleaders of the Rochdale grooming scandal. pic.twitter.com/bebluUUseD
— Iran War Designer (@IranWarDesigner) June 19, 2025
The whole world is waking up (again) to “them”…
Retired US Army Colonel: "Israel's situation is critical: the Iron Dome has turned into a sieve !"
Douglas McGregor:
"The situation in Israel is extremely grave. About a third of Tel Aviv is either destroyed or seriously damaged, and I am sure this trend will continue. I am… pic.twitter.com/mFFs32V58I
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
[“Retired US Army Colonel: “Israel’s situation is critical: the Iron Dome has turned into a sieve !” Douglas McGregor: “The situation in Israel is extremely grave. About a third of Tel Aviv is either destroyed or seriously damaged, and I am sure this trend will continue. I am told that a significant part of their aircraft has been evacuated from the country – many planes have been transferred to Cyprus to protect against attacks. Frankly speaking, Israel is in an extremely vulnerable and critical situation. Figuratively speaking, it is “hanging by a thread”. The missile defense and air defense systems will last only a few days. Those who are now in Israel describe to me that the Iron Dome has effectively become a “sieve” – it no longer provides protection.”]
As I wrote, in effect, previously today.
🇮🇱 Israel tightens control over information: up to 15 years in prison for photos of Iranian missile strikes. pic.twitter.com/R4IYRM7IzE
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Here are a few:
Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in just one day – June 13: imagine what will happen when Iran cuts off the oxygen in the Strait if the Americans make contact against Tehran. pic.twitter.com/Qt2kQlFzAM
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
Russia is ready to start gas deliveries via the undamaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Europe shows interest , said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. pic.twitter.com/cFvgjU5LAx
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 19, 2025
The UK could have Russian gas at cost to heat homes and to power industry, if only this country’s pathetic governments were willing to stop joining in with the basically American NWO/ZOG anti-Russia strategy.
Ian Robert Millard 