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Liz Webster: John Major…

✅ John Major “The fate of individual politicians doesn't really matter as much as the development of the right policy.” Starmer’s in trouble bc of his commitment to Brexit - bad policy. Trying to make Brexit work with US trade deals, lowers standards, exposing farmers, and chipping away at the resilience we desperately need. Brexit made us more vulnerable. We can’t fix generational decline by opening the door wider to imports that undercut British production. We need policy that rebuilds domestic food security, not more short-term trade-offs.

Alex Wickham: Keir Starmer speech on wave...

New: Keir Starmer speech on wave of antisemitic attacks in Britain - says will look at measures to prevent chants such as ‘globalise the intifada’ on marches, and look at repeat protests - condemns people who attend protests alongside those calling for the murder of Jews - says will fast track legislation to give the government stronger powers to tackle threats from states like Iran - says will introduce stronger powers to shut down charities that promote antisemitic extremism - says will speed up sentencing on antisemitic attacks so there is a stronger deterrence - says will bar hate preachers from the country, campuses and streets

Alex Wickham: Keir Starmer speech on wave...

New: Keir Starmer speech on wave of antisemitic attacks in Britain - says will look at measures to prevent chants such as ‘globalise the intifada’ on marches, and look at repeat protests - condemns people who attend protests alongside those calling for the murder of Jews - says will fast track legislation to give the government stronger powers to tackle threats from states like Iran - says will introduce stronger powers to shut down charities that promote antisemitic extremism - says will speed up sentencing on antisemitic attacks so there is a stronger deterrence - says will bar hate preachers from the country, campuses and streets

Robin Monotti: Could attacks against Jews outside...

Could attacks against Jews outside of Israel be false flags? This Jewish Professor certainly claims so: 'Mossad carried out bombings to drive Jews out of Iraq and hasten their transfer to Israel' "British-Israeli historian Avi Shlaim has claimed in his new book to have uncovered "undeniable proof" of Israeli involvement in attacks on Jewish communities in Iraq in the early 1950s. Shlaim's autobiography, Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, which details his childhood as an Iraqi Jew and subsequent exile to Israel, was published last week. According to a review of the memoir printed on Saturday in the Spectator magazine, Shlaim unveils in his book "undeniable proof of Zionist involvement in the terrorist attacks" which prompted a mass exodus of Jews from Iraq between 1950 and 1951"

Wolfgang Munchau: Why has the oil price been so...

Why has the oil price been so subdued during the crisis? We should not overthink this issue. Traders got fooled by Trump, who kept on insisting that the war would be short, and nobody wanted to bet against the president. Now that this fairy tale is getting harder to believe, markets are starting to adjust. Even in a market as efficient as this one, and contrary to what the efficient market hypothesis would suggest, markets do not take in all the available information. http://eurointelligence.com

Ben Judah: I am, like most British Jews, growing...

I am, like most British Jews, growing really frustrated with this vague talk about “division and unity and hate.” We have a very specific problem here. An IRGC cut out is recruiting disaffected Islamist-radicalised men, many long known to the police and negligently left ambling about, to a conduct a targeted intifada against the London Jewish community. And both our counter intelligence and counter terror forces are failing to intercept them. I don’t need a mass London rally of well wishers or cultural luminaires to post their wishes — nice as that is — I need an actual security strategy to clamp down on this so my community can go about our lives in peace as is our absolute minimum right. And I need politicians to call the problem for what it is — not good vibes.

Deborah Haynes: A coalition base in Iraq that...

NEW: A coalition base in Iraq that British forces are helping to defend was targeted by around 28 Iranian-linked drones and missiles a day as the US and Israel attacked Iran, it has emerged. Members of the RAF Regiment, using counter-drone missile systems, blasted more than 100 of the unmanned aircraft out of the sky during roughly six weeks of combat before a temporary ceasefire deal was agreed between Washington and Tehran in early April. It is the first time the intensity of the conflict for British troops deployed to the region on defensive operations has become clear. Sky News was given rare access to the base, which is a frontline for UK military personnel. ""I would argue this place would be a smouldering wreck if it wasn't for you guys,"" @AlistairCarns , the armed forces minister, said during a visit to the site last week along with Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, the head of the @RoyalAirForce Full story - including how gaming skills are useful for downing drones ⬇️

Patrick Henningsen: Trump is running the government...

Trump is running the government like he ran his businesses - into the ground: The reason many of his shady businesses failed was due to fact he was notorious for not paying his bills and then filing for bankruptcy and then living off restructured banker loans (bankers likely blackmailed). Looks like he’s applying this same dirty formula to his failing Presidency, what a disaster this is shaping up to be…

Franz-Stefan Gady: Beyond operational stagnation…

'Beyond operational stagnation, atomization has removed the military’s internal safety valves and heightened the risk of an unintended kinetic clash. The purge systematically replaced an entrenched old guard, who protected the status quo to preserve their patronage networks, with an echelon of terrified successors. This dynamic grants Xi greater latitude to order troops into combat. While these new commanders possess stronger technical credentials, they lack the political capital to act as a strategic braking mechanism. Stripped of the weight to stall or manage crises privately, this atomized officer corps no longer buffers political pressure or transmits honest assessments. Xi is left to make decisions in an information environment divorced from reality.'
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